Remember this bit from my recap of Grimm’s last episode, the
first installment of this two-parter? “I can’t help but feel we’re going to watch the
next episode and feel like they both could have been condensed into a really
good single episode.” Am… am I psychic?
https://gizmodo.com/grimm-reveals-even-wesen-can-be-horrible-racists-1508733380
Because “Revelation” was even slower than “The Wild Hunt,” and even if you cut away all the
needless meandering in both episodes, I don’t know if you’d even have enough
for a regular episode. Let’s do the word count thing, shall we?
• Most of the episode is Monroe and his terrible parents,
who hate both mixed-Wesen marriages and Grimms. They eventually come around.
• In a not particularly surprising twist, Stefania is
working with the royal family, so Renard has his agents hide Adalind away.
• And those evil Wesen who kept scalping people in uniform?
They go after Nick. Nick wins.
61 words. To be fair, I could use more, but I don’t think
they would be to Grimm’s benefit. I could point out that Nick’s mom and dad are
COMPLETELY AGAINST EVERYTHING IN MONROE’S LIFE TO THE POINT OF DISOWNING HIM
but then Monroe’ dad sees Nick fight alongside his son, and cuts everybody some slack
(far more terrible is Monroe’s mom and Rosalee sniffing each other, and
suddenly her racism is fixed).
I could mention that the scalping enthusiast Wildesheer, who are not only
supposed to be great warriors but part of The Wild Hunt which brings thunder
and wind and disaster, actually turn out to be three rednecks with stringy hair
and shitty taste in coats, and who Nick, Monroe and Monroe’s dad dispatch by
giving haircuts. It’s not even that difficult for them.
I have no idea why this was turned into a two-parter.
Hopefully next week will be better; it looks like Adalind is finally having her
baby, so maybe she’ll be in the episode for more than three minutes total. Or
maybe she’ll actually come back to Portland! Ha ha I’m joking she’s never
directly interacting with another main cast member again.
Assorted Musings:
• Really, Wildesheer? I know you liked killing “warriors in
uniform,” but a forest ranger? Really?
• Here’s a fun game: Replay the first scene of Monroe’s folks
meeting Nick and freaking out, and whenever Munroe’s mom and dad say “Grimm”
pretend they’re saying “homosexual” or “black person.” Still works!
• Grumpiness aside, seeing Monroe and Nick stock up on weapons
and go charging into the night together, by themselves, was a welcome sight. More of that, please.
• At the very end, Monroe’s dad says some nonsense about “The Wild Hunt”
portending “something, somewhere, that will change the world!” It’s obviously
Adalind’s baby, but given all the hype that the Wild Hunt got and completely failed to pay
out forgive if I don’t scoot to the edge of my seat just yet.
