Monroe peeks out the windows of the
Spice Shoppe. A flashlight shines from outside, the cops are
searching. Downstairs, the crew plot their next step. Renard is
cleaning house at the precinct. Diana's drawing is left behind so
Rosalee can continue to research.
Adalind looks at her ring. She's still
not feeling it. Renard tells her to get with the program. He's in
full douche mode, and he expects a lot of support from his first
lady.
Nick takes a peek at the stick down in
the tunnel, and Eve notices that he's still drawn to it. Nick admits
that he's reluctant to leave it. It saved his life. Eve points out
that it saved hers too, and then she robotically blurts that Nick
loves Adalind. A big duh on that part.
Hank types up his resignation. Renard
collects it, and when Wu protest, Renard threatens to have them
escorted out. Wu hands over his resignation, even though he doesn't
feel its right, and he struggles to get control of his inner beast.
Hank helps him get back to himself, and they get their stuff.
Eve points out the symbols she saw on
the guy's face in hell. Nick is surprised that Diana saw so much
more. Eve remembers what his mother told them. Diana's powers are
very special, and she's destined for great things. Hank and Wu arrive
with supplies. They're newly unemployed, and not wanting to live in
the basement forever. Nick has a plan though. He wants to stop Renard
before he takes office and becomes even more powerful. Nick wants Eve
to turn him into Renard.
At the precinct, Jeremiah demands an
audience. He has a little problem, namely Rachel's death. Renard
points out that the charges were dropped. Jeremiah was close friends
with Rachel, and he was there both before and after Renard. He's the
one that found Rachel, and he loved her, but his silence can be
bought. He gives Renard 24 hours to decide how much its worth.
Nick calls Adalind. She's at the park
with the kids. He tells her that he has a plan, and he'll use the
hat. Adalind can't help with that part, but Nick eases her mind, Eve
will. Adalind is eager to help, she'll get the hair. Nick doesn't
want her to take any chances, but she doesn't want to stay with
Renard another night.
Renard looks into a replacement in
Grossante. He's ready to assume the position
Monroe worries over Rosalee handling
the ingredients, and what happened the last time that they used the
hat.
Renard heads to Jeremiah's with a ton
of cash. This cements Jeremiah's thought of Renard's guilt. Renard
isn't actually guilty and he's got other plans. A volged Grossante
slashes Jeremiah's throat, solving Renard's problem, and earning the
Captain position. Renard leaves his new Captain to clean up.
Back at Renard's house. Adalind gathers
the hair needed, and Monroe sneaks in get the hair. She wasn't able
to get much, but it'll have to do. Adalind supplies him with a suit,
shoes and even a tie. Monroe tells her to keep Renard at home and
have him watch the move. Renard is home early, and he's headed
straight for the closet that Monroe is hiding in. Adalind diverts him
from the closet, noticing the blood on the shirt, and claims there's
blood in his hair. He tells her he killed a blackmailer, and wonders
why she's being so nice to him. She claims she's getting with the
program. He heads to the shower, and Monroe makes a quick break.
Rosalee brews the potion, just needing
the final ingredient. Luckily Monroe arrives with it, telling them
all about his close call. Rosalee quickly finishes the brew, and Nick
gets to the inhaling of the hat smoke. Rosalee is worried over the
effects of the spell on a grimm, but there's no time. Nick takes it
all in, and falls over. The change begins, and Nick becomes Renard,
kinda. He's volged, and he's not sure how to make it stop. Rosalee
walks him through letting it go, and Nick as Renard returns to
normal.
Renard gets ready to head back out, and
Adalind tries to stall him. He's set on leaving, but Adalind throw a
million things about Diana and her education at him. He's ready to
listen.
At the Spice Shoppe Nick gets tips on
being Renard. He needs to be a little more confident, and lot more
wanting to kill Nick. Nick nails it. Hank arrives, and presents
himself as the perfect test subject. “Renard” tells him that he
asked for his resignation, and Hank loses it, yelling back that he
already turned it in. Nick's disguise is working perfectly.
Renard admits that he hasn't thought
much about Diana's education, and he will, but now he has to go.
Adalind moves to block him from leaving, even resorting to cooing
over his great fathering skills. He hears himself giving a speech on
television, abdicating the mayor position, and even thanking Nick for
his undercover work. Renard is furious, and he threatens to make
Adalind pay if she had anything to do with what they just witnessed.
Nick and Hank head to the precinct for
a little clean up. Wu stands
guard. Grossante pulls “Renard” aside for a little chat. He's a
little upset with the fact that he's no longer getting his job.
Grossante more than proved his worth, and he murdered the man for
him, but Nick tells him that he got blood on his shirt, so the deal
is off. Grossante volgs on him, but Nick doesn't back down,
threatening him right back. Grossante leaves, and Nick gets cramps.
He's sure he's about to make the change back to his beautiful self,
when the press closes in with plenty of questions about his bombshell
announcement.
Wu
meets Renard in the garage, and warns him not to head up, since he's
already upstairs, it may make things awkward. “Renard” continues
to make statements, about having to step down as Mayor since the
police force needs him, and how Nick, Hank and Wu were all working
hard on a case. Renard confronts Nick, unhappy about what he's set
into motion. As the press make their way downstairs, Nick, Hank and
Wu make a getaway with Renard's computer. Renard tells the press that
he has no plans to leave the position of Mayor, and the press are
left baffled.
Nick,
Hank and Wu make it back to the Spice Shoppe. They're all on cloud
nine over the current events, but there's a problem. The cramps that
Nick felt were the spell wearing off, only it didn't. His Grimm DNA
maybe preventing it from doing so. Renard notices his briefcase, and
computer are both missing, and he's really not happy about that. He
calls Nick, and is surprised to find that Nick is still him. Nick, at
Eve's prompting, tells Renard that he's remain Renard until they
reach an agreement. Renard agrees to meet with him.
It's
Renard vs “Renard” in a confusing showdown. Renard, doesn't plan
on fighting fair, but Nick can also volg, so its a fair fight, which
doesn't stop Renard from grabbing a pipe and using it as a weapon.
Rosalee
and Eve look through spell books for finding a way to get Nick back
to himself. Monroe has found anything in the grimm journals either.
Adalind arrives, and she's surprised to hear that Nick hasn't turned
back.
Renard
and Nick both want their lives back. Black Claw and HW are both dead
in Portland. Nick has a plan for them to get back to semi-normalcy.
Renard stepped down to complete his investigation. Bonaparte and his
crooked cops get blamed for the North attacks, Nick, Hank and Wu get
their jobs back. Both men get to raise their own children, and Nick
gets Adalind. Renard accepts the deal, but warns Nick, that if he
sees Nick wearing his face again the deal is off, and he'll kill him.
It's not perfect, but it'll work.
Nick
returns to update everyone on the deal, but they arent't sure its
really Nick. Adalind asks him where did they share their first kiss.
And Nick gives the correct answer. Adalind is overjoyed, she just
can't bring herself to hug him in his current form, and Nick can't
get back to his form. Diana wakes up, and talks to her “daddy.”
Nick plays along, but Diana sees right through it. She blasts him
before Diana can stop her. Nick turns back into himself.
Renard
arrives home, looking slightly defeated, but he's not alone. Meisner
has returned! He warned Renard that he was on the wrong side, and it
looks like he's going to prove it.
