Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-84.24.13.42-20141208170938/@comment-184.147.193.87-20141208232812

whoops, didn't mean to hit reply. Anyway...

Given what we know about the circumstances of the encounter, assuming they did capture josh and they got him to tell them everything, there is no way they would have been prepared to do an impersonation. They would need the correct zaubertrank in order to Impersonate him and, as Adalind and Elizabeth demonstrated, this can take a while. No idea how long Adalind worked on hers, but Elizibeths seemed to take over 16 hours to complete. Taking into account travel times and however long it would take to find a cooperative hexenbiest to make the potion, there simply wouldn't be enough time. Also of note is that these potions do not last more that a day and, if episode 6 and 7 are of any indication, josh has been staying with Nick for at least a month. Then there is The fact that Josh recognized Trubel, which is more significant than it sounds. How would an imposter know who she was? The royals do not know she exists (Victor thinks Nick killed Stewart). Even if they got Josh to talk and describe her, that doesn't explain how the imposter would recognize her immediately, which would require timey prep that they would not be able to afford. Not to mention the fact that, given she was sneaking around in nicks home with a knife, it might actually be more reasonable to assume she was an intruder rather than a guest.

The final reason why I doubt josh is a traitor is that it doesn't make sense story wise. Betrayals only have weight when we have known them sufficiently well and sufficiently long that we can be shocked by it. We barely know Josh, so his betrayal would have no weight at all. I would say that he would have to be prominent in at least a dozen episodes before we can expect this sort of thing from Josh.