I’m confused by the fandom’s reaction to Renard…. If you don’t know why well go back and rewatch Grimm up until Renard joins team Grimm. We are finally seeing his true colors in all their glory: a cowardly, amoral, power hungry jerk who was only on the team because they were useful to him. Which is something I knew since the beginning and I’m usually awful at predicting shows as twisty as grimm can be.

Hi There Anon – Admin Liz here. I think the reaction comes from a feeling of betrayal. At least it does for me. While it’s always been clear that he’s been out for himself, he still had people who he seemed to care about (or at the very least trust and respect). He betrayed all of those people in this season.

Also, I’ve never considered him a pawn – he’s always had a lot of strength and confidence, especially in his power as person, half-Royal, and half-Zauberbiest. In this year’s finale specifically, he seemed to lose all dignity he previously had and just let Boneparte play him, and the people he had worked with the last four years (more with Nick, Hank, Wu, Meisner, and Adalind).

I, personally, have no real issue with him going full dark side. I don’t even really have a problem with him betraying Team Grimm, because you’re right, that’s not out of character for him at all. What I do have a problem with is that he suddenly lost all of his ferocity, and I kept waiting for him to at least bear his teeth, something, anything, to try to take some of the power that Black Claw promised him, but he didn’t. He was just as much of a hostage as Adalind, Diana, and Kelly, but unlike them, he was just rolling with it. He had no problem just rolling over for Boneparte and everyone else. There was none of that Sean Renard swagger that he’d always had.

So… yeah I guess that’s what I’m personally most upset about.

DOes it count as them killing your favourite character when the actor is still walking around on set theoretically “playing” him? Like Rennard is still my favourite character but I feel like going back and watching season 1 through 4 and stopping to feel better now….

Hi there – Admin Liz here. He’s dead to me too right now, so sure, you can say they killed your fave. I loved pre-season five Renard as well, but at this point idk if he will ever be able to redeem himself. I’m sorry for your loss, Grimmster.

Dear lord a full Zauberbiest is more terrifying than a full Hexenbiest but I was so excited to finally see one. This show is also making me feel weird about a child murdering people. I know it’s bad but it was satisfying to see Diana using Sean to murder Bonaparte.

Hi There – Admin Liz here! He was terrifying wasn’t he?? Everyone seemed to be just terrified once they realized what he was – they must be rare as well. And let me tell you – I also don’t condone child murders but I agree 100% – I definitely approve of Diana using her powers to destroy Team Grimm’s enemies.

My question is, would the zauberbeist have been able to kill nick by “strangling” him? Because Nick still had the stick so would that be able to save him from being strangled? THE QUESTIONS FROM LAST NIGHTS EPISODE ARE ENDLESS!

Hi there! Admin Liz here – WE ASKED THE SAME THING. I personally don’t think he would have been able to kill him. But, I’m glad that we didn’t find out because I wouldn’t have wanted him to be resurrected in front of Renard. The last thing we need right now is for him to even remotely know about the stick.

is kelly okay?!

It’s hard to say. We haven’t seen a lot of him apart from when Conrad was using him to try to sway Nick. But one would assume that a marked lack of Adalind freaking out points to Kelly being safe and sound.

i was looking at the preview photos and i think photo #12 is full form sean renard??? or something??? what

Turns out it was Conrad Bonaparte! But since he’s a full Zauberbiest, we weren’t that far off the mark!

Are Nick and Adalind Stiller together?

It’s a bit difficult to say, but on balance I’d say…for all intents and purposes, no.

It’s not as if we got a traditional “break-up” scene, but Adalind did leave him and doesn’t appear to have any plans to return to him any time soon. Add to that the fact that they’re both pretty wrapped up in surviving their respective situations, and somehow I think their relationship status is probably so far down their priority ladder that it’s fallen off the bottom rung.

If or when they actually have the time and space to revisit that question again, a lot of things will have changed. Juliette is back, and it’s clear from Nick’s behavior toward her that he hasn’t moved past his feelings for her, as tangled and convoluted as they may be by what happened last season. And Adalind now has a daughter who’s shown something of a volatile streak towards people who aren’t either of her parents trying to date either of her parents.

Granted, she didn’t seem to have a problem with Nick toward the end of that episode (and may have even acted to save him and not just to punish Conrad for hurting Adalind). But still…that might change if she were to see Adalind and Nick together, especially if the first thing Nick does in season six is go all decapitare on her dad.

So basically, it’s complicated. But for the moment? No, they’re not.