Tallahassee vs. Skin Deep

[faux pax]

I know i’m opening a big old can of worms here, but which episode was better and why?

[Killian Jones]

It’s tough to say both we’re really good I can see the comparison with romance and villains. Skin Deep has Rumple the villain being too afraid to accept that Belle actually loves him. Tallahassee has Emma being too afraid to let Hook in and trust him because of what happened to her before (darn you Pinocchio). I enjoyed the Emma backstory seeing how Pinocchio’s manipulation of her and Neal’s relationship impacted how Emma makes decisions for herself. That wall of hers! I get it now, and I’m really shipping CaptainSwan so I loved the EF present stuff. all those moments between Hook and Emma were great! once i figure how to update my signature and avatar im CaptainSwanning them ou completely. Despite Emma betraying Hook I’m hoping Hook proves himself to her and is able to win Emma over he did say he loves a challenge and earning Emma’s trust is sure to be challenging.

[melliemd]

I have to go with Skin Deep on this one. I loved the flashbacks of Tallahassee, they were beyooooooond fantastic… but the fairytale present fell mostly flat for me. I think Jorge Garcia was overhyped, unfortunately. He wasn’t given much to do in the episode and the CGI made all the Giant scenes as laughable as the opening scene from 1×06 – The Shepherd. Skin Deep, while not my favourite episode, was pretty definitive of Once Upon a Time for me. The flashback was given great focus, but the main storyline was interesting and heart-wrenching all on it’s own, and the twist at the end is one of my favourites in the series. If I look at it scene-per-scene Skin Deep will still win: The Queen/Rumpel scene at the end where he confirms he knows who he is? Amazing; The scene where he beats Moe with the cane? Amazing… Tallahassee is awesome, but Skin Deep reigns.

[thetrickster]

My vote to Skin Deep.

Mainly because Tallahassee’s two plots are quite disconected, like two different stories with the same character as protagonist. I mean, I know that the linking point is Emma’s distrust of Hook, which remains her Neal, but I can’t feel it as a unified tale: when FairytaleLand’s story got all my atention, then suddenly it changed to Emma’s past, and vice versa. It seems like the stories of the nightmares were closer each other than the main plots.
On the other side, you can feel Skin Deep as a single story, so to speak.

There is also another reason, more personal one. I know you are going to be totally shocked after read what i’m going to write, but i swear it is completely true: I discovered the Belle&Beast story after watching Skin Deep. You see, I’m sort of “disney virgin”, my fastination for fairy tales came to me being an adult and then I read the original tales from the folklore tradition, avoiding the romantic ones. BUT, I really enjoyed Skin Deep and it has made me become more open to certain stories. Not a very impartial reason to vote for it, but…

[Killian Jones]

@TheTrickster wrote:

My vote to Skin Deep.

Mainly because Tallahassee’s two plots are quite disconected, like two different stories with the same character as protagonist. I mean, I know that the linking point is Emma’s distrust of Hook, which remains her Neal, but I can’t feel it as a unified tale: when FairytaleLand’s story got all my atention, then suddenly it changed to Emma’s past, and vice versa. It seems like the stories of the nightmares were closer each other than the main plots.
On the other side, you can feel Skin Deep as a single story, so to speak.

There is also another reason, more personal one. I know you are going to be totally shocked after read what i’m going to write, but i swear it is completely true: I discovered the Belle&Beast story after watching Skin Deep. You see, I’m sort of “disney virgin”, my fastination for fairy tales came to me being an adult and then I read the original tales from the folklore tradition, avoiding the romantic ones. BUT, I really enjoyed Skin Deep and it has made me become more open to certain stories. Not a very impartial reason to vote for it, but…

I think the decision she made to leave Hook behind was a pretty good unifier of both the stories. We had seen Emma put up that wall that she does before. Seeing the story between Emma and Neal to me was almost a lead in to her making that decision. She felt what she was doing was wrong but she couldn’t bring herself to trust this man who really didn’t deserve to be left behind the way he was. We know about Emma’s lie detector not working so well when she’s emotional I think she realizes that too. So when she started warming up to Hook she didn’t trust herself to make good decisions about him anymore so rather than take the chance she left him. I hate the decision she made but I understand it now why she brings that wall down.

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