If
there is one thing that has been consistent about my reviews of the
second season of Grimm, it's disappointment. Perhaps I have been
spoiled by shows like Supernatural and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but
few episodes in this second season can function independently.
Despite this, I love the show; I think it's a good concept and takes
a new approach to monster-based drama that I've never seen before.
As
season two rolled along, however, the main storyline got...beefier.
This isn't a bad thing except in how it was executed. Still, I felt
that the finale would make up for this slightly mediocre season.
Sadly,
it didn't.
When
I review Grimm, I try not to spoil the ending of the episode and
that's not changing today. However, since I feel this episode suffers
greatly because of this ending, I am going to spoil thing:
The
ending of Grimm's second season was a cop out.
Over
the course of 12 episodes, Grimm built up the Juliette and Renard
subplot, made Adalind the mastermind behind most of this season's
problems and made it all but certain that we knew this was going to
be messy.
What
we got was, at best, a half-finished episode. There were nothing in
this plot that we couldn't see coming.
This
would have been fine if it was just another episode, but it wasn't.
You can't be lazy with your season finale: there's no guarantee
you'll have another season. It comes off as cocky to assume you can
get away with a 'to be continued' stamp.
The
sad thing about this episode is how well it was done until that
ending.
This
episode was predictable, but that didn't make it any less painful to
watch as everything collapsed around Nick. He found out about
Juliette's affair (from Monroe, not her) and their relationship's
taken a nosedive, his partner was beaten to near-death for being his
partner and, to top it off, Adalind's back in town.
The
man looked so broken that I swear he was going to give up the key
just for respite at one point.
This
episode is painful to watch, which is why it's such a strong, tragic
episode, but the ending cheapens it.
I
feel this episode should have been a two part finale so we could
dedicate all this time to Nick's personal problems and still been
able to clean up the plot with a strong ending.
While
every other show might have you talking about how great the finale
was, the conclusion of Grimm's second season left me feeling cheated.
Even
if Grimm's already been renewed, that 'to be continued' was a punch
in the stomach.
Review by Greta Rehak
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