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There was a bit the Snow Queen said in this last episode that really stood out to me:
“one story book, one little town – it’s not enough for a man of your power” (or whatever it was)
What stood out was one STORY BOOK. Did Rumple arrange for The Book to exist? If so, what does that mean for Regina’s dumb quest to “change fate” and get her happy ending (instead of doing what the rest of us do in the real world – work hard for what you want and ignore the concept of “fate”)
[adrotate group="5"]I’m feeling the “eh” about this episode, but it was still OK.
The Duke of Weaselton/Wesselton made me laugh. The explanation of Ingrid/Helga/Gerta…. the story was pretty “eh” but it makes the whole shindig of this season make sense. Ingrid went deep into paranoia while in her prison jar, not unreasonable, and blamed Gerda for locking her up – conveniently forgetting that she made her sisters make the deal with Rumple so that they had the jar for the failsafe FOR THIS VERY SCENARIO.
Was Gerta (Gerta? Gerda? I’ve just realised I’ve used two spellings and haven’t a clue which is right) Anyway – was Gerta’s choice the right one? Maybe not, but was it actually Gerta’s choice?
It may well be the pot-stirring lawyer in me, but I’d argue that was Ingrid’s choice. She was carrying around the magic jar with her, as well as the gloves. She made it clear when the sisters were at Rumple’s castle that they needed this fail safe in case she did anything that jeopardised their family or another’s life. The incident with Helga was an accident, yes – but it also satisfied all the criteria for her earlier consent to be imprisoned in the magic jar. Gerta just kept her end of the deal.
I love the Mummy’s Club, and especially had to laugh at Aurora’s outrage about the “demonic box” – what on earth did she turn on by accident one day? Game of Thrones?! The look of fear and stepping back with Neal etc that Snow was doing…. COULD YOU SET YOURSELF UP ANYMORE SNOW?? Damn it, the Snow Queen didn’t have to do much to play with Emma’s mind. The fertile ground had already been laid.
I didn’t hate the Outlaw Queen moment. I think following his heart and not his wedding ring is actually entirely in keeping with Robin’s truth, justice and the Sherwood Forest way persona – he’s doing what he believes is right, not what society says is the law (stealing from the rich… hello? Not legal. Not encouraged. Morally right if he gives to the poor? Maybe. But still theft!) Given that he’s been a widower for all intents and purposes (and realities, until Emma intervened while time travelling!), you could make a convincing argument that he is no longer married too…. so the “oh noes adultery is BAAAAAD” stuff? Yeah, I don’t care. At all.
Henry in his little suit…. squee! Rumple and his magic potion – double squee.
Rumple’s apparently planning to take over the Land Without Magic? Sorry love, I just don’t buy it. He didn’t seem overly enamoured of the world outside of Storybrooke when they went to find Neal. Why would he want to pull a Dr Evil now?
Had not even thought of the Sidney Glass/Breaking connection. All I thought of was “in case of emergency”….
I loved Snow’s outburst at the dwarves badgering her to fix the generator after the power outage. I might not have this completely right, but what I remember was:
“STOP SAYING LETTERS!!! Look: I am not magic, I have had 8 hours sleep in the last 3 weeks, I am breast feeding, I have no idea about electricity and for crying out loud – you lived without lightbulbs your entire lives. Go buy a flashlight!”
I loved the OTT characterisation of Bo Peep. Had me in stitches with the bad cockney accent – especially when she then turned up as the butcher in Storybrooke. (Just kept imagining her singing The Worst Pies in London then…)
Snow’s outburst at the needy dwarves was also hilarious. Their justification for asking her to fix things made sense within the context of the show: the people of the Enchanted Forest (or at least a large proportion of them) see Snow as their rightful Queen…. which translated into the modern world, they see her as the civic leader – the Mayor. The fact that she might want some maternity leave right now just hasn’t occurred to them.
I am so glad that Snow’s outburst contained a jab at the dwarves complaining about lacking modern conveniences for all of half an hour or whatever it had been by the time they came to get her. They lived their entire lives without conveniences before – suck it up for a bit now! ERMAGHAD I CAN’T GOOGLE…. a hilarious insight into how over reliant we are on modern tech.
At the end of the day it comes down to the individual deciding to do the right or wrong things and where that inevitably leads them, so if Regina wants to change her fate, she’ll have to do it herself, and S4 will be her discovering that.
As a season arc for Regina, I think this is good – she has confronted that she was defined as the Evil Queen due to her actions, not because people just randomly hated her. Now she has to realise that a) she has to fight and strive for her “happy ending” rather than expect it to be handed to her on a platter and b) you make your own fate. It’s too easy to blame an omniscient author – so easy that it made me face palm so hard when Regina came out with it.
I liked that instead of reinventing Frozen, given that it’s so recent, they’ve just continued on from where it left off…. minus Olaf. (Who’s probably off melting somewhere?!)
The casting was spookily accurate and I think that the characterisation was fine – I mean, Anna is the princess who was all set to marry someone she’d just met, she is flighty and slightly stupid.
Sven was HILARIOUS. I don’t know how you cast or get a moose to act, but that was all win.
Hook and Charming = BroTP. Loved Charming coming to Hooks’ “rescue”. I also liked the realistic tantrum from Emma to her father. She’s entering her teenage years of her relationship with her father – well you can talk Mr Keeping Secrets!
I liked the build up to Regina’s redemption much more than the actual shiny sparkly light moment. Henry believing in her has been a constant theme of the show from the beginning, and builds on the past season of redemption arc. Robin coming to her support was a lovely cherry on the top.
Captain Swan lack of TLK – well, it wasn’t a kiss, it was particularly unrealistic CPR. (I was a surf life saver for many years and was yelling at my computer “clear his airways before breathing!!”)
What was with the green smoke at the end? I kept expecting Zelena to spring back, much like she did after melting.
