A-Season 6The Grimm finale is emotional, inventive, and a bit frustrating—so the series ends as it livedLes Chappell3/31/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOnce upon a time, on a far-off network called NBC, there premiered a little show called Grimm. Debuting to lukewarm…
Season 6In its penultimate episode, Grimm sets the Destroyer loose on EarthLes Chappell3/24/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBecause The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Season 6Grimm goes through the looking glass into a world of monstersLes Chappell3/17/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBecause The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Season 6Some late world-building produces a poignant if scattered GrimmLes Chappell3/10/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBecause The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Season 6Into the woods without delay, Grimm’s careful not to lose the wayLes Chappell3/03/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBecause The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Season 6A legendary monster story gets the Grimm treatment, as we go full WesensteinLes Chappell2/24/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBecause The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
Season 6It’s a comedy of errors on an entertainingly goofy GrimmLes Chappell2/17/17 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBecause The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re…
B+Season 6On a sturdy Grimm, only the puns can overpower the nightmaresLes Chappell2/10/17 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkYou can definitely say this for “Breakfast In Bed”: no episode of Grimm ever worked harder to pull off a joke. It…
C+Season 6Grimm goes on a bug hunt, but doesn’t find much else of interestLes Chappell2/03/17 11:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen it comes to tone, Grimm usually manages to keep things on the serious side. The wesen that Team Grimm goes up…
A-Season 6An Amber Alert case is a green light for Grimm to get back to formulaLes Chappell1/27/17 10:15pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWith the resolution (for now) of the Black Claw chaos last week in “Oh Captain, My Captain,” Grimm signaled a return to…
ASeason 6“Oh Captain, My Captain” gives Grimm a terrific identity crisisLes Chappell1/20/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNow that’s more like it. Grimm’s final season has gotten off to something of a shaky start—not a bad one necessarily,…
BSeason 6Grimm loosens and tightens various debacles in a more promising episodeLes Chappell1/13/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn this final season of Grimm, let’s take a moment to recognize Officer Franco. Played by Robert Blanche, Franco has…
B-Season 6Grimm’s final season premiere shows there’s a lot of work to do before the endLes Chappell1/06/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe announcement that the sixth season of Grimm would be its final season is a move that doesn’t come as much of a…
Season 5The nightmare of the century is alive in Portland in a war-torn Grimm finaleLes Chappell5/20/16 11:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn the buildup to season five, several members of the Grimm cast and creative team promised that this season wasn’t…
ASeason 5Everything pays off as Grimm heads for this season’s reckoningLes Chappell5/13/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhile I’ve leveled a fair amount of criticisms at Grimm over the course of this season, something that I acknowledge is…
BSeason 5The beasts (and biests) are clamoring to get out on GrimmLes Chappell4/29/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhile Grimm is easy to summarize as a concept—another cop drama with a twist, the twist being that the cop is up…
B+Season 5Grimm successfully juggles between the gross, the funny, and the intriguingLes Chappell4/22/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter the disappointment of “Inugami,” Grimm is thankfully back to being on point with “Good To The Bone.” While last…
C+Season 5Grimm dumps its box of subplots out on the floorLes Chappell4/15/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWe’re about two-thirds of the way through season five of Grimm, and for a serialized drama that means it’s time to…
B+Season 5Grimm’s all about the devil in disguise—or vice versaLes Chappell4/08/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a piece of good news to kick off tonight’s review, as earlier this week Grimm got picked up for a sixth season.…
B-Season 5Grimm covers slow plotting with exceptional ick factorLes Chappell4/01/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI spend so much time talking about developments related to plot and character in these reviews that I don’t believe…
