The problem with the series is its concept. Grimm should be hunting down these creatures. Instead, the creatures are misunderstood and it's the humans that are monstrous. But, if you're going to use the monstrous visuals, go all out and make them monsters. Why even use these fairy tale characters if you want to point out humans are bad? You could simply do that without the fairy tale angle.
In this episode, we get the pied piper story. Only here, the piper is an amazingly talented teenage violinist who's shunned because his father is a poor rat-catcher.
If you just twist the angle and make this violent teenager the killer, you've got a compelling story. He's using his powers to murder and now the Grimm has to track him down.
The series is flawed at its most basic level. I doubt this gets picked up.
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