Grimm Season 5 Finale: Let's Discuss

        That last part was... wow! The whole episode was great though I did have some criticisms but mostly about Reynard. Anyway, stuff I want to talk about:

Children shouldn't play with voodoo dolls

1. Diana's Voodoo Powers

          Is she a good witch or a bad witch? Who's to say at this point. Diana is just a normal little girl but with super powers and what child doesn't want their mom and dad to be together? But luckily Diana has ONE parent who knows what's going on with her child. I can't believe how naive Reynard is about his daughter. Maybe he's just being a doting father, we do know he has some compassion in him given how he chose to be a cop instead of the more powerful position of a politician. More on that later though. Reynard only starts to see that his daughter isn't so innocent when she kills his mistress. Though it's still scary at what Diana is capable of. Will she kill Nick if she thinks he's going to come between her parents? Hard to say since she seemed very fond of Nick's mother and loved that locket with his picture in it. As long as Adalind is there to keep Diana in check I think Nick will be alright... for now.

No one is a match for Eve and her many wigs

2. Juliette's... Back?

          After having her magical seizure from the healing powers of the miracle wand (I'm calling it a wand by the way) Eve seemed to disappear as all of her bottled emotions came back. There was too much going on for Nick to actually process this but it will come up in season 6 you can bet. Though I feel like we've been building to that anyway. Ever since Eve began interacting with Nick, old feelings were probably coming back. There were some glimpses of Juliette's jealousy for sure. First with threatening Adalind if she ever hurt Nick, telling Nick to be wary of Adalind since as a hexenbeist she can't be trusted, etc. Trubel and Rosalee absolutely saw those moments of jealousy and given how last season she tried to kill Adalind along with Nick's unborn baby then kidnapping Diana after leading Kelly into a trap costing her her life and then trying to kill Nick... well we all are wary of hexenbeist Juliette. Seriously though when Juliette and Nick were together I thought her character pretty bland but the minute she became a hexenbeist bitch she became interesting. I actually don't want her to die yet. The love triangle between Adalind, Nick, and Juliette continues.

Down the creepy rabbit hole we go

        But would Juliette coming back really threaten Adalind and Nick's relationship? Hard to say. Nick and Juliette do have a history but I feel like they weren't on the same path. It was clear that Nick was ready to settle down and start a family but Juliette had her misgivings. Granted it was because he was lying and that's not a great way to start a marriage but I feel like they were destined for other things. Where as surprisingly Adalind and Nick share a deeper connection. Not just their son but the Wesen world too. Nick learned more about Adalind and vice versa and they just seemed to click. If there's one thing you can say about Adalind is that she will go the distance for those she loves. First with Reynard when she was helping him (though she went the extra mile in trying to harm his Grimm cop) but then she gained some self respect after Diana was born and she became a very devoted mother. So far Adalind is the only one who said "I love you" to Nick and she hasn't pressed him if he felt the same way because she doesn't want to force him into anything. But I feel like Nick has similar feelings for her he just hasn't said it out loud. David Guintoli says Nick understands why Adalind left with Kelly (their son) and will forgive her. I believe that.

Your new mayor. A douche like the other one

3. Reynard 

         Reynard has really devolved from season 1. First he was this bad ass guy who knew everything to a puppet (first with his daughter then with Bonaparte). I understand that he wants power but I would think he would be more Machiavellian about who he was working with. Black Claw is just shady. It may be that because Reynard isn't a full blown Zauberbeist (probably not spelling that right) he's not completely consumed by ambition. We do know he has some compassion in him. Out of all the professions Reynard could have chosen he chose law enforcement. He even mercy killed Meisner (though I think Bonaparte burned an asset given how amazing Meisner was at getting the job done). He wants to help the community BUT that siren call to power is just all too alluring. I do find it an absolute joke that he thinks Adalind is just going to forget about Nick and be with him. Maybe he has a faulty memory but he didn't treat Adalind very well. He kind of blew it when he gave Diana away. I honestly don't see him wooing Adalind... without Diana's voodoo dolls anyway. So yes, right now Reynard wants power and given that he's the new mayor he'll have plenty of it.

There's always that one screw that doesn't go anywhere

4. Guess who's expecting!

         It's finally happening! Monroe and Rosalee are having a baby. I feel like we were leading up to it this season after we saw Monroe and Rosalee setting up Kelly's crib. "Maybe someday," Rosalee said. Well someday is HERE! I kinda want it to be a girl so she and Kelly can grow up together and fall in love and... well that's for fan fiction writers to play with. 

Vandalism

5. Black Claw is no more

      In an interview with David Guintoli (Nick Burkhart), when asked about if Black Claw was done he said, "Oh he killed like 33 of their guys they're done." I feel like I have to agree. With the miracle wand Nick seems unbeatable and luckily Reynard and Black Claw have no idea of it's existence. And only one branch of Hadrian's Wall was destroyed so the organization still stands. Without it's crucial leaders Black Claw will flounder, scatter, and disappear. But then who will be the next big bad in season 6? Given how there will only be 13 episodes we may know sooner instead of having to wait 22 episodes to get to the big battle. 

I wonder what you get when you cross a hexenbeist
with a Grimm?

      Can't wait for next season. Still shipping Adalind and Nick despite others' misgivings. Very excited for the Monrosalee Baby! 

The Flash: Season 2 Finale

Run, Barry, RUN

         Quite an episode! Very shocking season 2 finale. I didn’t cry when I saw who was under the mask (the real Jay Garrick who is Henry’s doppelgänger) but my heart still break all the

same. But let’s break down on why Barry decided to change the past and how that’s going to effect next season.

I feel like this race should be on pay-per-view!

       First off, Barry witnessed the horror of watching his father die. Zoom is perhaps the most evil speedster so far. The Reverse Flash is a stalker playground bully compared to this psychopath! The Flash always has that emotional heart that lacks in other super hero shows. Though I’m going to be honest and say I saw Henry’s death coming. It was the best way to break Barry, hitting him straight through the heart. Zoom kept trying to compare himself to Barry but that’s how it is with most super heroes and their villains: 2 sides of the same coin but Barry has a surrogate family that gives him a lot of emotional support. That’s the source of Barry’s strength: his family. After going through the Speed Force Barry came out more hopeful and sure of the future but he never counted on losing another parent. I suppose his only consolation over losing his mother was that his father was still alive. Joe was a great surrogate parent but he’s not Barry’s real dad. Though it still shocked me when Barry took a trip back in time to save his mother. It’s probably the first selfish thing he’s ever done with his powers. This action will definitely have major repercussions.

Team Flash vs Team... well just Zoom

     What will those repercussions be? I know it’s hard to admit but bad things do happen for a reason. Sometimes the darkest road leads you to meet new people, make new connections, form bonds, even start families. You may have suffered a loss of a spouse but after a mourning period you meet someone new and have children. If your spouse never died you may never have become a proud parent (maybe your first spouse didn’t want children or you never really talked about it). If Henry never went to prison then Barry would never have gotten so close to Iris and Joe. He became a forensic scientist because of his mother’s murder. He may never get struck by lightning. He may never even become the Flash! Nora’s death is a fixed point in Time. It’s a turning point that helped shape Barry’s course in life on his way to becoming The Flash. And anyway I feel it’s pointless.

This did it. My heart broke here

        Barry and Oliver are very similar but with very key differences. Oliver watched his own father commit suicide. He watched his mother be murdered but their deaths were to save him so Oliver was able to harden himself and move on. Barry suffered loss but never witnesses something so traumatic as Zoom and Oliver as your parents’ dying in front of you. In Barry’s case he’s more of a victim than anything though. Before he even became a hero Barry was a target. His enemies took his parents because of their jealousy and spite. Barry said, “Everyone else gets to cheat why can’t I?” Barry has such a big heart that he bruises and feels loss more deeply than anyone on the show so it was completely understandable when he decided that maybe just this once he could bend the rules (not counting when he went back in time and Time Wraiths went after him).

Now Barry has no one... except for Joe, Iris... and Cisco
and Caitlyn and Wally

     Though I understand why Barry did what he did, I can’t help but feel he chose wrong. As much as it hurts Nora’s death served a purpose. How many lives has Barry saved because of the path Nora’s death set him on? How many will die if he doesn’t become the Flash? The Particle Accelerator may still go off but it’s uncertain if Barry will still be The Flash. I think if Time wants Nora to die then she’ll die. I feel that Barry will understand that his actions will have terrible consequences or maybe just mild repercussions? I don’t know I just know stomp on a butterfly and the whole building comes crashing down.