Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-184.147.193.87-20141213043047/@comment-50.101.217.173-20141216015020

Nick has never used force to prove a point, but neither has he shied away from its use. When he, or someone close to him is threatened, he is entirely comfortable with using violence as a first option. Like when killed those Hundjager I talked about.

Looking at this from a social commentary perspective is all well and good, but reconciliation in this context makes no sense narratively. Epiphanies do not happen in real time; changing belief structures in people takes years. This is far more time than Nick has to save Monroe. Plus it makes absolutely no sense for Nick to extend mercy to any of them. Negotiating with them is risking monroes life for the chance that everyone goes home safe. And Nick has no reason to care about their lives. Also, reconciliation scenes only work when the audience has a reason to feel sympathetic to the bad guys (the show Flashpoint did this very well) and nobody is going to feel sympathy for the guys who tell Monroe that they will "enjoy watching you die". Indeed, most sources I look at are filled with people eatery anticipating Nick slaughtering the Wesenrein.

Lastly, there have been multiple interviews with cast members and they all say the same thing; Grimm is getting darker in its story telling. That means torture, terror and death with no punches pulled. And given how ambivalent Grimm has been in the past towards death, we are in for a lot more blood.