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Whether or not this constitutes a healthy, adult relationship—and whether the romanticized aspect applies equally to all ships on the show–is the sticking point.
I’ll be one of the first to defend the Captain Swan relationship. However, I do not condone lying. Lying is never healthy and it reflects poorly on their relationship this season.
[adrotate group="5"]There better be more to this. There wasn’t much in the promo regarding storybrooke. They must be keeping things under wraps. Rarely do we get most of the promo in a flashback.
So many loaded questions and it disappoints m that they probably won’t get answered. This was a classic Lost episode that introduced more questions than answers. It sounds as if Saviors are made, not born, similarly with magic. And it does seem like there is a certain criteria but what that criteria is is very vague right now.
Any chance Jafar was using the Oracle girl to disguise himself and now he’s using Aladdin. Maybe Aladdin in storybrooke is actually Jafar and that’s why he gave Emma the shears so she could do the same thing Aladdin did. Or maybe Aladdin is actually alive somewhere else and never used the shears!
Overall: 5/10
Did not care for this really. Was pretty disappointed. They had been hyping this up for awhile now and what we got felt incredibly simplistic. Now we didn’t get the classic pick up and twirl Jasmine scene which makes me think we will see more of them in Agrabah so that gives me so hope. Can someone clarify something for me: did Aladdin just become a “savior” when he touched the “diamond in the rough?” And did Jasmine know that was going to happen? If so, why didn’t she just take the diamond for herself and give herself the power?
Liked:
– I actually liked the two actors playing Jasmine and Aladdin. With Aladdin, I thought he was just goofy enough like the movie and really looked the part. The romance was fast but I guess I’m immune to that on this show.
– Emma and Henry scene.
– Snow and Emma scene.
– Regina finding out Emma thinks it could be her under the cloak. And then Regina dismissing it and still trying to help them in the moment.
– Jafar’s magic is very violent. Idk how it was on the spinoff show but we saw in the premiere this season he slammed that girl against the wall really hard. And then he shoved Jasmine into the wall really hard again in this episode. It was quite violent which I appreciate. I like when they distinguish everyone’s magic a little and not just by colors. Hades had a little taste for the theatrics and even bowed before poofing away. I like that Jafar is violent and uses his snake cane as his magic. Was there an origin story about how Jafar actually became Jafar and how he got his staff? Did they tackle that in Wonderland bc that is something I’d like to see.
– Aladdin and the apple. Oh and the “I can show you the world” line.
– I thought the CGI held up decently. It was cool to see the hour glass and magic carpet and the Abu statue.
– The bird on Jafar…..is that actually a real bird? If not, it actually looked pretty good.
– Sister bonding at the Three Bears Spa. Good god hilarious.Mixed:
– The cave looked ok I guess. It’s hard bc in the movie it was so massive and it looked so cool. Here, we had one room full of gold.
– Zelena turning evil again. Listen, I get she has walked this fence a lot and can be persuaded quite easily but she literally just saved everybody by killing the one she loved. She was supposedly good. I hate the flip floppiness just to serve the plot at hand.
Disliked:
– So the oracle actually was an oracle? Is the Oracle the red bird? The same bird on Jafar’s shoulder? Where did she come from? It made more sense that it was Jafar disguised as the oracle instead of just having a random girl show up in the woods.
– What are Jafar’s motivations? How did JAsmine get to the Land of Untold Stories? Why did Aladdin choose the way out of being a Savior? Did Jafar actually work under the Sultan like in the movie? What does he want? In the moview he wanted to marry Jasmine and become the ruler so when Aladdin came along, that was a wrench in his plan. What does he want now? All these new characters were thrown at us but the flashback felt so simplistic and I didn’t feel I truly understood why the characters were doing what they were doing.
– Open sesame. Really? And why didn’t the face on the cave talk? I mean, come on.
– Hook, what on Earth are you doing? THESE TWO NEED TO STOP LYING TO EACH OTHER. I get why he’d want to keep it but you have to tell Emma.
– No Mr. Gold/Rumple. Boo. He better have an arc this season that isn’t just him abusing Belle.
– This episode didn’t move the plot along at all. All we found out was that Aladdin was here hiding the whole time and there are shears that can take Emma away from being the Savior. There has to be more they have up their sleeve as to why they introduced Aladdin and Jasmine this year. It has to be more than just because Aladdin was a former Savior. They have to tie in to something more, and Jafar as well.
This episode was amazing. I did not see the whole Penguin actually being in love with Nygma storyline happening. Very interesting. And the guy that plays the mad hatter was unreal this episode. This was my favorite this season hands down.
I found this episode confusing. I’m still intrigued but I was definitely confused. I think it’s just because they aren’t telling us anything. Like I have no idea what the MiB is doing. Now he wants to free these robots? Why? And what is Ford building? What are his motivations? And what’s up with Logan? What did that prisoner say to him exactly? I guess I don’t understand what everyone’s motivations are so I’m confused as to what’s actually going on. It could be the show keeping everything close to the chest but the only thing I really understand at this point is that Dolores and Maeve are starting to remember things and now Dolores and the MiB want to find the center of the maze.
Agree with pretty much everything said above. More Nygma. And let’s not keep the Hatter out of the episode again, ok?
