Episode 516: “The Believer”Written by Jim Kouf and David GreenwaltDirected by John BehringFirst a bit of house cleaning news. In case you missed it, Grimm was renewed for a sixth season. It will be interesting to see if Grimm will get to run its course and call it quits on its own schedule. Not many TV shows have had that luxury. It's always better for the fans if the writers know when the series will end and can give it a proper send off.Take a look at the writer credit. The creators of the show wrote this episode. These guys are really busy, they are not just the creators, producers, they are also the show runners. I don't know the reason that they wrote this episode. I hope it was because they wanted to be involved in the writing, probably their first love in the world of production.

Episode 515: "Skin Deep”Written by Michael Golamco, directed by Karen GaviolaMore classic Grimm. Hope you like it. Classic Grimm seems to be what we're getting for the time being. I was more bothered by what wasn't in this episode than anything that was.What do I mean by classic Grimm? I mean most of the episode revolved around the police case(s) with bits of main character story.This was a different kind of Wesen attack. Usually when a person is attacked they die at the scene of the attack. This time, the Musasat Alsh-Shabab, some kind of Scarab Beetle Wesen sucks the youth from its victim, who later ages extremely fast and dies. But the benefit for the attacker is it's very hard to tie the death to the Musasat Alsh-Shabab.

Episode 514: "Lycanthropia”Written by Jeff Miller, directed by Lee Rose

Another classic Grimm episode. However, because this one wasn't inventing new history and hinting at much more possible story, it was more effective. Also the reveal at the end of this episode was more shocking and interesting.

Overall this episode worked very well. It was Grimm's take on the classic werewolf story with bits of information on the lead character's stories.

Episode 513: "Silence of the Slams”Written by Stephen Carpenter, directed by David Straiton

This episode felt like a bit of a let down after last week. Considering how much is going on for our main characters, this story didn't move those stories forward enough.

This one was more your run of the mill Grimm episode. I think it would have benefited from taking more time with the police case. There was the potential for much more detail and history. By rushing it, Goyo's the decent into madness is less believable.

The biggest part of the episode was a journey into the world of luchador fighters. The short version is a luchador fighter, Goyo, is tired of being paid to lose. He's prideful and certain of his star power. Benito, a mask maker, talks to him about the masks of the star fighters who's portraits hang on his walls. And, of course, there's a Wesen connection.

Episode 512: "Into the Schwarzwald”Written by Stephen Carpenter, directed by Norberto Barba

This was the 100th episode and it lived up to that auspicious achievement. There's so much being set up, will fans make it through to the end of the season's ride? We expect it's just going to keep getting more and more exciting. Last week the huge moment was Nick and Adalind sleeping together. That was huge. It will or should change their dynamic totally. Of course what happened this week may throw a new wrench in the relationship.

This week Dan Handley sat in with me to record the podcast. He and I have different views which is a good thing for you as it gives you more variety of opinion.Things are getting tighter and hitting closer to home on this episode. There are still another eleven episodes to go. This one was close to the kind of cliffhanger that we've seen as finales of past seasons.

There are two main storylines going on. One is the crusade that Nick (David Giultoli) and Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) are on and the other is what

Marwan, the creepy Black Claw guy, is up to.Most of this episode is setting up even more excitement for next week. I think fans will be pleased with what's to come. But, we're not there yet.

GRIMMEpisode 510 "Map of the Seven Knights” Directed by Aaron Lipstadt Written by Stephen Carpenter

The larger storylines are getting tighter and tighter as this season progresses. Grimm has had some doozy cliffhangers. I get the feeling there maybe a real humdinger coming this season.This episode was one for the books, or about the books. Felix, an uncle of Monroe's (Silas Weir Mitchell) is brought in to appraise a stash of 20 very old Grimm books. Felix calls Monroe because, of course his mother let slip that Monroe has a friend who's a Grimm. Just a guess here, but that's probably going to have more repercussions than a call from an uncle.

Episode 509 "Star Crossed”

Kammie must have more sway than I realized. She got her wish. Grimm wove both the police case and the larger storyline in one episode.

This week the Wesen of the week or police case had connections to the Black Claw. Well, not directly but the writers did a good job weaving the larger story issues into the regular weekly formula. The police case was a serial killer. Actually, he was a Fuilcré, an ox-like Wesen who was performing a rain making ritual that requires seven sacrifices placed to form the constellation of the Big Dipper.

And we're back to classic Grimm! I like it. Why? Because this is what the show has been built on. It's what fans have come to expect and enjoy. I'm pretty sure if the Grimm formula wasn't popular, it would not be in its fifth season.

Yes, there are a few new twists to this classic Grimm.

Using Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) as they did is not how they closed Wesen cases in season 1 or 2. I think this works better than the old way. Trubel gets to get her Grimm on. Nick (David Giuntoli) handles the case like an actual detective, sort of.

Episode 507 "Eve of Destruction”

We picked up the story exactly where we left it. Which made sense, the mid season finale ended with a sort of cliffhanger.

Mini recap time: Nick (David Giuntoli) leaves everyone at the warehouse to question Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) about "Juliette" (Bitsie Tulloch).

Who then sneaks out to confront Meisner (Damien Puckler) about "Juliette". Who later calls Nick to set up a meeting with "Juliette". Got that? Good.

There's been a lot of different elements setup in the front end of this season. OK, most have been seen in tiny bits in the promos. They haven't been in the episodes. But still, if the stuff is in the promos, it's been promised. I'm pretty sure that's in the standard what audiences expect from their shows manual.

Grimm, don't let us down. We're looking forward to a whole lot of story in the back end of this season. Your Grimmsters are looking forward to the rest of this season.