S04.E04: Dyin' On A Prayer

[formerlyfreedom]

Nick and Hank are called to an unusual crime scene with a victim who appears to have died from clay-induced asphyxiation. Wu begins to grow more suspicious of Trubel’s presence. Elizabeth makes a major breakthrough with regards to restoring Nick’s powers. Monroe and Rosalee experience cultural backlash as a result of their inter-Wesen marriage. Adalind hopes that putting trust in her mysterious visitor will help her escape the dungeon.

 

 

[mustbekarma]

Here's to a nice mud bath. It really relaxes you, and I bet it's great for the pores.

 

I loved this episode.

 

And seriously, tell Wu already.

[johntfs]

Yes, tell Wu before Renard decided to have him whacked/committed.  I was kind of hoping with the wife-beating asshole we'd get some more skillet-fu, but I have high hopes for next week.

 

Can Adalind just drown there become another brick, er, face in the wall? 

[SimoneS]

So Nick claps and smiles about the return of the man who tried to kill his aunt. The writers of this show are so pathetic.

[placate]

This episode was so full of cheese. Get some better cgi. Please sacrifice Juliette and make the spell zap Adalind to death. I was actually laughing when she was drowning in a river of tears because it was b movie bad cheesy.

[Matt K]

Was that Zack Braff as one of the wall faces?  Sure sounded like him.

[kwerkee]

I think they needed another Grimm for the spell to work, not Juliette. (Yea, I know next week's trailer seems to indicate otherwise)

Edited November 15, 2014 by kwerkee

[Shanna Marie]

I'm liking Teresa more and more. It was rather level-headed of her to clear out and leave what she thought was a message of where to find her so she could let Nick know what was going on without putting him and Juliette in danger. He may not have understood her "message" precisely, but it worked because he found her right away. Then she did a great job with the kid.

 

So Nick claps and smiles about the return of the man who tried to kill his aunt.

It's not like he could sit and boo in the police station. Besides, since then Renard has saved his life a number of times and put himself on the line several times to protect Nick, like covering up any evidence of Nick killing that guy while in a zombie state, and Renard was shot while trying to get the potion to Nick to save him. Nick's probably totally screwed without someone in the know as his boss, so even if he and Renard have some bad blood between them, Nick has plenty of reason to applaud Renard's return.

[thuganomics85]

Man, I hate it when I'm trying to cast a simply protection spell for my loved ones, and it turns out the spell actually creates a clay golem, that murders people.  That's why you go to read the fine print!

 

Should have known that the previews from last week were a mislead, and it wasn't Adalind in the shop, but Renard's mom just trolling Monroe and Rosalee.  Instead, the real Adalind is barely keeping her head above water.  So, so bored with her scenes.

 

Looks like they found a way to bring Nick's Grimmness back, but it require putting Juliette in peril.  I'm sure they show will make it a big thing, but this is an easy answer.  Even if I actually liked Juliette, Nick losing his powers is clearly just making things worse for him, since his enemies still want to harm his ass.

 

Glad to see the return of Hank's amusing one-liners and reaction shots; especially loved his "Oh, you have no idea" retort to the rabbi saying they might not believe him, and his amusement over Teresa's reaction to finding out their are other fantastical creatures out there, that aren't Wesen.

 

Finally, another episode, another reminder for this group to just Tell Wu, before things get worse.  Especially since Renard now knows he's up to something.

[Actionmage]

Glad that Teresa told Nick about Agent Chavez and that Nick understands how tricky the whole thing is.  When he gets a chance, he needs to ask Rosalee.

 

Speaking of, it was a mixed reaction I had to the masked brick-throwers. Good? It wasn't centered on Nick. Bad? It was about their marriage. Hopefully, Portland is really going to get a bit more tolerant. Monroe talking about parts of the symbol's history was classic Monroe.

 

I think that we can safely assume that Elizabeth, Renard's mom, is actually older than her cosmetic appearance. Catherine's face seemed very decompose-y as well. I like that Elizabeth has a sense of humor and that Rosalee appreciated it. I would like to see a friendlier, older wesen befriend Rosalee due to a shared love of apothecary. Male, female? ::shrug:: As long as the being is cool and on Team Rosalee.  (I really hope that there is a real break for Rosalee and Monroe's honeymoon.)

 

I love Bridgette Brannaugh and enjoyed her here. I also enjoyed the young man playing her son. He and Teresa did have a nice chemistry. Was that Michael Ury as the uncle? Goodness! I didn't think that Partners was that long ago!

 

Ogres? Are asses. Can we have one nice ogre in the future?  Not every wesen has to be a living stereotype of their kind.

 

I am thinking that Wu and Quentin Lance on Arrow need to start a support group- Folks "protected" from the Truth! Tell Wu!! (Or Wu can tell himself and get his angry period over with. Either way, I'm good-- like Nike, just do it!!)

[AudienceofOne]

Instead, the real Adalind is barely keeping her head above water.  So, so bored with her scenes.

 

 

I fast forward them. So pointless.

 

So Nick claps and smiles about the return of the man who tried to kill his aunt.

 

 

Remember when Renard was introduced as being in a nefarious plan against Nick that involved him murdering his Aunt, then spent two years making cryptic phonecalls and now just hangs around to be shirtless now and then? Yeah, me too. I don't care anymore. This show clearly wants us to forget the bit where Renard was supposed to be evil and then grey. Mostly it wants us to think of him being naked.

 

Tell Wu!!

 

 

Stat

 

I'm liking Teresa more and more

 

 

Me too. Singlehandedly the reason I'm still watching this show.

 

I loved this episode.

 

 

Me too. I don't think I've enjoyed an episode so much since.... I can't remember enjoying an episode since season 1. I liked the plot, the characterisation, I fast forwarded Adalind so I can pretend she wasn't in it. Very enjoyable.

Edited November 15, 2014 by AudienceofOne

[johntfs]

So Nick claps and smiles about the return of the man who tried to kill his aunt. The writers of this show are so pathetic.

 

Answered earlier, but yes he did.  The operative word in your sentence was "tried."  If Renard had actually murdered Aunt Marie, I don't see Nick forgiving her, but he didn't kill her.  Cancer did.  Since then Nick and Renard have had strong common ground in enemies and allies, so it's not that surprising that Nick has warmed to him.  Juliette hasn't, though, as witness her "get off my phone with your crazy bullshit reminder of that weirdness, I'm planning a wedding here." reaction to his call in last season's finale.

 

I think they needed another Grimm for the spell to work, not Juliette. (Yea, I know next week's trailer seems to indicate otherwise)

So did the last part of this episode with Monroe, Rosalee and Elizabeth all directing significant looks at Juliette.  Also, it makes sense since Juliette's DNA was part of the spell.  It's pretty clear from the previous doctor's appointment that Nick's Grimmness isn't gone so much as magically (and physiologically) suppressed.  Besides, story is conflict.  Trubel would step up in a second.  Juliette has reservations about Nick going Grimm again.  Of course, she's also been played as a practical, compassionate, sensible person, so once vengeful Wesen start coming out of the woodwork due to "blabberbeiber" she'll demand they go forward whatever the risk to herself (since if she doesn't the above vengeful Wesen will kill her and Nick anyway).. 

[GaT]

WTF was that crap with Adalind? Are we going to have little scenes of strange stuff happening to her in the castle for the rest of the season?

[shapeshifter]

...Glad to see the return of Hank's amusing one-liners and reaction shots; especially loved his "Oh, you have no idea" retort to the rabbi saying they might not believe him, and his amusement over Teresa's reaction to finding out their are other fantastical creatures out there, that aren't Wesen.

 

Finally, another episode, another reminder for this group to just Tell Wu, before things get worse.  Especially since Renard now knows he's up to something.

Why, writers, oh why couldn't you have let Wu stay comic relief? You want him to be in the dark about Wessen? Fine. But why make him dark?? Have you never seen Bewitched? I guess not. You're all too young. Wu could have been like Bewitched early season one Darren and later Mrs. Kravitts: Hilariously seeing stuff instead of tragically going crazy, later to turn bitter and angry. *sigh*

Was Nick's saying he would never yell at a kid again foreshadowing for a baby in the future? No, Juliette, you don't have to get pregnant, I was thinking Adalind drowns, and then Nick's mom brings back the baby for Juliette and Nick to rear into a good little witch with comic relief when she does magicky stuff in front of normals. Did they name her Tabatha? Yeah, I know. Wrong show.

[anamika]

Wu is a like a dog with a bone with that photo of Trubel's. Go Wu! Be inquisitive, connect the dots and get to the truth about those secretive buggers. I miss the episodes where Nick and Renard acted ignorant and played against each other while not knowing everything about the other. I don't want to sit through another episode of the gang explaining things to a Schlich-Kennen. Been there, done that twice. But knowing this rather formulaic show, that's what we will get soon.

 

Louis Lombard as Renard's mom continues to be awesome. Loved hexenbeist Elizabeth stirring the pot with her decaying fingers.

 

Adalind continues to have her separate storyline in Europe. Is this going to be a trend every season. Poor Claire Coffee though. First rats and now drowning in water. The writers seem to like to put her in some strange situations at the beginning of every season. Unfortunately Adalind continues to be stupid. Those faces on the wall were interesting. Were they random faces or were we supposed to recognize them?

 

Trubel continues to be fun to watch since they actually give her some good character moments. Her moments with boxer Clay last episode and her scenes with David this episode continue to add depth to the character. She can act so that helps.

 

The case of the week was boring. Person wishing/praying/calling a spirit/monster/zombie etc to exact revenge is a staple science fiction/fantasy trope that's been done to death on TV shows. Grimm itself had something similar last season where some lady prays at the bedside of her injured son calling up a wesen monster (an old lady) who then kills all the bad guys. Said monster protecting a child is another trope I have watched several times.

 

Rosalee and Adalind had some chemistry there. Hmm. Liked how excited Rosalee was about the whole thing.

 

How did the mother not freak out about her face changing abusive husband before this?

Why is the FBI not questioning Renard about what happened that day?

Did they arrest the uncle for calling the Golem and killing two people since they have the murder weapon?

Edited November 15, 2014 by anamika

[SimoneS]

Answered earlier, but yes he did.  The operative word in your sentence was "tried."  If Renard had actually murdered Aunt Marie, I don't see Nick forgiving her, but he didn't kill her.  Cancer did.  Since then Nick and Renard have had strong common ground in enemies and allies, so it's not that surprising that Nick has warmed to him.  

 

I have no doubt that this exactly the rationalization that the writers use every week. It is ridiculous and has undermined the show from the moment they changed their minds about making Renard the bad guy that he was original meant to be. 

[hincandenza]

Decent episode, although for some reason the golem seemed silly, even for this show.  It was interesting to me that they referenced back to the water ghosts episode to remind us of the other non-Wesen supernatural elements out there; it always seemed like they were fairly incurious after they found something even Wesen didn't know about.  I must admit, I too am liking Trubel a lot more lately, which is surprising since I disliked her character when she first appeared.  And lastly, for the love of God, TELL WU!

 

I have this fan theory after watching this episode; what if this whole Adelind escape attempt is pure theater?  Once they'd captured her, didn't Victor say something like "Let the games begin?".  Maybe it's obvious to everyone else, but if the show wanted it to be obvious they'd have added in a line of dialogue such as "If she gets through the next week, we'll see if she's of any more use to us", which would put the audience into the state of mind knowing Adalind is not in real danger and instead looking at her as being tormented. Perhaps this whole thing is an elaborate and time tested psychological torture routine designed by the royals ages ago to break people down.  I mean, she's held in a cold cell for who knows how long with seemingly no hope of rescue.  Then, there's a voice!  She's not alone, a glimmer of hope! Oh, but the voice is clearly crazy, alas.  Ah, but then it speaks coherently, and offers escape!  And an improbably loose stone in the cell slides right out, allowing her to escape down some back passages with the crazy old man, who offers freedom, and food.  Ah, but then while going up a ludicrously large tower stairway the walls appear to speak (probably because of some minor haunted house effects, and of course whatever hallucinogenic drugs were in that food she just ate), and water rushes in as we leave Adalind, seemingly posed on the brink of death by drowning.

 

Yeah, I hope they go that route, it would be a darker twist but could finally give purpose to Adalind by pushing her either full evil or redemption with a "Hexenbeist Scorned (again)" arc to defeat Victor somehow.  Or, she could go full dark side and become a permanent and genuinely intimidating "Big Bad" character lurking over the Grimmiverse.  I actually have grown to like Claire Coffee as an actress, so I wouldn't mind her being the Dr. Claw of the show.

[HunterHunted]

Speaking of, it was a mixed reaction I had to the masked brick-throwers. Good? It wasn't centered on Nick. Bad? It was about their marriage. Hopefully, Portland is really going to get a bit more tolerant. Monroe talking about parts of the symbol's history was classic Monroe.

I sort of liked this detail. The Wesen communities are very closed. They don't really interact with humans or each other. Nick, Monroe, and Rosalee have been huge change agents. They've facilitated relationships and interactions between Wesen communities and humans where previously there were none. They've caused old enmities to be put aside. They've even stopped old Wesen traditions liked coyotls gang raping a female family member into womanhood. Monroe and Rosales represent change and the future. They work with other Wesen communities, Grimms, and n have a mixed marriage where they might even have hybridized children. Some people are going to push back because they are scared that they'll lose their traditions.

[Shadda2]

I liked this one.  It's nice when the show goes a different route and shows us other supernatural things.  This allowed Nick to be truly involved and not need to rely upon Teresa for help.  Well a little help, but not all that much

 

It is a good thing that they had Teresa tell Nick about the FBI lady.  I'm curious what faction they are with, I just hope it isn't some new story line.   We really can't afford another thread to try and follow when they aren't even keeping up with the ones they currently have.

 

Nick is acting more and more depressed.  There is just no spark there anymore.  He was a little more animated this episode as there was more for him to do, but this not having his Grimm powers is wearing him down.  It's like he's lost his purpose in life.

 

The Adalind storyline needs to come back to Portland.  It seems they want to keep the Royals relevant but aren't sure how to do that so they keep giving us little snippets of scenes that lead nowhere.  They are simply making no progress which is worse than ignoring the whole thread and just letting it die due to lack of attention.

 

And, I agree, tell Wu.

[Grammaeryn]

I am officially sick of golems on TV. From the X-Files, Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow to Grimm now. I hope you guys can jog my memory. I know Renard's met Teresa but did he know that she is a Grimm? I would think he had time to figure it out on his own in the hospital.

EDIT - Upon research, Brothers Grimm wrote about Golems so this is kinda legit to be included.

Edited November 15, 2014 by Grammaeryn

[iMonrey]

 

So Nick claps and smiles about the return of the man who tried to kill his aunt.

 

Hmm - does Nick know that Adalind tried to kill Marie under Renard's orders? I can't remember.

 

I just want them to end this nonsense about Nick no longer being a Grimm. It just doesn't make any sense to follow him around the entire episode if he's not a Grimm anymore. He's supposed to be a Grimm, that's the whole point of the show. It's not supposed to be about some cop who cannot determine whether his latest perp is Wesen or not without the help of some teenage runaway.

[beadgirl]

I continue to be pleased with the way they write Teresa as inexperienced and wary but also sensible, rather than bratty and whiny.  Renard's mom continues to be awesome, and I too liked her little bonding moment with Rosalee.  I'd like to see that partnership developed, giving Rosalee an opportunity to expand her knowledge.

 

As for the Golem, I liked seeing another non-Wesen creature, and especially liked the foray into Jewish folklore.  Best of all, it was refreshing to see the brother almost immediately fess up to Nick and Hank, even if he wasn't sure they'd believe him -- kind of a nice change of pace from all secret-keeping people do about the mysterious happenings in Portland.

[Blue Plastic]

I actually kind of liked the crying faces on the tower walls.  It was kind of original, I thought.  There's still the problem of the whole royals/Adalind story making no sense and being cut off from the main action in Portland, but Claire Coffee's acting makes me want to watch her scenes.

 

The little boy was actually a fairly decent actor.  So was his character supposed to be a young Grimm?  The mom seemed totally in the dark as to the true nature of her abusive husband and brother-in-law.

[The Wild Sow]

 

I am officially sick of golems on TV. I hope you guys can jog my memory.

Sleepy Hollow, Season 1, ep 10.  

Called, appropriately enough, "The Golem"!

[Slovenly Muse]

 

The little boy was actually a fairly decent actor.  So was his character supposed to be a young Grimm?  The mom seemed totally in the dark as to the true nature of her abusive husband and brother-in-law.

No, I don't think so. Remember that Wessen CAN be seen by regular folk when they want to be. My impression was that EvilStepdad was not only abusing his wife and stepson, but wogeing too in order to terrify them into submission. In the hospital, the mom seemed to be trying to tell her brother that the guy "changed" when he attacked them, but seemed hesitant to say more because she knew how crazy it sounded. The boy was the same way. He said his stepdad was a "monster" but wouldn't elaborate because he knew if he tried to say he was a LITERAL monster, then no one would believe him. (Except Theresa, who came the closest to getting him to open up, but still didn't really succeed.) So they were just a normal family being terrorized by a Wessen who used their ignorance of his true nature against them.

[anamika]

I'll bet the show is happy as well she's wound up being a fan favorite.

 

Is she? Ratings are down for Grimm this season so much so that for the first time it is in the likely to be renewed category than the sure to be renewed category at TV by the numbers. It's hit series low numbers. Either viewers are not as interested in the whole Grimmless Nick/Trubel story or they are losing interest in the poor writing as a whole.

 

But if it means Juliette FINALLY sees the danger of Nick not having his powers, then fine.

 

Yeah, she's a bit of an idiot isn't she if she needs this to be spelled out for her. Last episode Hank, Monroe and Rosalee pretty much laid out all the problems of Nick being Grimmless: Dangerous because of Wesen already knowing about him, may have long term effects etc. I think she already knows that it's dangerous for Nick, she's just being rather selfish at this point.  No nonsense Elizabeth may point blank lay it out for her and break through that fog of selfishness and actually make her notice that Nick has been absolutely miserable without his powers and that he's suffering physical effects to boot from whatever Adalind did to him. If she does love him, she can't really refuse to help after that.

[The Wild Sow]

 

So, I guess we have an answer to the question, "If these walls could talk."

Ha, I've always heard that "the walls have ears!"

Those walls also have mouths, and, apparently, tear ducts.

[seacliffsal]

If ratings are down, it could be due to storylines that take away from the main characters (i.e. the ongoing Royals plot as well as Adaline in Europe) and characters who are not fan favorites (Juliette?).  The sooner Nick gets his Grimm back, the sooner they drop all of the Europe plots, the better.

[ramble]

Ratings are down for Grimm this season so much so that for the first time it is in the likely to be renewed category than the sure to be renewed category at TV by the numbers. It's hit series low numbers. Either viewers are not as interested in the whole Grimmless Nick/Trubel story or they are losing interest in the poor writing as a whole.

Raising my hand. I do not like Trouble (& I still refuse to spell that right). I do not enjoy her in any way & I despise Nick not being a Grimm. When he gets his Grimm back, I'm hoping against hope that Trouble leaves town. If she doesn't I may leave the show. As it is I'm fast forwarding a lot through a show I used to want to watch every moment of. Edited November 16, 2014 by ramble

[Prevailing Wind]

Toboni is listed in the opening title sequence as a guest star. Truthfully, if they'd start calling her Theresa, I'd prefer to have her around than the nonsensical Royals plotline.

[johntfs]

Is she? Ratings are down for Grimm this season so much so that for the first time it is in the likely to be renewed category than the sure to be renewed category at TV by the numbers. It's hit series low numbers. Either viewers are not as interested in the whole Grimmless Nick/Trubel story or they are losing interest in the poor writing as a whole.

 

 

Yeah, she's a bit of an idiot isn't she if she needs this to be spelled out for her. Last episode Hank, Monroe and Rosalee pretty much laid out all the problems of Nick being Grimmless: Dangerous because of Wesen already knowing about him, may have long term effects etc. I think she already knows that it's dangerous for Nick, she's just being rather selfish at this point.  No nonsense Elizabeth may point blank lay it out for her and break through that fog of selfishness and actually make her notice that Nick has been absolutely miserable without his powers and that he's suffering physical effects to boot from whatever Adalind did to him. If she does love him, she can't really refuse to help after that.

Juliette's "selfishness" is leavened with a large dollop of love and concern for Nick.  There's still a Grimm living in the house and there will be for the foreseeable future.  Meanwhile, the "long term effects" of being a Grimm include getting torn to pieces by psychotic Wesen.  Finally, Nick being a Grimm is a relatively recent thing for him.  It's only been three years.  Juliette understandably likes the idea of getting off the Grimm train.  More than that, she wants Nick to have an actual choice about becoming a Grimm and she does not want his friend pressing a cure on him because him being a Grimm is so much better for them.

 

That all said, Juliette is essentially a sensible person.  Once she see the clear and present danger to Nick from being Grimmless, she's do her part to help him no matter what the possible dangers are.

[ABay]

I don't care if they tell Wu or kill him off as long as one of the many dangling subplots is resolved. The character was fun when he just showed up, quipped, and left. In my opinion, he's one of those characters who's spoiled by too much exposure. Same with Bud--great fun in small doses, look forward to seeing him a few times a season, but more than that and the charm wears off quickly.

[Prevailing Wind]

 

this show will take a boring or frustrating plotline and beat it until it's dead, then beat it some more, and just for good measure, beat it again.

Have any of these writers/showrunners ever worked for Letterman?  He prides himself on that.

[anamika]

 

That all said, Juliette is essentially a sensible person.  Once she see the clear and present danger to Nick from being Grimmless, she's do her part to help him no matter what the possible dangers are.

 

I am not seeing how Juliette is essentially a 'sensible' person really. She already knows the clear and present danger. Like I said, she would have to be an utter idiot not to. Monroe told her that quite a few wesen know about Nick and that it would be dangerous for him to walk around without his Grimmness. Despite this she requested that they put off helping him (Without consulting the person involved) She actually knows more than Monroe and co. at his point because she knows about the excruciating headache and the inflammation affecting something that's in Nick's genes and told Nick that this was because of something that Adalind did.

 

Does she have to wait until someone is actually standing over Nick with a knife at his throat to understand the danger? I don't see that as sensible at all.

 

And if this is what is going to force her hand and decide that Nick should get his Grimm powers again, then I foresee more whining  from her about him being a Grimm infecting their life and so on.

 

  More than that, she wants Nick to have an actual choice about becoming a Grimm and she does not want his friend pressing a cure on him because him being a Grimm is so much better for them.

 

I think his friends have been more considerate and understanding about him not being a Grimm than Juliette.  If she wants Nick to have a choice she should have actually talked to him first about the whole thing rather than going behind his back and making the decision for him by asking Monroe not to help. Nick has never said that he did not want to be a Grimm and has been rather down since then. Everyone else seems to be picking up on his unhappiness except his live in girlfriend who seems to be more focused on being 'normal' even when the 'love' of her life is frustrated with his new 'normalcy'.

Edited November 17, 2014 by anamika

[OakGoblinFly]

WTF was that crap with Adalind? Are we going to have little scenes of strange stuff happening to her in the castle for the rest of the season?

 

 

Why not?  That pretty much sums up Adalind's story-line last season.  What a waste of time.

[theatremouse]

Was that Michael Ury as the uncle?

I don't believe so.

 

Thing I liked about this episode: more introducing her as "Teresa" to new people. If they ever called her that other name, I don't recall it and it was outnumbered by "Teresa"ing.

 

Yeah, that's all I've got.

[Actionmage]

Thanks, theatremouse!  I saw "Ury" in the credits and jumped to that actor. The only Ury I found was David, who plays Hoffman, Adalind's sorta crappy "guide".  

 

On the Teresa subject: I think that as she feels more comfortable being who she really is, dealing with her abilities and feeling supported, her birth name is less hateful to her ( who she was before she got her abilities.) If she can put her past behind her, then maybe "Trubel" will fade away, except when people from her past pop up. It is a move that I am enjoying too.

[4leafclover]

I have a sneaky suspicion that as time goes on, we will learn that "Trubel"/Teresa is actually Nick's sister that he never knew about.  Just wait and see.  

[SnarkyTart]

This was one of the better episodes of the season for me.  I've been asking for (much) less Juliet drama, much less Adalind, much less about the Royals, and much more Monroe and Rosalee time.  I've been somewhat interested in the Teresa character, and moderately more interested in the Elizabeth character.  I got all of those things, so it's hard to complain!   Now, if the show would quickly re-Grimm Nick, re-clue Wu, and bring back Nick's mother as a regular cast member, I'd be a pretty happy camper.    

[proserpina65]

Mostly it wants us to think of him being naked.

 

I have no problem doing that.

[SmithW6079]

Raising my hand. I do not like Trouble (& I still refuse to spell that right). I do not enjoy her in any way & I despise Nick not being a Grimm. When he gets his Grimm back, I'm hoping against hope that Trouble leaves town. If she doesn't I may leave the show. As it is I'm fast forwarding a lot through a show I used to want to watch every moment of.

While I don't fast forward, every scene with Theresa makes my skin crawl. I hate the continued esmaculation of Nick as a Grimm to promote Super!Teen!GrimmGirl! I'd much rather watch Adalind's scenes. Her current acid trip through the castle is a riot. If wall-in-castle guy is real, then I'm pretty sure whatever he told her to eat is responsible for her visions.

[Mojeaux]

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.

 

 

this show will take a boring or frustrating plotline and beat it until it's dead, then beat it some more, and just for good measure, beat it again.

 

Told Mr Mojeaux last night during this episode that it was boring when Nick's not a Grimm.

 

 

I don't care if they tell Wu or kill him off as long as one of the many dangling subplots is resolved. The character was fun when he just showed up, quipped, and left. In my opinion, he's one of those characters who's spoiled by too much exposure. Same with Bud--great fun in small doses, look forward to seeing him a few times a season, but more than that and the charm wears off quickly.

 

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.