Grimm Episode 14: "Plumed Serpent"
Summary: "
Nick finds himself in the heated world of Portland fire dancing where he meets a woman who might just be too hot to handle."
Hey, it's a Baldwin!
Our very own
Daniel Baldwin, Lake Oswego resident, recently embroiled in
legal troubles with his wife, brother of 30 Rock-Alec, guest-stars in this episode of Grimm.
I expected some sort of Chinatown, Year of the Dragon references in this episode, but I guess my instincts were off. Our fire-breathing dragons reside in big NW industrial warehouses.
Schoolhouse Electric
The opening scene highlights the exterior of
Schoolhouse Electric, located at
3181 NW Nicolai St. Filming took place in
early January. Now the home of
Steelhouse Electric Factory, it originally housed
Pacific Hardware and Steel Company in 1910. There is a
great article from Neighborhood Notes a couple of years ago about the renovation of this historic building.
From the Schoolhouse
Facebook page:
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Schoolhouse Electric Co - We think they will only show the first two floors of the building plus our basement where all the creepy things happen in the episode. It's suppose to be an abandoned warehouse so they made the second floor windows look boarded up, brought in barrel, pallets, garbage, leafs, etc for the loading dock and parking lot. They covered all of our Schoolhouse signs in the parking lot with "Truman Corp" signs so we are pretty sure no Schoolhouse branding will we exposed. Amazing how organized and quickly they made the transformation happen."
Throughout this episode and its dragon escapades, we see interior shots of this old Portland warehouse. You can catch more photos from the filming here at
NBC.com.
Train Tracks (
with snow - which day was this?)
In the opening scenes, some vague activity flashes by on one of those old-fashioned, hand-powered mine carts. Later in the show, Juliette is kidnapped by the Fire-Breathing Dragon Dancer, who sweeps her away on what Monroe calls a "
Fairmont Section Car". Thanks Monroe, your knowledge of the arcane is just another reason everyone LOVES you.
I initially thought this had been filmed on the Lake Oswego trolley line, but it was actually the Zoo Train, officially the
Washington Park and Zoo Railway, AKA "the hippest little railway in Portland". I'm curious where they found the vintage Fairmonts.
Oregon Zoo posted a photo of their train tunnel-turned "dragon's lair" on
Facebook: