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darkemeralds ([personal profile] darkemeralds) wrote 2011-12-21 12:49 am (UTC)

It beats Fringe? Wow. I'm kind of stunned by that, since Fringe is actually, you know, good. And all JJ Abrams and everything.

As I mentioned to [personal profile] silk_knickers upthread, Grimm reminds me quite a bit of season 1 X-Files, with the potential, the unpolished acting (both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson managed to sell deadpan as an acting style), and the sense that a real story arc could open up, given a chance to get past silly MOTW episodes.

Besides the werewolf guy, I think what made me take the show somewhat seriously from the get-go was the compelling character of the dying aunt. Can't say I understood or believed much about the whole random-inheriting-of-Grimmness idea, but her delivery of the Airstream trailer-o-secrets and her subsequent very dark and yet kick-ass death made me think that someone behind the show meant business.

Yeah, I'll give it another chance. But I'd be sorry if it actually kicked Fringe off the air. I LOVE Fringe!

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