03-04-2018, 11:17 AM
Looking at it within the confines of the show, Portland wasn’t under siege by violent Wesen before Nick became a Grimm. BC was a global assault that was neutralized in a short timeframe by a rather small government black ops response without the world of humans becoming aware of Grimm and Wesen existence.
I don’t consider Grimm an unnecessary force, but I don’t think the show was successfully convincing that the world would fall into chaos without Grimm. Especially after S5 established that human governments were aware of Wesen and had the means to effectively combat them if necessary. And it certainly didn’t help that HW’s Hexenbiest fighting machine failed to take down a powerful BC leader or that Nick avoided involvement until it became a personal battle.
I don’t consider Grimm an unnecessary force, but I don’t think the show was successfully convincing that the world would fall into chaos without Grimm. Especially after S5 established that human governments were aware of Wesen and had the means to effectively combat them if necessary. And it certainly didn’t help that HW’s Hexenbiest fighting machine failed to take down a powerful BC leader or that Nick avoided involvement until it became a personal battle.
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