The never ending wait is finally over...for the remaining if any readers out there that like my blog. lol! Sorry for the delay. They seem to be getting longer and longer. I wanted this to be a treat for everyone on Halloween but my computer said no. :( Computer problems aside, I hope everyone had a great Halloween! Wow! Another interesting episode of Once Upon a Time for the Halloween season. We finally know who Dr. Whale is, a love from the past makes a heartbreaking appearance, it's hard to fool Emma, and if you want to be Rumpy's apprentice you better be game... for anything! Let's begin.
FAIRY TALE LAND PRESENT
Snow, Emma, Mulan, and Aurora find themselves in the middle of a village of the dead. Emma and Snow quickly notice this is not the work of ogres but of Cora. All the villagers have their hearts taken out. All except one they see. Hook has made his first appearance to the Dynamic Four. Of course he pretends he's just an innocent blacksmith but it's going to take more than that to fool Emma. They tie him up to a tree and Emma calls the ogres. Did you see Snow's face? She was like not again Emma! My daughter never learns. lol! Hook still proclaims he's just a blacksmith until they start to leave again. Only Aurora seems to be taken for a fool. Did anyone else feel a little chemistry between Hook and Aurora? I don't know why but I did. That could be a pretty good pairing. The spoiled princess and the cunning pirate. That could work. lol! Hook finally gives up and admits he's Killian Jones aka Hook. Emma still thinks it's a joke and won't be fooled. She thinks if they are careful they can beat Cora. Who still thinks they're gonna be fooled no matter what? Meee! Hook says they must go on a quest to find a compass (before Cora does who needs it to find a way to Storybrooke) at the top of a beanstalk. Did anyone else notice how Snow is being very protective of Aurora? She's been helping her over stuff and shielding her. Aurora should be soo embarrassed for trying to kill her.
FAIRY TALE LAND PAST
Since Regina cannot do the same thing Mommie Dearest does Rumpy has no use for her. When she visits him later Rumpy is like you suck. Get out of my sight you weakling. He pays all his attention to the other visitor who came bearing gifts. The wrong gifts that is. Rumpy wanted some slippers but he has a crystal ball or something. Could that be ruby slippers? A cocky, sly version of Jefferson has made his presence known. Very different from the earlier fairy tale version of him. Kinda attractive I must say. He seems to have Regina in his control when he mentions to her that there is a man who might be able to raise her beloved Daniel from the grave. A wizard so to say. Could that be a wizard from Oz? He may be but right now he is known by another name, Dr. Frankenstein! Dr. Whale is Dr. Frankenstein. Finally the mystery is revealed! Basically Jefferson and Dr. Frank trick Regina into thinking Frank can raise the dead. Regina shows them Cora's hearts and Frank takes one, pretends to place it in Daniel, and claims it didn't work. Regina is so heartbroken she becomes Evil Queen Regina in one fell swoop of taking Rumpy's new apprentice's heart. Hello Queenie.
Later in the woods, the trio of Rumps, Frank, Hats, meet to gloat over how well they played Regina! Grrr! How cruel! Now I think Regina keeping Belle captive last year evens the slate! Frank takes his heart and claims he knows something "more powerful than magic". Rumps begs to differ. Jefferson and Franks travel back to Frank's black and white world where he tries to bring back his brother. IT'S ALIVE!!!!
STORYBROOKE
Right in the kisser! Now that's a good talk! :D
Charming is still teaching Henry how to be knight. He takes Henry to some horse stables where you guessed it. Charming gives Henry a horse. Of course before he can ride it he must take care of it but our Henry wants to ride it now. After what happens later I'll be surprised if he even wants to get 10 feet near a horse little long ride it!
Regina wants to go cold turkey on magic so Henry can trust her again. A trip to shrink Cricket only results with Regina getting yelled at by Frank...I mean Whale who had burst in on their session. He wants Queenie to take him home. Since Queenie won't do that it's time for some sweet revenge. Cricket tells Regina she needs to put her past (this means Daniel whom she has frozen with magic and is keeping him preserved in her vault) behind her. Well, that's a little hard to do when her past returns from the dead. Later, she finds Daniel's body missing, Whale's arm missing, and Daniel choking Henry who just happens to be at the stables where Daniel's last living memory took him as well. One day, Henry will show how truly messed up he is by all this craziness! Mark my words!
Yes, our David Bowie look alike Daniel is back and Charming who has come to rescue Henry along with Regina traps him in a stable. This scene where Regina is pleading with Charming to talk to Daniel is soo heartbreaking. Charming finally lets her in and Dan nearly chokes her until she says I love you. This triggers something. Daniel really appears for a moment. He's in pain and wants her to let him go. A touching moment between them and then Regina sadly turns him to dust. *tears* She has finally put her past in the past.
The actor who played Daniel seriously needs to be the Goblin King in a part 2 of Labyrinth! I'd sooo watch! Anyone else agree? Daniel said for Regina to "love again." Who will Regina's new love be? Next times scenes is Jack and the Beanstalk time! Where's Jack though? Also, we dig deeper into Emma's past! Will this be the reveal episode of Henry's father and will he be the person so many fans seem to what him to be? Baelfire?! :0
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Great review Crystal! A lot of my coworkers at DISH and I totally thought Dr. Whale would be somehow related to The Wizard of Oz too. It was quite the surprise about him being Dr. Frankenstein, and I actually was kind of weirded out by it. I did like the fact that the character was in relation to Regina going to the dark side though. All in all it was a very interesting episode, and I can't wait to see what’s in store for us next (I'm hoping a lot more Mr. Hook)! I will unfortunately be missing the Jack and the Beanstalk episode on Sunday too, but luckily I'll get the chance to catch up pretty quickly when I get back from my business trip. My Hopper’s PrimeTime Anytime feature records the show for me each week, so I will get the chance to catch up on Monday. I’m looking forward to hopefully getting a step closer to who Henry's real dad is! :)
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