ONCE037: “A Land Without Magic” initial reactions

May 14, 2012 by 9 Comments
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Emma and Regina team together in order to find a way to save Henry’s life. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Prince Charming attempts to escape from the Evil Queen’s clutches in order to reunite with Snow White who, unbeknownst to him, has already taken a bite of the Queen’s poison apple.

An incredible and game-changing finale to Once Upon a Time’s first season!

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Initial reactions

These are just our first thoughts about this Once Upon a Time episode, and we’ll share more in our upcoming full episode.

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  • Rumo

    It was an amazing finale. We got way more answers than I expected. And the cliffhanger leaves enough room for speculation to keep us discussing all summer. All in all, a very satisfying ending to a very solid 1st season.

  • http://twitter.com/sairafaith Sarah Faith Wiegand

    I gotta say, I was SO surprised that the curse got broken in this first season. I mean, I guess I knew it had to happen soon or they were gonna drive us all crazy, but I feel a little like I did when I read the last Left Behind book and the rapture happens almost right at the beginning. I had such a hard time getting past that part cause I just couldn’t fathom how you could continue the story beyond that point. So I never finished the book. While the odds are EXCEPTIONALLY better that I will continue watching OUAT, I am now super curious to find out how this is gonna keep going. The preface of the series was that Emma needed to save them and break the curse. Well, that’s done. So now what?

    • http://About.me/DanielJLewis Daniel J. Lewis

      Great thoughts! The writers have hinted that they have six seasons of story, and that they know when and how they want to end.

      The curse and Emma’s breaking it was apparently just their first step in this story. I expect that season two will be a big battle against Rumplestiltskin.

      Did you mean the “last” Left Behind book as in the most-recently released one? I read the whole series before the authors added a prequel (or prequels?).

      • http://twitter.com/sairafaith Sarah Faith Wiegand

        the “last one” as in the ending of the series, before they did prequels. the one where the rapture happens….the Glorious Appearing, i think it was called? 

        btw, that’s extremely comforting to me to know these writers have 6-ish seasons of material thought out enough that they know where they’re going with it. i like knowing it’s a controlled and thought-out story, rather than something theyre just pulling out of thin air and haphazardly throwing together. that makes me look forward to future seasons all the more!

        • http://About.me/DanielJLewis Daniel J. Lewis

          Ah, okay. The rapture occurred in the first Left Behind book. The Glorious Appearing was about the time after the rapture and tribulation. Yes, I was disappointed with the last few books, too.

          Tim LeHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins take the pretribulation, premillennial theological position: rapture, then tribulation, then the millennial reign of Christ, then a last battle, then eternity.

          • http://twitter.com/sairafaith Sarah Faith Wiegand

            OH yes, sorry, that’s what i meant. the 2nd Coming, not the Rapture. sorry. going on 4 hours of sleep here. not quite with it. yes, i couldnt see how they could keep writing after the 2nd Coming…when that happened in the last book, it was just too much. couldnt keep going.

          • http://twitter.com/sairafaith Sarah Faith Wiegand

            i fixed it :)

  • http://twitter.com/sairafaith Sarah Faith Wiegand

    do you think the EQ can see people thru her mirrors only when theyre in places that she has control over/has been, AND/OR also in places with mirrors?
    like her forest (saw Snow in there with the dwarves, hurt Charming when he was running after escaping to find Snow, burned the witch in her oven in her cottage that was located in the EQ’s forest)..and then the place where Snow ate the apple, that was Regina’s stomping ground… so i’m wondering if it’s twofold–she has to have been there/have it be her place, or there has to be a mirror there for her to see through. i dont know if the forest is hers cause its just in her kingdom or what. maybe she can control people thru mirrors only within her kingdom, since she’s the queen…
    (Rumple covered his mirrors at the palace cause she can watch
    him through them, and maybe also since the EQ had been there before)

    i dunno. just some thoughts.

    • http://About.me/DanielJLewis Daniel J. Lewis

      Good thoughts. I’ve been generally disappointed with how they’ve handle the magic mirror. It seems a little inconsistent.