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It’s here! After 4 months off the air, OUAT returns for its 7th season with “Hyperion Heights”!
Did it live up to expectations? What were some of your favorite and least favorite moments from this episode?
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Overall: 8 out of 10 Didn’t love it but somewhat intrigued
Liked/Intrigued by:
Alice: I don’t know what it is about her, maybe the mystery but I liked her or at least I was definitely intrigued by who she is, how she knows things, and what her role is.
Henry and Cinderella: There was definitely some chemistry between them
Cinderella: I liked her attitude, she is much improved over Ashley who I found weak and whiny.
Liked how Cinderella’s fairy godmother gets evaporated in both stories although it is sad
Regina/Ronnie: First off love her new look! I loved how she gave the ending montage (OUAT always does great montages) which puts her in the place of Snow in this book which I think is fitting (hopefully she stays who she is and does not become a self righteous, hypocritical jerk) also loved the fact that she was the one to stick up to the bully of the town, I think it again shows how very far she has come from season 1
Henry: Wrote a whole book about his past and thinks it is just a story
Frog Legs? No Thank You. I believe I am going to love Tiana and her sass
Disliked:
Lucy: I am not feeling her I don’t know why but she comes off as flat and uninspiring
How did Henry end up at the ball at the same time as Cinderella when she stole his motorcycle to get there and left him stranded? Also really she just knows how to ride one because he showed her a couple of things, in reality she would have crashed and killed herself because she wasn’t wearing a helmet.
So Rumple is a crooked (?) detective who is also maybe a mobster? Okay I guess. I did like that Hook looked awe inspired by him and obviously wanted to work with him, that is a funny irony.
Alice: I don’t know what it is about her, maybe the mystery but I liked her or at least I was definitely intrigued by who she is, how she knows things, and what her role is.
Alice is definitely my favorite part of this episode; she’s really captivated me. I hope they don’t mess her up.
After rewatching, I’ll stand by my initial 7 out of 10. It’s good, not great but it’s good enough to make me want a little bit more. I will admit that there’s a sense of detachment while watching, though. There’s so much water under the bridge for us and this show that it’s extremely hard to reboot myself along with it.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Favorite moment: Rogers seeing Emma in the book and recognizing her, it’s very clear she is his true love.
Least favorite moment: Any scene with Jacinda because the actress they cast is just awful. The scene with her talking about killing the Prince was cringe.
It was okay…. I will be watching it … unless they put something great against it… so far nothing else looked inspiring.
At least ONCE is somewhat original not a re hash of old uninspiring in their prime 70s-90s TV.
I did think the dialogue left a lot to be desired. Kind of stilted.
Just wanted to smack LADY TREMAINE … but I am not fond of CINDER either…. I must be in a mood.
Rating 6/10
Reserving judgement for next episode.
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NONNIEThe dialogue was terrible. It was just cheesy as all get out. I still don’t think it works to have none of the main characters with their memories. It just does not work because all of the drama has no impact and any conflict is pointless because this isn’t them. No matter how much conflict happens between Henry and Cinderella, it will all be gone and is therefore completely meaningless, the moment their memories are returned.
Lucy does not work as the only one who knows what is going on. At least that we know of. This just does not work, as it is.
The best part was there was very little Hook and very little Rumpel. Hook’s character was ridiculous and just made him even sillier then he has been before.
I think Tremaine and Alice were the best thing about the episode. I, also, liked that Regina has her bar, but that is also a pointless thing because Regina isn’t going to care about that bar once she gets her memories back.
Lots to process!
Liked:
– I agree with the consensus on Alice – very intriguing. Loved her line about not just having been to Wonderland but other places too. Lol.
– Lady Tremaine telling Cinderella “you never could finish her chores” when she backs out of killing the prince. I’m a sucker for a good villain line.
– Lady Tremaine is somewhat anti-magic – her weapon is instilling fear. It makes her a unique villain for the show. I’m interested to see what they do with that.
– Adult Henry – I though Andrew did a convincing job of playing Jared’s portrayal of the character grown up. Good voice inflections, facial expressions, reactions, etc that matched.
– Cinderella pointing out how silly it would be to find someone with just a shoe since so many people have the same shoe size. Lol
– Henry can return home – to Storybrooke? every night if I understand correctly. That’s a cool twist. I also liked that he decided not to go through the portal but stay behind for Cindy. I figured he’d go through and she’d show up a few seconds late so they surprised me.
– Twist that Cindy’s Prince was a villain
– Hook appears to have his memories – however I’m not sure I like how that’s going to play out next week based on the promo.
– Tiana and her frog legs comment! Excited to see more of her.
– Henry’s still an author and his book is S1-6 of the show.
– I like the aspect that not everyone in town is a fairytale character. I hope they play with that as a mystery element.
Disliked:
– I really hope Rumple stays “redeemed” since his cursed persona is shady. Let’s please not play the Rumple flip flop game anymore – it’s been old for 3 seasons now.
– Aside from her one snark line, Lady Tremaine needs to be more menacing. If she’s all about fear, make me fear her.
– Henry and Cinderella’s “meet-cute” didn’t seem quite as convincing as it should have. A&E compared it to the Charmings’ first encounter, but it wasn’t as believable to me – there’s potential though.
– Couldn’t we have done something different with the fairy godmother this time?
– The police station in HH seems inept and possibly corrupt – this along with gentrification are such touchy subjects. I don’t think the writers can handle them appropriately.
– Didn’t Cinderella go to the ball with both shoes on? So why was there one glass slipper left behind at the crash site for Henry to find?
– Promo showing two Hooks. I really hope this will be better than I think it will be.
Overall, it wasn’t an “amazing” premiere, but there was still plenty for me to want to tune in next week.
It’s wasn’t anything to fly over the moon about, but it was just enough to keep me interested.
Overall Rating: 7/10
Liked:
Diversity, diversity, and diversity!
Alice snapping at Henry about people only knowing her adventure to Wonderland. I don’t know what it was, but that moment made her an instant favorite of mine….there’s definetly a lot to discover about her, and she’s one of my top four reasons why I’m staying aboard.
Tiana!!!! She didn’t have a lot of screen time this episode, but I’m looking forward to getting to know her! Her comment about frog legs was unexpected, but highly delightful!!
Adult Henry: I’m going to miss Jared so much, and for me…he’ll always be Henry Daniel Mills, but Andrew J. West is literally the best guy to take the mantle. There’s something enjoyable about him, I think it’s because he manages to pull off being believable as Adult Henry, but his performance in the character….I notice spot on traits that Henry may have developed from both, Regina and Emma….it’s strange, but it works.
And plus, I can definetly tell that RegalBeliever is alive and well because Lana and Andrew managed to pull off some mother/son connection at the bar. And I could definetly see it when Lady Tremaine was quote on quote, giving Henry advice, and Roni looked like she was ready to pounce on her Mama Bear Style. So I’m happy to have Andrew aboard.
And I simply love Roni! She’s literally a laid back, jazzy version of Supergirl’s Cat Grant and I’m here for it!
Mixed:
Cinderella….hmmm…I don’t know what it is, but I’m a little conflicted. It was new that the Prince turned into a villain, however I also feel at the same time it was a little extra and unnecessary. It could have been as simple as Cinderella falling in love with Henry before she met the prince.
Cinderella and Henry….I felt in the beginning of the episode, their first meeting and what not was a little forced but around the ball scene and the bar scene at Roni’s….it felt more relaxed and a tad more natural.
RIP Fairy God Mother
Disliked:
Choice dialogue…okay Adam & Eddy, everything doesn’t have to be spoken in fairy tale riddles!
We’ll never get an answer to this, because Adam & Eddy literally said they never bothered to come up with a solution….but how does a motorcycle run without gas and how does Henry have service in the New Realm? Literally, someone, come up with a Headcannon for this to make sense, please!
Lady Tremaine is literally a Wal-Mart brand of Mayor Mills, and I’m not here for it! They couldn’t give her, her own personality than just ripping off Season 1?!
I literally felt like this episode was a remix version of the pilot, and I just feel it could have been better.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
I thought the episode was mostly dull.
– “A New Realm” – do they really need Disney to name their realm? Couldn’t they thought about something? Even a generic name like x-forest or y-land. They really can’t be bothered anymore.
– Lady Tremaine is really not at the same level as Regina, she most definitely not Meryl Streep.
– I wonder where they got the idea of hiding the knife behind Cinderella’s dress?!? Probably not from a successful film from this summer. But it was ridiculous, the knife should have fallen and she should have used a leg strap.
– Why do the people in “New Realm” talk as if they were from a modern time period? I know it’s a fictional land in a fictional time, but it really didn’t feel fairytale-esque (it didn’t really help that I watched Outlander before the episode where people acted like they really belonged to the time period).
"All your questions are pointless"
I felt like I was watching half of a great pilot and half of a tired old show. I loved elements of the episode, but some of the dialogue and editing were simply awful. I also feel that they made a bad decision by starting the episode in Storybrooke. They could have brought those elements in later. The “uber” scene should have gone first IMO, as that truly felt like it was from a different show. I feel as though there is a lot of pandering to the fans, where actually they need to realise that to make the show great, sometimes that means making choices that don’t please everyone.
I like Tremaine and am intrigued to see what they do with her… The Alice scene in the new realm was ruined for me by how awful the lair/vines looked. I guess they have lost some budget.
I could have done without Hook altogether, although I know that because his character has such a huge fanbase that would never happen. I feel as though they really could have got rid of a lot of the legacy characters and had more chance at selling it as a completely new story/show.
I will keep watching, but I’m not sure for how long…
but how does a motorcycle run without gas and how does Henry have service in the New Realm? Literally, someone, come up with a Headcannon for this to make sense, please!
Why can it not just be as simple as saying that the bike is enchanted? Given the nature of the show, it isn’t that far-fetched to assume that either the bike was enchanted in storybrooke by Regina (or someone else) to ensure that it runs wherever it is, or someone within this new realm could have used magic to keep it running.
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