Joe and Mandy are watching a house from their car. The woman finds her young son missing and panics. She sees a man outside and goes to confront. Joe says hi to her, and she is happy to see him.  Her name is Jenna, and she is a member of Joe’s cult.

Hardy thinks that all of the new cult activity is to lure Joe out of hiding. Max is skeptical that Joe is alive, but is willing to listen if Hardy can find some proof. Hardy doesn’t want her jeopardizing her job to help him, but she is stubborn too and says she is helping him whether he likes it or not.

Weston has found some information on Lily Gray. Her parents died when she was young, and she was adopted by a wealthy man. He died, and left all his money to her. Lily is worth 1.4 billion dollars. The twins are boys she adopted after their mother died giving birth. Lily’s business partner, David Roland, is out of the hospital but is refusing to speak to authorities.  The FBI doesn’t know if he’s involved or in danger.

It’s been awhile since you’ve heard from me.  There just wasn’t much summer TV that I was interested in.  And yes, I am THAT guy who has not watched any Breaking Bad.  But don’t worry, it’s on Netflix instant, so I will get to it at some point.  I mean, I only have like 7 seasons of The X-Files to go.

Over the past year, some strong personal (and I’m sure staff) favorites have been Arrow, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Grimm, and The Following.  And have no fear; we will be recapping all of those shows this season.  I also wanted to throw in some new shows for this fall, as there were actually 15 that piqued my interest in one way or another.

But I managed to narrow it down to 4, based on obvious time restraints, as well as what fits well for this site.  So in addition to the 5 “regulars” that I mentioned above, the 4 new fall shows that you be seeing reviewed here every week (for however many weeks they last) are: The 100 (CW), Dracula (NBC), Agents S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC), and Sleepy Hollow (FOX).

I haven’t decided yet on ABC’s midseason debuting Resurrection.  It seems to have sort of a The 4400 vibe to it.  And the fact that Red Foreman in it is definitely a plus.  So you may be seeing reviews for that one as well.

Eric wants Baron to show him how he “zombifies” his victims. Baron agrees, and Eric watches as one of his own men is attacked by Baron.

Nick visits Juliette, and he explains to her that he wanted to tell her about his life before she went into the coma, but he was afraid. He didn’t want to push Juliette into his world. She tells him that she still loves him.

Frau Pech is mixing some kind of doppelganger potion. She conspires with a waiter to use the potion to poison Adalind. Once Adalind is unconscious, Pech takes some of her blood and adds it to a vial. Pech drinks it, and Pech turns into Adalind, while Adalind turns into Pech.

Stefania calls “Adalind” and tells her she has a way to kill Pech. “Adalind” rushes over to Stefania’s, and Stefania tells her how she will trick Pech and lure her away. They need Pech’s still beating heart in order to get Adalind her powers back. As Stefania is explaining to “Adalind” how they would kill Pech, Stefania’s son comes up behind “Adalind” and chokes her out with a rope.

Wesen of the Week: Cracher-Mortel

Adalind is with Eric when he takes a phone call from his father, the King. Adalind eavesdrops on the conversation, hearing Eric say that the family is in agreement. Something is going down.

Stefania comes to see Adalind, telling her that there is a way to trade her healthy baby to get her powers back. Stefania makes Adalind sign a contract without reading it, saying that it is now binding. Frau Pech is seen spying on this negotiation.

While waiting to meet with a Mr. Krieger, Frau Pech confronts Adalind. Pech warns Adalind that if anyone finds out she is carrying a baby of Royal blood, she will be worth more dead than alive. She tells her “Don’t let your womb become your tomb.”

Adalind, worried about Pech’s warning/threat, calls Stefania to tell her what happened. Stefania says she will speak with Pech and clear everything up. Chances are Stefania will probably try and kill Frau Pech.

The copycat archer has killed a bunch of UNIDAC scientists. Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity are able to determine that there is some link between UNIDAC and Merlyn Global. Quentin has made a similar, but not clear connection.

Laurel visits Oliver at the club. She tells Oliver she still has feelings for him, and he’s changed since he came back. Oliver tells her he hasn’t and he doesn’t want to get in the way of her and Tommy.

Walter arrives home from the hospital, but seems a bit cold towards Moira. Oliver tries to confront Moira about The Undertaking, but she has just seen the news of the UNIDAC murders, and knows Malcolm was involved. She hurries out of the house before Oliver can talk to her.

Oliver is finally able to talk to Moira, and asks her who took Walter. She won’t tell him, and as he is trying to get her to be honest with him, they are both hit with poison/tranquilizer darts. They awaken in a dark room, tied up to chairs.

Wesen of the Week: Musai

Juliette is washing dishes in the kitchen and notices the scars from the cat scratches on her hand. She is suddenly thrown back into a memory of her and Nick in the house. He is telling her she has to go to the hospital because Adalind is a witch and she could be in danger.

Monroe makes dinner plans with Nick for that evening. Nick then meets with Hank, who has just returned from his vacation. He has torn his Achilles while zip lining in Hawaii, and apparently he went with his ex wife Nadine. They hear gunshots and rush across the street.

An author has been killed at a book signing, and the killer has a woman hostage upstairs. Nick chases after him, but the man jumps into the water, after turning into some kind of otter or beaver type Wesen.

The author that was murdered was dating the woman, Khloe. The killer, Anton, was Khloe’s ex boyfriend. Anton was an obsessed, jealous ex boyfriend who felt that Ethan (the author) was not good enough for Khloe. Khloe tells Nick that guys fall for her very easily and have a hard time getting over her. She thanks Nick and takes his hand. She seems to have worked her charm on Nick as well.

Wesen of the Week: The Gluhenvolk

Two ranchers are driving through the fields, and one of them sees something and stops. He discovers some mutilated cattle, as well as a blue, glowing, alien man. The rancher goes for his gun, but is shoved into some fencing, impaling himself and killing him. The blue man runs away as the second rancher is coming towards them.

Nick is investigated the key his aunt gave him. He shows it to Monroe, who is able to determine that it is part of a map of Germany that he has from his ancestors. The key is supposedly from a set of 7 that were used by Grimms to hide something they found in Constantinople in the 13th century during the Crusades.

Nick asks Captain Renard about the keys. The Royal families have 4 of the keys, Nick has one, and the other two are unaccounted for. There are many rumors as to what is buried in the spot: the secret of alchemy, everlasting life, Mohammed’s sword, or even the nails used to put Christ on the cross (and some pieces of the cross as well). Whatever is there, it is thought to have great power, and the Royal families would do anything to get it.

Surveillance footage shows cult member Alex Lipton and another man putting Agent Parker in the trunk of their car outside of the shelter. A boy wearing a Poe mask shows up at the police station, saying that a woman named Emma gave him $20 to wear it over there. A phone number is discovered inside the mask.

When they call the number, it connects them to a cell phone in the coffin with Agent Parker. She tells them what “little” she recalls while being stuck in the trunk. She “only” remembers going over a railroad track, counting to 700 (which another agent instantaneously determines is just over 10 minutes), turning onto a dirt road and driving for about 5 minutes. She tells Hardy that’s “all” she remembers.

They are able to determine a large general area and head out. They find Alex’s car on the side of the road, with a blown tire. The tire is slashed, meaning they were supposed to find the car. As they are looking around, Alex is in the woods with a gun, and starts shooting at the agents. He kills at least one before Hardy is able to sneak over to him and capture him.

Wesen of the Week: Taureas Armenta

A woman, Jill, is on a mountain taking pictures of volcanic activity. She collects some rocks and returns to her truck, where a man comes out of the woods and accosts her. He tries to take the rocks from her, saying that she has not shown respect. She pepper sprays the man and drives off. The man shows his Wesen form, some sort of horned beast.

Hank is going on vacation for 3 weeks. I guess this means we’ll see more of Sgt. Wu. Or in the case of this episode, Captain Renard.

Juliette arrives home and starts seeing Nicks everywhere again. This time they are in full, human form. They are all saying different things to her, and she leaves the house freaking out. She gets in the car and drives away, but “Nick” is in the car too. She swats at him and swerves out of control, crashing her car.

Let me first say how surprisingly difficult it was to watch this episode. After what has happened the last week in Boston, to all of a sudden be watching a show about a manhunt for entertainment kind of threw me for a loop. I live about an hour/hour and a half from Boston, and work less than 20 miles away.

It was a horrible, scary week, and I just wanted to mention that this episode has some activity that brought me right back to that week. I in no way want to seem insensitive by reviewing this episode, but if Fox was okay with airing it, I will do my part and review it.

The episode starts with Joe again watching a tape of Hardy and Molly having sex. Joe keeps replaying a snippet of video where Hardy says “Can’t kill me, I’m already dead.”