Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-88.108.121.135-20150528110712/@comment-25875828-20151118202715

I am so glad you put in words what I also see as the problem with the show. It seems the writers over the past season have found certain plot devices that the fans liked and they seem to rally around these in writting the episodes.

The one I see them over using is  the ambiguity of who is bad and who is good. Then you add in the secrecy, and covert feel. You can tell this season will have a lot of betral. All things that where major points in season 4.

I hate writers who use deception and misdirection to create suspense. We are four episode in an the Trubel mystery is boring becuase the only thing that makes it a mystery is misdirection and the withholding of information.

Do the writer really think it helps the story to keep us clueless of who and what the SGO is. What happend with developing the characters and using that to create mystery.

Take Chavez, the writers go through all the motions to put her in a defensless position, but the viewers did not get one piece of information they did not already have. The whole scene did confirm to the group that the SGO had Trubel but we already susspected that. Why not use that moment for Chavez to go on a rant stating their mission statement. The fact that the writers are keeping this a secret makes me think the reason is really weak.