I always thought it was unfair both to Wesen and to normal people that the Wesen were in hiding; I actually found myself getting mad about it sometimes. Like, who wants to walk into a situation blind, and wouldn't you rather know the truth about the world even if it was scary and/or disturbing than to live a lie? Gals got picked up by the goat guys, the spider ladies died of old age super young when maybe modern science could have helped them, most crime was Wesen and the cops had no idea/went crazy, folks with absolutely no idea what they were getting themselves into got munched/victimised in numerous crazy ways, and Wesen felt a lot of self-hate navigating their identity in secrecy.
The whole "black claw" thing was a really bad thing because the the Wesen behind it were being all "Malcolm X" about it, but going public actually had some good things about it for me. What if they went about it ethically, for the good of all? There is literally no end to the creative content folks could come up with for Wesen consent laws and all kind of law enforcement, literature searches on electronic databases for Wesen-related studies, sci-fi demystification of old-world thinking, etc....
The X-Men series, Avengers series, and Star Trek series already have a philosophical framework from which to create (ex: having power does not justify the removal of rights), and it has the power to be a real feel-good celebration of many awesome things while also maintaining the mysterious, holistic-health-spice-shop feel of the original Grimm series. Not to mention that a lot of mysteries were never solved from the first series. How would a society navigate that world while making sure all rights were protected?
I'm thinking movie launch and new TV series if the movie generates interest.
So, I finally got around to watching the rest of the last season of Grimm after growing jaundice toward the writing and character development. I'll probably post some concluding series thoughts at some time.
So I am now a bit baffled about why they brought Meisner back as a ghost or hallucination. Given I binge watched the ending episodes over the Christmas season it is easy to see the ghost of Meisner as some redemptive spirt guide aka Charles Dickens and a Christmas Carol.
I know many of the forum members also had researched what the writers/creators of the show said as well as the cast, so my questions are:
++ Was Meisner an actual ghost, with a will of his own, who wanted to do what with Sean:
---- Guide him to redemption
---- Annoy the guy
---- Or what?
++ Was the Meisner ghost simply a manifestation of Sean’s mind, an inner struggle?
++ Was Meisner’s ghost manifested by Diana who wanted her daddy good? I mention that, as it seems they dropped a lot of last season on the editing floor.
++ Do ghosts actually exist in the Grimm universe?
++ What was the real purpose of the Meisner ghost? The creators seemed to really like to help the cast out, so was this a case of them wanting to help a buddy out and gave the actor some cash flow by putting him in a few episodes?
Things that puzzled me is, if Meisner only lived is Sean's head and a change (redemption) actually occurred and hence why Meisner went away you would have expected the redemption to clearly play out with a declaration as did most archs in the series. And on the other hand is Meisner's ghost existed as an entity why was it absent in the battle against Zerstörer? I mean you care enough to haunt a guy but not enough when the universe is at stake?
If you respond, please indicate if you comment(s) are you won conjecture, understanding or if you are relaying things that came from the writers/creators/cast.
Grimm is available on other streaming-services, but I immediately went to my nearest online store and bought “Grimm the complete collection”- just in case. I've already watched Grimm twice, so this may be a waste of money, but on the other hand, you can't be a true Grimm fan without owning the series yourself. (In my defense, there was a 50% discount).
So, I been re watching one of my favorite shows and probably yours, if you are on this forum. To all the contributors trying to equate what Adalind did to Nick's aunt in Episode 2, season 1, as bad if not worse, to what Juliette did to his mother, gees did you'll get it wrong. Just like Juliette, never laying a hand on Kelly, Adalind never touched his Aunt Marie. When she did attempt direct contact with aunt Marie, with the syringe full of toxin, she stuck it in Nick. She never physically touched his aunt.
What sped up the demise of his aunt was the 3 goons Sean sent in, after Adalind failed, to kill his aunt. Of the 3 goons, 2 were dispatched by Monroe and the 3rd was relieved of his duties by the Grimm, Aunt Marie.
In season 1, episode 4, the one about the toad eating goat guy, In one of the ending scenes, while Hank was chasing the goat guy, he calls him out by his name, Billy Capra, to stop running. His last name, capra, is Italian for goat. How the hell did I ever miss that?