Grimm (2011–2017): Season 1, Episode 5 - Danse Macabre - full transcript
Nick investigates the death of popular Seattle private prep school music teacher, who was seemingly bitten to death by rats in his car. The popular crowd suggest the only feasible suspect is recently suspended outsider Roddy Geiger, a gifted violinist but son of ruffian junk yard keeper Ephram. Near the fatal car are found cages used by Roddy to keep his pet rodents. As Nick recognizes the knave as feral rat, Monroe tries to give 'fatherly' guidance. However when his father is falsely arrested and abused in jail, the boy snaps and sets a trap for the rich kids who constantly abuse and sometimes bully him. In his anonymous feline DJ mask, he lures them to an underground rave, where his biting army is ready for the kill.
Retchid Kat!
Retchid Kat!
They love you.
Kill 'em.
No, no, no, no.
Mr. Brimley, it is a violin,
not a saw.
We only have till Saturday
to get this right.
We can stay here all night
if we have to.
Carter, dude, get it right.
Again from the 14th.
Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!
Aah!
Ooh, smoothies.
I need some ice.
It's in the freezer.
I'm just warming up first.
It's gonna be cold over there.
You should've started this earlier.
I think we have a problem.
All right.
We can go upstairs.
With the ice.
- There isn't any.
- Oh, no.
It's warm.
Everything's gonna spoil.
How much of this do you think
we can fit in the blender?
Yeah, Burkhardt.
Where?
Detectives Burkhardt and Griffin,
this is assistant principal
Grace Kaplan.
She found the body about an hour ago.
Says it's Paul Lawson,
a music teacher here.
He was the director
of the music program.
I just can't believe
this has happened.
It's so horrible.
Well, do you want
to tell us what happened?
I saw the car
when I came in this morning.
It's a little unusual for anyone
to be here before me,
that's why I walked over to the car.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
Looks to me like it happened
sometime last night.
He's been dead for a few hours.
Car's locked.
We kept it that way.
Got some evidence inside,
didn't want it to get away.
- Death by rat?
- Looks like.
Oh, God, rats.
I can't stand rats.
- Coroner here?
- Yeah. Waiting for you.
So is animal control.
Nobody wants to open the door
until you guys give the okay.
Fingerprints done?
Yeah, we're good to go.
Open it up.
Let's go.
Ooh.
We also found some cages
in the bushes
you should look at.
Whoever chucked these
didn't make much of an effort
to hide them.
Geiger pest control.
We know them?
They're in northeast Portland,
by the river.
According to the assistant principal,
Lawson was here late last night
rehearsing for a school performance
supposed to happen on Saturday.
Glad I'm not a ticket holder.
- Anyone see him leave?
- Still checking.
But we got names of the four
students he was rehearsing.
Nice house.
Nice cars.
And bad things still happen.
What time did practice end?
A little after 10:00.
Did Lawson leave with you?
No. He always stays to close up.
Did anybody see him leave e building?
Did any of you see anything
strange when you left?
Anything unusual?
Maybe a car you hadn't seen before?
Somebody standing around?
We just went to our cars and left.
It was late, so we had to get home.
We still had homework.
Did Dr. Lawson seem
a little nervous last night?
Maybe a little upset?
Yes, but that was, um...
That was just Dr. Lawson.
We found some cages in the brush
near the parking lot.
Did you see anybody near there
when you left for your cars?
What kind of cages?
Used for trapping rodents.
No.
Well, if you can think
of anything else...
Roddy Geiger went to our school.
Who?
His dad's an exterminator.
Geiger pest control?
Roddy wouldn't do this.
Geiger's son goes to your school.
He did.
He was suspended a couple days ago.
Why?
If this is about that situation,
maybe you'd better
speak to the school.
That's a very troubled boy.
I don't think it's appropriate
to talk to the kids about him.
Nice house.
Yeah. Nice cars.
Nice music.
It's coming from over there.
Captivated audience.
- Roddy Geiger?
- Yeah?
I'm Detective Burkhardt,
this is Detective Griffin.
Pretty good on that violin.
- What do you want?
- Wanna ask you a few questions.
You cops?
Yeah, we've been called worse.
- What do you want here?
- Are you Mr. Geiger?
You're here about
that teacher dying, aren't you?
I heard all about it.
Well, we had nothing to do with it.
Take it easy, sir.
We just want to ask
- a few questions.
- Who died?
Dr. Lawson was found dead
in his car this morning.
What?
You don't talk to them
until I find out
what they're gonna do.
What are you gonna do, arrest us?
You gonna arrest me?
You gonna arrest my boy?
Sir, you need to calm down.
Don't tell me to calm down.
I know what's going on here.
They're trying to blame us
for what happened up there,
and I'm tired of them
treating us like garbage.
Stop. Don't move.
Take your hands off of him.
Leave him alone.
Leave him alone!
Stop resisting!
You're only making it worse.
I got him.
I don't wanna hurt you.
Yeah, you do.
You're a Grimm.
You wanna kill me.
I'm not gonna kill you.
But you keep this up...
You're gonna get hurt.
Assaulting an officer resisting arrest
hasn't made this any better.
Now you might think about
a little cooperation.
Where were you last night?
Up in the mountains.
A lot of mountains around here.
Off highway 26, past Sandy.
What were you doing?
I catch rats for a living.
I don't kill 'em if I don't have to.
I turn the healthy ones loose.
- Can anyone testify to that?
- No.
Where was your son last night?
- Home.
- Anybody home with him?
- No.
- You can kind of see
the problem we're faced with
here, can't you?
We had nothing to do
with that teacher dying.
Your son was suspended for fighting.
Didn't that make you mad?
If it were me, I think I'd be mad.
Don't try to understand me.
How do you explain the cages
being up at the school?
They were stolen two nights ago.
You report it?
Yeah, sure.
How many cops do you think
they put on stolen rat cages?
Those kids at that school
know what I do for a living,
and they never let Roddy forget it.
You know, my boy's a prodigy.
Better than anyone at that school.
Better than anyone in this city.
But that didn't matter
because of what I do.
What kind of relationship
did Roddy have with the teacher?
Roddy didn't need him.
And he let Dr. Lawson know it?
He couldn't hide the obvious.
Maybe Roddy snapped last night.
What was the fight at school about?
They don't like me,
I don't like them.
Yeah, well, you don't
hide it very well.
Don't I? Really?
That's so sad.
Look, I get it.
You're the outsider.
No one understands the world
the way you do.
Maybe you shouldn't expect them to.
I certainly don't expect a Grimm to.
Do you know many Grimms?
I don't need to.
Okay, so you know all about me.
Because you've heard
a bunch of stories about me,
you know everything you need to know.
So if I asked these kids at school,
they'd tell me everything
I need to know,
and it'd all be true, right?
Just because they don't know me,
that doesn't mean that you do.
According to school records,
Dr. Lawson reported you
for attacking Carter Brimley
and trey Harrison.
Yeah, I attacked them
after they jumped me.
- According to Marvin...
- Marvin?
That little butter-boy?
'Cause he wouldn't lie.
Maybe this thing didn't
turn out the way you planned.
Maybe you were just trying
to scare your teacher.
I wasn't there last night.
Where were you?
I was at a rave.
Where?
Down by the river.
Be more specific.
It's an old building on front street.
Anybody there with you?
Only 'bout a couple hundred.
Could any of them identify you?
- One.
- Got a name?
So you can arrest him
for putting on an illegal rave?
Yeah.
That's my dream.
Look, you either prove to me
where you were last night,
or you go to jail.
You're never gonna believe this.
I talked to Sammy,
the guy who put on the rave.
Your perp is DJ Retchid Kat.
Who's DJ Retchid Kat?
- Tell me you know.
- Of course I know.
Everybody knows.
Who's DJ Retchid Kat?
Only the most famous
raver in Portland.
Not that men of your age
would know what I'm talking about.
You didn't know either.
Not until I talked to Sammy.
DJ Retchid Kat
always wears a big cat head,
and Sammy is the only one
who knows who he is,
and he swears it is your guy.
- So his alibi's good.
- But not his dad's.
Except why would he leave
his cages at the school?
Not so clever.
Unless he wanted us to believe
somebody stole them.
Then it's clever.
Let Roddy go, hold onto the dad?
Absolutely.
Not to mention,
he assaulted an officer.
He deserves a little downtime
for that alone.
You're free to go.
What about my dad?
Not until we verify his alibi.
You know he can't do that.
Pretty excited about being let go.
Oh, yeah.
I had to stop him from yodeling.
Harper called.
Dead guy wants to see us.
He died of a heart attack.
So the rats scared him to death?
Well, they didn't help.
But he was on digoxin and
angiotensin for his heart.
He was kind of high up
on death's to-do list.
So the rats were put
in the car to kill him.
If they knew about his condition.
But no guarantee a scare like that
would trigger a heart attack.
Prank gone bad.
Yeah, or a threat.
Then it's probably Roddy's dad.
A homicide occurred in the course
of an intentional
maiming of the victim,
so it's aggravated murder.
I did find something interesting
in my other autopsy.
What other autopsy?
Oh, man.
- There goes lunch.
- Speaking of...
A rat's stomach is like a
road map to where they've been.
Here we have some undigested
bits of your victim,
and some colored cloth
and nylon fibers
that didn't match any
of the clothes he was wearing.
They were chewing
on something else in the car?
Probably before Dr. Lawson got in.
Take a look at this.
Oh, do I have to?
It's green and red.
Same colors as the music school.
Let's find out if it matches
anything in Lawson's car.
"Rats dine on beloved teacher. "
- That's a little cold.
- Guess who came to dinner.
What do you got on this?
Press wants a statement.
We have one suspect in custody.
Has he been charged?
We have enough evidence,
but we're not sure he's our guy.
We're waiting on some lab results.
Well, I got a dead popular teacher
at an expensive private school.
I'd like an answer before
politics screw things up.
What are you doing here?
- The cops just arrested my dad.
- What?
Whoever did this wanted them
to think it was him.
Or me.
That's what everybody thinks.
You think it was me.
You were the one that got suspended.
That was bogus,
I thought you knew that.
Why didn't you say anything?
They're my friends.
And I'm what?
Someone I used to care about.
Used to?
- Roddy...
- So now you're with Carter?
- I can't do this.
- You still love me.
I can't keep sneaking out
to be with you.
And if you didn't put the rats
in his car, then who did?
Your boyfriend.
He would not do that.
Yeah, he would.
To get to you, and get rid of me.
What are you doing here?
I thought that this
was over and done with.
Your father will go ballistic.
Please go get in the house.
Stay away from my daughter.
Stay away from my family.
What are you doing here, rat-boy?
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
Come on.
Do it.
I wonder what the police
will say when they get here.
You're gonna pay.
Some of us can afford to.
The investigation is ongoing.
Because of the unusual nature
of the death,
we are taking extra measures
to make sure that nothing
has been overlooked.
Dr. Lawson was an important
member of our community,
and, uh, an inspiration
to a lot of young people.
His untimely death has caused
a great deal of distress,
and I promise that every effort
will be made
to bring the person or persons
responsible to justice.
I'll take your questions now.
Preliminary lab reports just came in
on the fibers found
in the rat's stomach.
Some of them were nylon,
the kind found in car carpeting.
BMW, Audi, Porsche.
You know, the kind of vehicles
we don't drive.
And neither do the Geigers.
The colored fibers are from blankets.
There's a Mrs. Jessup here
demanding to see you.
She's got, uh... how can I say this?
Smoke coming out of
a lot of orifices.
Good luck.
Why hasn't Roddy Geiger
been arrested?
He came to my house
and he harassed my daughter.
This boy is out of control.
He got himself thrown
out of school for fighting...
We can't arrest Roddy Geiger
or anybody without evidence.
Well, then get some
before somebody else dies.
I do not want him coming to my house.
Why is he coming to your house?
My daughter went out with him
a couple of times.
Now he thinks he owns her.
If my husband sees him again,
I'm afraid of what he'll do.
That boy does not belong
in our school.
Or in your neighborhood?
Shouldn't you be writing this down?
I am filing a report, aren't I?
I haven't had that much fun
since that drunk threw up on me
at the Christmas party.
Wasn't that sergeant woo?
It was, and I'm meeting him
at Clark Lewis for a drink.
Wanna go?
Don't answer.
You've got Juliette, you're in love,
you got a life.
Go live it, my child.
Leave alcohol to those of us
who are still searching.
Reinigen?
They're bottom
of the food chain, man.
Let me tell ya,
the food in their chain?
Gourmet is not their forte.
But they're rarely violent
unless they're pushed
to the limit, right?
Correct.
If you know all that,
what are you doing here?
How would you feel
about talking to a...
Reinigen?
I'm not protecting anyone
for you, am I?
Last time I protected someone for you
was not exactly
a pleasant experience.
How is that guy, by the way?
Were they able
to sew his arm back on?
Uh, I don't think he's going to be
beating anybody up with it again.
Look, you like music, right?
I mean, you play.
I don't do parties.
This kid, he is pretty incredible.
At what?
Violin.
He got a scholarship
to the Von Hamelin institute.
Is this about that teacher
who wound up as ratatouille?
Okay, some people think
he was involved, I don't.
This kid is a stick of dynamite.
- He knows I'm a Grimm.
- And a cop.
- So he's not exactly open to...
- Yeah, yeah.
A heart to heart, I got the picture.
You think he'll listen to me
'cause I play the cello?
Just so you know,
Reinigen and Blutbaden
are not drinking buddies.
I've never been much
of a do-gooder, Nick.
The only bleeding heart
I ever had was a...
I mean, that's in the past.
I'm just saying.
Look, I was different growing up,
and I have a feeling you were too.
Monroe, this kid just needs
a little bit of help.
He's not a rapper, is he?
I mean, nothing against rappers,
it's just, you know...
Where's the melody?
Ugh!
Damn it!
Ugh! I can't get this
damn screw loose.
How long has this been going on?
- Oh, since 4:30.
- I'm sorry.
I'm going as fast as I can.
Will you be done tonight?
What, do you think
I'm gonna sleep here?
Aw, crap!
I cut my hand.
Ooh, I'll get a bandage.
I hate this model.
It's a deathtrap.
Look, it's trying to kill me.
Please, please, don't, don't hurt me.
Oh, God.
Please!
What happened?
What did you do?
- Nothing.
- He just ran out?
It looked like he was
terrified of you.
Yeah, I know.
Well, that's really weird,
isn't it, Nick?
Maybe it was the refrigerator.
You know, he said
it was trying to kill him.
Well, now what do we do?
Go out.
I'm telling you, he's got
an instinct for people.
Most of the time, he's right.
Well, it's too bad
Nick wasn't your partner
when you met your last wife.
That's cold.
You gotta learn
to say no to temptation.
Hey, how 'bout some dinner?
I'm tempted, but no.
I've got a big day tomorrow.
I've got to get some sleep.
So you're paying, right?
I'll see you tomorrow.
- Hey, bill.
- Yeah?
Lonely sergeant
needs a steak over here.
Yeah, next week will be fine.
Okay.
Hey.
Miss schade, right?
- Detective...
- Griffin.
- Hank.
- That's right.
Sorry, I should've remembered that.
You saved my life.
So how have you been?
Busy.
How've you been?
Busy.
Which is good right now.
- Well, you take care.
- You too.
Hey, Hank?
I don't suppose you'd want
to save me again.
From what?
My business meeting canceled,
and I've got this great table,
an empty chair.
Maybe it's time for a little payback.
Can I buy you dinner?
Yeah, sure.
Sounds great.
♪ ♪
You were kicking some butt
on that Brahms concerto, man.
It was brilliantly executed.
Very fluid.
Who are you?
Monroe.
We don't know each other.
I'm a friend
of Detective Burkhardt's.
- No thanks.
- Ah!
I wasn't finished.
Now I don't normally
do this kind of thing,
but we both know who Nick is.
And he is not like the other ones
we've heard about.
Capiche?
Believe it or not,
he's worried about you.
And he knew you wouldn't talk to him,
so he thought maybe
you would talk to me.
- About what?
- About not being stupid.
He said you had talent, man,
and it's true.
I just heard it.
And I've been around a lot of people
who thought they had talent.
Yours truly is one of them.
But the real thing, man.
The real thing is an impossibility.
You don't know where
it comes from, or what made it,
but it's one of the mysteries
of life that lifts us all
out of the misery of average.
And one of the problems is
you people who have it,
don't think it's any big deal.
That just pisses me off.
So the bottom line is
you don't throw that away.
Is this going well?
I mean, I feel like it should be
a little more back and forth?
- I don't know.
- Yeah, you do.
Just 'cause you're young,
doesn't mean you're smarter than me.
Okay?
So...
Basically what we're saying here
is, uh, just don't blow it.
Man, I'm tired.
I'm not used to this intimate
one-on-one thing, you know?
I know you're probably
kind of weirded out,
a Reinigen getting advice
from a Blutbad.
It doesn't ever really happen,
but listen to me.
Sometimes our lives collide
in the most bizarre ways.
Right?
Still nothing?
Okay.
Well, you know what
I'm saying, right?
Take care.
And if you ever need anything...
Call me.
All right.
Hello?
This is officer Clay
from central jail.
- Is this Roddy Geiger?
- Yeah.
I have to inform you,
your father was injured
when he refused to enter his cell.
Is he okay?
He's being treated in the infirmary.
He's got a concussion.
No visitors for 48 hours.
Maybe you arrested him once.
- Who?
- The refrigerator repairman.
Maybe that's why he was so upset.
Right.
Yeah.
I didn't even think of that.
Burkhardt.
Hey, so I talked to Roddy.
The Reinigen kid?
And I don't want to toot
my own horn here,
but I think I made some inroads,
gave him a lot to think about.
Well, thanks, I appreciate it.
No problem at all.
I think that kid's gonna be
on a little different tack now.
Once we got confirmation
that the nylon fibers
in the rat's stomach
were used in German cars,
we ruled out the teacher's car.
We ran every student registration
at the Von Hamelin institute
to see if we could find
a match with the fibers.
I'm guessing half the student
body drive German cars.
Actually we narrowed it down
to just BMWs and Audis
that use the nylon we're looking for.
But the style is only used in SUVs.
We clicked it down from there
to a half-dozen students.
One of them had a fight
with Roddy... Carter Brimley.
And he drives a BMW-x5, which is
a match with the fibers.
- Get a warrant.
- Yeah.
Just talked to Sarah.
Roddy came over
to her house yesterday.
He knows we did it.
Saying it and proving it
are two different things.
She asked me if we did it.
You weren't dumb enough to say yes.
No, but I'm a little bit
freaking out here.
Everybody knows Roddy is a lot
better player than Carter,
and the only reason he got the chair
is because we got him booted,
and so he could be next to Sarah.
Grow some.
Check it.
DJ Retchid Kat rave tonight.
Awesome.
Oh.
- Are we going?
- Well, the men are.
This is ridiculous.
My son had nothing to do with
what happened to Dr. Lawson.
That's what we're here to find out.
Then I should call a lawyer.
Well, that's your privilege, sir,
but you'll still need
to open your son's car.
Or we'll have to do it by force.
This is great.
This is where my tax money goes.
What do you think you're gonna find?
There's nothing in there.
That's what they all say.
- We got holes.
- Bag it.
Holes? What does that mean?
What do we have here?
Not a chocolate chip.
And the color of the carpeting
matches the fibers we've got.
Sir, we're going to impound your car.
What?
Tell us where your son is.
I'm not saying anything to you
till I talk to a lawyer.
Well, in that case,
we'll have to put a warrant
out for his arrest,
he'll be taken to central jail...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
he's just out with friends.
- Uh-huh?
- Who?
He left with trey about an hour ago.
They were going to see a movie.
Nick, we got a fire
at the giger house.
- You got this?
- Yeah, got it. Go.
Somebody let the dogs out.
And I'm guessing
it's the same somebody
who trashed Roddy's room.
We'd better get to Sarah's house.
We need to talk to your daughter.
Why?
She hasn't done anything.
We need to know where she is.
She might be in danger.
She's with friends at the movies.
You need to call her.
She didn't take her phone.
I think we got it.
♪ The terror ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Are we in the wrong place?
We're the only ones here.
Maybe we're not supposed
to park here.
Who cares where we park?
It's started.
I can hear it.
What are you doing?
Did you guys have anything
to do with it?
What are you talking about?
You know what I'm talking about.
Are you crazy?
Come on, let's go.
Did you get Roddy suspended?
No, he jumped us, and we just
defended ourselves.
What's the matter?
You wanna be with rat-boy now?
Shut up.
Are you coming or not?
'Cause we're going.
Where is it?
♪ ♪
It's coming from underground.
Oh, man, that is so literal.
Oh, this is so sick.
I- I don't know if we should do this.
Ah, what's your problem?
Come on, it's already started.
My old man called three times.
Yeah, mine did too.
My mom called four times.
Dude, don't they know
we're at a movie?
Yeah, that's trey's car.
Plates match.
Music's coming from the building.
Okay, this is really weird.
This way.
Through here.
- Whoo!
- Oh, man.
- This is tight!
- This is so cool.
Check this place, yo.
Woo-woo!
Yeah!
- Yes!
- Yeah.
Sweet.
We're the only ones here.
Historical.
Oh, wow.
What the hell, man.
We early?
You lied.
What?
You stole the cages,
you ratted the car.
You killed him.
Whoa.
How does he know that?
You did it.
He told me, and I didn't believe him.
- Now it's your turn.
- What?
Oh, my God.
It's Roddy.
DJ Retchid Kat is Roddy.
This isn't funny, man.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Rats!
You framed my dad.
They're everywhere!
Rats!
♪ ♪
Oh, God.
This is not good.
How does it feel?
Ah!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
- Dude, let's go!
- Go! Go!
- Run!
- Please get them off me!
Get them off!
Get them off!
Sarah!
Get off!
Get off!
Oh, my God.
Hang on!
We didn't mean it.
It was an accident.
We never meant to hurt Dr. Lawson.
We just wanted to scare him.
And make it look like Roddy did it
so Carter could take his place.
Roddy was better than all of us.
Will you tell him that I'm sorry?
Maybe you should do that.
Guess they're gonna have
to face the music.
Really?
You went there?
Somebody had to.
You want my weapon?
Sarah had nothing to do with it.
And she didn't know her friends did.
Was this worth it?
They deserved it.
Yeah, that's not what I asked.
They never would've
admitted anything.
Can't say I ever used rats
to get a confession.
You're lucky no one got hurt.
Except Dr. Lawson.
Mmm!
- How many rats?
- What?
For the report.
How many rats do you think
were down there?
I'm sorry.
I didn't stop to count.
I'd like to put a million,
'cause that's what
- it seemed like.
- Put a thousand.
No one's gonna believe a million.
Nobody's gonna believe a thousand.
What are we gonna
charge this kid with?
Well, if it was up to me...
Nothing.
We gotta charge him with something.
He took a bunch of kids
and tried to hurt 'em.
With music and rats and violins?
No one forced those kids
to go down there.
So all we got on Roddy
is an illegal rave
with five people?
D.A.'s not gonna want this,
plus they gotta deal
with all those other kids.
How's a kid do something like that?
Well, he was an outsider.
He got pushed too far.
No, no, I got that.
I'm talking about how he got
all those rats
to go down to that building.
Oh, I don't know.
There are a lot of rats in the city.
Maybe they like raves.
- Hmm.
- It was a rat rave.
Do not put that in the report.
- Want a slice?
- Sure.
Oh!
Damn!
- That's not funny!
- My man.
Oh, it's funny
if you knew it was there.
Chuckle now, but payback's a bitch
and she bites.
This will remind me.
Uh, I waited until he left.
I- I just wanna get my tools,
and I'll be out of your hair.
I- I-I don't want any trouble.
I- I'm a peaceful man.
It's all right.
He doesn't even remember you.
Uh, what do you mean?
From whatever time he arrested you.
Arrested?
What are you talking about?
Isn't that what you're talking about?
Look, you're never gonna
see me again, I swear to God.
What about the refrigerator?
They're sending another guy over.
- Why can't you just fix it?
- Look, lady.
I don't know what kind of games
you two are playing here.
I got three kids at home.
I don't need this.
I never did anything bad.
He's got no reason to come after me.
Please make sure he knows that.
Retchid Kat!
They love you.
Kill 'em.
No, no, no, no.
Mr. Brimley, it is a violin,
not a saw.
We only have till Saturday
to get this right.
We can stay here all night
if we have to.
Carter, dude, get it right.
Again from the 14th.
Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!
Aah!
Ooh, smoothies.
I need some ice.
It's in the freezer.
I'm just warming up first.
It's gonna be cold over there.
You should've started this earlier.
I think we have a problem.
All right.
We can go upstairs.
With the ice.
- There isn't any.
- Oh, no.
It's warm.
Everything's gonna spoil.
How much of this do you think
we can fit in the blender?
Yeah, Burkhardt.
Where?
Detectives Burkhardt and Griffin,
this is assistant principal
Grace Kaplan.
She found the body about an hour ago.
Says it's Paul Lawson,
a music teacher here.
He was the director
of the music program.
I just can't believe
this has happened.
It's so horrible.
Well, do you want
to tell us what happened?
I saw the car
when I came in this morning.
It's a little unusual for anyone
to be here before me,
that's why I walked over to the car.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
Looks to me like it happened
sometime last night.
He's been dead for a few hours.
Car's locked.
We kept it that way.
Got some evidence inside,
didn't want it to get away.
- Death by rat?
- Looks like.
Oh, God, rats.
I can't stand rats.
- Coroner here?
- Yeah. Waiting for you.
So is animal control.
Nobody wants to open the door
until you guys give the okay.
Fingerprints done?
Yeah, we're good to go.
Open it up.
Let's go.
Ooh.
We also found some cages
in the bushes
you should look at.
Whoever chucked these
didn't make much of an effort
to hide them.
Geiger pest control.
We know them?
They're in northeast Portland,
by the river.
According to the assistant principal,
Lawson was here late last night
rehearsing for a school performance
supposed to happen on Saturday.
Glad I'm not a ticket holder.
- Anyone see him leave?
- Still checking.
But we got names of the four
students he was rehearsing.
Nice house.
Nice cars.
And bad things still happen.
What time did practice end?
A little after 10:00.
Did Lawson leave with you?
No. He always stays to close up.
Did anybody see him leave e building?
Did any of you see anything
strange when you left?
Anything unusual?
Maybe a car you hadn't seen before?
Somebody standing around?
We just went to our cars and left.
It was late, so we had to get home.
We still had homework.
Did Dr. Lawson seem
a little nervous last night?
Maybe a little upset?
Yes, but that was, um...
That was just Dr. Lawson.
We found some cages in the brush
near the parking lot.
Did you see anybody near there
when you left for your cars?
What kind of cages?
Used for trapping rodents.
No.
Well, if you can think
of anything else...
Roddy Geiger went to our school.
Who?
His dad's an exterminator.
Geiger pest control?
Roddy wouldn't do this.
Geiger's son goes to your school.
He did.
He was suspended a couple days ago.
Why?
If this is about that situation,
maybe you'd better
speak to the school.
That's a very troubled boy.
I don't think it's appropriate
to talk to the kids about him.
Nice house.
Yeah. Nice cars.
Nice music.
It's coming from over there.
Captivated audience.
- Roddy Geiger?
- Yeah?
I'm Detective Burkhardt,
this is Detective Griffin.
Pretty good on that violin.
- What do you want?
- Wanna ask you a few questions.
You cops?
Yeah, we've been called worse.
- What do you want here?
- Are you Mr. Geiger?
You're here about
that teacher dying, aren't you?
I heard all about it.
Well, we had nothing to do with it.
Take it easy, sir.
We just want to ask
- a few questions.
- Who died?
Dr. Lawson was found dead
in his car this morning.
What?
You don't talk to them
until I find out
what they're gonna do.
What are you gonna do, arrest us?
You gonna arrest me?
You gonna arrest my boy?
Sir, you need to calm down.
Don't tell me to calm down.
I know what's going on here.
They're trying to blame us
for what happened up there,
and I'm tired of them
treating us like garbage.
Stop. Don't move.
Take your hands off of him.
Leave him alone.
Leave him alone!
Stop resisting!
You're only making it worse.
I got him.
I don't wanna hurt you.
Yeah, you do.
You're a Grimm.
You wanna kill me.
I'm not gonna kill you.
But you keep this up...
You're gonna get hurt.
Assaulting an officer resisting arrest
hasn't made this any better.
Now you might think about
a little cooperation.
Where were you last night?
Up in the mountains.
A lot of mountains around here.
Off highway 26, past Sandy.
What were you doing?
I catch rats for a living.
I don't kill 'em if I don't have to.
I turn the healthy ones loose.
- Can anyone testify to that?
- No.
Where was your son last night?
- Home.
- Anybody home with him?
- No.
- You can kind of see
the problem we're faced with
here, can't you?
We had nothing to do
with that teacher dying.
Your son was suspended for fighting.
Didn't that make you mad?
If it were me, I think I'd be mad.
Don't try to understand me.
How do you explain the cages
being up at the school?
They were stolen two nights ago.
You report it?
Yeah, sure.
How many cops do you think
they put on stolen rat cages?
Those kids at that school
know what I do for a living,
and they never let Roddy forget it.
You know, my boy's a prodigy.
Better than anyone at that school.
Better than anyone in this city.
But that didn't matter
because of what I do.
What kind of relationship
did Roddy have with the teacher?
Roddy didn't need him.
And he let Dr. Lawson know it?
He couldn't hide the obvious.
Maybe Roddy snapped last night.
What was the fight at school about?
They don't like me,
I don't like them.
Yeah, well, you don't
hide it very well.
Don't I? Really?
That's so sad.
Look, I get it.
You're the outsider.
No one understands the world
the way you do.
Maybe you shouldn't expect them to.
I certainly don't expect a Grimm to.
Do you know many Grimms?
I don't need to.
Okay, so you know all about me.
Because you've heard
a bunch of stories about me,
you know everything you need to know.
So if I asked these kids at school,
they'd tell me everything
I need to know,
and it'd all be true, right?
Just because they don't know me,
that doesn't mean that you do.
According to school records,
Dr. Lawson reported you
for attacking Carter Brimley
and trey Harrison.
Yeah, I attacked them
after they jumped me.
- According to Marvin...
- Marvin?
That little butter-boy?
'Cause he wouldn't lie.
Maybe this thing didn't
turn out the way you planned.
Maybe you were just trying
to scare your teacher.
I wasn't there last night.
Where were you?
I was at a rave.
Where?
Down by the river.
Be more specific.
It's an old building on front street.
Anybody there with you?
Only 'bout a couple hundred.
Could any of them identify you?
- One.
- Got a name?
So you can arrest him
for putting on an illegal rave?
Yeah.
That's my dream.
Look, you either prove to me
where you were last night,
or you go to jail.
You're never gonna believe this.
I talked to Sammy,
the guy who put on the rave.
Your perp is DJ Retchid Kat.
Who's DJ Retchid Kat?
- Tell me you know.
- Of course I know.
Everybody knows.
Who's DJ Retchid Kat?
Only the most famous
raver in Portland.
Not that men of your age
would know what I'm talking about.
You didn't know either.
Not until I talked to Sammy.
DJ Retchid Kat
always wears a big cat head,
and Sammy is the only one
who knows who he is,
and he swears it is your guy.
- So his alibi's good.
- But not his dad's.
Except why would he leave
his cages at the school?
Not so clever.
Unless he wanted us to believe
somebody stole them.
Then it's clever.
Let Roddy go, hold onto the dad?
Absolutely.
Not to mention,
he assaulted an officer.
He deserves a little downtime
for that alone.
You're free to go.
What about my dad?
Not until we verify his alibi.
You know he can't do that.
Pretty excited about being let go.
Oh, yeah.
I had to stop him from yodeling.
Harper called.
Dead guy wants to see us.
He died of a heart attack.
So the rats scared him to death?
Well, they didn't help.
But he was on digoxin and
angiotensin for his heart.
He was kind of high up
on death's to-do list.
So the rats were put
in the car to kill him.
If they knew about his condition.
But no guarantee a scare like that
would trigger a heart attack.
Prank gone bad.
Yeah, or a threat.
Then it's probably Roddy's dad.
A homicide occurred in the course
of an intentional
maiming of the victim,
so it's aggravated murder.
I did find something interesting
in my other autopsy.
What other autopsy?
Oh, man.
- There goes lunch.
- Speaking of...
A rat's stomach is like a
road map to where they've been.
Here we have some undigested
bits of your victim,
and some colored cloth
and nylon fibers
that didn't match any
of the clothes he was wearing.
They were chewing
on something else in the car?
Probably before Dr. Lawson got in.
Take a look at this.
Oh, do I have to?
It's green and red.
Same colors as the music school.
Let's find out if it matches
anything in Lawson's car.
"Rats dine on beloved teacher. "
- That's a little cold.
- Guess who came to dinner.
What do you got on this?
Press wants a statement.
We have one suspect in custody.
Has he been charged?
We have enough evidence,
but we're not sure he's our guy.
We're waiting on some lab results.
Well, I got a dead popular teacher
at an expensive private school.
I'd like an answer before
politics screw things up.
What are you doing here?
- The cops just arrested my dad.
- What?
Whoever did this wanted them
to think it was him.
Or me.
That's what everybody thinks.
You think it was me.
You were the one that got suspended.
That was bogus,
I thought you knew that.
Why didn't you say anything?
They're my friends.
And I'm what?
Someone I used to care about.
Used to?
- Roddy...
- So now you're with Carter?
- I can't do this.
- You still love me.
I can't keep sneaking out
to be with you.
And if you didn't put the rats
in his car, then who did?
Your boyfriend.
He would not do that.
Yeah, he would.
To get to you, and get rid of me.
What are you doing here?
I thought that this
was over and done with.
Your father will go ballistic.
Please go get in the house.
Stay away from my daughter.
Stay away from my family.
What are you doing here, rat-boy?
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
Come on.
Do it.
I wonder what the police
will say when they get here.
You're gonna pay.
Some of us can afford to.
The investigation is ongoing.
Because of the unusual nature
of the death,
we are taking extra measures
to make sure that nothing
has been overlooked.
Dr. Lawson was an important
member of our community,
and, uh, an inspiration
to a lot of young people.
His untimely death has caused
a great deal of distress,
and I promise that every effort
will be made
to bring the person or persons
responsible to justice.
I'll take your questions now.
Preliminary lab reports just came in
on the fibers found
in the rat's stomach.
Some of them were nylon,
the kind found in car carpeting.
BMW, Audi, Porsche.
You know, the kind of vehicles
we don't drive.
And neither do the Geigers.
The colored fibers are from blankets.
There's a Mrs. Jessup here
demanding to see you.
She's got, uh... how can I say this?
Smoke coming out of
a lot of orifices.
Good luck.
Why hasn't Roddy Geiger
been arrested?
He came to my house
and he harassed my daughter.
This boy is out of control.
He got himself thrown
out of school for fighting...
We can't arrest Roddy Geiger
or anybody without evidence.
Well, then get some
before somebody else dies.
I do not want him coming to my house.
Why is he coming to your house?
My daughter went out with him
a couple of times.
Now he thinks he owns her.
If my husband sees him again,
I'm afraid of what he'll do.
That boy does not belong
in our school.
Or in your neighborhood?
Shouldn't you be writing this down?
I am filing a report, aren't I?
I haven't had that much fun
since that drunk threw up on me
at the Christmas party.
Wasn't that sergeant woo?
It was, and I'm meeting him
at Clark Lewis for a drink.
Wanna go?
Don't answer.
You've got Juliette, you're in love,
you got a life.
Go live it, my child.
Leave alcohol to those of us
who are still searching.
Reinigen?
They're bottom
of the food chain, man.
Let me tell ya,
the food in their chain?
Gourmet is not their forte.
But they're rarely violent
unless they're pushed
to the limit, right?
Correct.
If you know all that,
what are you doing here?
How would you feel
about talking to a...
Reinigen?
I'm not protecting anyone
for you, am I?
Last time I protected someone for you
was not exactly
a pleasant experience.
How is that guy, by the way?
Were they able
to sew his arm back on?
Uh, I don't think he's going to be
beating anybody up with it again.
Look, you like music, right?
I mean, you play.
I don't do parties.
This kid, he is pretty incredible.
At what?
Violin.
He got a scholarship
to the Von Hamelin institute.
Is this about that teacher
who wound up as ratatouille?
Okay, some people think
he was involved, I don't.
This kid is a stick of dynamite.
- He knows I'm a Grimm.
- And a cop.
- So he's not exactly open to...
- Yeah, yeah.
A heart to heart, I got the picture.
You think he'll listen to me
'cause I play the cello?
Just so you know,
Reinigen and Blutbaden
are not drinking buddies.
I've never been much
of a do-gooder, Nick.
The only bleeding heart
I ever had was a...
I mean, that's in the past.
I'm just saying.
Look, I was different growing up,
and I have a feeling you were too.
Monroe, this kid just needs
a little bit of help.
He's not a rapper, is he?
I mean, nothing against rappers,
it's just, you know...
Where's the melody?
Ugh!
Damn it!
Ugh! I can't get this
damn screw loose.
How long has this been going on?
- Oh, since 4:30.
- I'm sorry.
I'm going as fast as I can.
Will you be done tonight?
What, do you think
I'm gonna sleep here?
Aw, crap!
I cut my hand.
Ooh, I'll get a bandage.
I hate this model.
It's a deathtrap.
Look, it's trying to kill me.
Please, please, don't, don't hurt me.
Oh, God.
Please!
What happened?
What did you do?
- Nothing.
- He just ran out?
It looked like he was
terrified of you.
Yeah, I know.
Well, that's really weird,
isn't it, Nick?
Maybe it was the refrigerator.
You know, he said
it was trying to kill him.
Well, now what do we do?
Go out.
I'm telling you, he's got
an instinct for people.
Most of the time, he's right.
Well, it's too bad
Nick wasn't your partner
when you met your last wife.
That's cold.
You gotta learn
to say no to temptation.
Hey, how 'bout some dinner?
I'm tempted, but no.
I've got a big day tomorrow.
I've got to get some sleep.
So you're paying, right?
I'll see you tomorrow.
- Hey, bill.
- Yeah?
Lonely sergeant
needs a steak over here.
Yeah, next week will be fine.
Okay.
Hey.
Miss schade, right?
- Detective...
- Griffin.
- Hank.
- That's right.
Sorry, I should've remembered that.
You saved my life.
So how have you been?
Busy.
How've you been?
Busy.
Which is good right now.
- Well, you take care.
- You too.
Hey, Hank?
I don't suppose you'd want
to save me again.
From what?
My business meeting canceled,
and I've got this great table,
an empty chair.
Maybe it's time for a little payback.
Can I buy you dinner?
Yeah, sure.
Sounds great.
♪ ♪
You were kicking some butt
on that Brahms concerto, man.
It was brilliantly executed.
Very fluid.
Who are you?
Monroe.
We don't know each other.
I'm a friend
of Detective Burkhardt's.
- No thanks.
- Ah!
I wasn't finished.
Now I don't normally
do this kind of thing,
but we both know who Nick is.
And he is not like the other ones
we've heard about.
Capiche?
Believe it or not,
he's worried about you.
And he knew you wouldn't talk to him,
so he thought maybe
you would talk to me.
- About what?
- About not being stupid.
He said you had talent, man,
and it's true.
I just heard it.
And I've been around a lot of people
who thought they had talent.
Yours truly is one of them.
But the real thing, man.
The real thing is an impossibility.
You don't know where
it comes from, or what made it,
but it's one of the mysteries
of life that lifts us all
out of the misery of average.
And one of the problems is
you people who have it,
don't think it's any big deal.
That just pisses me off.
So the bottom line is
you don't throw that away.
Is this going well?
I mean, I feel like it should be
a little more back and forth?
- I don't know.
- Yeah, you do.
Just 'cause you're young,
doesn't mean you're smarter than me.
Okay?
So...
Basically what we're saying here
is, uh, just don't blow it.
Man, I'm tired.
I'm not used to this intimate
one-on-one thing, you know?
I know you're probably
kind of weirded out,
a Reinigen getting advice
from a Blutbad.
It doesn't ever really happen,
but listen to me.
Sometimes our lives collide
in the most bizarre ways.
Right?
Still nothing?
Okay.
Well, you know what
I'm saying, right?
Take care.
And if you ever need anything...
Call me.
All right.
Hello?
This is officer Clay
from central jail.
- Is this Roddy Geiger?
- Yeah.
I have to inform you,
your father was injured
when he refused to enter his cell.
Is he okay?
He's being treated in the infirmary.
He's got a concussion.
No visitors for 48 hours.
Maybe you arrested him once.
- Who?
- The refrigerator repairman.
Maybe that's why he was so upset.
Right.
Yeah.
I didn't even think of that.
Burkhardt.
Hey, so I talked to Roddy.
The Reinigen kid?
And I don't want to toot
my own horn here,
but I think I made some inroads,
gave him a lot to think about.
Well, thanks, I appreciate it.
No problem at all.
I think that kid's gonna be
on a little different tack now.
Once we got confirmation
that the nylon fibers
in the rat's stomach
were used in German cars,
we ruled out the teacher's car.
We ran every student registration
at the Von Hamelin institute
to see if we could find
a match with the fibers.
I'm guessing half the student
body drive German cars.
Actually we narrowed it down
to just BMWs and Audis
that use the nylon we're looking for.
But the style is only used in SUVs.
We clicked it down from there
to a half-dozen students.
One of them had a fight
with Roddy... Carter Brimley.
And he drives a BMW-x5, which is
a match with the fibers.
- Get a warrant.
- Yeah.
Just talked to Sarah.
Roddy came over
to her house yesterday.
He knows we did it.
Saying it and proving it
are two different things.
She asked me if we did it.
You weren't dumb enough to say yes.
No, but I'm a little bit
freaking out here.
Everybody knows Roddy is a lot
better player than Carter,
and the only reason he got the chair
is because we got him booted,
and so he could be next to Sarah.
Grow some.
Check it.
DJ Retchid Kat rave tonight.
Awesome.
Oh.
- Are we going?
- Well, the men are.
This is ridiculous.
My son had nothing to do with
what happened to Dr. Lawson.
That's what we're here to find out.
Then I should call a lawyer.
Well, that's your privilege, sir,
but you'll still need
to open your son's car.
Or we'll have to do it by force.
This is great.
This is where my tax money goes.
What do you think you're gonna find?
There's nothing in there.
That's what they all say.
- We got holes.
- Bag it.
Holes? What does that mean?
What do we have here?
Not a chocolate chip.
And the color of the carpeting
matches the fibers we've got.
Sir, we're going to impound your car.
What?
Tell us where your son is.
I'm not saying anything to you
till I talk to a lawyer.
Well, in that case,
we'll have to put a warrant
out for his arrest,
he'll be taken to central jail...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
he's just out with friends.
- Uh-huh?
- Who?
He left with trey about an hour ago.
They were going to see a movie.
Nick, we got a fire
at the giger house.
- You got this?
- Yeah, got it. Go.
Somebody let the dogs out.
And I'm guessing
it's the same somebody
who trashed Roddy's room.
We'd better get to Sarah's house.
We need to talk to your daughter.
Why?
She hasn't done anything.
We need to know where she is.
She might be in danger.
She's with friends at the movies.
You need to call her.
She didn't take her phone.
I think we got it.
♪ The terror ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Are we in the wrong place?
We're the only ones here.
Maybe we're not supposed
to park here.
Who cares where we park?
It's started.
I can hear it.
What are you doing?
Did you guys have anything
to do with it?
What are you talking about?
You know what I'm talking about.
Are you crazy?
Come on, let's go.
Did you get Roddy suspended?
No, he jumped us, and we just
defended ourselves.
What's the matter?
You wanna be with rat-boy now?
Shut up.
Are you coming or not?
'Cause we're going.
Where is it?
♪ ♪
It's coming from underground.
Oh, man, that is so literal.
Oh, this is so sick.
I- I don't know if we should do this.
Ah, what's your problem?
Come on, it's already started.
My old man called three times.
Yeah, mine did too.
My mom called four times.
Dude, don't they know
we're at a movie?
Yeah, that's trey's car.
Plates match.
Music's coming from the building.
Okay, this is really weird.
This way.
Through here.
- Whoo!
- Oh, man.
- This is tight!
- This is so cool.
Check this place, yo.
Woo-woo!
Yeah!
- Yes!
- Yeah.
Sweet.
We're the only ones here.
Historical.
Oh, wow.
What the hell, man.
We early?
You lied.
What?
You stole the cages,
you ratted the car.
You killed him.
Whoa.
How does he know that?
You did it.
He told me, and I didn't believe him.
- Now it's your turn.
- What?
Oh, my God.
It's Roddy.
DJ Retchid Kat is Roddy.
This isn't funny, man.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Rats!
You framed my dad.
They're everywhere!
Rats!
♪ ♪
Oh, God.
This is not good.
How does it feel?
Ah!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
- Dude, let's go!
- Go! Go!
- Run!
- Please get them off me!
Get them off!
Get them off!
Sarah!
Get off!
Get off!
Oh, my God.
Hang on!
We didn't mean it.
It was an accident.
We never meant to hurt Dr. Lawson.
We just wanted to scare him.
And make it look like Roddy did it
so Carter could take his place.
Roddy was better than all of us.
Will you tell him that I'm sorry?
Maybe you should do that.
Guess they're gonna have
to face the music.
Really?
You went there?
Somebody had to.
You want my weapon?
Sarah had nothing to do with it.
And she didn't know her friends did.
Was this worth it?
They deserved it.
Yeah, that's not what I asked.
They never would've
admitted anything.
Can't say I ever used rats
to get a confession.
You're lucky no one got hurt.
Except Dr. Lawson.
Mmm!
- How many rats?
- What?
For the report.
How many rats do you think
were down there?
I'm sorry.
I didn't stop to count.
I'd like to put a million,
'cause that's what
- it seemed like.
- Put a thousand.
No one's gonna believe a million.
Nobody's gonna believe a thousand.
What are we gonna
charge this kid with?
Well, if it was up to me...
Nothing.
We gotta charge him with something.
He took a bunch of kids
and tried to hurt 'em.
With music and rats and violins?
No one forced those kids
to go down there.
So all we got on Roddy
is an illegal rave
with five people?
D.A.'s not gonna want this,
plus they gotta deal
with all those other kids.
How's a kid do something like that?
Well, he was an outsider.
He got pushed too far.
No, no, I got that.
I'm talking about how he got
all those rats
to go down to that building.
Oh, I don't know.
There are a lot of rats in the city.
Maybe they like raves.
- Hmm.
- It was a rat rave.
Do not put that in the report.
- Want a slice?
- Sure.
Oh!
Damn!
- That's not funny!
- My man.
Oh, it's funny
if you knew it was there.
Chuckle now, but payback's a bitch
and she bites.
This will remind me.
Uh, I waited until he left.
I- I just wanna get my tools,
and I'll be out of your hair.
I- I-I don't want any trouble.
I- I'm a peaceful man.
It's all right.
He doesn't even remember you.
Uh, what do you mean?
From whatever time he arrested you.
Arrested?
What are you talking about?
Isn't that what you're talking about?
Look, you're never gonna
see me again, I swear to God.
What about the refrigerator?
They're sending another guy over.
- Why can't you just fix it?
- Look, lady.
I don't know what kind of games
you two are playing here.
I got three kids at home.
I don't need this.
I never did anything bad.
He's got no reason to come after me.
Please make sure he knows that.