Once Upon a Time: The Outsider Review!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHPSPw6XxAo

     What an episode of Once this time. If you are a regular reader of this blog you might know that I'm a Rumbelle fan. Might have mentioned that a few times or so. So obviously it would be natural to believe I really enjoyed this episode. Well... Don't get me wrong, Rumps and Belle were very enjoyable and Hook was on form, but there were some good parts and some not so good parts in this one. Must admit though that ending pretty much made up for those not so good parts. Awesome outfit for...BELLE! You thought I was going to say the Queen didn't you for the all but two seconds she's in this episode? I already want that outfit for Halloween (Belle's that is)! Heck, for everyday wear. I don't care! You'll probably hear me talk about this more before we're done. Oh, and what is it with the magic people turning other people into things?! Glad missing Archie was swiftly over and no I'm not forgetting the biggest thing to happen to Rumbelle all season! Let's kick this eppy into gear and hit a hot one armed man by the end of it! :D

     The episode begins with Rumpy (YAY!) driving up to the town border and pulling out a dude from his trunk. Yep, our Rumpy, he's the one man mafia of Storybrooke! Who is that other guy with the red hat though? At first I thought he was another dwarf. Why's ya'll always picking on the dwarfs? Oh, yeah! It's Smee! I totally forgot about him. How sad. I forgot about Smee. Guess Rumpy thought he wasn't much of a guy too because he pours some potion onto Smee's hat, gives it back to him, and pushes him over the border. No Taco Bell at this border remember. You cross it, you lose it. Your memory of who you are that is. Whoa, what a minute. Smee remembers! Rumpy's new potion works! Now Rumpy can find his son Bae. The guinea pig's usefulness is over and Rumps lets him leave unharmed.

Show comes on. There's some CGI fire dog in the background. This show is hooked on dogs this year! Red, Pongo, and this thing. Spread the puppy love!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl2F3wmkavc
    The town of Storybrooke is at the thought dead Archie's funeral. This scene felt a little pointless because we all know Archie's still alive but of course they don't. Snow's speech was cheesy but I tend to set the cheese aside because I know the good stuff is coming. Tend to do that quite often with this show and especially this episode in places if you know what I mean. The scene with Geppetto was cute though. Meanwhile, Archie is not "in a better place" but on Hook's ship getting interogated about Rumples' weakness. Archie doesn't know about the dagger but he does know about Belle which Hook automatically thinks is Rumps' other weakness. Remember love is weakness to the evil side. Hmm. Did Hook think Milah was his weakness when she was alive? Why does this guy have to be so hot but sooo rotten as Belle says later? What do you people think? In real life is love a weakness or a strength?

    Rumples calls Belle over to his shop to reveal to her that he has made a potion that will enable him to cross the border. He just has to pour it onto something that is special to him. He pulls out Bae's shawl. The only thing he has left of his son. Awww. Is this why Belle believes in him? He loves his boy. Can't tell you how much Rumpy is like Snape. If you truly love you can't be all that bad, right? Belle wants to come with him to find Bae but we all know who's coming with him because of those blasted previews! At this point I was wondering will Belle be jealous. By the end of this eppy though she probably couldn't care less.:(

FAIRYTALE LAND PAST

     Belle is drinking in a tavern. So this must be after she's left Rumples and before she's captured by the queen. Unless it was when she snuck out of Daddy Mo's palace to have a wild night in a tavern...drinking alone. Just kidding. It's somewhere during the time she encouraged Dreamy (Grumpy) to go after his girl because here Dreamy encourages her to go after this flaming fire dog beast. Guess Belle is forever destined to go after a beast. Before she leaves Dreamy gives her some fairy dust.

STORYBROOKE

     Our hairy Hook has made it over to the funky library and his encounter with Belle ends with a pile of books on him and Belle in the steam punk elevator from last season! Why didn't she go down? Did I miss something? Was it unable to move? Did Hook break it? Well, she calls Rumpy who can't hear her well because she's in an elevator. Rumps is so concerned isn't he?

FAIRYTALE LAND PAST

     Belle leads a wagon full of unknowing beast hunters in the wrong direction and they push her off for her trouble. This comes back to bite her in the butt later. Now Belle is wearing her awesome Beast hunting outfit! I like how her poofy sleeves look sort of Disney Snow White but the rest is huntress girl! Go Belle! Someone better make this into an outfit we can all buy in every size! I love, love, LOVE it!!! Belle continues on her own with her book which leads her to the beast's cave and into a little trouble by stepping on a twig waking the beast. Thank goodness Mulan is there to save the day. She scares the beast off with her arrows. Turns out Mulan has been tracking it for weeks and Belle finds it so easily. Why is that? Hmmm. Oh, because she reads right. Moody Mulan leaves Belle...for now.

STORYBROOKE

     Belle is still in the elevator hearing banging on the outside, thinking it's Hook but...doors open and...it's Rumpy! Yay! Huggy time! I want to hug Rumpy too! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF2E9D9LBWw

     Meanwhile over at the overly crowded huge apartment of Snow and Emma's Henry is in the dumps again over Archie and Mommie Dearest Regina. Odds are in the future this boy will be writing a book about his messed up life and ABC will make a tv show out of it. Oh, wait a minute...never mind. Grumpy talks with Emma about how most of them want to return to their own world especially now that Regina has killed Archie. Now the whole town has become wimps. What's wrong with these people?! I think you would find a lot more dangers in fairytale land than Storybrooke. Even if Storybrooke has magic. Oh well, to each his own. Grumpy is also worried about all those non-magic people who might see magic. Okay, maybe he has an argument there. I don't know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9GjCUNGU28
    Rumpy and Belle talk more about Hook and Rumples conveniently leaves out that he killed he's ex-wife Milah in front of Hook who had taken her away from him. When Belle finds this out she may well be able to forgive him but if Rumps ever finds Bae it might be a different story with him. When they arrive at the pawn shop Rumps has a shock. Hook has taken Bae's shawl. This causes an argument between the two. Belle wants him to promise he'll only go after Hook for the shawl and not for revenge. Our Rumps can't promise her that.

FAIRYTALE LAND PAST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w99pgRNwHhc
     Mulan rescues Belle again. This time from those other beast hunters she fooled. She gets hurt in the process but agrees to join Belle in the hunt for the Beast. Later though, Mulan has to stay behind because of her injury and Belle ends up fighting the beast alone. She pours water on it, weakening it enough for her to walk closer to it. The beast is writing something in the sand...in Mulan's language. How was Belle to know how to read this? Are we to think she reads a lot so she knows this language? Okay. Also, a little about this beast. It's another CGI creature. I read in another review where the writer complained about how horrible it was. I sort of liked it. It was pretty cool. Maybe it's only because I've gotten used to the hoky effects or maybe not. It didn't really bother me all that much. What did you all think about it?
     Belle discovers the Beast needs help and she pours the fairy dust from Grumpy on the creature. Pretty pink smoke reveals...Philip! So this is how Philip met Mulan. Belle leaves Philip with Mulan and runs right into the Queen! It's prision time for you girl!

STORYBROOKE

     Belle finds something Hook left behind in her library and later finds the invisable ship. That's not the only thing she finds. She hears Archie and frees him! Yay! I was so wanting that part of the story to wrap up fast. That did not need to be dragged out. Archie leaves and later visits Emma, Pongo, and Henry. Go find Regina! Quickly before the heartless does!

     Snow and Charming have a talk in the diner about moving out of the cramped apartment but Charming wants to go back to fairytale land while Snow wants a nice, compfy house here in Storybrooke. Oh, those pesky domestic problems.

     Meanwhile, Rumples turns Smee into a rat for... ratting on him to Hook. Okay, that's what three people he's done that to? Some villager into a bug, Gaston into a rose, and Smee into a rat. Cora changed that fisherman into a fish. What is it with changing minor characters into other things? Note: Never take a minor role on OUAT unless you enjoy having your role taken from you by rose or a fish!

    Hook finds Belle on his ship and easily takes the gun that Rumples had given Belle for protection. He proceeds to tell her about Rumpy killing Milah. Later Belle tells Hook Rumpy has a good heart but that his is rotten. Belle still believes in Rumples. I might be making a music video out of this belief soon. Belle's faith has inspired me! She hits Hook and runs outside. Rumps is there and beats the crap out of Hook. Belle is able to stop him because she believes in him!

This songs sounds so much like RumBelle now! lol! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baOz601--b0

     Later at the border, Rumps asks Belle why she still believes him with a love that's so strong and true? She tells him if something is worth fighting for you don't give up. Awww. How sweet. They're turning into Snow and Charming. Like in the past when Belle was captured by the queen she screams "I'll never stop fighting for him!" That's too much like Charming's "I'll always find you!" to Snow! This cheese fest works great with Snow and Charming but please don't go down the same road with Rumps and Belle. It's sweet but if it becomes too sweet we won't want to eat it anymore!

    Well, what happens next sort of remedies that for me because where would Rumbelle be if it didn't have angst? Snow and Charming, that's where they'd be. Rumples tries Bae's potion covered shawl on and steps over the line. A few moments of did it or didn't it work and yay it worked! A little celebration but then...BANG! Who gets shot?! Belle! She falls into Rumps arms and over the border! Rumps screams her name but she doesn't know who she is or who he is! Oh the pain! Rumps claims it's permenant and Hook shouts he knows how it feels now! Ugh! Vengence time is at hand! Fire ball that hairy beast back to Neverland Goldie! Oh man! A car with Pennsyvania plates has to ruin all the CGI fun because it's easier and cheaper to go that way. Rumps pulls Belle out of the way but Hook gets hit! What will happen next?!

     Next time's scenes look pretty good. I've got to find those Canadian promos though! (SPOILERS!) I read somewhere they show Rumples kissing Belle and also CORA!!! What's up with that?! If it turns out that Regina is Rumples and Cora's child then things are going to become very confusing! Imagine if that were true. If Regina is Rumples' daughter then Bae would be Regina's brother. If Cassidy is Bae then that would make Henry Rumpy's grandson and Regina's nephew! Everyone would be one big dysfuntional family! I think I'll end with that! lol! Tootles! :D

U.S promo for In the Name of the Brother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGZQq1njLk

OH MY GOSH! It's true! :o
Canadian promo for In the Name of the Brother!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnkPR9dPrrQ