# Grimm Season 5 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187 "2015-10-30T16:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/141 "2016-03-21T14:52:59Z")
Stick…True Cross?? Just in time for Easter. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/142 "2016-03-22T01:02:26Z")
Boo, Nick, why did you tell Adalind that you didn’t find “it”?? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/143 "2016-03-22T01:40:03Z")
Because he, Hank, Wu, Rosalee, and Monroe all pledged to keep it a secret. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/144 "2016-03-22T23:40:44Z")
I thought that we were going to have a scene where the old guy whips out the contract and gleefully cackles that he owns the kid’s soul or something. Nice that they went in a different direction. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/145 "2016-03-23T04:57:18Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Stick…True Cross?? Just in time for Easter. That’s my thinking, although I always think of Mark Twain’s remark about relics of the True Cross. Mostly that he’d seen enough nails to fill a keg. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/146 "2016-03-23T05:26:15Z")
I read speculation elsewhere that it could be a twig from the ‘[Tree of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life).’ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/147 "2016-03-23T05:27:16Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > That’s my thinking, although I always think of Mark Twain’s remark about relics of the True Cross. Mostly that he’d seen enough nails to fill a keg. The noted \*humorist \*and _satirist_, Mark Twain. They say the same thing about the True Cross, whereas actually only a tiny amount are relics: > **[Taking the Measure of Relics of the True Cross](https://catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/common-misconceptions/taking-the-measure-of-relics-of-the-true-cross.html)** > > Whenever the subject of bogus relics comes up, you can count on someone saying, There are enough pieces of the True Cross to rebuild Noahs Ark! \*Once he had estimated the weight of the cross, de Fleury calculated the size, or more accurately, volume, of the cross, which came to 10,900 cubic inches. But the total volume of all the fragments he had measured came to only 240 cubic inches. \* ---
**Author:** ![BrianJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/148 "2016-03-27T13:10:33Z")
So some plot advancement this time on the locked door, the poster and back to Diana again. Plus poor Wu. lol. I thought the disease only affected Vesen. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/149 "2016-03-27T14:25:19Z")
> [@BrianJ](#): > > Plus poor Wu. lol. I thought the disease only affected Vesen. Yeah, Blutbaden specifically. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/150 "2016-03-27T15:00:36Z")
> [@BrianJ](#): > > So some plot advancement this time on the locked door, the poster and back to Diana again. > > Plus poor Wu. lol. I thought the disease only affected Vesen. > [@twickster](#): > > Yeah, Blutbaden specifically. It was stated that the affliction of the butbaden was the source of the WereWolf legends - it wasn’t discussed if it could be transmitted to humans or not. Part of the werewolf legend is that surviving an attack (and in the process getting bit, scratched) turns you into one. At the least - it should be a nice infection that we will have to stick around for to see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/151 "2016-03-27T17:08:44Z")
> [@simster](#): > > It was stated that the affliction of the butbaden was the source of the WereWolf legends - it wasn’t discussed if it could be transmitted to humans or not. Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/152 "2016-03-28T17:11:42Z")
I can’t wait to see the WereWu! _(singing) AwwWuuuuu, WereWu of Portland… AwwWuuuuuuuu. (apologies to Warren Zevon)_ Though, since he’s not Wesen I wonder if it would just make him get crazy during full moon, but not actually transform physically. Ooh, maybe they can use the magic stick on him. They should have thought about using that on the infected Blutbad in this episode. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/153 "2016-03-28T17:15:16Z")
Was Wu eating mattress stuffing ever explained? Brian ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/154 "2016-03-28T17:29:05Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Was Wu eating mattress stuffing ever explained? > > Brian Yes. To the audience immediately and to Wu himself not that long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/155 "2016-03-28T17:46:45Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I can’t wait to see the WereWu! Oh, Wu. He’s the [Butt Monkey](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey), and he knows it. I think he’s my favorite character, and I’m backing him for promotion to [Iron Woobie](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IronWoobie). (Or would that be “Wu-bie”?) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/156 "2016-03-28T20:36:42Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Was Wu eating mattress stuffing ever explained? > > Brian When Adalind was evil and trying to get the key from Nick, she gave Hank cookies that made him fall in love with her. Wu ate one of the cookies and it gave him a really bad case of [pica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_%28disorder%29) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/157 "2016-04-03T20:05:22Z")
This past episode was a “meh” for me, and usually I like the eps. Besides being a weak story in both the soap opera and Monster Of The Week departments, the producers must have given the A list makeup people a gang vacation. Both the youth vampire and the doctor both had makeups that actually looked like shit was glued to the actor’s faces instead of the usual quality of looking like the makeups actually belonged there. ETA: I think just about everyone mailed it in this past week, all down the line. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/158 "2016-04-03T20:18:01Z")
I’m really surprised that Renard seems to have joined Black claw. I mean, on the one hand when he had the coin it revealed that being mayor was his ambition, but on the other he has to know that he’ll just be a figure head and puppet, and also, his character seemed to be more good than bad. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/159 "2016-04-03T20:28:19Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s a double-cross; he’s figuring it’s easier to work from within than constantly be a step behind. I do wonder if we’re about to see “Nick takes over for Renard,” which would be the logical progression from the ‘The new guy won’t know how we do things around here’ conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187/160 "2016-04-03T20:55:53Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > I’m pretty sure it’s a double-cross; he’s figuring it’s easier to work from within than constantly be a step behind. I’ve considered that, but you’d think he’d either tell Nick and Hand and/or Meisner’s group. > [@](#): > > I do wonder if we’re about to see “Nick takes over for Renard,” which would be the logical progression from the ‘The new guy won’t know how we do things around here’ conversation. That could be interesting. And if so, maybe Wu makes Detective. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-5/736187.md?page=9)