Grimm (TV series)

Grimm is a TV series first aired in 2011, with a fairy tale backdrop and sensibility.

Reviews

• "Created by Stephen Carpenter, Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt (a veteran of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” both of which this show strongly resembles), “Grimm” doesn’t beat itself up trying to establish a one-to-one correspondence between a fairy-tale world and a “real” one. In fact, the fairy-tale stuff isn’t really very prominent; it’s used more for subtext, flavor and sly jokes. The hero, Portland police detective Nick Burkhart (David Guintoli), is yet another Chosen One — a slayer of supernatural bad guys known as Grimms who is awakened to his purpose by a string of horrible murders of local women in red, and by prompting from his dying Aunt Marie (guest star Kate Burton). Aunt Marie is a mentor figure and exposition machine who has a silver trailer that’s filled with … well I was about to start detailing the show’s master plot, but it’s probably better if I try to write around it instead. “Grimm” is a fiercely event-driven show, laying out each new bit of relevant information with the precision and snap of a master gambler laying cards on a table. Most of the revelations won’t come as a shock to anyone who watched “Buffy,” “Angel” or the somewhat similar “Charmed” (which, like this series, had a savior-vs.-demons mythology, and a Necronomicon-like book at its center), but the pleasure of this tale definitely lies in the telling. ... More than anything else, though, “Grimm” is a welcome excursion into pure style."