Right out of the gate, we’ve got shredded bodies, secrets and intrigue in spades. The Grimm season 2 premiere did not disappoint.
For me, this was a rather Renard-centric chapter of the show; lots of interesting things surrounding the “good” captain, wouldn’t you say? Telling looks and more from him when he stopped and gazed at the arrow shot through the painting on Nick’s wall after the tussle with Kimura, the stink eye he threw the assassin in jail just before launching into his little speech and, of course, his entire body language when he saw the symbols tattooed all over him. Plus, he garnered some valuable information from the Japanese goon as well, that a second Grimm was in the picture. (Little does he know it’s Nick’s mommy.) And! Renard’s demeanor when the FBI agents, Hank and Nick were in his office was cockiness personified. Yet, somehow, whoever or whatever he is, Renard manages to “keep things under the radar” when Nick’s around. I’ve got to give it up to him. The guy’s good.
Now, we all know Renard offed Kimura, right? No one else could have. No one else had reason to. To everyone else — beside Nick, that is — he was nothing more than a well-trained thug. So that’s an easy puzzle to piece together. But the repercussions of Kimura’s presence have Renard in action-mode. As he stated during his visit to Adalind’s mother Catherine (Jessica Tuck) he can’t lose Nick: “I’ve put too much time and effort to let that happen.” Juliette tying Nick to Portland and thus tying him to Renard, it makes me more and more curious what his agenda is and who he is in the grand scheme of things.
And, dammit: Who the hell was he talking to … ?!??
Notes:
Quotes:
“Who the hell is this bitch?” — Monroe
“She’s my mother …” — Nick
“Dude … I’ve got to be honest: Your mother scares the crap out of me!” — Monroe to Nick
“Family reunions are brutal! Our last one, we lost two cousins and a sheep dog. No one missed the cousins much …” — Monroe to Rosalee
OMG..how did I miss this???? I have got to pay more attention to your “what’s new tonight” email!!!
thank goodness for your recap!
The boy and I are watching on Demand to catch up on last season. We just got hip to the show over the weekend. WOW! Great. Love it. We have about 8 more episodes to view to bring us up to date. Sheesh Excitement, for sure.
I really enjoyed the season premiere and I’m so excited James Frain has joined the show for an arc, I love his acting!
I don’t think it was the Captain who offed Kimura. I think it was the assassin who killed Kimura to keep him from further talking to the Captain.
As for who the Captain was talking to, I think it was the guy who was supervising the torture of the Resistance follower.
Overall, Grimm did an awesome return job. While I wish they waited until October like last year, I’m happy they’re maintaining the same level of quality as ast year.
P.S. Another quote to add to the fire:
“Did you threaten to kill her?” – Nick’s mom on threatening Adeline’s mom
“Of course.” -Nick