08-20-2017, 10:57 AM
I don't think Nick was written to be beyond reproach. In the first episode Juliette points out why she's unwilling to take the next logical step in their relationship because of his secrets and the lying. The problem was keeping Juliette in relationship limbo until such a time she could discover the truth and then be all in, so to speak. That moment never really came, not even when she discovered the truth and became one of the scoobies.
In their own way, they refused to see the truth of the situation. Their relationship was not working, at least not in the way each hoped. IRL Juliette would have packed her bags not long after Marie's burial because it would have been clear that Nick was incapable of being honest. Unfortunately on a show called Grimm, we are bound to his POV with little snippets of the secondary POV of his supporting cast.
On the show, Juliette didn't have a lot of options. It was either join the ranks, or leave town (which was never really an option) or become evil. Monroe and Rosalee quickly joined the ranks and have been deeply entrenched ever since. Renard swung between the two remaining options and it worked (to an extent) for him. Adalind went from evil to joining the ranks much later, effectively pushing Juliette (read:Eve) aside because Nick didn't have to worry about any of the stuff that bothered his first girlfriend when Adalind was just as questionable as he was.
In their own way, they refused to see the truth of the situation. Their relationship was not working, at least not in the way each hoped. IRL Juliette would have packed her bags not long after Marie's burial because it would have been clear that Nick was incapable of being honest. Unfortunately on a show called Grimm, we are bound to his POV with little snippets of the secondary POV of his supporting cast.
On the show, Juliette didn't have a lot of options. It was either join the ranks, or leave town (which was never really an option) or become evil. Monroe and Rosalee quickly joined the ranks and have been deeply entrenched ever since. Renard swung between the two remaining options and it worked (to an extent) for him. Adalind went from evil to joining the ranks much later, effectively pushing Juliette (read:Eve) aside because Nick didn't have to worry about any of the stuff that bothered his first girlfriend when Adalind was just as questionable as he was.