True… but there can also be a really selfish, possessive aspect to maternal instinct — an "I will protect this because it is MINE" kind of thought process, which I think you can really see in Adalind's relationship to Diana. So protecting their own offspring doesn't necessarily mean they're not lacking in empathy.

The hexenbiest woge has always puzzled me — why do they look like a half-rotten corpse? All the other wessen turn into an animal or an element or something like that. They're symmetrical. So what's up with the hexenbiests?

Nobody really knows what "dark" means. Emotional weight? Gore? A nihilistic attitude? Grim self-seriousness? Unrelenting sequences of horrible events? Poorly lit scenes? High body count? Realism?

That's true. I would have thought Adalind would be all motherly pride — that's my superpowered baby right there! — but she always seemed uncomfortable. Maybe it bothered her to realize the baby was a separate individual with her own powers and her own agenda? Anyway, I think going off with Kelly was the baby's idea.…

Adalind is vindictive, and might be magically powerful again, but she's never been very smart. I also think they might have been responding to the baby's very clear signals that she wanted Kelly as her protector.

The baby seemed to humanize her a lot. I like to think that was the baby influencing Adalind for her own benefit, rather than generic "maternal instinct."

I never managed to work up an interest in Hannibal, so I will not be joining your revolution.

Just try to take it away from her though.

Those were two of my favorite moments too. I've liked Nick's mom more every time we see her.

I felt like the over-the-top Christmas thing was totally in character for him. Do you remember his Halloween decorations? I like to interpret that as him putting the extremity of passion typical of his wesen type into goofy, wholesome things instead of violence. But I was hoping Rosalee's revelation would be a little…

I actually like the long, drawn-out nature of Adalind getting her powers back — it should be something that's really difficult to do, and I like how at each stage, it feels a bit like the other woman is just messing with her. But I don't think the cutaways to her storyline have been timed all that well.

Interesting theory — although I think the framing device at the end would have been a bit different if they were going for that as the literal explanation. Still, on a second viewing I might have a different opinion.

The NRA people *claim* to think he's playing them. Hard to tell if they're deluded or crafty. The NRA funding model depends heavily on rabid gun owner paranoia — and when somebody has a strong financial incentive to act like a loon, it can be hard to tell where cynical profit-mongering ends and genuine lunacy begins.

The NRA people *claim* to think he's playing them. Hard to tell if they're deluded or crafty. The NRA funding model depends heavily on rabid gun owner paranoia — and when somebody has a strong financial incentive to act like a loon, it can be hard to tell where cynical profit-mongering ends and genuine lunacy begins.

I will only like this development if it turns out that Mama Grimm is trying to get her hands on the coins for NEFARIOUS PURPOSES.

I will only like this development if it turns out that Mama Grimm is trying to get her hands on the coins for NEFARIOUS PURPOSES.

Nick has these moments of deadpan humor that could be downright Mulder-like if the show were just a little better.

Nick has these moments of deadpan humor that could be downright Mulder-like if the show were just a little better.