The jump forward in time at the end was particularly successful, promising that the fairy tale continues on even if we aren't watching it. The whole plotline with Zerstörer annoyed me from the outset, but as I noted in the review for Grimm Season 6 Episode 12, it was really the stupid choices made by normally-intelligent characters that galled me the most. Jim Kouf: Everybody had been safe for the whole series. [5], Finally, on August 29, 2016, NBC officially announced that the sixth season would be the last of the series and that the premiere date would be at January 6, 2017 an hour earlier than the given 9:00 p.m. timeslot with uninterrupted episodes and the finale set to be broadcast on March 31, 2017. The show centers on Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), a Portland Police Department homicide detective who discovers that he is the last descendant of a group of guardians named "Grimms" who had to protect the world from a group of Wesen, mythical creatures which only the Grimms can see. Deducing that bullets cannot work, they decide they have to cut his head in order to kill him permanently. While some thought the finale was rushed, they concluded that the series got a "satisfying" ending to the show.
What are they doing in the future? By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. Not every Wessen was bad. Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. He eventually made the right choice though and thus was allowed to return to his life before Zerstorer went through the mirror, rejoining all of his friends and to continue living in peace. "[20], Sara Netzley from EW gave the episode a "A" rating and wrote, "'Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.' Terri Schwartz from IGN gave the episode a "great" 8.0 rating out of 10 and wrote in her verdict, "Grimm offered up a satisfying series finale that successfully brought the show to a close. Your email address will not be published. He concludes by saying, "Some will say it's just a myth, legend or fairy tale but I know it's true because my father told me so", revealing to be a grown-up Kelly Burkhardt (Kevin Joy). Nick (David Giuntoli) regains consciousness and finds Zerstörer gone. "[14] They also explained, "The point was not to have a lethal ending or a happily-ever-after ending, the point was to take Nick to the lowest possible point he could be, where he thought he could not possibly dig any deeper inside. We also had the nightmare scene where Monroe helps Rosalee give birth to about two dozen babies.
He's a New Testament Grimm. Sometimes he paid dearly for them, like Juliette going evil...He didn't just cut off your head instantly if you were a Wessen. It turns out that Zerstorer never actually made it to Portland. There's no room for love in this kind of life you're going to be leading." While Kelly leaves, Diana stares for a minute on the Grimm diaries before showing her purple eyes. We don't know though. Kathleen Wiedel from TV Fanatic was more critical of the finale, giving it a 2.5 star rating out of 5, stating: "Not. "[10] Giuntoli also added that the finale would feature a time jump. He warns Adalind (Claire Coffee) and Renard (Sasha Roiz) about it but they tell him that Zerstörer not only wants Diana (Hannah R. Loyd), he also wants Kelly. He uses his staff to strangle Trubel before Nick arrives. That's why you take away everyone that he loved because he was willing to make that trade. Greenwalt: It was shocking to see on film. It was fitting, then, that the 'Grimm' series finale, appropriately titled 'The End,' sent Nick through a nightmarish journey, before closing the book with an ending that evoked both fairy tales and the show's own mythology. We needed to answer the question of the stick, the Seven Keys and what the Grimm crusaders hid so long ago.
But then you have Kelly who is a Grimm raised by a Grimm (and another Grimm if Truble stayed around), and Diana raised by a bunch of people teaching her everything about everything. Club gave the episode an "A-" rating and wrote, "'The End' is a series finale that definitely has that mood of a last go-around to it, the feeling that there's nothing to be gained by holding back. However, a snowstorm in Portland delayed the production five days and left the actresses with just one day to film the scenes. Building on the mythology of the original series, the spinoff will feature returning favorites along with new characters, new mysteries and new dangers.
I was so stressed for the majority of this finale wondering if anyone was going to make it out alive. His mother had to make those sacrifices. Here's what you may have missed this week! A narration reveals that Nick did not know what to say and Zerstörer never entered the world. ", "Grimm Season 6 Episode 12 Review: Zerstörer Shrugged", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_End_(Grimm)&oldid=985552296, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Kevin Joy as Adult Kelly Schade-Burkhardt, This page was last edited on 26 October 2020, at 16:32. "[17] Greenwalt, for his part, said, "We so appreciate the broad reach of this kind of storytelling. "[14], Regarding the fans' efforts to save the show through many petitions on Change.org, Kouf commented "I think the fans are fantastic for doing that. But then kind of mystically, and kind of not mystically, his ancestors appeared to him, and he found a deeper strength than he even knew he had. And that was really the theme, his deepening purpose as a post-modern Grimm. "[12], Co-creators Greenwalt and Kouf discussed that they wrote everyone's deaths to show Nick at his worst moment, "That's the logic of it. I know it happened because my father told me,' that always struck me as really strong, kind of an oral history and written history of these kinds of tales. Nick, Kelly, Trubel and Marie then join and attack Zerstörer, managing to cut one of his arms. These words open the final episode of the little fairy tale show that could. And he was willing to give up the world so that he could have his loved ones, as anyone would do in that position.
Kevin Yeoman from Screen Rant, wrote, "There's an It's A Wonderful Life quality to Grimm ' s final few moments (before an obligatory time jump reveals that Nick's son Kelly and Diana are carrying on the family tradition 20 years in the future) that brings everyone back … "[23], Not all reviews were positive. Nick decides to give him the stick but Trubel takes it and runs into the woods. Grimm's David Giuntoli will play an astronaut for CBS. © 2020 TV GUIDE, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Because if you're fighting great evil and great evil wants something that is going to destroy the world and he's got to convince you that it's worth it to give this to him so he can destroy the world, you've got to take a lot away from [Nick]. Kelly and Diana are recruited to a secret agency, a branch of Hadrian's Wall, Brotherhood Grimm. A final stinger flashed forward several years to reveal Nick's grownup children, Kelly and Diana, as a next generation of Grimms, keeping the family tradition alive. Do you have any last words for your fans that just finished this series with you? [16], About the time jump 20 years later, Greenwalt and Kouf stated that everyone is "all just one big, happy family, fighting evil monsters" with Trubel "definitely out there. He tries to revive Hank (Russell Hornsby) and Wu (Reggie Lee) with the stick but it doesn't work. Gold Rush: White Water Season 5: Discovery Renewal Status, Release Date, Archer Season 13 On FXX? Grimm gave us an epilogue, jumping ahead 20 years, showing Nick's son, Kelly, continuing the tradition of keeping the Grimm diaries going. Grimm spinoff premiere date – 2020 TBA The new project, from writer Melissa Glenn (Zoo, Leverage) and Grimm producers Universal TV and Hazy Mills, would be a continuation of Grimm’s world. Just then, Zerstörer's body disintegrates and his remains create a portal and begins to suck the staff within. Zerstorer just wanted Nick to believe that they did so that he would hand over the stick and Zerstorer would have everything he needed to take over the world. "[9], Giuntoli claimed that the series finale "Was a satisfying ending to read.
[8], Before the sixth season was announced, Giuntoli expressed his hopes for the finale, "If we get a Season 6, it could very well be our last season, and it will be the first time that the writers would get to write to an ending.
It's a mostly happy ending (it can't be completely happy -- it is Grimm after all).
"[18], "The End" received positive reviews. Whether or not that undercuts what was building up to be a remarkably violent and somber end will likely depend on how much mileage you get from the idea of ghosts returning to help the living in their time of need. Zerstörer arrives and Diana willingly goes with him. If you deal with people one on one to try and decipher who they are, not everyone is bad. [6] The writers commented on the final season, "The fact that we got this concept going and we were able to actually explore all these psychological motivations dealing with history, mythology and fairy tales and dealing with religion and belief and all those things that you can't do on a regular show, and just have it come full circle, which you'll see in the end of the season, I think that's the most satisfying thing. "[24], TVLine named Giuntoli the "Performer of the Week" for the week of April 1, 2017, for his performance in the finale.