Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-26235944-20150518042646/@comment-26235944-20150610062704

82.21.236.214 wrote:

I thought Nick had his keys in the trailer, but I do remember him secretly placing the keys in the Spice Shop. I don't believe he told anyone their location. I don't recall anyone else seeing him put the keys there: if he had though, it would enable a raid on the Spice Shop to be mounted without the Anhenerbe having to attack anyone else. Nick gave his first key to Rosalee in the Spice Shop...she put it in a stash under a floor board. Nick did this after his fight with Renard, and Renard had given his Key back to him. Renard had searched the Trailer, and then searched Nick's desk, where he found the Key. So the Spice Shop was the logical place to hide it. Then, later in episode 321 - The Inheritance, at Nick's house, we saw Nick, Hank, Trubel, Juliette and Josh going through all of Rolek Porter's things, looking for his Key. The last place they looked was Rolek's cane, and Hank figured out how to get the Key out of it. The next scene was where they all took the new Key to the Spice Shop, where they printed both Keys on a piece of paper. They see that the map segments of the two Keys are adjacent and definitely lead somewhere in the Black Forrest. Rosalee puts both Keys under the floorboard.

As far as needing to travel to Europe to show them searching for the other Keys... They may be able to simulate a lot of it with CGI and sets in Portland, to conserve their budget. They have done this before. It would take a huge chunk out of their budget to go on location in Europe. Very few TV shows do this anymore. But I don't think they need to bring Juliette back, to pursue a storyline about the Keys.