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PROMO for SNOW DRIFT … 3X21
I think it starts at 7 pm…. but maybe since tonight is REDEMPTION’S finale it will start at the regular time check your TV LISTINGS….
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.[adrotate group="5"]RECAP …
http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/05/once-upon-time-episode-320-kansas.html
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So OUAT really, really surprised me there; when the story took a major shift and had Regina defeat Zelena I had my jaw dropped. I never ever expected that Regina would defeat her, or at least that she would do in the way that she did: by becoming a hero. I’ve endlessly talked about Regina’s redemption and growth of character, but such a major game changer is something that I expected for the season finale, not the episode preceding it.There are many game changing events during the episode, many of which truly surprised me and left me quite excited for the finale next week, but sadly there are way too many dumb or awkward scenes that prevents me from fully enjoying the episode.
First, why on Earth would bring Hook along with Emma could be a good idea? Granted, the guy knows how to put a fight, but knowing Zelena she can easily use him against Emma and that’s what she does; and even while knowing that kissing him would drain her from her magic, Emma still goes for the mouth to mouth instead of standard CPR, which could have been enough, or even her own magic powers, and I think she has practiced enough to save him with magic, but she has to take the route that will drain her of her power.
Sometimes I find myself really frustrating at OUAT for taking the easy way out of things; what’s the fastest way to take Emma’s powers out of the equation so that it can be Regina who defeats Zelena instead? The answer is forcing Emma to kiss Hook by drowning him. That’s the best the writers came up with.
Another scene that frustrated me was how easily Zelena walked through the hospital wings and took Snow’s baby. Honestly, my only thought was “Fail!” as she moped the floor with everyone. It all happens so fast and there is so little resistance that it becomes obvious that it is all decoration just to get the baby on Zelena’s hands and as such I felt the scene was a bit worthless, it would have been the same as if all these people weren’t there to begin with.
But for all the frustrating scenes, there also great ones: I really enjoyed the trip back to Oz and to see Zelena actually trying to be good. She feels so great about being labeled as the protector of Oz that for once she doesn’t need to envy what Regina has, she has a title of her own and more power than her sister could dream of. But all things come to an end when Dorothy arrives from another realm via cyclone as per prophecy.
There’s a great theme in the whole episode about people making their own destinies and futures. This show has already explored destiny, for instance Emma’s fate was to break the curse and she did, but fate only comes to pass by the choices that we make. Things seem to spin in a certain way to make destiny happen, but it is what one chooses what makes the wheel spin.
Zelena’s envy was her undoing. It was because she was jealous of Dorothy that she strayed from the path of redemption she was walking and ended as the villain we know today. Dorothy gets to go back home, but that was just Zelena’s treachery making sure that she couldn’t be stop. It was supposed to be Dorothy who stopped, and then it was supposed to be Emma, but surprisingly it is actually Regina. Zelena sealed his fate when she decided to stray away from the good path, she would be taken down, and it didn’t matter if she dealt with threats such as Dorothy or Emma, she would find her undoing eventually because, without knowing it, that’s what she chose when she let her envy consume her.
Regina’s redemption has been something the show has been preparing us for since season 2 began, and yet it’s really surprising to see her being merciful. When Robin Hood touches her heart she finds it in herself the way to use light magic, by changing, by turning into a hero. At that moment Regina finally stepped out of the darkness and as she strips Zelena from her power by taking her necklace and decides her to let her live.
As much as the show hinted that Regina has honestly become one of the good guys this took me off guard. I loved seeing Regina as a conflicted character, her struggle in search for the light has been the highlights of many episodes in these last 2 seasons for me, so it was hard for me to accept that that part of the show is probably ending, but Regina deserved it, and the story had to come to such a place eventually.
Less surprising- but still shocking- is Rumple’s choice to betray Belle. Belle trusts that Rumple can and will make the right choice and let Zelena live, but the pain that came from Neal’s death is just so great that even their true love can’t prevent him from going there and killing Zelena, stripping her of the second chance Regina intended to give her. It makes sense, it is coherent with who Rumple is, so the actual reason I’m surprised is because this show has thrown words as “true love” and such as irrefutable laws, so there was a fair chance that Rumple would let her live just because Belle trusted him.
I’m much more excited with this, especially after seeing what Zelena’s death unleashes. Something bad is going to happen and it will once again shift everything on Storybrooke and so it will lead the way to the next season.
Honestly, through the hour I didn’t understand until the very last minutes why the writers decided that Zelena’s downfall had to happen tonight, but in the end I trust that it will work for the best. There are countless possibilities ahead: could it that all our characters are going back in time ala LOST? Are they going to another realm? Whatever it is, I’m all in. OUAT is a show that is still flawed in many ways, it changes the course of its narrative way too abruptly, but it also knows how to surprise, rally and deliver great moments, and as long as it can do that, I’m there for the ride.
RECAP OF KANSAS … …
http://www.hypable.com/2014/05/04/once-upon-a-time-season-3-episode-20-recap-twist-of-fate
Once Upon a Time brings in another cyclone that may be the undoing of Zelena in Oz. But what could a little girl from Kansas have to do with a powerful collection witches? Read the full recap below!
In tonight’s season 3, episode 21, “Kansas” fates are tested as everyone examines the future and their place in it. But who says that destiny is written with permanent ink? Read the full Once Upon a Time to find out who takes the future into their own hands!
Rumple spins his wheel making enough gold for Zelena to create a cast of his brain from the one activity proven to clear his mind. Now that she has David’s courage, Regina’s heart, and Rumple’s brain, her plan to escape fate is only missing the product of Mary Margaret’s labor across town.
Emma places a protection curse on the hospital room as a last minute effort to save her family. Emma sets out, reluctantly taking Hook along, to get Zelena herself.
Zelena watches her sister from the Emerald City, training herself through second-hand tips from Rumplestiltskin.
Glinda arrives to thank Zelena for unmasking the true nature of the man the Emerald City once looked to as the Wizard for guidance. She places an offer on the table for Zelena to meet up with the sister witches and take up the vacant seat of the West. Love, wisdom, courage, all the witches bring something different to the central power of Oz. Glinda also serves as the keeper of the Book of Records. It fortold of a cyclone that would deliver a powerful sorceress to complete their table. Only Glinda left out the bit about the soceress being dethroned by another!
Glinda offers Zelena a pendant that will harness her power with that of her sister witches. Although her sisters have the ability to travel back in time, their top priority is building a better future. For now, Zelena is on board and enjoys the welcoming feeling that she cannot receive from spying on her blood sister.
In order to ensure that her plan succeeds in Storybrooke, Zelena takes Hook to a well and uses Rumple to hold him under water long enough to render him unconscious. Emma sacrifices her magic to revive Hook.
With Emma’s powers no longer posing a threat, Zelena marches through everyone in her path on her way to labor and delivery. No sooner is the baby boy in Mary Margaret’s arms that Zelena takes the newborn boy in her arms. Adding the latest piece of the puzzle, innocence, Zelena begins the spell to travel back in time.
David goes after his son, but not without help. Regina’s dark magic may not be able to defeat Zelena, but as Henry points out, she is capable of conjuring light magic. People are, after all, in charge of their destiny. Reunited with her son and her past relationships far in the past, Regina’s future is looking rather good. The light magic now resides with her.
Zelena cannot help but allow jealousy and her predisposition for evil to take over her instincts. In a fit of rage against Dorothy, Zelena confronts her near a well and conjures a ball of fire before her eyes. Scared of being at the receiving end of the flames, Dorothy throws a bucket of water at Zelena that turns her into a puddle.
Dorothy calls out for Glinda who admires her bravery and admits that Zelena could never amount to anything more than her evil tendencies. As much as Dorothy feels welcome in Oz, she wishes to return home to Kansas. A trip down the yellow brick road holds the key! Once in Oz, Dorothy greets the wizard and is sent home with a click of her heels.
Once she is gone, the curtain drops to reveal Zelena. Did Glinda really fall as foolishly into the trap that Dorothy did to think a bucket of water could defeat her powers. Banishing Glinda to the North, Zelena’s rage only increases.
In the barn, Zelena’s spell is underway as the troops arrive to save the future. Regina and her comrades are quickly trapped by Zelena and Rumple’s combined magic, but Regina’s light magic manages to stop her in her tracks. Stealing her pendant and undoing all of the harm she has caused, Zelena is as good as dead in Rumple’s eyes.
Regina stops him from dragging her to demise to remind him that heroes do not kill people. How many more lives will it cost to get what they want?
Regina visits Zelena in her cell to explain her decision to keep her alive. Zelena has one path as far as Regina is concerned. She can change her life for the better, or feel her heart crumble in Regina’s hands. Regina understands the pain Cora caused and recognizes that if evil is molded, good has an equal chance.
Rumple’s love for Belle not only ensures a marriage proposal, but also the trust of holding onto his dagger. After all, it is a good as having his heart! Before emotions can bubble up, Rumple appears at Zelena’s cell revealing that he did learn one lesson from his father; follow the lady. Breaking his promise to Belle, Rumple steps into Zelena’s cells and stabs her with the dagger, fulfilling his promise to exact revenge for Neal’s death.
Emma may not have her powers back, but she tells Hook that it she will not need them once she returns to New York. The look of despair that sweeps his face cannot be the only kicker to launch viewers into the season finale? Right?
Right! As Zelena drifts to the floor and disappears, a green aura leaves the pendant from Regina’s vault and heads to the barn opening a portal to next week’s season 3 finale! WHERE ARE WE GOING?! Place your guesses below!
http://www.bustle.com/articles/22820-once-upon-a-times-rumple-belle-ship-needs-to-sink
ANTI RUMBELLE tirade …
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PROMO … same or different ?
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CANADIAN you TUBE PROMO
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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.765031703515543&type=3&l=ef2678607bSPOILER ALERT! @wetpaint has some info on Sunday’s 2hr #OnceUponATime Finale http://t.co/MSfDPP316j #teamgg
— Ginnifer Goodwin (@ginnygoodwin) May 6, 2014
LINK TWEETED BY GENNIFER …
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