‘Grimm’ Season 1 Preview: Plot, Cast, and Trailer

David Giuntoli and Russell Hornsby in Grimm
David Giuntoli and Russell Hornsby in ‘Grimm’ (Photo by: Scott Green © NBCUniversal, Inc.)

NBC’s Grimm is inspired by the Grimm Brother’s Fairy Tales and comes to us from the creative minds behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. David Giuntoli leads the cast as a detective who is shocked to discover mythical creatures are real.

David Giuntoli plays Nick Burkhardt, Russell Hornsby is Hank Griffin, Bitsie Tulloch is Juliette Silverton, and Silas Weir Mitchell stars as Monroe. Reggie Lee is Sgt. Wu, Sasha Roiz plays Captain Sean Renard, Bree Turner is Rosalee Calvert, and Claire Coffee stars as Adalind Schade.

The Synopsis: Remember the fairy tales your parents used to tell you before bedtime? Those weren’t stories — they were warnings. Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli, Turn The Beat Around) thought he prepared himself for the realities of working as a homicide detective until he started seeing things he couldn’t quite explain. When his ailing Aunt Marie (guest star Kate Burton, Grey’s Anatomy) arrives, Nick’s life turns upside down when she reveals they are descendants of an elite group of hunters, also known as “Grimms,” who fight to keep the balance of humanity safe from the supernatural creatures of the world.

As Nick digs deeper into her past, he realizes that he will have to shoulder the responsibility of his ancestors — and contend with a larger-than-life mythology of the Brothers Grimm that is now all too real.