Overall, a much better season over last year. They covered a lot of ground, both literally and figurativly. The last three or four episodes in particular really ramped things up. Most of the subplots were good and worked out well with everyone getting a chance to take the spotlight. Grimm is a really creative show. The cases they come up with to deviate from the main story arc are interesting and make the Scooby Doo teamwork aspect of the show work well. The main cast is a really tight crew of characters (shades of Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

Juliette was made interesting and she didn’t dominate the season which I think was a smart decision (she gets the most character arcs than anyone). Trusty Hank got a love interest for awhile and got ride shotgun with Nick in just about every major event. I really liked the trip Nick and Monroe took to some treasure hunting. A lot of fun to watch and that whole segment brought one

Trusty Hank got a love interest for awhile and got ride shotgun with Nick in just about every major event. Wu remains another great sidekick and they put him through some hard stuff. I liked what they did with him, but he looks terrible when he’s transformed. One of the worst SFX on the show.

I really liked the trip Nick and Monroe took to some treasure hunting. A lot of fun to watch and that whole segment brought one long standing puzzle with the keys to an end and introduced a new powerful totem to the series. Monroe and Rosalee are cornerstones to this series and I liked the background work they did for them (especially Rosalee’s ex, Tony) and they have a big future ahead of them

Trubel went away for a bit found a greater purpose working at HW and it was great when she came back. In fact, the HW was one of my favorite additions to the show. Really liked Juliette and Trubel being brought in to work for Meisner. He helped fill a much-needed Grimm ally position.

Renard took quite the turn in the later episodes and I’m not too happy with it. While the set up and the ultimatum for him to switch sides was given a lot of time, when he does switch it felt really sudden. I think it’s because they changed his personality to becomes much sleazier than he ever has before (being so aggressive with Adalind was really pushing it).

Speaking of Adalind, her motherly instincts were put to the test. Bringing back Diana added a big wild card as she’s an incredibly powerful young girl. Now that Adalind is now part of her life, will she be able to keep her from being a full blown monster?

I liked the season finale quite a bit, had some satisfying confrontations and the body count on both sides is a lasting one. Black Claw was in the shadows for most of the season, but they came out to make some serious moves at the end. More or less a draw with that cliff hanger ending.

The show has been given a truncated season 6 order so there might not be much time left for Grimm. So far it’s going to be 13 episodes (down from 22), I just hope that the creators get to do what they want. Will it just be a shorter season with more to follow? Will they get more episodes if they need it for the season? Will they only get 13 to end the series? I guess it’ll take the summer for them to find out. I hope they don’t get cut off at the knees by being forced to rush a finale to the series. The Black Claw is a global movement so there could be a lot (outside of Portland especially) to explore.