Grimm Recap: Key Moves

Season 5 / Episode 11 / NBC This week’s episode starts where last week’s left off: the entire crew is gathered around the keys and map they create. They’re not sure what they are looking for or if the keys they do have (remember that they are still missing 2) point to it. Nick flashes back (thank you expositional reminder) to a conversation he had with his mom about the seven keys and the seven knights (Grimms) who fought for seven royal families during the crusades. The treasure should be the spoils of war that the Grimms took from Constantinople.

Through a series of guesses and brainstorming, they come to the conclusion that the treasure is in one of seven churches near the Black Forest. So, Nick and Monroe are off. I mean after that unpredictable Rosalee procures them fake traveling papers. Safe trip, Honey. Don’t forget your illegally forged paperwork. Mwah! [divider type=”space_thin”]Meanwhile on the shady side of Portland, Renard is meeting Rachel Wood to hand deliver incriminating footage of Mayoral candidate Andrew Dixon’s opponent. And, of course, have sex with Rachel. Speaking of clandestine encounters, when Nick tells Adalind that he is leaving in the morning, antics ensue. By antic, I mean sex.

So in terms of weird after-sex thoughts, Nick is distracted by remember-that-time-Adalind-tried-to-kill-me (and my aunt) thoughts as she’s all sleepy and afterglow-y in bed next to him. So that was awkward. While they are basking in their complicated history, Trubel, Eve,…