Grimm, Season Four, Episode Seven: The Grimm Who Stole Christmas

"I have but to swallow this,

and be fore the rest of my days

persecuted by a legion of

goblins, all of my own creation.

Humbug, I tell you; humbug!"

Dennis and Emma Gladstone are throwing a massive Christmas party.  The doorbell rings and when it is opened, their guests find a present on the front porch.

Monroe has decorated the house for Christmas and he starts the train for the first time for the season, much to Rosalie's excitement. Monroe then points out an invitation taped to one of the train cars to Rosalie. When it comes around, Rosalie grabs it.  The invitation turns out to be an offer from Monroe to go on a honeymoon with him.  Can I just say, it's about time. The two hug happily and they both say that they are going to be okay.

At the Gladstone's, a hand breaks its way through the present that was dropped off.  Emma wakes Dennis to let him know that there is someone in the house.  Downstairs, a kallikantzaroi, which looks quite like the Grinch  becomes visible. Denis makes his way down the stairs after telling Emma to call the police and hears the sound of things being crashed.  He confronts two kallikantzaroi with glowing green eyes.  Denis calls out for help and tries to run back upstairs but the kallikantzaroi grab him by the legs and drag him away.

Trubel, Hank and Nick are at the Grimm trailer doing research on the Wesen heretics who burned the cross.  Hank questions how they knew that Rosalie and Monroe were married. Back at Nick's Josh Porter is going through the Grimopedia in amazement, as he and Juliet talk about the fact that Wesen are real. Josh mentions that he thought his father was "crazy" and brought his father to Nick because he was dying.  Josh reveals that there are days when he wishes he could be like Nick and Juliet points out that one day, he might not have a choice.  Josh admits that this possibility scares him. Josh then questions if the threats against Monroe and Rosalie are real and wonders if there is something he could do to help.  Juliet points out that he has enough to deal with right now and Josh concedes the points.  The two sit and look at the tree and Josh says that this is his first Christmas away from Philadelphia.

Hank and Nick arrive at the Gladstone's, where Wu tells them that Dennis got banged up pretty badly in a home invasion. Wu adds that the nieghbours reported hearing a lot of strange noises.  The cops enter the house and it is a complete wreck.  Wu takes Hank and Nick to meet Emma, who is anxious to see Dennis.  Emma tells them that she heard the attack and that when she finally got downstairs, whoever did this was gone.  Emma explains that they had a party with a lot of their friends which went until about 11.  Emma does bring up the present left on the front doorstep and points it out to Hank, who goes to check it out.  Hank realises that the box looks like something or someone ripped it open from the inside. Nick picks up a piece of fruit cake that the perpetrators were munching on. 

 Josh and Trubel make their way down the street and Trubel says that she has to check on a guy and it involves the stuff going on with Rosalie and Monroe. Josh asks what she neeeds him to do and Trubel orders him to stay there.  Josh hides in the bushes, as Trubel runs across the street and enters the backyard of a house, to hear raised voices on the inside.  When Trubel looks in the window, she sees a group of people meeting.  From his hiding spot, Josh notices a man carrying a box .  The man walks into the backyard and vogues when he sees Trubel..Josh sneaks up behind the man and bashes him over the head with a rock.  Trubel searches the man and finds something and Josh blathers on about the man voguing

Trubel and Josh head back to Nicks's and Truble hands Nick the mask she took of the man.  Trubel then brings up the incident where Bud asked her to help with a bully problem at his kid's school and reveals that it was really all about Shaw, a Wesen who was going to do something to Nick because he wasn't a Grimm anymore.  Trubel adds that Bud thought that Shaw found out that Nick was no longer a Grimm, from a guy who attended Monroe & Rosalie's wedding.  Trubel reveals that the mask was in the pocket of a Shackle that Josh hit in the head with a rock. Nick gets a call from Hank saying that the witness is ready to talk.  Nick agrees to meet Hank at the hospital and tells Trubel to see what she can find out from Bud.

At the hospital, Denis describes his attackers as three kids who dressed up like red hairy monsters.  Nick asks for more details on what the perpetrators looked like and Denis snarks about Nick and Hank filling out a police report for hairy little beasts.  Denis suggests that they look for whoever was inside the costumes, so Nick says that more detail about the costume could help point them out. 

Bud, Josh & Trubel watch the house from across the street. Using binoculars, Bud identifies some of the Wesen in the house.