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When coming to the forums … I always love this thread . . . What were your FAVORITE AND LEAST FAVORITE MOMENTS from this episode 6 x 03. . . THE OTHER SHOE
INCLUDE ANY favorite dialogue too.
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.[adrotate group="5"]OVERALL: I thought this episode was fine, good even. There’s a lot of smaller moments I really liked and the flashback finally felt relevant and a bit magical since it’s mostly straight up Disney. But the scenes, moments, themes I didn’t like…I really didn’t like . And yeah, Anastasia. That’s a big negative for me. It’s about the same as last week for me, honestly. A 7.5/10
LIKED
–Mouse!Gus Gus is everything. Let’s have an episode of Gus Gus and Sven from S4.
–The lasagna scene was well done
–Alexandra is a very cute child.
–“Some scars don’t heal.” This line was said to Emma and it would really behoove her to talk about her lifelong scars instead of only focusing on her boyfriend not getting his HEA.
–“Is this our life now: defeat and repeat?” I actually really liked this “normal” conversation between Snowing. It’s a much needed conversation.
–The EQ’s hair and blue gown are on point.
–“You look like a trash bin and you have the education of my cat.” Wow
–The flashback overall was well done with some of that S1 magic about uncovering a story you thought knew but really there is more to it.
–Bobby’s almost-real Scottish accent. Lovely. (you can it’s not totally his real one which is beyond Scottish)
MIXED
–Emma’s session with Archie. On the one hand, Emma talking to someone is GREAT but on the other hand…it all comes back to Hook. It always comes back to Hook. She’s bummed that she can’t give Hook a future. What about your child, Emma Swan?? What about your family and friends and town? What about YOU?
–I’m confused. How did Ella’s mother get that key to the Land of Untold Stories? And why did she give it to Rumple? That wasn’t in “Price of Gold.” It’s sort of retconnish.
–The step sisters and step mother were wonderfully catty but I really could have done without the whole “misunderstood step sister who is secretly a nice person” storyline. We just met her; I have no reason to care about her.
–Emma reminding Ashley to punch back and tell people who she is, is a nice callback to S1 though this time it falls flat since Emma is a shell of her former self and is constantly negotiating her identity through her boyfriend.
DISLIKED
–Emma barging into a shrink’s office is a total no-no. Those sessions are confidential and that’s really egotistical of Emma to think she can just show up and basically have Archie kick Grumpy out. And on that note, that’s really unprofessional of Archie.
–Dopey is off getting his Masters? Are you kidding me? I was thinking it raises questions about the curse once again; even if his BA was granted by the curse it doesn’t hold any meaning outside of SB to any university because his BA is for all intents and purposes fake. It’s like in “Save Henry” when Gold used his contacts outside of SB to find Henry for Regina. The curse did not manufacture real contacts, only memories of fake contacts but any attempt to act on those memories couldn’t actually happen because the curse did not affect the world outside of SB.
–Anastasia. Anastasia. Anastasia. Say it with me: OUATinWL is CANON.
–Hook and Henry “stick” fighting. Stop re-imagining Henry and Neal scenes to be Hook and Henry. It’s not okay.
–Ella’s response to Clorinda’s indignation over Ella telling Lady Tremaine is “but look! I’m engaged!” Wow, seriously?
–Let’s not call an ambulance or poof the bleeding victim to a hospital! Let’s have Emma and her wonky magic heal Ella and save her from certain death! (But don’t they now owe the Fury a soul??)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"–“You look like a trash bin and you have the education of my cat.” Wow
Gee evil step mom who’s fault is that ? ? ?
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.Anastasia. Anastasia. Anastasia. Say it with me: OUATinWL is CANON.
Sorry .. NO CAN DO…. I hated Wonderland … did not like any of the characters except maybe JAFAR (I have also liked that actor .. not the character itself .) I dislike that they are bringing the what I consider a unrelated story into ONCE… A SPIN OFF SHOW…IT HAS NO PLACE HERE. It is not canon as it was not about the characters here on ONCE.
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.Overall a pretty entertaining episode. I give it a 7.5/10
Liked:
Snow and Charming. I liked that Snow wanted a normal life where she is a teacher and he is a sheriff and they are parents. I loved the conversation between them about what is important versus what is “epic” and I love the fact that Charming recognizes him being a father was the most important job to do.
I liked Rumple sending Belle a poem that she can play for his child. I thought it was sweet and very well done. I like that Belle was at least willing to listen to the tape to find out what was on it. A step forward for Belle.
I liked the back story of the step sister even if we are not invested in her story I still liked it.
I continue to like Mr. Hyde and continue to be intrigued by him. He kind of reminds me of Rumple in the fact that he is a opportunist.
Lana as the Evil Queen is really fun to watch
Archie’s advice of living each day for its full worth. Yet again Charming tells Emma this exact same thing in Season 2 but maybe she is just like every other child and needs to hear it from someone else.
Zelena telling Regina that instead of blaming her maybe she should look at herself and the fact that she ripped herself in two. YES, Regina the evil queen does not need to be killed she needs to be accepted as part of you. We may not like every part of our past, but our past makes us who we are today and accepting and forgiving ourselves for our past mistakes helps us grow as people.
Disliked:
Where did Emma get Ashley’s shoe and why does she have it? I assuming that was a locator spell?
Why did we need a completely paralleled scene of Hook playing swords with Henry. Guess what writers we know that scene which was in Season 2 with Neal playing swords with Henry. Badly Done
So was there a third step-sister, Anastasia? I am going to assume that there was and Anastasia has already run off to Wonderland with Will.
I have never liked Ashley as a character and I continue not to. I have always found her selfish, inconsiderate, and a “princess” This episode did not change my opinion of her at all. What exactly did she do to help out this episode? All I saw happen is she put her self in danger (just like I would say with Snow, Emma, Regina, Robin, David, etc. you are a parent first and you can’t be that if you are dead) and then Emma swooped in used magic that did not come with any price (what happened to ALL magic comes with a price) and healed her.
I thought this was actually a decent episode, considering it was largely a filler. It advanced some characters, put Charming back at the center, and got things moving along. Maybe a 7/10
Liked:
Snow and Charming were, for the first time in a long time, actually interesting. And Snow’s speech to Charming, while TM Snow, I actually bought. He does have a life and responsibilities, and no chance to “do over” — he’s got a young child, and this is it. So I actually was impressed, despite the thorough predictability of the drama.
The Rumple lullaby tape. I took this to be a poem that Rumple gave to Belle to sing to her child — not necessarily something to play to him, but something for her to make her own. I thought it was incredibly touching. Have we ever seen Rumple sing to little Baelfire? I feel like we have, but maybe that’s a false memory — it just makes so much sense with his character. I have colleagues who, having to travel for work, do something like this — videotape themselves reading a favorite storybook so that the other parent can play it in their absence to the kid. OUAT doesn’t manage subtle yet heart-wrenching very often, but I could absolutely relate to this, and thought this was a rare moment of true-to-life loveliness.
Stepmother gets the cake
EQ is a delight.
Lasagna scene
Flashbacks weren’t pointless, and actually expanded the story we already knew.
Disliked
The reverse good/bad step sister was a bit of a stretch. Also, the commentary about class was tedious and flat-footed. Before they can tackle class AE need to realize that they just “happen” to run many of their lower class characters through a woodchip mill. I suppose that’s better than their treatment of PoC characters, but still.
Hook / Henry fighting with sticks. Really? That wasn’t cute when Henry was 10, why should it be cute when Henry’s on the cusp of growing facial hair???
Emma barges into to Dr Hopper’s office like it’s her kitchen, plops on the couch, and goes into a tantrum about being jealous of Ashley’s “normal” family life? Then asks Hook to move in? Really? This woman is meant to be the empowered female lead?
Zelena telling Regina that instead of blaming her maybe she should look at herself and the fact that she ripped herself in two. YES, Regina the evil queen does not need to be killed she needs to be accepted as part of you. We may not like every part of our past, but our past makes us who we are today and accepting and forgiving ourselves for our past mistakes helps us grow as people.
I have been thinking if they KILL EVIL QUEEN … they will also
KILL REGINA … EQ & REGINA need to be put back together and REGINA needs to learn how to deal with EQ internal problems.
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.Rating: 6/10
Liked:
Opening scene! The CharmingMills trying to bribe Mr. Hyde, but the EQ beat them to him!
They remembered Cinderella had a girl instead of a boy!
It’s great to see Cinderella and Thomas back in town!
Rumple still being able to recognize a desperate soul.
Emma remembering wise words she said from Season 1!
WickedSisters Scene!
Evil Queen setting Henry straight on whose his mother! I know I shouldn’t have slightly cheered at what she was saying to Emma, but the darker Evil Regal in me couldn’t help it!
The Flashback Scenes were pretty good! Now if we can just find out what happened to Thomas after they escaped Rumple’s deal.
Snow & Charming planning to live normal lives instead of “defeating & repeating”
Rumple’s gift to Belle…
Ok…I’m starting to feel this Evil Queen & Mr. Hyde duo!
Mixed:
Grumpy in therapy and Dopey’s off to get his master’s! Ok then! But how did the Dwarves manage to free Dopey when they don’t have magic…you know what, I’ll grin and bare this answer only for the sake of peace of mind. I’ll just let it go.
So…they want Whale to be a science teacher and a doctor at the same time?!
Disliked:
It must be another Saturday because Henry hasn’t been to school in a while…just wood sword fighting in the middle of the day.
How dare Adam & Eddy try and pretend Anastasia did not exist! I can’t!
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
“Maybe it’s not about how you end things, maybe it’s about how you live them”
I’m so happy Archie is back.
Never think you're ordinary just because you don't have magic
Rating: 6/10
General opinion: An average, filler episode.
Likes:
– The continuation of David’s father’s murder mystery. Oddly enough, this is the storyline I’m currently most interested in.
– Seeing Thomas, Grumpy and Gus Gus.
– The EQ was suberb once again. I loved how she told Henry that SHE was his mother and followed it up with telling him to improve his posture. It really put him in his place.
– Snow White: princess, tracker, match maker.
– Zelena telling Regina to stop blaming her and take responsibility.
– Rumple’s audio recording. The voiceover was moving, and I was amused by the fact that he used a tape. Lol! Storybrooke is as quaint as ever!
Mixed:
– Snow wanting to return to teaching. I thought this was a great idea until her final scene. “Dr Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll” to me sounds like a cheap horror movie. If Snow thinks they should interact with young kids then I seriously question her judgement.
– The key. It seemed a little too good to be true. Besides, we still don’t know how many keys there are, who has them – stuff like that which would flesh out the concept instead of leaving it as a cheap plot device.
– Cinderella’s backstory did have a S1 feel, but it still wasn’t all that interesting. She’s difficult to like as a character, and the twist at the end felt a bit mundane.
Dislikes:
– All Emma, Hook and Henry scenes. Henry seems too keen to help and it comes across as desperate. Hook does nothing but tag along and amuse the youngsters. Emma vacillates between self absorbtion and ineffectiveness, except for the end when her magic miraculously starts working. I don’t get how that happened, and I’m not sure I care.
– Emma healing Ella was an anti-climax.
– Emma barging into Archie’s office. Archie kicking out Grumpy. They both deserve a kick up the whatnot, Emma for being so entitled, Archie for being an unprofessional jerk.
– Emma going on and on (it felt like) about her relationship, and Hook, and her happy ending, and Hook, and her shaking hands, and Hook. Who needs a hooded figure when A & E have already killed the original, likeable character so effectively? The current version is just a dead eyed doppelganger, plagiarised from Stephanie Meyers. RIP Emma.
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