Try saying that three times! Last
night’s show centered around three different situations. At the start of the
show we find ourselves at a big celebration for an online game corporation. The
game they’re celebrating is called Black Forest. Two of the people responsible
for making oodles of noodles (money) for the company Jenna and Brody sneak away
into one of the offices to get some private one on one. Jenna hears a noise, is
worried that they’re being watched and leaves Brody alone in the office. Brody
is attacked by a creature called a Fuchsteufelwild, who has sharp claws that drip acid. Jenna who heard the
commotion returns to find her boyfriend sliced in half and a message written in
blood, “Play the game”. Nick and his
team are called in.
Over at Nick’s house, Juliette is
still dealing with spirits. She sees a vision of a soaking wet Nick, but when
she goes to touch this spirit, it disappears. Why she doesn’t call Nick, I’ll
never know, but she goes to visit Rosalee and Monroe at the Spice Shop to ask
for help. They go over her house for dinner and this time, she sees a vision of
Nick reading a very old book. Rosalee and Monroe don’t see a thing, but they do
believe that these visions might be connected to the potion that all three (Nick,
Juliette and Renard) drank to break a curse put on Juliette. Somehow, Monroe lets
it slip that Juliette vision of Nick, may be connected to Aunt Marie’s trailer,
which Nick inherited. Juliette wants to go to the trailer, and Monroe is
between a rock and a hard place. If he takes her to the trailer, he’s betraying
Nick’s secret, but if he doesn’t, Juliette will leave town.
Renard is having his own adventure.
He makes plans to meet one of his informers for a secret meeting, not realizing
that his informer is being followed. He learns from his informer that his
brother and six other royal families are trying to dissolve the union and that
is not good for the humans. When Renard notices that he and the informer are
being watched, he goes after the spy and at the same time notices the bomb.
Renard grabs the bag and tosses it out into the street, saving everyone’s life
in the restaurant. He then gets into a shoot-out with the spy.
Nick, Hank and Sgt. Wu learn from
Dominic (the head of the company) that Jenna’s ex-boyfriend might be
responsible for the murder, but when Nick and his team go to investigate they
realize the man is innocent, but they learn that Brody’s character in the game
of Black Forest was also cut in half by a game player known as Nameless. The
killer then slices and dices a female friend of Jenna’s and this time leaves
three title pages from three different books. It’s another clue, but what does
it mean?
Sgt. Wu
This was Sgt. Wu’s night to shine.
He figures out that the three books were written under the author’s pseudonyms
or non-de-plumes. They get the list of players from Dominic and then Sgt. Wu,
using a Sudoku clue (that the killer left with the second murder victim) finds
out the real name of the killer and why he’s going after Jenna. He was the tech
who helped fix their program when it crashed and not only fixed it, but
improved it, but he was never given credit for his work, hence the name “Nameless”.
Like I said this was Sgt. Wu’s night to shine and he’s almost killed when the
team set a trap for Nameless. When Nick and Hank chase the man onto the roof,
he jumps to his death.
Conclusion
I love when a show allows a
supporting character to grow in his or her role. Congrats to Sgt. Wu for
solving the case, but we’ll need to give Monroe a hug because he’s the one who
has to break the news to Nick; Tell Juliette the truth or she’s gone for good.
I love this show and I know you will too. So join me on Friday nights at 9 p.m.
on NBC.
