@sacrlc wrote:
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I have to agree with slurpeez108 and Mike.This episode was good and showed that:
Cora is a cunning Evil force to be reckoned with. Bets she goes to Storybrook with the other 4 – and if Lancelot is really alive, him too. She may be the one that creates the “portal” that allows all of them to get back.
Fully convinced Emma that FTL actually exists and that her “I can handle anything” doesn’t work for her there.
Her mother is not only a badass survivor but really is a “I can handle anything” person in FTL that Emma found out she isn’t.
Emma finally understands and believes that Mary Margaret/Snow is in fact her mother.
Emma is overcome with feeling to believe that Mary Margaret/Snow has unconditional for Emma, allowing Emma to show an emotional “crack” in her self sufficient – don’t need anybody – exterior. She is now accepting MM as the mother she spent her entire life looking for.Bonding between Charming and Henry – the (grand)son he always wanted.
Jefferson and his daughter’s reconciliation was wonderful. Gave Jefferson a reason to believe there is hope. Maybe Jefferson will now try to create a portal for Emma and Snow, since he now believes there is “can” instead of “can’t”
Regina showed real emotional joy when she thought Henry wanted to meet her for lunch. No doubt in my mind she really loves him, she just doesn’t know how to get him to love her back. (all Magic comes with a price!)
Mulan and Aurora aren’t fleshed out yet – but no doubt they will become intricately used in future episodes.
As was said, you can’t have all the characters in every episode – it would be hard to maintain a coherent storyline – there are a lot of prominent characters. Besides, each episode seems to have a theme/link between FTL and Storybrook to a particular event.
Some episodes seem to some that they are not as interesting as other episodes, but I believe they provide a vehicle for clues, hints and beginnings to major episodes in the future.
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In total agreement with this.
This was a character based/driven episode, rather than an action based episode, which isn’t going to thrill everyone who watches the show, but for me personally it’s what makes the show (or any show for that matter) worth watching.
I WANT to see deeper interactions with the main characters, I WANT to see these characters developed & grow, far more than I want to see a bunch of fighting or CGI scenes blowing fairies up -for instance 😉 .
The acting & writing was spot on, with Snow’s & Emma’s stuff in the castle being the highlight of the episode.
I am enjoying the deeper development of characters this season has so far given us- for me if Rumple’s ep is as good as these last 2 have been, then the season is a win for me (only because I find Rumples story very much the same thing just a different day, every time it’s brought up- but I wouldn’t dream of bagging an episode just cause my favourites aren’t in it- the story line & characters/acting are still top notch).