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Ratings are in for the winter finale, 6×10 “Wish You Were Here”
Eyeballs: 3.25 million
Demo: .9
This is a tie for our series low
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I really didn’t get a vibe from the trailer that the show is ending. Yes there is a lot of big stuff coming up, but I would have expected them to sell it much more as being the final amazing episodes if they know that they are cancelling it?
I know they’re not. I got a lot of “we’re gonna answer questions and show fans stuff they’ve been demanding/wanting” hence my comment. But I know perfectly well we’re getting another season.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Overall I thought this world was ridiculous. There are good ideas here and some good execution; Emma growing up a princess who had everything she ever wanted and was beloved by family, friend, and subject alike made perfect sense. Of course Emma’s life would be radically different; no only would she be unmagical but she wouldn’t be that scared, stunned orphan who wished she wasn’t alone on her twenty-eighth birthday. Emma’s life is one of joy and wonder, unhampered by the concerns–both magical and mundane–that have followed her these six seasons.
But there are other aspects of Emma’s life that don’t quite scan, as if they were attempts by the writers to head fan criticism off at the head before anyone could angrily tweet their displeasure. One aspect in particular fails to make sense: Henry. I understand that the writers don’t wish to leave out Jared Gilmore and that there is a poetic nostalgia to Henry (kind of, sort of) being the one who makes Emma remember who she is once more but Henry’s existence in the Enchanted Forest of this AU makes little sense because nothing about him has changed. He’s still the son of Nealfire, who either never went to Neverland or somehow made it back to the Enchanted Forest one hundred plus years later where he grew up, met Princess Emma and had a child with her before dying in some heretofore unexplained manner. I get that the writers are aiming for consistency with Henry–after all Henry can’t literally exist if you change one of his parents–but in this warped AU, how am I to explain his conception, birth, and the death of one of his parents when the story of the universe has been so fundamentally altered?
Outside of Nealfire, a lot of things don’t add up once we accept and remember that this world is REAL (Adam and Eddy said so!). Like, are there now two versions of everyone except Emma (and Snowing, RIP)? Why is Robin that age? Why isn’t Granny dead? Where’s Zelena? Where’s the WishWorld!Evil Queen? Why is Rumple locked up if Bae made it back to the EF? How did Nealfire die? Where’s Belle–did she ever meet Rumple?
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Can`t remember but did they talked about Black fairy in S1 and S2, was so long ago, or did they mentioned her only in S3
No, her name was first mentioned in 3×11 “Going Home”
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Maybe he and Granny know something the rest of them didn’t in this WWW.
Granny should be close to death at this point!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"that maybe the sword will kill the darkness inside of Emma to help the balance of light and dark be restored (or to help her perform a huge task).
which theoretically should not be there since Snowing cast out all her darkness when she was a fetus in the womb?
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Rumple said that these dark places make no sense
That was my favorite line of the night because it perfectly captured a lot of the writing and how the writers think: this won’t make any sense, but if we want it to be a thing, it’ll be a thing.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Huh.
That thought hadn’t even occurred to me. But yeah, he should be a lot older looking.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"1) What was your favorite episode of S6A? Runner up?
My favorite episode was 6×7 “Heartless.” It was a delightful reminder of how powerful Snowing’s love story really is. It felt like a nice character study instead of plot plot plot.
Runner up: 6×4 “Strange Case.” Any time the show tries to have a conversation with society, cultures and values, I tend to be a fan. I may not like what the show says (the treatment of Mary still bothers me) but at least it’s more than plot plot plot. Also, Jekyll and Hyde were really well acted.
2) What was your least favorite episode of S6A? Runner up?
My least favorite was 6×5 “Street Rats.” What a total waste of an hour! Aladdin’s story was dull, rote, and added nothing to the universe or the story at large. I also find Aladdin to be really grating. Jafar is wasted which is frustrating since they went to the trouble of recasting Naveen.
Runner up: 6×9 “Changelings.” I am 100% over Rumbelle drama and the sick feeling I have watching them.
3) We had a lot of new characters crop up this year. Who was your favorite and who was your least favorite?
Probably Hyde. He had a real presence on screen and I loved his chemistry with the EQ. I also though the twist in the story was a good one.
My least favorite is definitely Aladdin. Between his accent and his total lack of screen presence, every time he showed up I felt my eyes close in boredom.
4) What storyline fascinated you the most? And which one frustrated you the most?
I don’t know if it fascinated me, but I did like that the show is trying–clumsily and slowly–to explore Saviorhood. I don’t know that they’re doing a great job because it’s not actually going anywhere (perhaps yet) but it’s important to the universe so I appreciate that.
Rumbelle frustrates me to no end. I cannot with them. I went from being devoted to this ship to loathing it.
5) What do you hope to see more of in S6B?
I’m just gonna say answers. That’s all I want. Some meaningful, well thought out, non cheap, non exploitative, non-fast and easy answers.
6) Final grade and thoughts on S6A?
Grade: C
I guess it’s safe to say that I wasn’t really a fan of this first half. It’s not that it was bad in the same way S5A was bad–which rubbed against me morally, ethically, and as a feminist. It was bad because it didn’t matter; there were so man stories going on at once but none of them got any sort of real attention or focus because apparently everything is happening next year. That is one way to write, but I don’t believe it’s a good way.
We got no further explanations for the Land of Untold Stories (keys! doors! people go there a lot apparently!) because once Jekyll and Hyde died, that story and those ideas/people exited stage left to the metaphorical Forgotten Character Island. Jekyll and Hyde themselves, while well acted, never felt like a real threat because they were kept either off screen or locked up, making snarky comments at anyone who visited.
The Evil Queen was supposed to be the real threat this first half and it’s true she managed to create some small measure of chaos (like with Snowing) but for someone who was was conceived as “totally evil” she was left mostly to make witty comments, kiss Rumple, and lament with Zelena. The fact that the Evil Queen was out getting manicures like it was an ordinary day and she had nothing better to do is downright bizarre. Regina, in the first season, did more dastardly and “Evil Queen” things to Emma than the actual Evil Queen did to anyone this year! The Evil Queen’s storyline also continued the maddening insistence that all evil/fallen women must somehow be sexually aggressive. More time was spent on her making out and flirting with Rumple than any long game she was playing against her real enemies; and this was not out of affection or genuine interest or even because sex is great and fun, but because in the minds of the writers, if a woman is evil then she must also be predatory in a sexual nature. It’s a gross trope and it needs to go away already.
The other major storyline this year was Aladdin and the idea of Saviorhood but like the Land of Untold Stories and Jekyll and Hyde, it went basically nowhere. In this case, it’s likely because it’s going to come up next year, but that doesn’t mean that some decent amount of time shouldn’t be spent at least exploring those ideas. Do you know why Aladdin is a Savior? I don’t. Do you care about his story, Jasmine’s story or anything to do with them? I don’t. Instead of laying groundwork into one of the biggest mythological constructs in the Onceiverse–the idea of Saviorhood–Aladdin simply appeared when needed, helped Emma see the light, and then became a genie.
Along the way we got still more stories that were teased before dropped like a hot potato for next year–like Charming’s father, the Black Fairy, and even Gideon. This isn’t to say that there weren’t good moments or ideas here. Lana Parilla got to act her socks off playing both the Evil Queen and Regina; Snowing’s centric episode was a delightful reminder of how powerful their love story is. Little things like costume, some of the CGI and witty one-liners remain a staple of the good parts of this show, but that’s part of the problem: only the little things remain.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Belle was still asleep when she went to dream world, her subconscious traveled. But Emma and Regina–their very bodies and beings–traveled to this AU.
Not every time, unless she was able to sleep during labor, but I guess her subconscious did travel so maybe Belle was daydreaming? I don’t know, a dream world is the only way to make it make sense.
I’ll just leave this here, then. Make of it what you will.
HOROWITZ: It’s the wish realm. It’s the realm that was created by the wish, so it’s an actual place that exists now. The wish has created it, so it’s not an alternate realm in the sense that it’s just imaginary and not real; this place actually now exists and is real.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/04/once-upon-time-robin-hood-gideon-spoilers
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
