When I first watched Grimm, I got the impression that Nick was a good man, with heart and integrity, despite the problems he was dealing with. Shortly after, his aunt comes bounding into town with her trailer. She tells him he’s a Grimm, one of the last of his kind, and among other things, tells him about wesen and that he *has* to decide who is a good wesen and who is a bad wesen. Just to clarify, I couldn’t recall her telling him this, so am basing it on what you said.
Nick swore an oath to uphold the law before he took office. The oath would have forbid him to use his own discretion in deciding who is guilty and who is innocent. That responsibility rests with the people. Nick’s an intelligent man. None of this would have been incomprehensible to him.
So back to the frog girl. She killed two people. I can’t say what happened to the first guy, we never see the events immediately preceding his death. If I recall correctly, only the audience sees the second killing and it is clearly self-defense. But (and correct me if I’m wrong here), Nick and Hank are not witnesses to the crime, so they only have the girl’s word on this.
You talk about responsibility and decision making. What would have been the best course for Nick to take here? Should he have kept his oath and enforced the law according to said oath? Or should he have looked the pretty blonde girl over, *thought* she was good, *thought* she was telling the truth, and looked for a way to free her?
We all know what he did and in my opinion, it was the wrong thing to do. Yes, it’s great, she gets a boyfriend and a tattoo that enables her to be human and everyone dances off into the sunset. But what would have happened if did the right thing and placed her in the system? You say the system would have known about her wesen condition then. Okay, so what? I don’t recall that the whole wesen issue was some closely guarded secret.
I have read comments on the forum that Nick is some new and different kind of wesen but I’m not sure why. Turning that girl in would have been the first step in something new and different. I’m not talking CSI here, but a storyline where the people learn she is a wesen, declare her innocence and in the process, a first major step is taken.
Instead, Nick went down the dark path. He compromised his goodness and his integrity for his own benefit. And that's okay. This is Grimm and he's not supposed to be a knight in shining armor. But, going back to my original argument, if Juliette comes back, she should not have to do penance to Nick for betraying his mother. Both of them wronged for their own benefit. Just because his mother was involved doesn't make Juliette's betrayal any worse than Nick's actions.
This of course, as always, is my own opinion. Not fact.
Nick swore an oath to uphold the law before he took office. The oath would have forbid him to use his own discretion in deciding who is guilty and who is innocent. That responsibility rests with the people. Nick’s an intelligent man. None of this would have been incomprehensible to him.
So back to the frog girl. She killed two people. I can’t say what happened to the first guy, we never see the events immediately preceding his death. If I recall correctly, only the audience sees the second killing and it is clearly self-defense. But (and correct me if I’m wrong here), Nick and Hank are not witnesses to the crime, so they only have the girl’s word on this.
You talk about responsibility and decision making. What would have been the best course for Nick to take here? Should he have kept his oath and enforced the law according to said oath? Or should he have looked the pretty blonde girl over, *thought* she was good, *thought* she was telling the truth, and looked for a way to free her?
We all know what he did and in my opinion, it was the wrong thing to do. Yes, it’s great, she gets a boyfriend and a tattoo that enables her to be human and everyone dances off into the sunset. But what would have happened if did the right thing and placed her in the system? You say the system would have known about her wesen condition then. Okay, so what? I don’t recall that the whole wesen issue was some closely guarded secret.
I have read comments on the forum that Nick is some new and different kind of wesen but I’m not sure why. Turning that girl in would have been the first step in something new and different. I’m not talking CSI here, but a storyline where the people learn she is a wesen, declare her innocence and in the process, a first major step is taken.
Instead, Nick went down the dark path. He compromised his goodness and his integrity for his own benefit. And that's okay. This is Grimm and he's not supposed to be a knight in shining armor. But, going back to my original argument, if Juliette comes back, she should not have to do penance to Nick for betraying his mother. Both of them wronged for their own benefit. Just because his mother was involved doesn't make Juliette's betrayal any worse than Nick's actions.
This of course, as always, is my own opinion. Not fact.
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