I started watching Grimm when it first aired here in Germany. In the beginning it seemed kind of similar to Supernatural with the whole plot revolving around the main character hunting monsters but trust me, if you have to choose between the two, Supernatural is the better choice.
The story revolves around the detective Nick Burkhardt who finds out he's a so-called "Grimm", a descendant of the Grimm Brothers, shortly before his aunt dies. As a Grimm he can see the true form of all kinds of monsters that disguise themselves as regular humans, undetected by the average citizen. It's a Grimm's job to hunt these monsters, which is why most of them are pretty scared of our dear detective until he proves to them that he's one of the very few "nice Grimms" that only kill when they have to. So far this doesn't sound too bad, right?
I'm sure this show could've been a lot better if some of the characters and the writing weren't pretty damn horrible. After watching 4 seasons now (because I'm sadly just one of those people who need to know how a story ends after starting to read/watch it, no matter how bad it is) I still don't know what the point of Juliette's character is. She is Nick's extremely unlikeable girlfriend and that seems to be her only purpose in the show because a main character just can't exist without a love interest, I guess. She has zero personality and while it's understandable that having a kind of supernatural boyfriend is probably pretty hard sometimes, Juliette is extremely annoying about it. Every season I'm just waiting for the point at which she goes: "I just can't do this anymore, Nick" which is then followed by some relationship drama that is resolved later down the road. And the cycle repeats and repeats and repeats like a broken record.
Then there's the fact that literally every single case he and his partner have to solve after Nick's awakening as a Grimm suddenly turns out to be monster-related. Not a single exception in 4 seasons. Stuff like this makes sense in shows like Supernatural because there the hunters travel the whole country specifically looking for monsters they can hunt but in Grimm it's just really unrealistic. Nick is just a cop who has to solve the cases he's assigned to but it's like regular people committing regular crimes just isn't a thing anymore all of a sudden.
And now the worst part: The German. I get why they tried putting elements of the German language into the show (it's loosely based on German fairytales after all) but it's so poorly done! It's like the writers put in zero effort to create grammatically correct names for the monsters or to teach the actors correct pronunciation. As a native German speaker I literally couldn't understand them when they were speaking German. Some of the words they came up with for their fictional world make no sense at all. People that are supposed to be German can't speak the language without an accent so heavy you can tell that they have never spoken a word in German before filming that scene. It's just extremely cringeworthy.
Apart from all this the show fails to create any kind of tension. It's pretty predictable and repetitive. Monster commits crime, detective Burkhardt either arrests monster or kills it. Sometimes he has help. Juliette finds a reason to be annoying.
You can watch this show if you're just looking for some background noise while doing something else or if you want something that's very easy to digest. I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for actual good entertainment.
The story revolves around the detective Nick Burkhardt who finds out he's a so-called "Grimm", a descendant of the Grimm Brothers, shortly before his aunt dies. As a Grimm he can see the true form of all kinds of monsters that disguise themselves as regular humans, undetected by the average citizen. It's a Grimm's job to hunt these monsters, which is why most of them are pretty scared of our dear detective until he proves to them that he's one of the very few "nice Grimms" that only kill when they have to. So far this doesn't sound too bad, right?
I'm sure this show could've been a lot better if some of the characters and the writing weren't pretty damn horrible. After watching 4 seasons now (because I'm sadly just one of those people who need to know how a story ends after starting to read/watch it, no matter how bad it is) I still don't know what the point of Juliette's character is. She is Nick's extremely unlikeable girlfriend and that seems to be her only purpose in the show because a main character just can't exist without a love interest, I guess. She has zero personality and while it's understandable that having a kind of supernatural boyfriend is probably pretty hard sometimes, Juliette is extremely annoying about it. Every season I'm just waiting for the point at which she goes: "I just can't do this anymore, Nick" which is then followed by some relationship drama that is resolved later down the road. And the cycle repeats and repeats and repeats like a broken record.
Then there's the fact that literally every single case he and his partner have to solve after Nick's awakening as a Grimm suddenly turns out to be monster-related. Not a single exception in 4 seasons. Stuff like this makes sense in shows like Supernatural because there the hunters travel the whole country specifically looking for monsters they can hunt but in Grimm it's just really unrealistic. Nick is just a cop who has to solve the cases he's assigned to but it's like regular people committing regular crimes just isn't a thing anymore all of a sudden.
And now the worst part: The German. I get why they tried putting elements of the German language into the show (it's loosely based on German fairytales after all) but it's so poorly done! It's like the writers put in zero effort to create grammatically correct names for the monsters or to teach the actors correct pronunciation. As a native German speaker I literally couldn't understand them when they were speaking German. Some of the words they came up with for their fictional world make no sense at all. People that are supposed to be German can't speak the language without an accent so heavy you can tell that they have never spoken a word in German before filming that scene. It's just extremely cringeworthy.
Apart from all this the show fails to create any kind of tension. It's pretty predictable and repetitive. Monster commits crime, detective Burkhardt either arrests monster or kills it. Sometimes he has help. Juliette finds a reason to be annoying.
You can watch this show if you're just looking for some background noise while doing something else or if you want something that's very easy to digest. I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for actual good entertainment.