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

 Alright, this is a theory that I posted of the episode 7 thread after I found out the next 2 episodes (Wesenrein and Tribunal) would be a two parter. I thought I would give it its own thread so I could get some wider expose and some more feedback. it is pretty much copied and pasted from the original post.





This is just a thought but I think that the two-parter will be about the Wesenreins attempt to deal with the happy couple for good. They will Monroe and Rosalee will be abducted in the middle or end of "Wesenrein" and will be judged by them in "Tribunal" before being rescued by Nick et al.

there are two ways this could go with regards to how nick deals with this. The first is nick races against the clock to find where they are before arriving just in time to stop them being burned through the stake with a massive fight scene. This is the classic route.

The more interesting possibility, in my mind, is slightly darker. Nick knows some of the Wesenrein members, so once they are kidnapped he will know where to look. I would like him to catch one of the members (me thinks big Johnson, because Shaw is too cowardly for this to work) before they are able to attend the tribunal. He refuses to give in at first, but Nick is not going to let him off so easily. He will manage to get the answer through morally grey means (he could torture him slightly, but I think it would be more interesting if nick poisoned him or one of his loved ones {not an innocent. don't want Nick to go evil} and told his captive that Rosalee was the only one who could help.

Once he arrived at the place, I do not think the big fight scene I hinted at earlier would fit the episodes tone. picture the following.

Monroe and Rosalee are in a cage/cell, awaiting their fate while reassuring each other that everything will be ok. Three of their captors (including Shaw) arrive and tell them that the time for justice to be done has come. They escort the couple down some halls, but before long they here a scream of pain. we then cut to several Wesenrein preparing the pyre who hear the scream as well and investigate. They find the body of one of their fellows, killed messily by a bladed weapon of some kind. They woge and one asks what the hell happened. A voice says behind them "I did". they turn around and see Nicks face just before he kills them.

cut back the group escorting Monroe and Rosalee. they hear panicked yelling, roaring and gunfire. The bad guys decide they do not like the sound of it and start escorting the couple somewhere safer.

Back at the main fight things are going badly for the wesenrein. Nick is weaving in and out of sight, appearing, killing and disappearing again. Some try to fight. They die. Others run, but they die too. one makes it to a door but it is locked. He bangs on it and begs for someone to open it. the group escorting the couple answers and asks what is going on. He says he doesn't know and begs to be let in but then he sees Nick and panics. we see him pull out a knife and tells Nick to stay back. Nick advances regardless, sword in hand. As his face leaves the shadow, we see that it has taken Zombie Nicks tone.

The one member of the escort group on the other side tries to unlock the door, but is cut of by a sword piercing the door at head height, drenched in blood. The group is thoroughly unnerved and begins to flee with the couple. Monroe and Rosalee resist, but they are also a little scared by whatever is massacring the bad guys. they are moving with haste, and thus do not check a hallway they end up passing for danger. two of the captors are struck down by bolts from a Dopplearmburst, which we see Nick holding moments later. Shaw, the only one left, pulls out a short knife and points it at Nick, who advances. He Tries to bring the Knife up to Monroes throat, But Monroes struggles and tosses him int a corner. Sensing the end, Shaw drops the knife and kneels begging for his life. Nick comes up to him and places his sword at Shaws throat, which does not silence his begging. Nick looks at Monroe who, in a voice dripping in fear and awe, asks "Dude...". Seeing that they are unhurt but scared of Him, he withdraws his sword, to the couples relief. He asks them if they are ok, which they confirm for him. Shaw thanks him for sparing him, and agrees to accept jail time and silence for the promise that Nick will leave him be. They then leave the building by a circuitous route that avoids most of the carnage.

This is more interesting because it allows Nick to exit the traditional good guys archetype and put a foot into the dark anti-hero role. He does not "murder" anyone (everyone he killed was armed and a threat to either him or his friends) but it should be enough to unnerve some people. how he frees his friends is also more interesting. he isn't fighting the bad guys, he's hunting them. This really lets us see why Grimms are so terrifying to the average wesen. they are deadly, ruthless and Unrelenting and we see all of this from their perspective. It would also be good if there was a scene at the very end with everyone discussing what had happened, with Nick (now free from the rage he was feeling when doing this) also feeling a little disturbed, barely reassured when Monroe points out that he showed mercy to the one person he would not have been justified in killing.

Overall, the theme of the two parter should be this; the question is not "How far will Nick go to save his friends" but rather "How Far will he have to go?  