Reply To: Grimm…the tv show, not the fairy tales

[kfchimera]

Ranisha raved about Grimm so much I had to check it ou and so glad I did!

My husband even likes it and we watch together.  It started off more horror than I usually enjoy (same with Sleepy Hollow) but the humor, action and character save it (actually same for Sleepy ) I do notice some open plot threads or maybe moments where the writers hinted at one thing but then dropped it but overall not to the point I feel like I have to roll my eyes at the contradictions just yet.

One example is the lady Juliette met in the ghost story la llorada, who could only speak Spanish but after a few episodes helps them with another Spanish based myth and speaks to both Nick and Juliette in perfect English.  I could have used a spackle line that she had taken English lessons with Juliette or something but whatever.

Most of the time though just as I say to myself, wait, shouldn’t this character react to this or that…They do!  It is wonderful and refreshing after the substandard games the OUAT writers play with character offscreen development and oh, it was not what you thought and here is a new scene to explain ( like Leo romancing Cora).

I am hesitant though to get into speculation and  analysis with Grimm since I just want to continue to enjoy it without thinking up even more things like the spanish lady.     All shows have their little mistakes I guess but so far Grimm entertains me enough that my quibbles are few.

I also love the broad racial and cultural eye the show has used in casting and adapting monster stories.   There is definitely some subtext about being open minded and in general I feel like morally the protagonists are characters I can be excited to root for in terms of their goals (but with enough ambiguity on the part of some main characters that it is still interesting).