Grimm, 4 out of 5 cupcakes

It's just enough.  Just enough mystery to keep you interested, yet satisfied.  Just enough gore to keep it suspenseful, but not disgusting.  Just enough humor to make me chuckle.  Just enough episodes to make me want to watch the next one.

Grimm is only two episodes in, but has already captured my attention.  It is a fairytale-come-true about a homicide detective who has just found out that he is a Grimm, a family of "things that go bump in the night" killers.  He seems to take up his task with gusto, a little confusion, and a fair amount of chiseled charm.  He is helped and hindered by a whole bunch of beautiful people and beasts, so even if the writing sucked, which it doesn't, it would be pretty to watch.

It also helps that the pretty people/beasts are living in Portland, OR.  The scenery is gorgeous, but it is a little too obvious that they are sometimes working in a studio.  The seams between the people and the CG are not always hidden.  And nothing ruins a chase through a beautiful forest more than knowing it's actually a green screen.

Overall, a great start to another fantasy series.  I am intrigued, but I'm not holding my breath.  So many of these types of shows fall into the old formula:  human gets killed to get viewers interest, another human gets kidnapped, hero runs into a few problems, hijinks ensue, hero saves human just in the nick of time, and everyone lives happily ever after.  Just like in the Grimm's fairy tales, right?  (If you answered yes, you need to go read some of the original Grimm's fairy tales.)  Let's hope the writers don't run out of ideas.

So check this out!  The pilot and episode 1 are currently on Hulu.com.