Lena Marcinko (Grimm)

Lena Marcinko (Amy Acker) is the main villainess from "Tarantella," episode 1.11 of Grimm (airdate February 10, 2012). 
==Backstory==
Lena Marcinko is a Spinnetod, a black widow spider-like creature, who kills her mates after sex. Her backstory reveals that she had commited such murders in series of three in Albuquerque a decade before the episode's events. Lena did the same in Phoenix five years later, and in the cases of both series of murders, they were done to maintain her youth and beauty. During this, Lena met and married Robert Marcinko (a male Spinnetod), and they had a daughter, Sally.
==Events==
Five years after her time in Phoenix, Lena began her evil handiwork in Portland during the events of the episode. While at an art gallery, she met a man named Ryan Showalter, and the pair ended up going to his condo, where Ryan revealed himself as a fuchsbau and became sexually aggressive towards Lena. It was at that moment that Lena woged into her Spinnetod form and killed Ryan, while losing a finger in the process. On the following night, the evil Lena donned a blonde wig and shades while going out on her second kill, finding a man named Anton Mengers as her victim. The pair hit it off instantly, and it was in a hotel room that Lena killed Anton. After killing Ryan, Lena took his gold Rolex and gave it to Robert as a gift.
Nick Burkhardt had learned about the Spinnetod wreaking havoc in Portland, but hadn't learned the wesen's identity. It wasn't until Nick and Hank Griffin were at the Marcinko home (due to the discovery of the watch) that the former saw Lena in her Spinnetod form. After talking to Robert, Nick tracked Lena to a boat where she was attempting to mate with and kill a man named Aaron to complete the cycle. At that moment, Nick entered and stopped the villainess in her attempt, and she was arrested. The episode shows Lena aged and sitting in her cell, as her failure to complete her cycle resulted in premature aging.
== Trivia ==
* Amy Acker later played villainess Tracy Bering on Warehouse 13.
==Gallery==
Lena Disguise.jpg|Lena in her disguise
Spinnetod.jpg|Lena in her Spinnetod form
Aged Lena.jpg|An aged Lena sitting in her cell
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