Grimm Season 6 Episode 12
The next to last chapter of Grimm felt like a bait and switch. At the tail end of season five, Eve was more powerful than what viewers have come to know as Diana’s powers at the start of season six. Nick developed a moderately strong sense of hearing, coupled with the protective stick that also resurrected fallen team members. Diana had previously killed two people who she felt got in the way of her idealistic fantasy of Adeline and Renard as happily married. Murder is a big deal, and neither of her parents discussed this serious matter because they were afraid she’d harm them. The pint-sized, petulant girl of unknown power, not quite Stephen King’s Firestarter or Marvel’s Phoenix, was continuously underutilized when it would’ve mattered. In The Other Place from last week and tonight’s episode, Nick and Eve are all but rendered powerless against the fallen angel who could’ve maimed or killed them, but didn’t for an entire episode and a few minutes at the top of the current one. The exhaustive biblical and familial research in the assorted books at the spice shop and from Adeline’s mother had its place over the course of several chapters, however the assembled Wesen, Nick, Trubel, and Diana felt outmatched when it came time to deal with Zerstörer in Portland. In his human form, the skull creature was awkward and goofy, not diabolical as one would expect an apocalyptic world destroyer to be. I readily admit I wanted, knowing full well that it wouldn’t unfold, two final episodes befitting the supernatural genre. When Diana’s powers would’ve been useful, she’s reduced to a scared, whiny child cowering between her parents because the big bad wants her for his bride. In most families, adults do their best to protect their children. Off to a secluded cabin in the woods they went, Diana the beneficiary of an invisibility potion perhaps as a last effort if her parents were to be slaughtered. Referring to the opening quote, perhaps it was meant that the team’s spirit would break over the span of the episode. Viewers understand the history and importance of the staff, and the unbeatable power it could wield if the skull creature were to get his hands on the missing piece. It was confusing at the end when the stick was unable do what it has before. Did the staff cancel out the stick’s power due to proximity? I’m left feeling that tonight’s cliffhanger episode was setup for next week’s series finale. Will enough lingering mysteries be solved? Will more team members die? Will there be an ultimate showdown between Diana and Zerstörer as he attempts to take her as his own? How will Nick end the series? No spoilers. Stay tuned!
