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Talk about family drama!
Once Upon a Time took familial issues to a new level last week when it revealed that the Wicked Witch (Rebecca Mader), who has cursed the fairy-tale characters back to Storybrooke with no memory of the past year, is actually the older half-sister of Regina (Lana Parrilla). Nearly green with envy (ha!), Zelena is hellbent on making her little sister pay for getting the better life.
“I thought it was wild and unbelievable and there has to be some kind of twist behind this because it doesn’t quite make sense,” Parrilla tells TVGuide.com of her reaction to the big reveal. “The first time I read it, I was like, ‘This can’t be! I’m an only child!'”She’s not alone in feeling that way. Many fans quickly jumped online after Sunday’s episode to declare that it was all an elaborate ruse. The supposed evidence is Zelena enlisting one of her flying monkeys to steal Regina’s blood, which could be used to trick the blood locks used in Regina’s castle in the Enchanted Forest and her office in Storybrooke. She’d only have to resort to that if she weren’t blood-related, right? Parrilla debunks that theory.
“As we move forward, other things are discovered, and we learn that she actually is her half-sister,” she says. “It’s quite jarring for Regina. She feels completely betrayed yet again by her mother. She’s not too happy about it.”
Still, Zelena’s threat has given Regina a renewed sense of purpose after she nearly put the sleeping curse on herself so she wouldn’t have to face the pain of losing Henry (Jared Gilmore). “First of all, she really needs to find out if this woman who claims to be her sister is really her sister,” Parrilla says. “When she gets her answer, there isn’t much reasoning with Zelena. It results in multiple showdowns or what you could call catfights. There are a lot of fights that take place between them and a lot of learned history during those fights; stuff that is being discovered that Regina didn’t know that Zelena is telling her and stuff that Zelena doesn’t know about her mother.”
But Regina won’t go it alone. She’ll continue to work with the Charming family since they’ve come to somewhat trust each other after their adventure in Neverland. “Regina feels pretty comfortable working with them,” she says. “She is a changed woman. She’s come to a different plateau in her life, and a lot of that has to do with Henry and taking responsibility for things, consciously wanting to change and putting in the effort of making that a reality for her. She’s the anti-hero, in a weird way.”It’s this continuing transformation that actually gives Regina a leg up in this war against the Wicked Witch. “Regina looks at Zelena and sees a lot of herself in her,” Parrilla says. “The way Regina views Zelena is somewhat like, ‘Been there, done that. I used to be you.’ There are even things Zelena says to her and Regina’s like, ‘I think I’ve heard that before. Oh wait, I’ve said that.’ It’s almost like a role reversal.”
“Even though Zelena is the older sister, she doesn’t necessarily behave as one,” Parrilla continues. “She has a younger sister quality. Regina’s like, ‘Oh wow, there’s so much you don’t know. I used to be as angry as you and want to do the things you’re doing.’ It gives Regina the upper hand because she has this intelligence. She’s smarter than Zelena.”
As for whether this makes Regina the Wicked Witch of the East, Parrilla played very coy about the Evil Queen’s connection to Oz. “There’s an interesting twist that’s coming up,” she says. “I wouldn’t rule out that possibility.”
Back in Storybrooke, however, the fight against Zelena is much more difficult. With no memories, Regina has now teamed up with former foe Emma (Jennifer Morrison) to figure out who placed the new curse on our merry band of characters. What would’ve been an unlikely alliance back in Season 1 has now become the town’s best hope for survival. “The combination of Emma’s power as the savior and Regina as this sorceress, working together is a very powerful tool,” Parrilla says.
But there are road blocks in the way, the most heartbreaking of which is Henry, who has no memory that he grew up in Regina’s care. “She gets a second chance with Henry,” Parrilla says. “He doesn’t know who she is, but that’s OK. She looks at is as, ‘Wow, that means he’s forgotten everything about me, including that I’m the Evil Queen and have murdered hundreds of people!’ Henry and Regina get together and spend an afternoon getting to know one another. It’s really sweet. Of course, Regina wants to put her arm around him, kiss him and do all the motherly things she’s always done to him, but she can’t. It forces her to have a friendship with Henry. She has to dig within herself to be this kid’s friend and get to know him without the pressures of being a mother.”Of course, being back in Storybrooke won’t be all sunshine and rainbows since Zelena has a wild card up her sleeve. Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle), the former mentor to both of Cora’s daughters, is alive and being held captive by the Wicked Witch. But, as we saw in the closing moments of Sunday’s episode, this Rumple is much different from the one we remember. “He’s a bit off,” she says. “There’s something not quite right with him.”
“Regardless of how many times we’ve seen Rumplestiltskin and the Evil Queen try to kill each other, there’s an underlying love and connection between them,” Parrilla says, likening the relationship to that between Regina and Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin). “She can’t hate Snow and she can’t hate Rumple. They’ve all gotten so close, it’s a dysfunctional family. No one really wanted him to die and now we see that he didn’t. Learning that he’s alive is a good thing all around because we need him on so many levels.”
Are you excited to see the Wicked vs. Evil showdown? Are you angry that there’s no Robin Hood (Sean Maguire) scoop? Don’t worry, we didn’t forget. There’s much more to come with Parrilla next week!
Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8/7c on ABC.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Once-Upon-Time-Lana-Parrilla-1079568.aspx
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"As we move forward, other things are discovered, and we learn that she actually is her half-sister,” she says. “It’s quite jarring for Regina. She feels completely betrayed yet again by her mother. She’s not too happy about it.”
And there it is folks. Straight from Regina herself: WickedSisters is legit. everyone go pay @WickedRegal
There are a lot of fights that take place between them and a lot of learned history during those fights; stuff that is being discovered that Regina didn’t know that Zelena is telling her and stuff that Zelena doesn’t know about her mother.”
Interesting
It gives Regina the upper hand because she has this intelligence. She’s smarter than Zelena.”
Naturally
“Regardless of how many times we’ve seen Rumplestiltskin and the Evil Queen try to kill each other, there’s an underlying love and connection between them,” Parrilla says, likening the relationship to that between Regina and Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin). “She can’t hate Snow and she can’t hate Rumple. They’ve all gotten so close, it’s a dysfunctional family. No one really wanted him to die and now we see that he didn’t. Learning that he’s alive is a good thing all around because we need him on so many levels.”
They’re all family. *heart warming*
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"This really stinks being half sister thing, Cora story line in SB to Regina that she would have been enough was just worthless!!! Then of course we have the sad story line again that she too was abandoned so that abandoned syndrome is all the Once can produce it seems and curses back and forth to SB. In addition to everyone has to be related. 🙁
What really gets me is how come Rumple the all knowing didn’t know about this sister she is the 1st born and he should have taken her. Rumple for being over 300 years old didn’t know about the Beans etc. Sure makes him look even dumber in my opinion.
I don’t think Rumple was ever set up to be all-knowing. More-knowing, yes. (Is that a thing? It is now. 🙂 ) But not all-knowing. He did something everything does … he made an assumption. And it was wrong.
It’s nice to have somebody saying that folks (beyond Neal and Belle) are happy Rumple’s not dead, and that no one wanted him to die. Because I did think everyone (beyond Neal and Belle) seemed a little … oh, well … about it.
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“Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.”
-- Dylan ThomasThere is a retcon flavor to it, but I paid my cookies and a freaky red/green supposedly natural apple early.
That’s the thing with this show. I was musing earlier today about WL actually and how off that whole thing is with Will’s heart hidden inside his apartment . Maybe he hid it after regaining his memories, but where and what did he think that thing was before that!? “Oi, bloody hell what an ugly paperweight!”.
These small details are things we fans can put a little imagination into fixing, and its a lot of the fun of these boards sure, but I understand the frustration too of quite so many things that need fixing. Let’s hope the show explains some of it.
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
I still think he’s faking, that we are supposed to think he’s off…….. “tricks up his sleeve” remember?
I’m glad that people didn’t really want him to die, and maybe one day they’ll express that to him…..
That said, it had better be BELLE who saves him…
MY REACTION:
I AM NOW THE COOKIE MASTER!
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
And there it is folks. Straight from Regina herself: WickedSisters is legit. everyone go pay @WickedRegal
*cookies*
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
“Regina looks at Zelena and sees a lot of herself in her,” Parrilla says. “The way Regina views Zelena is somewhat like, ‘Been there, done that. I used to be you.’ There are even things Zelena says to her and Regina’s like, ‘I think I’ve heard that before. Oh wait, I’ve said that.’ It’s almost like a role reversal.”
Regina is the Snowwhite this time around. Interestingly in the last ep when she was about to use the sleepingcurse on herself she used her hairpin as the “needle” and in the old Snowwhite fairytale there are three different ways the Evil Queen tries to kill Snowwhite- one with the apple, one with rippons around her waist and one with a poisonous hairpin 🙂 . A girl on the podcast reminded me of this, otherwise it had slipped my mind.
As for whether this makes Regina the Wicked Witch of the East, Parrilla played very coy about the Evil Queen’s connection to Oz. “There’s an interesting twist that’s coming up,” she says. “I wouldn’t rule out that possibility.”
An interesting twist!! well well could it be that she is a changeling. Not Coras child but Eva and Henry Sr’s. Henry Sr. is also Z’s father. Z is the baby-Regina in the Millers daughter ep 🙂
Henry and Regina get together and spend an afternoon getting to know one another. It’s really sweet. Of course, Regina wants to put her arm around him, kiss him and do all the motherly things she’s always done to him, but she can’t. It forces her to have a friendship with Henry. She has to dig within herself to be this kid’s friend and get to know him without the pressures of being a mother.”
AAWWWWW!! this… I hope this is in next ep. I cant wait to see it 🙂
KFChimera wrote-
There is a retcon flavor to it,
I really cant taste that at all. What I can taste is something Wickedly spicey and sweet 🙂
Really looking forward to the stuff with Henry and Regina. It’ll be interesting to see her getting to know him in a totally new way. She may have been his mother for all of those years, but at least in recent times before Emma came, they hadn’t been really close, and now they’re gonna get the chance to know each other in a new way, which will be lovely to see.
Also really looking forward to all the bits and pieces of history being revealed as Regina and Zelena continue to interact. Sounds like seeing her old self reflected in Zelena will provide some good ongoing character development for Regina.
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