The end of the road for Grimm.
After six seasons and 123 episodes, Grimm brought everything to a close in "The End," a satisfying series finale that wrapped everything up in an tidy bow and left fans on the right note.
Full spoilers for "The End" continue below.
After the brutal end to last week's episode, which saw Wu and Hank both killed by the Zerstörer, things weren't looking too great for the Scooby Squad. And though everyone ended up getting a happy ending, it was a smart choice to have Nick lose everything over the course of this episode. In his showdown with the Zerstörer, each of Nick's allies were picked off one by one (though we'll ignore how the Zerstörer magically disappeared after several encounters to allow Nick to mourn in peace).
For a show built on a family dynamic, there was a nice weight to having everything come full circle as the people Nick has come to love and treasure were taken away from him, just like they slowly entered his life over the course of this series. It allowed each character to have his or her moment, and Nick to have a moment with each of them. Showrunners David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf got to have their cake and eat it too in this episode by giving it real stakes while also finding a way to bring everyone back to life at the end.
The two main characters to find any sort of peace and happy resolution in this finale were Eve and, appropriately, Nick. Obviously Nick and Juliette/Eve's relationship has changed a lot over the years, but it was welcome to have their conversation about where they stand when they were on the Other Side. While I liked having Eve briefly lose her Hexenbiest powers, they were what helped her find her sense of purpose, so it made sense for the series to end with her regaining them. Grimm didn't overstate Nick's feelings for Adalind as it's established that she is the woman he chose to be with all season, though you really don't get the sense he has anywhere near as much affection for Diana as he does for his son. (And goodness, but Diana is a crazy character! I liked her adult version much more.)
As for Nick, this episode really was about him grappling with his identity as a Grimm and his relationships with those around him. The climax of having Nick ready to give up the world to bring everyone back before he used his ancestry to his advantage to defeat the Zerstörer really honed in on the "Grimm" of it all, and was another good use of "The End" tying things in a neat bow. Getting back Kate Burton as Aunt Marie and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Kelly Burkhardt helped ram that home, and this finale wouldn't have been as good as it was without their involvement. Seeing them fighting alongside Nick was powerful, though Trubel's involvement as a Grimm couldn't help but feel a bit tacked on in that fight when the series clearly wanted to focus on how this impacted Nick.
Grimm opened with the keys way back in its pilot, and though it's clear the showrunners had no idea where they were going with that mystery after they introduced it, "The End" managed to bookend the series well with the resolution of the magic stick. Though the series meandered a lot over the years, it's impressive how everything came back around again from the pilot to the finale. The significance of what the keys unlocked and how that relates to Nick's destiny and personal journey had a good amount of emotional grounding.
I found the explanation of how and why Nick was able to come through the portal again and zap everything back to the time before the showdown with the Zerstörer to be a bit unclear, but these are the sorts of continuity and story leaps of faith that we've had to roll with the punches with Grimm over the years. That being said, it was a smart choice to jump forward in time in the epilogue to see what adult Kelly and Diana are up to. Having this story come full circle to look at the next generation of Grimm when the series opened with Nick coming into his powers was a strong move, especially to let us know that the fairy tale continues and everyone is relatively happy and healthy.
The Verdict
Grimm offered up a satisfying series finale that successfully brought the show to a close. Nick's journey as a Grimm felt like it was given its proper due, and the episode both had stakes while also delivering a happy ending. 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.
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