Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151016152134/@comment-24399666-20151107135949

Here were my first impressions from last night:

First impressions: I need to spend less time talking about this show. :)

I think I spent most of the show tonight thinking more about the writing than about the characters and story... which is on me, but it still detracted from my enjoyment of the show. I think I would have liked this episode, except for that.

The Nick/Adalind scenes were... strange. It didn't feel like Nick, and especially the kitchen scene felt like something weird was going on (weird as in, Nick was not acting like himself, or rather he was acting exactly like he always acted around Juliette when they were happy... which is strange, because it's neither Juliette, nor is he happy). It was better at the beginning of the episode, when they were stiff and awkward to each other. That makes a lot more sense, given where they're coming from.

Still waiting for Nick to feel like a dad. Prioritizing work over a baby that was born the day before seems odd. That may be his shock, though. That and the nature of the kill.

I am - not exactly happy, more like relieved - with the writing in this episode. They're not unrealistically dropping the FBI plot. I'm dreading where it's leading (in the good way, but I still don't like the feeling), but I am relieved that they're following through on what happened last episode.

I liked the reveal of the uprising. Can't wait to see where the plot goes.

Got some flashbacks to S1 with Hank and Pogue. I didn't much like S1, and I've always pinpointed S2E2 (the ep where Hank finds out) as the turning point for the entire series.

On a totally unrelated note, in the last commercial break tonight, I saw a Christmas ad, immediately followed by a "Halloween is over" ad. I may be dating myself, but I remember when Christmas ads didn't start playing until after Thanksgiving. This "nearly 1/6 of a year" thing is way, way too much. I'm glad Grimm is the only thing I watch on TV.