Once upon a Time 4.02
Beastly day for rl reasons, but I did manage (some) tv. OuaT, I embrace your endearing corniness! You make me happy when I direly need it!
( It's your curse, you fix the electricity! )
( It's your curse, you fix the electricity! )
I didn't entirely agree with Anna's reaction to David's reasoning, but it worked as a response to her experience in the film, and the whole dynamic was endearing. I liked "You can always give up tomorrow."
It's great to see Emma having a friend who isn't related to her or a love interest, although a shame it's one who might disappear completely after the Frozen-themed plot is done. The way they're handling Elsa expands on the character; she's not cured of her problems and but does try to take control of the situation to find Anna while reducing the likelihood of getting targeted for her mishaps. Emma detecting this and putting her empathy to good use was great. She hasn't been an Anna before, but she has become good at taking care of others and reaching out.
Delighted with Snow becoming Mayor and solving the problem. I'd been wondering who was supposed to be Mayor; we'd seen twice that Regina still used her office in the last two seasons, but I wasn't sure how the implication there went with the townspeople's general aversion to her for most of that time, and attributed the lack of clarity to the timeframes after season one being shorter. Of course that was before Snow invited Regina to rule with her at the beginning of the Enchanted Forest year. Anyway, now we know! It's great to see Snow persisting through the work and getting to be a mother like she'd wanted to be for so long.
I've felt for a while that Henry was underused when it came to his pov versus his parents' pov on him--see Neverland, where he did get a viewpoint to an extent but seeing his reaction in the aftermath didn't pan out--so I was glad to see the episode look on his problem and his solution through his eyes. He always has this powerful need to take care of his parents (with both Emma and Regina, since even when he was opposing the latter he never wanted her harmed, just to stop her from harming others) and we got to see that without them taking center stage. Enjoyed the parallels drawn between all three of them.
Relatedly, my inference is that part of Regina's reason for pushing Henry away is based on not wanting him to know and disapprove of her large-scale plan to secure happiness, given how he's usually been against them. She was won over by a profession of constant devotion, so I'm curious to know how that will factor into what she intends to do.
Everything ahead looks dark for Rumplestiltskin. Even his present-day "I'll repay Baelfire" self is cracking jokes about killing another one of Hook's girlfriends along with not helping.
Reply
Yes, I liked that a lot. It makes for gradual development, and also it occurs to me Elsa meets Emma just at the right point in Emma's life. I.e. after Emma has had some experience of strange powers and having to live with expectations. Bounty hunter Emma might have felt sorry for Elsa but would not have been able to reach out to her. And for Emma, as you say, it's nice to befriend someone who is neither a love interest nor a relation.
re: Regina's original reason for pushing Henry away, you could be on to something. He's a smart kid, as she knows, and whatever she now plans to do to track down the author of the book would not go unnoticed by him.
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment