Good for Grimm. The proposed resolution to Nick’s and Renard’s
problems was classic Grimm. Nick, somehow, someway, would return to the
precinct after Renard dropped the charges against Nick because she testified to
free him of the murder charges. How tidy, right? Hadrian’s Wall called Trubel
into service near the end of the episode, which is another early season Grimm
tradition: Trubel takes off once the season premiere two parter has completed
and the narrative has returned to the status quo. Grimm’s writers didn’t do
anything of the above. They finally freed Nick, and themselves, from the prison
of procedural case-of-the-week format. Nick remains the most wanted man in
Portland after Renard’s Black Claw contact and Grand Jury judge dismissed the
case prior to Adalind’s testimony. It only took cancellation for Jim Kouf and
David Greenwalt to make the change.
Grimm should’ve dropped Nick’s work as a detective earlier
in the series, especially when Nick and Hank met wesen after wesen after wesen
every episode. The primary reason should’ve been the strength of the series’
serialization, though. The case-of-the-week episodes weren’t bad, but I wonder
what Grimm could’ve been if the writers, or the network executives if it was
them that upheld the series format, embraced serialization.
“Trust Me Knot” is the second part of the season six
premiere. The characters, again, ran around to different locations. Nick, Bud,
Trubel, and Juliette hid in the tunnels. Monroe and Rosalee watched Kelly and
Diana as Adalind met with Renard in prison. Hank and Wu arrested Renard for the
murder of Rachel Wood. The stick, and the stick’s cloth, was a major focus of
the character. Nick reacted to putting the stick in the box like Frodo Baggins
reacted after Sam rescued him from Shelob. The stick’s power has affected him.
Diana read the many signs and symbols on the cloth, which Monroe explained as
something related to astrology. So far, it’s all about the tease and the
allusion to a great power, perhaps bigger than Renard and Black Claw, or
perhaps not.
The episode had some of Grimm’s signature awkward and
unnecessary instances of exposition, meaning characters repeat information to
each other that the audience already knows. No one working for the show has attempted
to make the exposition entertaining or funny either. I like it, though, for
nonsense reasons. So, Diana sees Trubel and Juliette and tells Trubel that she
likes Nick. She also tells Juliette that she’s different. Juliette says she
know. The scene shows once more that Diana has special powers, powers that
probably relate to the stick. Later, she told Nick that she likes Kelly. Nick
appreciated that.
Anyway, Renard’s freedom means Nick’s doom. I know that’s
hyperbolic. He’ll be fine. Nick told Adalind to move in with Renard. I don’t
know either. Hank and Wu must resign from the precinct, which guarantees a
departure from case-of-the-week episodes. Trubel urged Nick to join her with
HW. Nick declined. Who else would defend Portland? Renard’s motivations still
baffle me, as it is, like the decision to boot Nick from Portland PD, years
past when it made ‘narrative sense’ but this show’s all about the nonsensical,
and it’s the final season, so let’s roll with it.
Other Thoughts:
-I bet a magic stick that the trust me knot spell suddenly
works at a most opportune time for Nick and Adalind. Blood magic can’t let a
crooked judge deter it.
-Monroe told the group about Rosalee’s pregnancy. Thank
goodness. Her pregnancy didn’t need to be a secret for multiple episodes. He
told the group seconds before SERT broke in. Also, the stick took out six SERT
officers. That’s a wild stick.
-Renard continues to experience guilt and visions associated
with Meisner.
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-Jim Kouf & David Greenwalt wrote the episode. John Gray
directed.
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