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If filler episodes are handled well with a lot of character development then they can be great. I think the fillers are needed to allow characters to breath, react to what’s happening and be fleshed out. I don’t think that every episode needs to have the OMG moments.
No I absolutely agree. I just don’t know that OUAT necessarily does them well. The filler’s of S2 are rather middling. Sometimes they can be good–“The Queen is Dead” for example–but sometimes not so much–Welcome to Storybrooke, or SB and T.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"If filler episodes are handled well with a lot of character development then they can be great. I think the fillers are needed to allow characters to breath, react to what’s happening and be fleshed out. I don’t think that every episode needs to have the OMG moments.
Oh agreed. But the filler episodes in season 2 just seemed, well bad.
Since we’re discussing least favorite episodes of the Season, here are mine in no particular order:
1) Selfless, Brave and True – Tamara’s magical taser killing wooden August.
2) In the Name of the Brother – The Frankenstein story fell flat, and the overall episode was just too angsty. Regina also gets manipulated too easily by her mother.
3) Child of the Moon – Red kills her own mother. The episode also felt fillerish.
4) The Cricket Game – The whole Regina being framed thing, and causing everyone to turn on her irritated me.
5) The Evil Queen – Regina killed an entire village, and expected Snow to forgive her after seeing that. It also felt weird that Regina almost was going to bury the hatchet and patch things up with Snow at this point in the timeline. The present day scenes weren’t terrific, either.I actually liked “Into the Deep” and “Tiny.” “Into the Deep” had that amazing sequence of Charming finding Snow in the Netherworld. With “Tiny”, I found the flashbacks cute and it was fun seeing Josh play Charming’s evil twin James. Not to mention we had the airport scenes with Rumple.
2) In the Name of the Brother – The Frankenstein story fell flat, and the overall episode was just too angsty. Regina also gets manipulated too easily by her mother.
A forgettable episode if ever there was one. The reveal of Whale = Frankenstein could have been great but 1) the promo totally spoiled it and 2) the acting from Frankie’s father and brother was wooden at the best.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Well, the Frankenstein revelation happened in 205. I didn’t like the Frankenstein addition to the show, it felt out of place and it was poor worldbuilding because it was the start of every character who doesn’t fit with the Enchanted Forest gets their own world. However, there were nice moments in 212 that I really liked.
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No I absolutely agree. I just don’t know that OUAT necessarily does them well. The filler’s of S2 are rather middling. Sometimes they can be good–“The Queen is Dead” for example–but sometimes not so much–Welcome to Storybrooke, or SB and T.
I wouldn’t call “The Queen is Dead” a filler episode. We got more of Snow White’s backstory, and it revealed that Cora killed her mother Eva and further confirmed that she purposely caused Snow’s horse to go wild. Rumple got poisoned by Hook and Snow decided that she wanted to kill Cora, directly leading into “The Miller’s Daughter.”
Least favorite episode has to be Selfless, Brave, & True….
Now that I think about it! Did we ever find out why in Oz was a dragon with magic in our world when this is supposed to be the Land without Magic? Or even who the dragon was????!!! Gosh, I hope that wasn’t Maleficent’s baby daddy….
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Least favorite episode has to be Selfless, Brave, & True….
Now that I think about it! Did we ever find out why in Oz was a dragon with magic in our world when this is supposed to be the Land without Magic? Or even who the dragon was????!!! Gosh, I hope that wasn’t Maleficent’s baby daddy….
….though if it was then yay continuity
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixI wanted to add that I think that season 2 was the only season that managed to balance plot and characters development in the most organic way, something that the following seasons failed to do, mainly because the characters has become templates that changes according to plot. In addition, even though season 2 wasn’t as good as season 1, it was more enjoyable to watch. It has the magic and fun, unlike season 1, and it is based on good plot and good characters, unlike seasons 3B-5A.
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