Grimm Season 6 Episode 11
With three episodes left, the writers have seemingly abandoned what could have been a mild diversion of Wesens having celestial origins, and placed it in an assortment of historical religious texts, books, and the Bible. “Where the Wild Things Were” focused on the prophecy of the Shaphat, a Hebrew word meaning child bride. The only child bride available is Diana. Eve used blood magic last week to open a portal into a parallel dimension, and this week Nick used the magic stick to enter. It was a foolish decision on its own to travel solo with her reduced hexanbiest powers into an unknown world to combat what we come to discover is Grimm‘s version of the devil. She knew nothing of his agenda and abilities before making what might be an ill-advised revenge trip. Eve arrived unaware of her surroundings and its inhabitants, soon followed by Nick on what he thought would be a rescue and recover mission. Few things in life are simple, and less so on Grimm. Viewers are meant to feel as unprepared through the looking glass as both Nick and Eve are with only a pistol and limited bullets between them. The plane of existence is slowly taking its toll on Eve with uncontrollable physical changes. Unforeseen consequences are just around the corner because Wesen here are in a constant wogued state. If Eve and Nick survive and make it back to Portland, it’s certain she’d be confined indoors if the elements of this world permanently transform her into a hexanbiest. Back in present-day Portland, the remaining team brainstorms ways to bring back Nick and Eve. Adeline wants to volunteer, but she has her children to worry about, especially Diana. Dasha brings them up to date on the possible dangers of maintaining balance between dimensions, however she has more troubling news that she shares in Russian. There’s a prophecy that casts Diana as the coveted bride of the demon meant to birth one hundred children, and bring about the destruction of the world.
title: “Grimm Season 6 Episode 11 Review Where The Wild Things Were” ShowToc: true date: “2025-07-12” author: “Cathy Dreyer”
6.11 Where The Wild Things Were This week we finally get to see what’s on through the looking glass when Nick follows Eve through the mirror’s portal in search of the sinister skeleton face guy that’s been stalking her from the ‘other place’. The other place turns out to be a medieval forest – likely the Black Forest – that’s inhabited by “wild things”; rampaging Wesen who hunt German-speaking humans like prey. It’s explained as a parallel universe, with Renard’s know-it-all contact, Dasha using the concept of Schrodinger’s Cat to explain how the two dimensions can exist simultaneously. But with the series finale in sight, the writers have left just enough time for the Renard’s redemption, as he places the welfare of his daughter over his own self-interest or anger toward the group. And Renard is right to be worried about Diana’s involvement in the mystery; it transpires the creepy skull creature is a Zerstörer – German for Destroyer – and is likened to a devil, or Satan himself. According to Dasha, the Zerstörer seeks a child bride in Diana. This easily makes the creature the worst kind of evil Nick and the gang have ever had to face, in keeping with the upcoming season finale. The only question, perhaps, is if there is enough time left in the next two episodes to establish a real sense of evil, and to generate real moments of fear for our heroes, (and the viewer)? The other thing to note is that Nick and Eve finally have ‘the talk’, where Eve says she has completely moved on from her previous life with Nick, and Juliette is effectively dead. She doesn’t blame him, in fact she says she has a “strength and purpose she never had before”, which of course, is accurate. Drippy Juliette would never have tortured a man by sealing his eyes and mouth shut. Also, it was fun to see Renard’s reaction when the stick is revealed as the sacred artefact buried by the Grimm Crusaders in the 12th century: “They buried a stick?” “It gets that reaction a lot,” counters Monroe. You must wonder if the writers envisioned this being the end game when they came up with the concept of the keys, all those seasons ago. We shall likely never know… This is the first of a two-parter, and we’re left with Nick and Eve in a face / skull-off with the Zerstörer, who seems immune to both of their powers. We can only hope that the final episodes will be based on fighting monsters, with a big action-packed finale against the devil’s dark forces. (A return by Truble to the fold would be most welcome, too.)
