Grimm, S01E12
Well, I didn't think last Friday's Grimm would be as exciting as the last episode, but it wasn't too bad. Nick and Hank discover a gladiator-type arena in an abandoned warehouse after a couple is found murdered in their house. It turns out that these death fights are between the creatures. I thought that would be a little more thrilling, but it was only interesting in the sense that it was an unusual situation.
Before I get into the arena stuff, it was revealed in this episode that Nick and Juliette were celebrating their 3rd anniversary. After they have an "inspiring" conversation about what their special dinner would be, Juliette finds an engagement ring in Nick's sock drawer. Is he an idiot? If you're not doing your own laundry, you should think of a much more creative place to hide it. I mean he is a detective, you'd think that he'd have experience with finding things and knowing which spots were the best for doing so. Juliette was really touched by finding it, but after Nick misses their dinner, she takes the ring again and seems to be having second thoughts. I understand that he missed an important day, but he's a cop. How is it that she hasn't understood yet that he will miss things because of his job? I mean, isn't she a doctor? Surely she has missed some important days as well. I thought that was a little petty of her.
The parole officer of their main suspect, Demetri, is the leader of these fights and surprisingly is an acquaintance of the captain. We keep getting some of his shady background, but we don't know what it means yet. This guy even called the captain "highness," and it's not clear whether he was being sarcastic or not. The best thing about this secret connection between the two was that the captain told him to put an end to it, and the guy basically told him to screw off. So the captain goes to confession to alert some kind of secret, creature assassin he has. I loved how the captain showed up in the end, after nick had put a stop to the gladiator business, and had the guy killed. So what in the hell is his connection to other creatures?? Obviously he has some "friends" in that realm and has relation to reapers. This episode only made me confused about the mystery surrounding him. I'm going to need them to hurry up clear that mystery before it gets any bigger.
My favorite thing about the episode was that Monroe got captured by the wranglers of the fights and was thrown into the arena against his peaceful will. He was pretty adorable trying to convince his captors to let him go because he wasn't the kind of Blutbad that they were hoping for. He's a pretty easy-going guy to help out Nick like that and not curse his name for what had happened to him. Luckily, Nick gave a damn about Monroe and came to his rescue. Now, I find it hard to believe he was able to get all the way up to the leader and put a gun to his head before anyone was the wiser. Nick is not that slick! But whatever. It was almost sweet that Nick, who is a pathetic fighter, wanted to take Monroe's place in the arena and fight the creature with relic weapons and shields. I found it harder to believe that Nick barely got messed up from his fight. What the hell?? I wanted to see him a little more bloody. I mean, it's not like he has any superpowers, as far as we know. Lame.
It was funny that Monroe, once Nick's backup arrived, got his ass out of there before he was arrested along with the rest of them. What? They had the place surrounded. Then again, the leader of the fights got away too, so I guess it's plausible. I couldn't imagine that Nick could save him from police investigation.
One last thing that bothered me was that Nick told Hank that Monroe gave them the lead to when and where the fights were going down that night. Hank didn't really question that Nick was getting information from Monroe. That should be more suspicious! God, they make Hank seem like such a moron.
There was a good bit of action in this episode, but I could have less of that and more information about the characters. Or at least have them not so stupid. I'm looking forward to Juliette breaking up with Nick or him possibly letting her in on his secret. One day his battle with creatures will probably consume him, so he's gonna have to bring her into his world soon or let her go.
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