Eve: “We're in the wrong place.”
In keeping with a tradition Grimm ended its fifth year with a two hour
finale, and in keeping with the same tradition I was going to review them
separately. But since, for the first time, it actually was a two hour finale
non-stop, I will also break the tradition and review the finale as one big
episode instead of two. Is everyone on the same page? Let’s talk then.
There are two other things that happen every season finale of Grimm
besides the two-parter at the end. Someone always dies and Nick’s home gets
trashed. I was sad to see them shoot that wonderful Spartan loft that
surprisingly became very homey. Here is to hoping they will fix it by Halloween
this year.
As for the death, there was a fair share of those, although not so
heartbreaking (except for Meisner’s) as in previous seasons. For some reason I
kept thinking this is the end for Sean. In the matter of just few episodes they
have made this beloved character into something unrecognizable. I’m not even
sure he can come back from that. Although he didn’t exactly kill anyone, but it
is the lack of actions on his part that totally ruined him. He spared Meisner
from horrible death but he didn’t stop Bonaparte either. He was just standing
there watching him being tortured, just as he watched Adalind. He didn’t even move
a finger to help. Sure, Bonaparte is scary powerful but isn’t Sean also a Zauberbiest, albeit half, but still he should be quite powerful.
I just hope that killing Bonaparte (YAY! Good job, Diana) at the end
wouldn’t be a cheap excuse to pardon his betrayal. Speaking of Bonaparte, it
was definitely way too easy to kill him. Was it because he was caught of guard?
When Bonaparte was strangling Adalind I was sure Diana will intervene.
She didn’t, but she did get back at him later. Thank God, she finally used her
powers for something good, because her attempts to rush her parents into each
others arms were beyond creepy. Guided by her mother she passed along the
message to Nick, and that made me think that at home, in loving family, surrounded
by people who care, she might be taught to use her powers only for good. Quite
frankly, she is very young and she spent all her life with strangers and on the
run.
The thing I disliked the most, is them sort of bringing Juliette back.
When Nick was trying to heal her, for a second there I thought she would die,
because technically and logically the sacred Knights of Templar magic stick
shouldn’t work on the beast creature. Oh, wait, I forgot it healed Monroe and his is a Wesen.
Damn! Okay, so not only it healed her it also seemed to have cured her from Hexenbiest
magic and whatever the hell else was done to her behind that steel door back in
the beginning of a season.
My biggest problem with this is that it takes us back to where we were.
And it was boring, with a capital B. The writers don’t seem to know what’s
working. Eve was working much better than Juliette ever did. She is poised,
funny and kicks ass. Just because David and Bitsie are a real life couple does
not mean they have to be the one on screen.
Nick stayed behind to give his friends time to get to safety. I knew he
will be fine. He is the star of the show and with that healing stick in his
pocket he’s pretty much invincible. I almost expected Bonaparte’s powers not
working on him because of that, but no, it does not shield, it only heals.
Some observations
Episode’s opening quote
was: “It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees”. The words belong to Emiliano Zapata
Salazar, and if you are wondering who that is, I’ll tell you - he was a leading figure in the Mexican
Revolution against the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz broke out in 1910 (Thank
you Wikipedia).
At the end of last season lots of Nick’s neighbors died. This season
finale took one of Hank’s. If Black Claw doesn’t get them, the surviving neighbor
might.
Good bye Rachel, we will not miss you at all, although your death was
horrible and the punishment certainly didn’t fit the crime.
It was funny, when Wesen police officers woged to attack Wu only to meet
his new face. Wu really learned how to stop, since he managed not to shred Hank
to pieces.
Monroe finally got his ten minutes alone with Rosalee’s ex. Loved how they were
waiting outside and Wu and Nick looked worried, whereas Rosalee just smiled.
Bonaparte’s mind games and his powers were as freaky as Diana’s.
I still don’t get how Zuri could lead Black Claw to HW? Did she have a
tracker? Didn’t they scan her before bringing her in? Didn’t they make a point
of making sure no one follows them every single time?
Monroe’s reaction to Rosalee’s pregnancy might just have been my favorite part
of the episode.
Usually Grimm finales have very distinctive and fabulous fights scenes.
This one had just three major ones. None of them was really at the usual level.
The wipe out of HW was just messy; Grimm against dozen Wesen lacked usual choreography
and finesse, and Nick and Sean, well that just looked like a cat fight.
Seeing how magic stick heals everyone, can’t they use it on Adalind to
get rid of her beast side? Although I must say she is handling herself pretty
well, so maybe they just leave her be.
I caught the number of the episode – 521 was the number of house where
they held Hank. However I did not catch the ‘522’ anywhere in the second part
of the episode. Did anyone? Let me know in the comments.
Memorable Quotes:
Rosalee: “Yeah,
I'm pregnant. It's probably, like, the last thing you want to hear right now, with
everything that's going on.”
Monroe: “Are you kidding me? It's the only
thing I want to hear...No matter what's going on.”
Bravo, Monroe.
Sol’s rating: it is very hard to rate this one,
but I’m inclined to give it only barely a 3, because there were parts that I
didn’t like, or rather what they mean is what I didn’t like, and only so very
few well deserved moments. So 3 it is.
See you all this fall!
No comments:
Post a Comment