Grimm has never really taken the stance that being a Wesen is totally awesome, but just in case there was ever any doubt, "Bad Luck" made it clear that Wesen life isn't exactly easy. If it's not the Wesen Council scaring your average Wesen straight, then it's other Wesen hunting their peers or upholding ancient blood feuds, and then, of course, there are the Royals. Not all Wesen are so obviously powerful as a Blutbad or as terrifying as a Hexenbiest; some Wesen are more easily preyed upon, and it's these Wesen, our Baurschwein and our bunny rabbits, that Grimm turns to when it wants to illustrate the injustices of Wesen society.
While it may be legally wrong and morally repugnant to most Wesen, the practice of murdering the "rabbits" to steal their lucky feet for fertility rites still has a following. I think we can easily come up with a few-real world practices and beliefs that would fall under a similar classification, and casting Romy Rosemont (a.k.a. Finn's mom from Glee) in the role of grieving bunny-mom helped to amp up the OMG-POOR-BUNNIES sentiment.
The brutality of Wesen-on-Wesen violence never fails to shock me, and knowing that it's make believe doesn't necessarily help. If we're being honest, Grimm's individual stories are getting a little cray cray these days—Juliette as an accidental Hexenbiest has promise, but it's also a little silly. Adalind being preggers with Nick's sex-magik baby is definitelysilly. MonRosalee hasn't done anything terribly compelling since getting hitched (though the baby-hinting was strong with this one because clearly what this show needs is another magical infant). If you think too hard about a lot of what happens on Grimm, a lot of it starts to fall apart, but the show's worldbuilding remains phenomenal, and even if Nick occasionally makes my eyes roll waaaaay back into my head, this is still a world that I'm happy to play in.
Grimm is a little weird in that the minutiae of any given episode might be interesting and the show's bigger, more worldly view might be perfectly grand, all while the episodic stories we're supposed to be paying attention to fall short of such appeal. It's a Harry Potter effect for me: I never found myself drawn to Harry in the same way that I was fascinated by Quidditch and how Hogwarts actually worked and what global wizarding culture looked like and why. Nick is a bit of a Harry for me; all the good stuff seems to happen around him. My favorite moment in "Bad Luck" was seeing Chloe Cottontail kick her captor's ass for like 10 seconds. It was so minor—and she ultimately needed Nick and Hank to sweep in and save the day anyway— but after an entire hour of learning about the horrors her family had faced, and that such horrors are essentially a normal part of life for this type of Wesen, it was so satisfying to see someone fight back.
Grimm is all about bucking its established status quo this season, from MonRosalee's mixed marriage to Adalind's shifty allegiance to Juliette's purty new face. The show has always struggled with its habit of turning Nick's girlfriend into Nick's insta-damsel in distress, but recent seasons have seen Juliette flourish in her growing role in the world of Grimm and Wesen. During her short tenure as a Hexenbiest, Juliette has gone from routinely needing help to never needing a last-minute rescue, and that—more than her unfortunate evolution into a Grimm's mortal enemy—is what makes Grimm's current Nick-and-Juliette story so compelling. I don't want her to be "cured." For the first time in the series' history, she doesn't have to rely on him, which is the sort of thing that can actually make a relationship stronger if handled well. Although Nick and Juliette obviously aren't going to handle it all that well because then where would the drama be?
They've already made good progress, though. Juliette isn't quite so desperate to rid herself of her "curse," and that's the strongest aspect of their story. Nick got over the "Hexenbiest are evil and have cooties" angle fairly quick, and has moved right on through to the guilt trip; that's the second-strongest aspect. Now we just have to figure out where Henrietta fits into all this.
Oh, and the sex-magik baby. Ugh. Please stop.
Like, how does that even happen?
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– I loved all the clever little details surrounding the bunny Wesen.
– And I'm still loving Wesen-geek Wu. However, I'm NOT loving how he's suddenly an expert in all the things.
– Did anyone else let out a loud Nelson "haha" when Adalind showed Renard the shiner Juliette gave her?
– WHERE THE FRICK IS BABY DIANA? LIKE SERIOUSLY, IF WE MUST HAVE A BABY ON THE SHOW, CAN WE AT LEAST HAVE THE COOL BABY?