Mojeaux

Whether or not the writers hate women is up for debate, although they sure don't know how to write women. However, I don't have a problem with men beating the women who can kick their ass. The "everybody knows you don't hit a woman" is the sexist position, IMO. A woman who's strong enough to kick a big, strong man's ass is strong enough to get her ass kicked. You fight like a man, you better be able to take it like a man. They may or may not be trying to convey "this woman is a bad-ass" is up for grabs, but assuming they are, then yes, the women should get equal time on the fight choreography. Nothing says equality like getting the same treatment. Disclaimer: I'm a martial artist and the "don't hit a woman" didn't fly. If you're there, you're there to learn how to defend against someone who WILL beat a woman. I was very disturbed by the fact that Nick was willing to "lose" to Not!Juliette because she was his "love" and/or a woman. ALL THAT SAID, Mr. Mojeaux and I broke up with Grimm after the Bloody!Meisner episode. Not even my shipping Adalind and Meisner could keep me.

I don't think she's a very good actress (even though I generally like her) and while her performances are getting better as time goes along (marginally), whatever chemistry that WAS there between her and NW (whom I don't care for generally) is gone. MORIARTY, on the other hand … The "Stop fangirling all over the arch-villain" had me howling. And then I realized something was there. I'm a natural-born 'shipper, but I would rather have no 'ship than a bad 'ship. I was on the fence. The chemistry between her and Moriarty (especially after he pointed out that Prospero has him over a barrel) was there, but I was pleasantly surprised at the chemistry between her and Moriarty. It was also a sweet chemistry.

He was drunk.

Me: “I don’t think Coco liked that solution.” Mr. Mojeaux: “What gave you that idea?” Me: “The ‘OMG you raped me’ face.”

So I called it on Eichhorst getting punked by Bolivar.* Now I’m calling Coco as an assassin-ish plant. Femme fatale. There’s more than one way to be a whore. But if you’re gonna be one, do it up RIGHT. *I don’t follow the book or the fandom and the only forum I read is this one. If others already know Coco is a plant (heh) (if she is), then I will be chagrined. But I’m coming at this from regular-ol’-viewer-ville.

OMG I told Mr Mojeaux this verbatim.Vombie Team Six: I haz a sad, but half of my sad is because it was too easy. The second they walked into Palmer’s office and no one was there, I wondered how well they did their research. I was disappointed in their bad-assery. I, too, would be very happy if mother Kelly and Son Zach were reunited. For teh feelz. I thought the blow job was awesome because, well, I’m sick and twisted that way. I’d do that for Mr Mojeaux if he let me. TMI? I thought Abe telling Nora about his elixir of youth was better than letting her think he was dying. I figured he had to be ingesting it somehow because men his age usually...aren’t. Re the master’s next host. I think Eichhorst believes HE will be the chosen one. Boy, is he in for a letdown.

I’m perfectly willing to concede this because I didn’t catch Jack’s voice was Renard’s. Also, Meisner. Because reasons.

I still don’t think Kelly is dead. I believe the head is a fake, or else their props department is craptastic because it totally looked fake. Furthermore, I do not for one minute believe Diana would let Kelly die. I also believe the woman on the phone with Trubel is Kelly. Trubel seemed a little underwhelmed by the news that that head was Nick’s mom. I can’t explain it, but too many things are off for Kelly to be dead. Nick and Adalind have chemistry, this is true, and it would be a logical ’ship (if there had to be one) sans Meisner, but Adalind’s chemistry with Meisner was OFF THE CHARTS and nobody had any reason to think he’d be back. You just know that baby adores him, and as someone upthread said, he’s successfully played knight in shining armor to Adalind once. So this: From your lips to the show-gods’ ears. If BT has another year on her contract, well, crap. DO. NOT. WANT. I will choose to interpret it this way. Am I the only one who thought there was some not-good tension there between Juliette and Trubel? As in, they didn’t like each other but were pretending? I could believe it was lack of chemistry because heaven knows, BT has no chemistry with anyone else, either, and the girl who plays Trubel was a n00b actor at the time. I never got the feeling that there was anything other than vague hostility there. Cosign.

I TOTALLY agree. I believe Kelly to be alive and well (because she can't have just suddenly taken a stupid pill), and that she will be the one to off Juliette so Nick won't have to. Well. I hope. Because Juliette needs to die. </wishful thinking>

If she could act, that would be an AWESOME show of its own. Oh, forget BT. Somebody call a good actress to headline that show..

You are not.

Preview had Kelly holding toddler!Diana's hand and carefully leading her up the walk. We can deduce from this they have a good relationship and Diana trusts her, which was the point. We also know that Diana has wicked hex powers. This is what I suspect will be happening next episode (okay, wishful thinking on my part): Diana lays Juliette flat. Nick screams no at a dead Juliette. No? Damn. Diana's going to be the one wielding the power, I believe.

Oh, that is so not cool. I just want her fired.

The only “convenience” being that the writers chose to make it the Juliette Drama Hour instead doing the half a dozen other very interesting things they could’ve done with her that would have made her valuable as something other than the Little Woman. She could’ve even slid by on her bad acting. They painted themselves into a corner and now they’re walking on the wet paint to get out of it and they’ll track it all over the living room carpet. I am soooo annoyed about all the missed opportunities for the character to be interesting, productive, and helpful. But (in writing this just now), maybe it was always intended to be a BT vehicle. She got cat-scratch fever early on. This is a small group, I think, and I don’t follow shows or celebrities on Twitter or FB, so I don’t how much of the fandom wants her gone, but if I were the network, I’d be giving the writers the side-eye. Aside: Ditto others on the multiple stupidities in the episode.

Quite frankly, I’m shipping Adalind and Nick. Have been from the beginning. There is so much sexual tension there, but probably not as much as it feels like because it’s running up against Nick and Juliette’s nonexistent sexual tension. (However, I have hated Juliette from the beginning, too.) Yeah, I believe Adalind’s telling the truth about her solution, but it’s motivated by her own interests, which seems to be her baby and, as we have seen, she is quite protective of her spawn. The trailer!!!! Aside: Why can’t Hank get back together with his physical therapist? I liked her and they were attracted to each other and and and … Oh wait. This is The Show That Drops All Threads. I gave up on OUaT 2 seasons ago. I gave Grimm one more season. I think I’m out unless Juliette bites it.

Disclaimer: Haven’t liked the character or the actress’s lack of talent from the beginning. Having said that, the better way to handle her growth arc would have been to follow up on her being a vet and delving into Wesen and Grimm anatomy/DNA like she started to when she didn’t know about wesenality. Like scientific reasons Nick can do what he does (see things others can’t, as explained by his opthalmologist). Like ways to help Wesen special problems, working in concert with Rosalee as pharmacist. Why Adalind could do what she did. If she’s a vet, she’s a scientist (as shown by her microscope). If I were a scientist, I’d be curious how all this is accomplished scientifically. She could have had a very strong presence and numerous shows could have been written around her and WOTW. Unless, of course, the writers are science-averse. Edited because improper verb conjugation makes my OCD twitch.

There are too many ways the ending can be spun. I said to Mr. Mojeaux, “That was a feint, and not well done.” So color me meh. Also, cynical. Too much THERE IS A TRAYYYYYTORRRR!!! [gotcha!] vibe. The promo people doth protest too much. (Likely I would have bought it if it hadn’t been so emphasized because there was only one candidate.) Random thought: Zed is REALLY pretty. One of those people I just want to stare at like a bouquet of rich tulips. I’m a reader, so TV really has to be special to keep my attention. This one’s gotten and kept it all the way through, which hasn’t been done since Ugly Betty. I really want it to stick around, but it won’t because *I* like it. You may all blame me if it’s canceled. Hrmph.

If Juliet is really a hexenbiest now, I'm out.

I would be totally okay if Nick had sex with IRL Adalind. She can act. Also, I like the enemies-as-lovers trope. No, I don't care how evil she is. Also, Juliet needs to FOAD. Looked to me like that was the best sex Nick had ever had. Insta-besties! I wonder if that was for fans. I've been wanting to see Nick and Adalind together forever. But then I'm a romance novelist by day. My Juliet hate is growing. So the actors of Nick and Juliet are together IRL? Ugh. The guy who plays Charming on OUAT can't act his way out of a paper bag, either.

Coming late to the party because the DVR was backed up and I like to glom. Mr Mojeaux doesn't, but he went to bed and I hit the rest of the season from this point forward. Told Mr Mojeaux last night during this episode that it was boring when Nick's not a Grimm. ITA. Mad!Wu is not my cuppa. Please please please please please get rid of Juliet. She's a bad actress, a bad(ly written) character, and everything she marginally "adds" to the story is contrived. I grow to hate her more each season. I've made it 2.5 seasons with Grimm (not a record, but even Ugly Betty got ridiculous). The next episode decides my willingness to make it 3.

Am I the only one who caught the “Raging Bull” reference?