Greetings, all! I only started watching this show after it was renewed for S2. I have wasted too many hours investing in shows that were canceled, so I'm not doing that anymore. I wait for them to be renewed, and then start catching up via On Demand. Call me a cynic...but this is much better on my blood pressure and frustration levels.
Anyway, I have not read this entire thread, but I have read parts of it, and for the most part I agree with the comments. Started a bit slow, but once they began fleshing out Nick's character, got the ball really rolling on the relationship between Nick and Monroe, and started getting into the mythology, improvement abounded.
I also agree about Juliet - sort of a pointless character, except in terms of emphasizing the Big Secret. I agree with a comment made several pages ago that the best thing for this character is for them to ultimately break it off and write her out, after Nick is put in a position of having to sacrifice his life with her in order to be able to fully embrace his destiny as a Grimm.
This will definitely up the ante on his commitment level, and I'd be great with that.
Monroe is definitely the best character so far...but I've been warming up to Nick a lot more over the past few episodes as they have begun to flesh out the character more and get him deeper and deeper into the mythology. Now, I'm sort of excited for him to discover all that he could be...and perhaps needs to be! And I also hope that, while Nick is a 'good' Grimm, that we be confronted with 'bad' Grimm as well - I think that would make things more interesting for Nick and for the audience.
I have only watched the first 16 episodes (watched about 6 this past weekend!) so I am a bit behind...but I like this show so far and plan to watch it next year.