Wait - there's a Wonderfalls alum amidst Homeland?! That might be enough to get me to start watching.

Plus, so much of this show's social media presence seems built on how much this cast genuinely likes each other. The Grimm creative team don't seem like the sort of people who want to break up that chemistry, regardless of what emotions it wanted to generate.

Agreed. Most of my belief is just I don't want Nicole Ari Parker to leave the show just yet, but it makes far more sense that Neville would sacrifice her as psychological torture for Roger than he'd use this as a way to get her more firmly on his side.

I'm operating on the hope that she agreed to aid Neville in his plan and was wearing a bulletproof vest during that conversation. It's certainly not a perfect plan but it's feasible, though not as much given she was trying to escape earlier in the episode.

Agreed. I give the nominal credit to O'Bannon and Edlund because they're the new EPs, but plenty of credit to go around the entire writing room for stepping up their game this year.

God DAMN it, Charlie.

That is EXACTLY what I thought when I was watching this.

If she is, I'm going to be very annoyed. I really do want to believe it's a long game on Neville's part given how important the character's grown in recent weeks.

I mentioned last week how that was starting to bother me. I'm holding out hope that the midseason finale forces them out and sends them back on the road to meet up with Neville again.

I thought he was historically bad last season. This season he's been enjoyable, largely because he spends most of his time swordfighting.

So what's the Peter Dinklage hula-hooping equivalent this news should get?

The Order clearly misunderstood the meaning of the term "curse."

The close-ups are really starting to get on my nerves.

I was referring more to the character than the performer in this instance.

I feel like if she was that important, they would have scooped her up from Monroe's custody years ago. That's a lot of "maybes" for the amount of investment they appear to have sunk into this scam.

It's a reference to the Eye of Providence on top of the dollar bill, so I'm assuming. (Also probably an Illuminati reference of some sort.)

Even more fun than The Cape references.

SERPENTINE, BABOU! SERPENTINE!

"You're drunk on Tuesday, and you're a teacher!"
"Those kids are watching a movie tomorrow!"

It's getting better. Though I think a large part of it is that the ratio of Dracula voice to Grayson voice is working out in favor of the former.