Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151009190731/@comment-24399666-20151104031036

Lurkenfrau wrote:

Bheadr27 wrote:

Yea, I'd like to know as well, how Rolek knew about Nick. Kelly heard about a Grimm in Portlad either, but she didn't know the name. so... how do these people know and Chavez group didn't?

I've always wondered that too...how did Rolek Porter hear of Nick?

Just another detail that we may never learn the answer to.

My take: especially over the last couple of years, we've been seeing increasing indications that, behind the scenes, Nick is getting a reputation. Like, a worldwide reputation.

I love how... it's clear, but it's not in-your-face, which makes sense especially considering we're largely seeing the story from Nick's POV, and Wesen are hardly likely to gossip about Nick, in front of Nick. So rather than actually hearing, "Nick, you're famous," we're instead hearing progressively less of, "You're a Grimm!" and more of, "You're the Grimm. I've heard about you."

Assuming that Chavez has her ear to the ground at all, she may indeed have heard about "the Portland Grimm," but possibly not by name, if her ear isn't close enough to the ground. I'm guessing a good part of the reason for Nick's increasingly good reception among innocent Wesen is thanks to the influence of the local Eisbieber population (who I picture as the social networking center of the Wesen world)... and who Chavez seems unlikely to be involved with.

As for how Rolek Porter knew of Nick by name... the best I can think is, he'd heard of "the Portland Grimm," and possibly heard that he was a cop. From there, he could have done a search for Portland cops and cross referenced with a Grimm geneology that he had (on paper, or just in his head). Or maybe he knew Kelly, or even Nick's dad.