Once Upon a Time: "The Doctor" (2.5) Thoughts
My thoughts and feelings on this episode are so mixed! Let me get this out of the way first: the stuff with Emma/Snow/Mulan/Aurora and Hook is all set up for next week. It was okay and I'm so happy Emma can still see when people lie, but. . .eh. I really wish this show would stop with the three places per episode, because it's really ruining the
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With Regina, I feel like they went way too fast in "The Stable Boy" and her reason (which everyone said would make you feel great pity for Regina and make you understand her more, etc) didn't work, because it was too fast and because hating a ten year old for a stupid mistake and than cursing a whole world for that mistake is completely stupid and idiotic. I think the writers realized that mistake and quickly decided to change it, but this new direction is just as bad. It's too fast, as you said. Villains can have sad stories and they can be redeemed, just not this way.
I also disliked the total lack of empathy from these characters, and Rumple's Malevolent glee in having finally created his very own "monster" (ie Regina). It lent a nasty misogynistic spin to the proceedings (and to Rumple, Victor, and Jefferson) that I really disliked.
Agreed. Not only did it leave a nasty taste in my mouth, but it left me wondering about the characters. Jefferson always seemed like a nice-ish guy and suddenly he's partly to blame for Regina's turning to her dark side? It's like the Snow vs. Regina thing didn't work, so they decided to make her a victim. Only it doesn't really work because it doesn't feel like she's a victim. It feels like she was naive and let herself get into this by going back to Rumpel, instead of moving on. g
And I can't feel sorry for her the way they show wants me too (at least not in the flashbacks) because she's do
ne all this horrid stuff to people. I want a redemption arc for her in StoryBrooke, but I want it to go slow and be realistic, with her taking responisblity for all the wrongs she's committed.
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