Grimm – A Grimm turns

Ladies and Gentlemen? We have a compromised Grimm.

Well … “compromised” may not be quite the correct term.

We have a confused Grimm. A conflicted one. One who is befuddled by recent events and has been rendered somewhat uncertain by his circumstances. Effectively, circumstances have caused our Grimm Nick to “turn” in a direction he could never have conceived. And what that means is things may get even more dangerous for him if he continues to be seduced down that path. He has the mysterious Verrat and Resistance to thank for that.

The Verrat are a pretty nasty bunch, apparently. Monroe, Rosalee and Resistance fighter Ian Harmon (Neil Hopkins) detailed to Nick who the group is in so many words, noting the Verrat are not only ruthless but have their fingers in the pies of high-level governments and high-profile industries world-wide. They have agendas. They’re going to execute those agendas. And we will certainly find out what those agendas are. What we know about them right now is that they’re pretty merciless, employ some rather top-notch “employees” to carry out their wants and desires and they’re pretty pissed off Renard is letting Portland languish as a “haven” for their enemy the Resistance.

And that last piece of information was pretty telling given the conclusion of the episode: Nick let Ian go, regardless of the fact he was witness to Edgar Waltz’ (Sebastian Roché) murder at the fugitive’s hand. Telling in that Nick knowingly and willing aided Ian in his escape and masterminded the police department’s discovery of Waltz death, a bald-faced lie I didn’t think we’d ever see come out of Nick.

This puts a whole new wrinkle on things, doesn’t it?

Notes:

• I loved the character Sebastian Roché played and was sorry to see him killed. He’s the kind of devious bad guy I really enjoy — suave and charming while, simultaneously, a cold and calculating sociopath with an undercurrent of honor. Oh … and a Wesen, too … a “Hundjager.”
• We discovered the reason Freddy Calvert, Rosalee’s brother, had passports hidden on the shelves of his shop. Of some of the many things he did and supplied, one was “aid” to the Resistance.
• Not one hint or clue about that mysterious key from last week.
• We saw creatures morph all over the place in this episode: The barkeep, the camera shop owner, Rosalee and Ian and Monroe all morphed, even Edgar Waltz. It was a Wesen-happy chapter of Grimm.

Quote:

“They make the Spanish Inquisition look like the SPCA.” — Monroe on the Verrat

Clacked by Michael Noble
on Apr 21, 2012 @ 11:02 EST5EDT