06-18-2015, 01:54 PM
Quote:"I think it keeps everyone on edge. You don't know what's going to happen," Kouf says of the Juliette twist. Greenwalt adds, "Anything could happen. It seems like a few shows, episode whatever, they get married or they finally get together. We decided to go a different way."
"Rosalee and Monroe got married. How many marriages can you really have?" Kouf quips.
http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/grimm_season..._5-2015-05
Quote:Even though Trubel killed his girlfriend, Grimm Executive Producer David Greenwalt thinks that Nick will eventually forgive Trubel for what she's done, stating, "Well, Trubel did what she had to do. What was the choice? Let Juliette kill Nick?"
Grimm Showrunner Jim Kouf felt the same way, stating, "And hold that against her? No. That's my personal feeling: He's gotta know, being a Grimm, that she had no choice if he were to survive."
http://www.crossmap.com/news/grimm-seaso...8933/print
Judging from the comments above, I'm beginning to wonder if Kouf and Greenwalt hold a fatalistic view of human relationships that will personally turn me off the show for good. Juliette herself confessed she still loved Nick in the final episode of S4, but according to Kouf, this love wouldn't have been enough to stop her from murdering Nick in cold blood. Likewise, when Juliette became a Hexenbiest, Nick was prepared to cure her, but not to stick by her side if her condition proved to be permanent. In turn, Kenneth was able to exploit Juliette's Hex-impulses to his own ends, bringing about betrayal, death, and tragedy. Obviously neither Greenwalt or Kouf had any real faith in the bond between Nick and Juliette.
Before anyone points out how the bond between Monroe and Rosalee is still going strong, we should remember there's still another season on the way (and possibly more). That gives the writers plenty of opportunities to visit the ten plagues of Egypt on the Fuchsbau/Blutbad couple, if they so wish...and something tells me they'll be strongly tempted.
I can't say I'm liking the attitude the show seems to be taking on lately. It's meaner and uglier than usual. The showrunners seem to be wanting to channel the pessimistic outlook of GAME OF THRONES, and honestly I couldn't imagine a bigger mistake to make. I'm not saying Greenwalt and Kouf are necessarily atheists, but there's definitely something spiritually lacking in the way they tell their stories. If they didn't believe in Nick and Juliette's love winning out in the end, who's to say they won't treat Monroe and Rosalee in a similarly bleak fashion?