6.10 Blood Magic It initially appears as if there are dual storylines; Nick and Hank have to investigate the brutal murders of Portland residents, while at the same time dealing with the death of the resident of an elderly care home, who may or may not have been Wesen. Of course, the two end up being linked but it’s not initially obvious as to how. What we do discover, however, is that elderly Wesen who suffer from dementia sometimes experience uncontrolled woges. There is obviously a danger that the Wesen community will be exposed, and so the patient’s loved ones will call on a bug-like creature called a Gevatter Tod, to help end their suffering. He injects the suffering Wesen with their saliva, which while looking gruesome, helps them to ‘peacefully’ pass away, and this help to maintain secrecy of the Wesens’ existence. The final scenes with an elderly man and his wife were treated with a gentleness and sympathy that we don’t often get to experience on a show about killing monsters and casting spells. But it was a genuinely touching scene, and kudos to the actors involved and the director, Janice Cooke. Elsewhere, Eve is on a mission to discover if the strange world behind the mirror is a portal, and if so, where it leads. While the rest of the gang were busy taping up any reflective surface they can find, she’s hitting the books that once belonged to Adalind’s Hexenbiest mother, in the hopes of discovering a way through the portal. Renard, after yet another conversation with Dasha, finally confronts Nick and demands to know what’s going on with the symbols. The two have an uneasy working relationship – seemingly based on ignoring each other – since their stand-off a few weeks ago, and this will test that. As uncomfortable as it may be for everyone involved, an alliance will likely be formed between Renard and the gang as they prepare for the big finale against… whatever it is they’ll be facing. This is especially probable given Diana’s involvement with the symbols. The episode ends with Eve discovering a powerful ‘blood magic’ spell that enables her to cross through the portal to whatever is on the other side. Next week we will discover what that world is, and whether there is a way back for Eve.
title: “Grimm Season 6 Episode 10 Review Blood Magic” ShowToc: true date: “2025-07-09” author: “Larry Platt”
Grimm Season 6 Episode 10
“Blood Magic” was about euthanasia in the Wesen community. I was unable to connect this to the underlying plot device of the wooden stick, box, symbols, and tunnel. Eve’s quest for information on traveling to The Other Side was interspersed within an overall soapy episode. Why not parallel inevitable and unexpected deaths among the team? I wish more time would’ve been invested from the first chapter in season six on what could happen to individual team members. It would’ve created tension and suspense to experience the effects of turning pages in an unfolding story coming to an end. We were treated to this last week when Nick transcribed the tale of the tree people into a Grimm journal. We know better than to assert that we all die alone, given mass murderers, families dying in house fires, and innocent bystanders losing their lives at the hands of a suicide bombers. Arranging deaths with the assassin bug was meant to contradict the lonely nature of crossing over into an unknown next realm. Death ought to be painless for the afflicted and their loved ones is what I gathered. By episode’s end, Eve stepped solo into a full-length mirror, unprepared and unequipped to investigate the green-eyed skulled creature. Some believe death works similarly in that at the time of passing, individuals step into the unknown with no expectations of returning. Viewers might wonder why Eve has taken on the role of martyr. Guilt can be a powerful motivator, however Nick has seen the creature, and Diana’s able to see the symbols as well. We’re just as much in the dark as is Eve because she didn’t alert anyone of her spontaneous plans. Renard and Dasha are a new faction, not quite at odds with Team Grimm because Diana’s integral to both. A big picture concept that is yet to be introduced: if we all don’t work together, we’re all doomed. Instead of putting differences aside and working for the good of all, we have baring of teeth and chest hairs between Renard and Nick. It’d be dramatic if they were to find their way to each other just as the stereotypical meteor’s an hour or two away from crashing onto earth. I’m partial to a slow-cooking stew versus scrambled eggs with bits of shell inside. Let’s see what happens in upcoming episodes.
