Grimm: 3x22 “Blonde Ambition”

“Turn back, turn back, thou pretty bride,

within this house thou must not abide.

For here do evil things betide.”

Trubel: “If you could choose to be a Grimm or not, what would you do?”

You don’t need to be super strong to take out a Grimm, all you need is a woman. Here it was “chercher la femme” in action. Prep some potion, smoke some fumes through the witchy hat, add sex to the mix and you got yourself a recipe for Grimm no more. What a simple way, although a bit easy, not to mention ridiculous, but who cares? It’s the consequences that matter.

Apologies to all Juliette/Nick shippers out there, but I have never seen the appeal of this couple, so them hitting some more bumps on the road had less impact on me than Nick losing his powers. So in terms of consequences, I will start with the less important one, at least for me as a viewer.

Nick slept with Juliette and didn’t even notice it wasn’t her. What does that say about their relationship? One thing for sure, their sex life must have been pretty boring since Nick was very obviously knocked out after that bedroom scene with Adalind. You could see it on his face that it was different this time. I bet Juliette never greet him in lingerie and initiates sex in the middle of the day. It is not her style, like she pointed out later, like why would she do something like that when they were late for a wedding, or something to that extent. He didn’t mind a quick stop during dressing up, she didn’t even have the thought cross her mind. Those two are certainly on different pages.

It is one more straw [but will it be the last? one can hope, right?] for Juliette, who suddenly [over the course of the last few episodes] started having problems with Nick being a Grimm. It’s not like he can drop all this Grimm business whenever he wants. It’s his destiny, his calling. Nick couldn’t give a straight answer to Trubel when she asked that question [see the opening quote]. He never had a choice in the matter. His Grimm-nature chose him. So he accepted it and moved on dealing with it the best he can. What is the point of asking how things would have gone had it been differently. Of course his life would have been easier, but certainly more dangerous [it is always better to see the demons you’re fighting] and definitely less exciting. Now, he has an opportunity to realize what his life might be without his Grimm abilities. I’m sure he will get them back. If Adalind’s story taught us anything is that powers can be restored. I only hope it will be less invasive in Nick’s case, since it seems all he has to do is to drink the potion, and I’m sure Rosalee will cook something up. I also hope it will not be resolved in the premiere episode, because the idea of him dealing with his non-Grimm state and doing his police work without supernatural powers will be very interesting to see and explore next season.

Trubel ruining the wedding was a total mess. Thank God it happened at the end and nobody died. The wedding ceremony was absolutely beautiful, the location was lovely, their wows brought me to tears, and thankfully they got rid off that ugly dress. That had to be the quickest 'shopping for a wedding dress' in a history, they literally picked it in like seconds, but this dress that Monroe’s parents paid for [how very sweet of them] was a million times better.  

It took Sean a bit longer than I would expected from a police captain and someone who has intimate and first-hand knowledge of how Adalind operates to figure out exactly what’s going on, but he got there. He pieced book and potion together and rushed to help Nick, only he was too late. At least he managed to tell Trubel what he knew, before he got shot. Now, that was a so OMG moment! I literally jumped, partly because I completely forgot about the rogue FBI agent and his vendetta. Sure, we saw him pick up his passport and money, but I thought he was leaving. 

Now, they are no writing Sean off, right? I haven’t heard any rumors of Sasha Roiz leaving the show, but then again I always try to avoid any spoilers. Those gun shot wounds looked pretty serious, but he is half hexenbiest, so I’m hoping it shouldn’t be that easy to kill him.

My favorite moment was the scene when everyone were trying to explain the minister why Nick had to wear sun glasses at the wedding.

Some observations  

Was Rosalee’s sister always a drunk?

The idea to move the trailer to another place was a good one, the place Nick chose however is not. Anyone could stumble upon it in the middle of the woods, even if it’s Nick’s land.

Now, after Wu saw the books with scary monsters it will be very hard to write it all off to hallucinations.

‘The ugly dress ruined’ seems to be a common theme this year, at least Becket’s dress on Castle wasn’t that hideous.

Why was Juliette a maid of honor and not Rosalee’s sister?

As I was expecting, Bitsie Tulloch did quite a mediocre work impersonating Adalind pretending to be Juliette. The only time she ‘looked’ like Adalind is when she was leaving the house after the sex scene. The rest was just Juliette acting strangely. In my opinion.

I have missed the episode number this time. Did anyone catch it?

Nick was wearing prescription sun glasses and could barely see anything, and now he is Wesen-blind. Nice metaphor that was signaling us all along what was going to happen.

Grimm broke its tradition to end the season with a two-parter with ‘to be continued’ onto the next season.

Memorable Quotes:

Rosalee: “When we first met, I didn't know what to make of you. And it wasn't under the best of circumstances.  I had just lost my brother d was going through a very difficult time. But once I met you, you just lifted my spirits, and you poured happiness back into my life. And it's only gotten better ever since. I love you”.

Monroe: "I wasn't really a believer in love at first sight until I met you. Although, to be honest, it wasn't really love at first sight  much as it was love at first brick... Because if you hadn't hit that guy when you did, I don't think I would be standing here today. It is the life you saved with that brick... I now give to you heart and soul. Now and forever."

Sol’s rating: It was not a heavy-action packed finale, the kind we got used to when we watch Grimm, nor was it spectacular, but it was enjoyable enough, the wedding was beautiful, the set up for the next season looks promising, so 3 out of 5.

Everybody knows by now that Grimm has been renewed for season four. See you this fall.