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Nick and Hank are called to the gruesome murder of a veteran working in home security. During their investigation, they discover this might be one of several revenge killings regarding a horrifying cover-up involving members of the army and military contractors. On the domestic front, Monroe accompanies Rosalee during her long overdue reunion with her mother and sister. In Europe, Adalind sees hints of what she thinks might be her powers returning.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Manticores are noted to make excellent soldiers because they are completely without fear of death. Desai proves it by using his [[TheLastDance final days]] to settle scores with men he couldn't bring to justice by legal means, culminating in [[ThanatosGambit his own demise at one of their hands]].
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* NotAfraidToDie: Manticores are noted to make excellent soldiers because they are completely without fear of death. Desai proves it by using his [[TheLastDance final days]] to settle scores with men he couldn't bring to justice by legal means, culminating in [[ThanatosGambit his own demise at one of their hands]]. Even the rapist he was trying to murder [[VillainousValor fought fearlessly]].
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Manticores are noted to make excellent soldiers because they are completely without fear of death. Desai proves it by using his [[TheLastDance final days]] to settle scores with men he couldn't bring to justice by legal means, culminating in [[ThanatosGambit his own demise at one of their hands]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Manticores enter the Grimm world.]]
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* TerminallyIllCriminal: [[ColonelBadass Colonel Adam Desai]] was the [[OurManticoresAreSpinier Manticore]] Commander for soldier Frankie Gonzales in Afghanistan, who was unable to do anything to bring her justice after she was gang-raped by four Private Security Contractors, to his great regret. Years later now learning he's dying of cancer, Colonel Desai begins to hunt down and kill the four rapists.
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* CouldntFindAPen: Frankie Gonzalez cuts her arm and uses the bloodstains to write the date of the day she was raped.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Desai gets stabbed with his own knife... [[ThanatosGambit which was his plan all along]].
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* TheLastDance: Desai's plan is to hunt and kill everyone who raped Frankie before he dies from cancer.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: When one of his fellow rapists says he's confessed to his wife, and plans to come forward, Jim kills the man and his wife to keep the secret.
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-->'''Desai:''' You can't arrest him for what he did to Frankie. But you ''can'' arrest him for what he did to me. [''Dies'']
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* BirdPeople: Frankie Gonzalez turns out to be a ''steinadler'', a hawk-like wesen.
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* HiddenWeapons: Desai carries a knife in his boot, which he uses to stab Jim.
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* RedHerring: Frankie Gonzalez herself, who turned out not to be a manticore, but a steinadler.
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* AssholeVictim: The Manticore's victims were ex-military and gang-raped a female soldier, Frankie GOnzalez, years before. The only one not involved in the rape is the wife of one of them, who he confessed to intending to come forward. She tore his confession up and told him to keep it secret, seconds before she was killed.
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* AssholeVictim: The Manticore's victims were ex-military and gang-raped a female soldier, Frankie GOnzalez, Gonzalez, years before. The only one not involved in the rape is the wife of one of them, who he confessed to intending to come forward. She tore his confession up and told him to keep it secret, seconds before she was killed.
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* {{Irony}}: Monroe asks Rosalee what she was in prison for shoplifting. Turns out it was a watch.
* ThanatosGambit: Desai sets up a confrontation with final target Jim, he leaves himself open to a strike just as Nick and Hank arrive. They witness him kill Desai and arrest him, exactly as Desai wanted.
* ThanatosGambit: Desai sets up a confrontation with final target Jim, he leaves himself open to a strike just as Nick and Hank arrive. They witness him kill Desai and arrest him, exactly as Desai wanted.
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* AssholeVictim: The Manticore's victims were ex-military and gang-raped a female soldier soldier, Frankie GOnzalez, years before. The only one not involved in the rape is the wife of one of them, who he confessed to intending to come forward. She tore his confession up and told him to keep it secret, seconds before she was killed.
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* DramaticIrony: Nick and Hank interview Desai, the commanding officer who failed to get justice for Frankie, over video conference due to his cancer. At the end, he indicates that it's time for his chemo and he has to go. Once the call has ended, it's revealed he's in a motel room, not a hospital.
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* IfYouDoAnythingToHurtHer: We know Rosalee's family problems are on the mend when her sister tells Monroe she'll kill him if he hurts her little sister.
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->''Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.''
Nick and Hank are called to the gruesome murder of a veteran working in home security. During their investigation, they discover this might be one of several revenge killings regarding a horrifying cover-up involving members of the army and military contractors. On the domestic front, Monroe accompanies Rosalee during her long overdue reunion with her mother and sister. In Europe, Adalind sees hints of what she thinks might be her powers returning.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* AssholeVictim: The Manticore's victims were ex-military and gang-raped a female soldier years before. The only one not involved in the rape is the wife of one of them, who he confessed to intending to come forward. She tore his confession up and told him to keep it secret, seconds before she was killed.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Rosalee visits her mother and sister for the first time in seven years. It turns out that her sister is resentful that she gave up a career to take care of their parents while Rosalee disappeared on her "rough patch," not even bothering to attend their father's funeral. At dinner, Rosalee admits the truth: she was in prison for shoplifting and didn't know he'd died until she got out.
* IfYouDoAnythingToHurtHer: We know Rosalee's family problems are on the mend when her sister tells Monroe she'll kill him if he hurts her little sister.
* WhamShot: Adalind has coffee in a Vienna café. As she reaches for her cup, it first scoots away from her hand, then zooms towards her.
Nick and Hank are called to the gruesome murder of a veteran working in home security. During their investigation, they discover this might be one of several revenge killings regarding a horrifying cover-up involving members of the army and military contractors. On the domestic front, Monroe accompanies Rosalee during her long overdue reunion with her mother and sister. In Europe, Adalind sees hints of what she thinks might be her powers returning.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* AssholeVictim: The Manticore's victims were ex-military and gang-raped a female soldier years before. The only one not involved in the rape is the wife of one of them, who he confessed to intending to come forward. She tore his confession up and told him to keep it secret, seconds before she was killed.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Rosalee visits her mother and sister for the first time in seven years. It turns out that her sister is resentful that she gave up a career to take care of their parents while Rosalee disappeared on her "rough patch," not even bothering to attend their father's funeral. At dinner, Rosalee admits the truth: she was in prison for shoplifting and didn't know he'd died until she got out.
* IfYouDoAnythingToHurtHer: We know Rosalee's family problems are on the mend when her sister tells Monroe she'll kill him if he hurts her little sister.
* WhamShot: Adalind has coffee in a Vienna café. As she reaches for her cup, it first scoots away from her hand, then zooms towards her.
