(02-11-2018, 08:48 AM)irukandji Wrote: Well, here we'll have to agree to disagree, Robyn. I see Renard as a character who'll always have resources at his disposal. He got off the hook with a judge who ruled in his favor in S5.The judge was one of the few surviving BC members in Portland. Renard was expected to dispose of the Grimm and his people, and continue BC’s political coup as mayor. When he failed, BC sent assassins to take him out. The only person watching his back was Meisner’s spirit, who wasn’t there to remind him of what he once was, but that he only had one option available if he wanted to survive - choose the right side, which was Nick.
The S5/S6 Renard was a shell of his former self. Renard had not only lost his emotional hold over Adalind, she willingly gave that emotional control to his enemy. It seems that if Renard had resources in S6, he would have used them against Nick instead of rolling over while Nick shoved him back into the captain’s chair that no longer held any authority.
I’m right there with you, irukandji, that Renard should have had self-made resources and options in S5 & S6, but he didn’t. In S5, Renard became to Bonaparte what Adalind was to him in the first three seasons. At the very least, the old Renard would have seized the opportunity to kill Bonaparte and rise up in the BC ranks. But he didn’t even do that. The writers made Renard into Diana’s puppet, using him to kill Bonaparte for hurting her mother. It was a very sad end for a very interesting character.
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