Okay, this review will be a little different in length wise at least. Well, I hope so. I'm not going to go through every detail. Don't have much time to do that today. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it because I most certainly did. I do believe it was a good one to have after so many weeks of nothing. L
We're back from the hiatus and what we get are giants, evil twin brothers, a Jack who's actually a girl (oh my gosh how novelty!), shawl worries, oh a whole bunch of worries in general, Cora nowhere to be seen, a seemingly evil Regina again (WHY?!), and a frightened Belle which is already becoming too annoying for my taste. :( Let's try not to be stepped on as we travel through another episode of Once Upon a Time.
FAIRYTALE LAND PAST
We are back with Anton the giant from the episode Tallahassee played by Jorge Garcia. This episode is appropriately named Tiny because that's what Anton actually is to his family of brothers. He's the tinniest giant. Awww. Poor him. Not only that he gets bullied because of it. So this is Once's attempt at showing what bullying a person could cause. For Anton it's climbing down the beanstalk and making friends with the enemies: the humans. Of course to two he meets just happens to be some the worst examples he could have met. He meets David/Charming's evil twin brother James and surprise, surprise...Jack! Jackeline that is. She claims she's killed a Jabberwokky from Wonderland I presume so that means she's Alice right? That would be sad if she is knowing how she turns out in this episode. Then again it would also explain why Jefferson/Mad Hatter and his daughter are alone. Yes, I'm already speculating that if she was Alice then she is probably the mother of Jefferson's daughter. If this is true we might be seeing more of possible Jackeline "Alice" or Alice Jackeline in the foreseeable future or would that be past? Confusing. Well, anyway. These two take advantage of poor Anton by using his trusting nature to find out about the supply of beans and treasure in his kingdom. Of course they follow Anton home and kill all his brothers including the leader Arlo but Arlo gets the last laugh so to speak because he kills Jack with the same poison sword that she just stabbed him with. Evil James could really care less because he's just killed all the other giants with his army and leaves Jack to her death. What a sweet boyfriend you have Jack! Guess it's true. No honor among thieves! The only giant left alive is Anton of course who Emma meets later on down the road after Jack is nothing but bones but that poison sword hasn't lost any of it's power to intimidate if you remember.
STORYBROOKE
Now back in Storybrooke, Snow and David/Charming, with the help of an ever wise cracking Hook discover that Cora has brought along another passenger on Hook's ship. Anton was shrunk to human size and now has to deal with coming face to face with a guy who looks exactly like the one who killed his family. A little fighting on board until Snow awesomeness cuts that out. Sometime later Hook and Regina (who has suddenly become evil again...well maybe. I'm not so sure about this) talk about how Anton wanted to kill David. This gives our Regina a little idea.
While Anton is sitting alone on a rock somewhere Regina approaches him and gives him a bit of mushroom from Wonderland. Same kind of mushroom that Jack gave him to make him small in the past. Anton should know better right? Well, this makes him big and of course it's STORYBROOKE SMASHING TIME! Oh yeah! Snow and Charming try to talk him out of this. Charming explains to him that he isn't who Anton thinks he is. That was his evil twin. Now this show does sound like a soap opera! My evil twin did it! They even tell him that they're Emma's parents but since Emma is out of town on the road with Mr. Gold and Henry to find Bae, Anton thinks it's best just to sit on David for good measure. Snow saves the day again by pushing David out of the way. The mushroom wares off of Anton and now there's a big hole in town with a little guy hanging on a pipe. Of course it's time to prove that Charming is a good guy and he rescues Anton and everything is alright again. (side note) There was one bit while they were running from giant Anton where Leroy (Grumpy) talks about how confusing David/James/Charming is at the moment! Funny scene! Anyone else agree with Grumpy about the complicating names on this show! lol!
BELLE BEING DRUGGED
Wow. I did not like this moment between Ruby and Belle. I can understand that Belle doesn't know who she is and she's seen some strange stuff but every person she talks to it ends up in a hectic, crappy mess. Can't she just have a normal conversation for once. Also, why is Regina's nurse who held Belle captive drugging her so much?! I'm sure Regina and/or Cora have a hand in that. Also, later Greg Mendel talks to her and they both confirm they saw magic so this calms Belle and now someone can have a conversation with her but why Mendel. They better not place these two together. Ugh!
GREG MENDEL
Speaking of this guy, there is a possibility he could be Bae right? Next time's episode could be another twist to this show. The guy Emma meets in Manhattan may be Cassidy but that doesn't really mean he's Bae. As much as I like the possibility that Henry could be Rumples' grandson I really don't like the actor who plays Neal Cassidy. This Greg Mendel guy has a more expressive face to me and having him be Bae could work as well in my opinion. Whichever way it goes I wouldn't really mind.
REGINA
Okay, on the subject of Regina. Is it just me or is Regina giving out a slight Snape vibe? By Snape vibe I mean a double agent vibe. I know she gave Anton that mushroom so he could kill David but that could somehow be explained down the road I'm sure and it would be more interesting to me if Regina was playing them than having two evil queens and a pirate as our enemies this season. One evil queen is enough. Come on, one of those gals have got to be on the good side.
GOLD/EMMA/HENRY
Now, last but most certainly not least is the best thing about this whole episode. The journey to find Bae finally begins in this episode but we don't get too far. Still, it's very revealing and interesting to watch Rumples start out like he's going to be in control of this situation and then the situation takes him for a loop. By the time the three are at the airport things have turned completely around. Emma and Henry are used to the outside world but Gold is completely out of his element and freaking out.
He even has some snide remarks to Henry he's so afraid. Handing over Bae's shawl for a few seconds at the metal detector frightens the heck out of him. It's interesting how Emma is able to calm him claiming she won't let him lose his memories. It's really a strange moment. We don't really know what is going on with Gold. Even though it appears he remembers who he is once the shawl is back on him something clearly is wrong. Not until he shuts himself in a bathroom stall do we see just how angry this man is with everything around him. Let's see here. Belle isn't Belle right now, he's out is a strange world, has no idea how Bae will react if and when he meets him, and now he discovers he's lost his magic. Well, he finds that last bit out after a paper towel dispenser takes a well deserve beating. Don't you hate those towel dispensers! Later while on the plane (a plane on a show with LOST writers, yeah we get it) Emma notices Rumpy's bandaged hand and we are left with a seemingly defeated Rumples looking every so much like the lost little spinner he once was.
Wow! Next times scenes look too good to be true. This is what I've been waiting for for a long time! The moment when Bae is finally revealed or at least we hope so. Most fans think he's going to be Neal Cassidy. We have to wait and see. I've also seen some cute pictures for next time. Might post them here for anyone who doesn't care to be a little spoiled. I think we're all going to see what happened to Rumples during the Ogre wars. Maybe we'll see what caused the limp. Also, the red haired lady with the stitches across her face. I have bad feeling this is Ariel the little Mermaid. Now that would be an interesting twist. Maybe I'm wrong. We'll see but for now...tootles! :)
Canadian Manhattan promo:
SPOILER PICTURES for Manhattan:
http://www.tv.com/shows/once-upon-a-time-2011/manhattan-2626567/photos/image-2/#1
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