Is the writer for this episode new? It just...."felt" really schlockier than previous episodes of Grimm. Forced, like others have said. Juliette's fight scene was unnecessary and her one-liner was untenable. And everyone's a Wesen, geez... Cant it just be people sometimes? And can't the people who are people just be people, and not have to become a bad-A Wesen-fighting pseudo-Grimm? Plus, since when does Zombie Nick conveniently go down with one sucker punch, just so Juliette can earn her brown belt? Also, still feel like Zuri is a bit too conveniently created for Hank's love interest, though at least she got a storyline of her own outside of that.
It felt reeeeeally thinly veiled that they're doing a "Wesen as an analogue for gay people" thing. Considering Sean Hayes is one of the EPs, I really hope they don't get too...soapboxy(?) with that. It kinda felt like a bit of nostalgic fantasy for someone who lived in the closet, the way Hank and Juliette were bashing their Wesen pals over their heads with love and acceptance...and down that road lies Glee. I just don't want to have 15 mins of every Grimm episode devoted to an "It Gets Better" PSA, necessarily.
Was that a synth cello they used when Monroe was playing? It sounded like it, and his fingerings didn't seem to match up to the sounds, either, which always bothers me with playing fake TV instruments...if Miley Cyrus can lip sync for TV, you can finger sync a cello
Didn't Monroe used to run with a Blutbad street gang in Portland? He seemed very detached and rather surprised at the idea, considering what we know about his own "dark days".
Good things about the episode: they cleared the air with Alicia and dealt with Joe, that would have been a very tiresome story arc if they tried to milk that out much more. Great character development with Rosalee and Monroe - I think it helped them to remind everyone that they both have some dirt on their shoes, that they're not the saccharine sitcom couple they'd kinda been looking like lately. And...yeah, that's about it. It just felt like a very "filler" episode.
edit: oh! oh! and Hank is "(getting) too old for this (sh*t)"? Really? You actually wrote the black cop partner that line? If Nick ever tells Rosalie's mom "Yippie cay yay, Mother Fuchsbau", I'm taking Grimm off my DVR
It felt reeeeeally thinly veiled that they're doing a "Wesen as an analogue for gay people" thing. Considering Sean Hayes is one of the EPs, I really hope they don't get too...soapboxy(?) with that. It kinda felt like a bit of nostalgic fantasy for someone who lived in the closet, the way Hank and Juliette were bashing their Wesen pals over their heads with love and acceptance...and down that road lies Glee. I just don't want to have 15 mins of every Grimm episode devoted to an "It Gets Better" PSA, necessarily.
Was that a synth cello they used when Monroe was playing? It sounded like it, and his fingerings didn't seem to match up to the sounds, either, which always bothers me with playing fake TV instruments...if Miley Cyrus can lip sync for TV, you can finger sync a cello
Didn't Monroe used to run with a Blutbad street gang in Portland? He seemed very detached and rather surprised at the idea, considering what we know about his own "dark days".
Good things about the episode: they cleared the air with Alicia and dealt with Joe, that would have been a very tiresome story arc if they tried to milk that out much more. Great character development with Rosalee and Monroe - I think it helped them to remind everyone that they both have some dirt on their shoes, that they're not the saccharine sitcom couple they'd kinda been looking like lately. And...yeah, that's about it. It just felt like a very "filler" episode.
edit: oh! oh! and Hank is "(getting) too old for this (sh*t)"? Really? You actually wrote the black cop partner that line? If Nick ever tells Rosalie's mom "Yippie cay yay, Mother Fuchsbau", I'm taking Grimm off my DVR