08-28-2016, 11:42 AM
I don’t think Nick ever expressed any cop vs. Grimm conflict either, but that is the way NBC presents it on their website. That NBC put the word death inside quote marks when referring to Juliette made me laugh. Even the network isn’t backing up G & K’ s statement that Juliette is dead. In the wake of his mother's beheading and Juliette's "death"...
http://www.nbc.com/grimm
"Grimm" is a drama series inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales. After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
Nick & the others’ disregard of police procedures and their obligation to upholding the law is so obvious it slaps you in the face. For me, Nick’s indifference is so in your face because of the complete absence of any dissension in the group, even at the beginning. There wasn’t a period of adjustment, learning to operate within this new realization, Hank and Wu never straddled the fence, they immediately accepted Grimm law as the only method. The same for Monroe and Rosalee, as Wesen they were never conflicted by Nick possibly overstepping his bounds, at least not enough to create any controversy. With the complete absence of any expected conflict it wasn’t necessary for Nick and the others to struggle with finding a balance between their old & new reality.
I don’t have as much a problem with Nick shifting into Grimm mode. If I understand it correctly Grimm is innate, it will change the person’s methodology/attitude. My biggest problem is with Hank & Wu, Monroe & Rosalee, and Juliette. They seemed to immediately shift to Nick’s way of life/methodology/attitude without hesitation and without any genuine need to hold on to a lifestyle that felt normal to them.
Considering that the show presented BC as an organization that had secretly operated for long time and systematically infiltrated various private & government organizations, I’m not surprised they’d be able to manipulate a particular police station into mostly BC operatives. That said, I don’t think that’s what the show was implying. The show simply had a precinct made up of BC operatives because their story needed it. Whether that may have corrupt, racial, or any other connotations is likely irrelevant and never considered by G & K.
As for Sean Renard - Renard is Renard. I never got the impression the show was implying that Renard had turned good. The show simply didn’t supply him a need to be bad for a period of time. Then BC comes to town and Renard had a viable reason to make a bold move. I think the most honest, accurate statement made on Grimm was Renard telling Meisner: “I never choose sides.”
http://www.nbc.com/grimm
"Grimm" is a drama series inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales. After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
Nick & the others’ disregard of police procedures and their obligation to upholding the law is so obvious it slaps you in the face. For me, Nick’s indifference is so in your face because of the complete absence of any dissension in the group, even at the beginning. There wasn’t a period of adjustment, learning to operate within this new realization, Hank and Wu never straddled the fence, they immediately accepted Grimm law as the only method. The same for Monroe and Rosalee, as Wesen they were never conflicted by Nick possibly overstepping his bounds, at least not enough to create any controversy. With the complete absence of any expected conflict it wasn’t necessary for Nick and the others to struggle with finding a balance between their old & new reality.
I don’t have as much a problem with Nick shifting into Grimm mode. If I understand it correctly Grimm is innate, it will change the person’s methodology/attitude. My biggest problem is with Hank & Wu, Monroe & Rosalee, and Juliette. They seemed to immediately shift to Nick’s way of life/methodology/attitude without hesitation and without any genuine need to hold on to a lifestyle that felt normal to them.
Considering that the show presented BC as an organization that had secretly operated for long time and systematically infiltrated various private & government organizations, I’m not surprised they’d be able to manipulate a particular police station into mostly BC operatives. That said, I don’t think that’s what the show was implying. The show simply had a precinct made up of BC operatives because their story needed it. Whether that may have corrupt, racial, or any other connotations is likely irrelevant and never considered by G & K.
As for Sean Renard - Renard is Renard. I never got the impression the show was implying that Renard had turned good. The show simply didn’t supply him a need to be bad for a period of time. Then BC comes to town and Renard had a viable reason to make a bold move. I think the most honest, accurate statement made on Grimm was Renard telling Meisner: “I never choose sides.”
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