02-10-2018, 08:40 AM
Interesting discussion, js. G & K said in an interview that Nick wasn’t a detective in their original plan for the show. The network requested he be a cop, but G & K didn’t say why. I assumed the network wanted the central character immediately relatable to viewers while his Grimm persona was being established. If so, the law enforcement position wasn’t needed as it unnecessarily suggested the show was just another police-crime drama featuring a hero-with-a-twist central character in a string of unconnected episode topics.
G & K relied too heavily on Nick’s employment with the PPD providing him access to dangerous Wesen activity, which gives some weight to irukandji’s argument that the show created a corrupt law enforcement environment. Because the central character became a Grimm and began learning of his heritage in the pilot, he also began circumventing his partner, the law, and his girlfriend/would-be fiancé in the first episode. Which clouded rather than answered the question - is Nick a Grimm who was a detective on the side or a detective who was a Grimm on the side.
If a Grimm is who/what Nick is on the show, he didn’t need to be anything else. Inheriting the family curse/burden, whichever Marie called it, is his personal drama and obligation. Kelly and Marie didn’t maintain employment to provide them open access to Wesen activity. Those characters honed their innate predator skills to survive and to track and kill their targets.
I don’t see why Nick needed to be a detective, private eye, or unassuming tax accountant, except when a specific hunt required blending into the background. For that matter, I don’t see why he needed to be settled down in a specific city with an established romantic relationship in the pilot episode.
G & K relied too heavily on Nick’s employment with the PPD providing him access to dangerous Wesen activity, which gives some weight to irukandji’s argument that the show created a corrupt law enforcement environment. Because the central character became a Grimm and began learning of his heritage in the pilot, he also began circumventing his partner, the law, and his girlfriend/would-be fiancé in the first episode. Which clouded rather than answered the question - is Nick a Grimm who was a detective on the side or a detective who was a Grimm on the side.
If a Grimm is who/what Nick is on the show, he didn’t need to be anything else. Inheriting the family curse/burden, whichever Marie called it, is his personal drama and obligation. Kelly and Marie didn’t maintain employment to provide them open access to Wesen activity. Those characters honed their innate predator skills to survive and to track and kill their targets.
I don’t see why Nick needed to be a detective, private eye, or unassuming tax accountant, except when a specific hunt required blending into the background. For that matter, I don’t see why he needed to be settled down in a specific city with an established romantic relationship in the pilot episode.
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