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General: I hated this episode. Just full stop hated. It’s so poorly written and nonsensical by this point. It sucks because there have been some highs this year but they are just cobbling the plot together based on what they want instead of what makes sense to character or mythology; worse they aren’t even bothering to develop the character or plots. They really just want the audience to go along for the ride instead of actually thinking or puzzling things out. And yes, that’s one way to engage with media but it’s the poorer way.
Rating: 4/10
LIKED
–Regina looks pretty in the ballgown during Lucy’s birthday party
–Gothel feels like a more effective villain over Tremaine and her interactions with Drizella are promising.
–“Right. Well, I’m not here to discuss timelines.” 100% the writers going “shut up already! just watch what we write and stop asking questions!”
MIXED
–Why is Rumple (is that OUR Rumple or another Rumple???) sitting in the woods, in the raining, randomly spinning acting like a full on Dark One Loon???! At least it feels like a start of a story and not something random and poorly written.
–It’s pretty obvious that Alice and Robyn are going to be love interests. They can bond over the fact that their mothers raped their fathers in order to conceive them. (gags)
–I get what the writers are going for making Zelena engaged and having her choose her family over her life as Kelly but sometimes the writers take the whole “family over everything” throughline too far. Like, Kelly’s fiancee is her family too and Zelena even says she still loves him!
–Gothel’s betrayal to Drizella was cool but I rolled my eyes at the whole “vines take magic!” thing.
DISLIKED
–Without any development between first kiss and birth of the baby, suddenly Henry and Ella have a daughter and I’m supposed to care because a necklace told me they were True Love.
–Ugh, random prophecy feels less like something natural and organic and more like the writers needed to explain the timeline and created some arbitrary age for Lucy.
–Lady Tremaine is suddenly on Henry’s side because….? When did that even happen?
–Why are Zelena and Robyn even living in this new Enchanted Forest? How did they get there?
–Suddenly Dark Curses are super easy to break! You just need to drink a random thing!
–Why is Geppetto’s axe even in the New Enchanted Forest? Or did Tiger Lily go to SB and steal it from Geppetto? Why even ask Tiger Lily for help? It’s not like Henry had any kid of meaningful relationship with her. Of all the people/fairies to reach out to, Tiger Lily is the last one I’d go to.
–Why does part of Henry’s plan involve Lucy and he living in a shack in the woods? Why are these witches even after Lucy? Why does this plot feel so cobbled together from absolutely nothing?
–The Eighth Ingredient is the never before heard of magic from a witch who crushed the heart of the thing she loves most. Good LORD. That’s the most oddly specific and dumb plot device since “blood of a man who’s been to hell and back.”
–Why should I even care about how powerful Anastasia is?. We literally just met her! And why is she even this powerful?
–I cannot with the White Elephant silliness. I cannot.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Leaving this tweet here because it might explain why they can’t get to/call SB.
To be clear, Adam did delete this tweet later but if everyone has actually traveled back in time then that would explain why they can’t reach out to SB (it’s technically Past!SB)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I dunno; I’ve had issues with Kat in the past because she likes to bait the fandom with what she “knows” but can’t reveal. To be fair, though, she does know stuff. All the paps do (and I find all the paps to be super annoying and rude).
But EFNS and the woman who runs it definitely has a strong point on planned arc narrative. If Anwar is gone, I don’t think she’s been fired. It’s also possible that her character is simply not involved in these stories right now. Remember when we didn’t see Bobby for a long stretch of time in S3B (after he killed himself with Pan) and everyone panicked? Then magically one night he appeared on set for a street confrontation
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"That was short; makes sense that the Wicked Witch of the West is a bike instructor though.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I cannot believe that they have Henry wearing that coat again.
Maybe it’s a sign that he’s now awake by this episode?
That’s what I was thinking too.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"So the title is “The Eighth Witch.” Who are our 8 “witches”? 1. Zelena 2. Regina 3. Drizella 4. Gothel 5. Robin 6. ??? 7. ??? 8. ??? Who else?
I think we might throw Alice into the mix given who her mother is and that she’s been teased as a Guardian
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Grim Reaper changed his way of doing predictions–no longer a percentage but instead just a “renewal” “likely renewal” “likely cancelled” or “canceled”
After the most recent episode, 709, the Grim Reaper has us “likely cancelled”
http://www.tvgrimreaper.com/2017/12/11/predictions-week-12-exorcist-likely-canceled/3181/
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"They are definitely implying that Rapunzel and Rumpel think that Anastasia is the guardian. I just think they are wrong. She is a plot device, but not for this.
Right, it won’t be who the characters suspect.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"*I suspect we’ll get a longer, more proper press release with guest stars and all that a little bit later*
When Drizella threatens the realm with a dark curse, Henry and Ella take extreme actions to protect Lucy and the others;
…what?
But how is Lucy even *born* yet?? Ella and Henry just had their first kiss in the most recent Henry/Ella flashback. Are they saying that we’re going to skip over their entire courtship, wedding, and go straight into them having a 10 yr old daughter??
And I doubt they’re saying “realm” as in “Hyperion Heights” because they’ve used Ella instead of “Jacinda”
Meanwhile, Gothel earns the trust of Anastasia and the consequences of their budding relationship could prove to be fatal.
Okkkkkay? So Gothel thinks Ana is the Guardian?
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I’m pretty sure Gothel told her to squeeze the juice into her drink.
Ok, that’s probable. I must have missed that. And while I get that desperate souls do desperate things, Rapunzel trusting in Gothel–a woman who locked her in a tower for six years–is pretty strange. We got next to nothing of what life was like between Rapunzel and Gothel during those six years (was Gothel even around? I mean who braided Rapunzel’s hair? Who got her food? Who got her clothes?).
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
