12-14-2013, 11:25 AM
This episode reminds a lot of what I liked about Seasons 1 and 2 of Grimm, but not Season 3. One good character is worth a hundred great plot devices. In Grimm's earlier seasons, most episodes were about developing a quality villain/antagonist for Nick, and the show was pretty successful at that. We had Ariel the Dragonfeuer, the serial killing Blutbad, Edgar Waltz the Hundjaeger, Kimura, and the Three Schakal in Three Coins in a Fuchsbau. These were all damn good villains/characters.
In Season 3, nearly every episode has been about developing a plot device. In this one, it was about using the sewer system as an escape route for the bad wessen. The actual villain in this episode only gets about 3 or 4 lines of screentime though. Then, the writers throw another plot device in that the main baddy had brothers. Plot devices are good in enhancing an episode, but they're not that interesting if the viewer isn't emotionally invested already.
The problem, though, is that there are too many side plots going on (in this episode, it was Renard and the Royal resistance, in the next episode, it's the lame soap opera plot how Rosalee doesn't like Christmas). These side plot are necessary for giving several regular cast members actual screentime, but they are really screwing over many episodes of Grimm. I liked this episode, but it would have been much better if the screentime for the Renard plotline was given to the main villain.
A couple regular cast members need to die on this show.
In Season 3, nearly every episode has been about developing a plot device. In this one, it was about using the sewer system as an escape route for the bad wessen. The actual villain in this episode only gets about 3 or 4 lines of screentime though. Then, the writers throw another plot device in that the main baddy had brothers. Plot devices are good in enhancing an episode, but they're not that interesting if the viewer isn't emotionally invested already.
The problem, though, is that there are too many side plots going on (in this episode, it was Renard and the Royal resistance, in the next episode, it's the lame soap opera plot how Rosalee doesn't like Christmas). These side plot are necessary for giving several regular cast members actual screentime, but they are really screwing over many episodes of Grimm. I liked this episode, but it would have been much better if the screentime for the Renard plotline was given to the main villain.
A couple regular cast members need to die on this show.