Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-30518207-20170321092625/@comment-44212457-20191023162402

I think we're missing the obvious reason: Juliette's parents may have already passed on before the show even started. From what we were shown, Nick (and Renard) were the only people who ever visited Juliette during her coma. I'm sure most people, if their son or daughter was in a coma, even if said 'child' was an adult, they would spend at least a little bit of time watching over their 'baby' at the hospital. And they also would have contacted Nick to find out what happened to put her into a coma. Her parents also didn't visit her (nor try to bail her out) when she was thrown in jail in season 4. Now, neither of those things (lack of hospital visit, lack of jail visit) gives us absolute proof that they're gone. Could be they were alive but didn't live in Portand or anywhere nearby. But those seem like strong indications to me.

Someone said Nick should have contacted Juliette's parents after they broke up: I don't agree. They're *Juliette's* parents, not Nick's. The normal thing would be: she tells *her* family & *her* friends while he tells *his* family & *his* friends. There's an excellent chance she would get mightily pissed off at him if he "crossed a line" by talking to her parents. Now, that we were not shown her doing so is, again, not proof that they are dead. Maybe the show writers just didn't bother show us any of that.

Last point: even though "mom" and "dad" might have been listed in the contacts on Juliette's phone, that doesn't mean they're still around. I still have my mom listed in my phone and she's been gone 4 years now. (I know it sounds silly but I just can't bring myself to "delete her". It just feels too.. final. :( Maybe Juliette felt the same about her folks.)

Anyway, long and short is: I think it makes more sense (and fits better with what we were shown) if Juliette's parents were already dead before the show started.