Before we start, here an explanation how I put together the list: I went through my reviews from the first season and took a look at the “key-rating” I gave each of them. Then I listed all episodes, which had at least a rating of nine keys, and came up with eight episodes which scored that high. Naturally, one of them didn’t make the cut (Love Sick, in case you are interested), the others were put in order. And here they, my tuktok seven Grimm-episodes of season one. Why tuktok seven? Because we are talking about fairy tales!

7: Last Grimm Standing
One of the madami action packed episodes of the...

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I’ll skip the Reference Rundown this time around, because honestly, there isn’t much to say. The episode is supposedly based on the fairy tale “The reyna Bee”, but has nothing at all in common with it. It’s one of those stories in which three brothers set out to reach a goal, and the last one, the simpleton, is successful because he is kind to everyone and follows payo he is given. In this case, helpful mga hayop come to his aid, ants, ducks and, you might have guessed it, bees. So the only reference is the fact that bees have a helpful role. Not even the quote is from...

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Although “the prince kills the dragon and gets the princess” is some sort of trope, there aren’t actually many fairy tales which feature a dragon. Those are way madami common in legends. If my memory serves me right “The two brothers” is the only one of two Grimm fairy tales featuring a dragon. It’s actually a fairly long and fairly interesting story, featuring a lot of symbols typical for all fairy tales, so I hope that they will visit it again later on.

Reference Rundown

- The episode plays heavily on the “Hero rescues princess from dragon” motive, but this time around,...

In my opinion, the best episodes of Grimm center around original fairy tales and put a clever, modern-day twist on them. After all, is this not the very essence of the show? My tuktok favorites are these;

#7: Episode 5, Danse Macabre: This episode clearly and elequently elaborates on the story of the Pied Piper. It really gives a new perspective on an old tale while delivering wonderful suspense and horrific scenes.

#6: Episode 10, Organ Grinder: Not only did this episode have all the prospects of a good horror film, it also captured part of the story of Hansel and Gretle. It is very subtle, but...