02-08-2018, 07:09 AM
(02-08-2018, 05:00 AM)irukandji Wrote:Mostly fair questions. Before he left Portland, Nick went into Renard's office, told Renard that he was taking personal leave for a few days and did not disclose where he was going(Nick's right). In over 50 years of working for private and public sector employers, when I used personal time off I did not have to disclose where I was going(sometimes I did, sometimes not) , and when I had PTO that I was entitled to be paid for, my check did not go down. In most episodes, Nick was investigating crimes that were on his desk. The fact that he could do his regular job and do his Grimm work at the same does not matter, he was getting paid for his police work. I might add that his reputation for solving "unusual" cases was so good, other police departments were asking for him to help them out--which if PPD okayed it, was legal. Your last point does not really apply to this thread. Nick accepted his Grimm as Marie told him to "hunt the bad and protect the good". Most supervisors would have been happy with him-the FBI told him he seemed to solve a lot of cases. The PPD would have trouble explaining why they would fire an officer who had such a good record--the police union would have been at their throats if they had.(02-07-2018, 05:47 PM)eric Wrote: "Getting paid for it"? Did his pay rate change,get a bonus, did the PPD pay for his trip to Germany, did HW give him $100k for the books? No, no, no and no.
Well, let's talk about his trip to Germany. How exactly did he communicate with Renard that he was going to Germany? Was he honest with Renard and told the truth? That would be the smart thing to do, Nick being listed as a law enforcement officer and all.....
Or did he lie about it? It was a last minute trip so did he just take a few days sick leave?
(02-07-2018, 05:47 PM)eric Wrote: He is doing unpaid volunteer work.
Is he? So whenever he uses his grimm powers, you're saying he carefully takes note and then makes sure he tells PPD not to pay him for that time because he was "doing unpaid volunteer work"?
(02-07-2018, 05:47 PM)eric Wrote: Hr could have been like Josh's dad and not done it.. He could have been like Trouble and gotten paid--I'm not sure what that bike cost with all the doodads, but it wasn't cheap.
Nick was never going to be like Josh's dad. The viewer could tell that once he heard the story of the misfortune of the grimms, he was hooked. In his case, it happened to work out beautifully because he had a boss who was willing to cover it up and keep him on the payroll.