08-02-2013, 09:47 PM
Thus begins the best three episode stretch of Grimm, beginning with Love Sick and culminating in Leave it to Beavers. And funny enough, not a single one of these three episodes was written by any of the showrunners (i.e., Carpenter, Greenwalt, or Kouf) or any of the regular Grimm writing staff, (e.g., Cooper, Skentzos, Difore, etc.). This always puzzles me. Clearly, the showrunners know these episodes are awesome (if they have any taste in what's good), so why don't they bring any of these three writers back for more episodes? Are they too expensive? I guess this will just be one of life's mysteries to me.
High points
1. I really like The Third Man allusions. The writer, Catherine Butterfield, is certainly a fan of film classics.
2. Now, we get our very own treasure map, further increasing the show's Indiana Jones focus.
3. This is probably my favorite Adalind episode.
4. Captain Renard would make a pretty damn good James Bond.
Things I dislike
1. Everytime Rosalee mentions how "Freddy had problems" I want to throw something at my television. That's probably the main reason I never became a Rosalee fan. Even when she does this in season 2, it still annoys me. It's like her character has absolutely no depth, except for these cheezy remembrances of this two line Grimm stock character. I'd rather have drug-addict Rosalee.
2. Having Adalind lose her hexenbiest nature using grimm blood clearly made this show about the supernatural, rather than based on pseudo-realistic explanations. That wasn't a problem with this episode, but it clearly opens the door for the writers to do dumb stuff in the future. It also makes analyzing the show that much harder, since there's now no logical baseline for any aspect of it.
High points
1. I really like The Third Man allusions. The writer, Catherine Butterfield, is certainly a fan of film classics.
2. Now, we get our very own treasure map, further increasing the show's Indiana Jones focus.
3. This is probably my favorite Adalind episode.
4. Captain Renard would make a pretty damn good James Bond.
Things I dislike
1. Everytime Rosalee mentions how "Freddy had problems" I want to throw something at my television. That's probably the main reason I never became a Rosalee fan. Even when she does this in season 2, it still annoys me. It's like her character has absolutely no depth, except for these cheezy remembrances of this two line Grimm stock character. I'd rather have drug-addict Rosalee.
2. Having Adalind lose her hexenbiest nature using grimm blood clearly made this show about the supernatural, rather than based on pseudo-realistic explanations. That wasn't a problem with this episode, but it clearly opens the door for the writers to do dumb stuff in the future. It also makes analyzing the show that much harder, since there's now no logical baseline for any aspect of it.