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We’ve never had a villain that couldn’t (not wouldn’t…but couldn’t) commit murder; and especially not one that was also a god.
Well, there was Cruella. Isaac literally took away her ability to kill anybody.
Ok that’s true. And that was really explicit in her centric. But since Cruella wasn’t the arc villain, her not killing (and then an explanation for why) wasn’t out of the ordinary. Hades, a god, running the Underworld, not killing…needs an explicit explanation and not waiting for the final few episodes
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Bit late but here goes….
My overall reaction to this episode is one of deep ambivalence.
Liked:
– The LGBT pair having a TLK. I half expected them to avoid a kiss altogether, so a TLK exceeded my expectations in every way. Furthermore, the scene paralled the Snow/Charming TLK in S1 and the writers have said that they consider Snowing to be the ultimate example of true love.
– Snow and Ruby’s conversation. Great to see that Snow White is a supporter of love, any love.
– Zelena sitting and drinking.
– Meghan Ory’s performance.
Mixed:
– Ruby Slippers. In my opinion, it should’ve been Mulan Rouge. We don’t know Dorothy, so it’s hard to care about Dorothy. Until very recently, she was no more than a plot point in gingham. Then there’s the fact that their relationship progressed at supersonic speed. I know it was meant to be love at first sight, but I prefer a slow burn – with previously established characters. But they did have some cute moments, so I can’t bring myself to hate it.
– Belle putting herself under the sleeping curse. This was just so weird. I don’t mind the drama it’s set up, but it seems so impulsive and harebrained. How is Maurice/Moe supposed to get to Underbrooke to give Belle TLK? Or is he already dead?
Disliked:
– What they did to Mulan. Others have encapsulated my feelings in their posts, so I will just say that I am very, VERY disappointed. Such a waste.
– Multiple storylines coming together in one episode. The episode was supposed to be Ruby/Mulan/Dorothy-centric, yet there were at least half a dozen scenes involving Snow/Charming/Hook/Zelena/Hades/Belle/Rumple. There were several more where Ruby just stood around with the gang not doing very much. It wasn’t that I disliked the scenes with the others, but I thought they should have been saved for another episode. This is the only episode where we’re seeing Ruby/Mulan/Dorothy, so it would’ve been nice to focus more on them. It felt like their story, including the relationship, ended up getting more like half an episode.
– How certain lines from the initial Hades/Zelena scene promised high drama and didn’t deliver. Examples:
Hades: “I’m going to take care of that wolf.” I found this line slightly chilling and was quite concerned for Ruby. But he didn’t do anything – not specifically to her anyway.
Zelena: “What I did was beyond wicked.” From the way that she said it, I thought she’d destroyed the entire population of Oz and had Dorothy strung up in a torture chamber. But it was just a sleeping curse. Not nice, for sure, but this is Zelena. Maybe she’s just going soft.
The Underbrooke portion of this episode would have been more exciting if Hades/Zelena had actively tried to kill Ruby, instead of having everyone wandering around looking for Aunt Em.
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