Say Yes to the Death
Episode 5 of Grimsburg focuses on the Bouquet Catcher killer. Someone has been murdering bouquet catchers at weddings in town. The serial killer is targeting the women who win the traditional bouquet-throwing rigamarole at weddings.
In order to catch the killer, Chief Stamos decides that the entire station will go undercover to one of the biggest weddings in town. Stamos glowingly talks about her time in the field as a celebrated agent…and now, she has the chance to do it again. Flute and she will play a couple, while Perez plays the pastor and the rest go as Wed Zeppelin, the wedding band.
Dr Pentos becomes interested in leading the band as the orchestra master. Although Stamos claimed she was one of the best going around back in the day, she struggles to adjust to the field role. Flute has the hardest time keeping her under the radar but his priorities change after he spots Harmony. She is crashing the wedding much like Flute. However, the two are roped into an intense competitive streak as they set out to prove one of them is the “fun one” in their former marriage.
This competition goes on to define the roles these characters play in the wedding. Kang and the others, who are part of the band, suspect the A/V guy to be the murderer. He talks passionately about how much he hates people “dropping his mics” at weddings, which convinces them it also extends to bouquets. Pentos brings the band into shape by mentally and physically abusing them. They aren’t really playing the instruments, but only lip-syncing in an unbelievably believable way.
Their special talent is instantly recognized by an agent, who signs them on. Wed Zeppelin experiences an hour of fandom and mania from admirers. Each attracts people for different reasons, making for a fun subplot in the episode. Things take a dark turn when Harmony is the one who catches the bouquet. Flute grows concerned despite his rivalry. Neither is fully able to get on the top, although Flute gathers the most interest due to his extraordinary chicken-flapping antics.
As Harmony and Klaren, a guest she met at the wedding, head for the afterparty, the police officers see the A/V guy approaching her. Flute jumps at him and misses; Stamos eventually gets him but he isn’t the killer. When he said, “You are going to pay for this,” he meant the mic because Harmony damaged it while giving the bridesmaid speech. But he points out that Klaren is a wedding crasher and he has seen her at four previous weddings he has been a part of. She is the bouquet killer!
The gang rushes to the bar where Harmony desperately tries to evade Klaren who has a knife in her hand. Klaren explains that all she wants is to get married. And every time she had been to a wedding to catch the bouquet to get in line, someone else did it. Flute expertly traps her by throwing a bouquet in the air and distracting her, thus, saving Harmony’s life.
The Episode Review
This has got to be the most bland and dull Grimsburg episode until now. The plot has no surprise or purpose; there are too many distractions like the band subplot, and the central mystery fails to register as interesting. I found myself uninvested throughout, failing to make a connection. The episode has no lineage to trace, coming across as random.
Even though everyone is involved in the conceit of catching the killer, the expansion of the canvas is executed poorly. The wedding itself lacks any pizzazz or redeeming quality. What was the point of Flute and Harmony’s rivalry thing? It had no point to it and the whole bit was incredulous.
I guess the lack of prefacing for characters like Stamos, Pentos, and even Kang, who has featured prominently in Season 1, is the reason why we cannot connect. The structure could have been so better if it had been told through the killer’s eyes and in a nonlinear narrative. Grimsburg’s creators are very well capable of pulling off something like that. We need simpler execution and more imagination going forward.
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