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 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-03-10 12:56am 

Not really crazy about this latest episode, either.

Best part was the investigation into what happened to Kathryn. Still bugs me that Emma can't tell Sidney's a double-agent.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-03-12 12:05am 

So, we're picking up steam again.

I completely misjudged Regina's motive. Instead of framing Charming for Kathryn's death, she's framed Snow.

It was also a nice twist on the traditional Red Riding Hood story. Glad to see Red and Granny fleshed out more.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-03-12 06:52am 

Well, after a slump of mediocre episodes, we're back on track and the story is picking up again. I'm interested to see how the story moves.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-03-12 09:26pm 

I'm curious how Snow's fingerprints got on the box. Either Regina magicked them or Snow touched the box before her exile.

If the former, it again demonstrates how well Regina's adjusted to the real world and how she's using forensics to her advantage.

If the latter, then Snow has no memory of touching it and no defense.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-03-18 09:03pm 

Well, we know how Snow's fingerprints got on the box, it's her jewelry box, that Regina took from her apartment and planted the knife with the ring of keys.

And in the story book world, Rumpelstiltskin has bottled true love, so the hairs from Snow paid off. I wonder how they'll work out.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-03-26 06:20pm 

I've been following this show. I like it.

It should be entertaining to watch Mr. Gold double-cross Regina without ever actually breaking his word. At least, that's what I predict will be happening. I'm also predicting that once that happens Regina will play Belle as a bargaining chip to get him to do her bidding at which point he'll call in his favor with Emma.

Should also be fun to watch Emma transition into believing in the curse/magic.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 12:03am 

So, now we finally know what Snow did to earn her Regina's undying wrath. Not what I was expecting ,but well played. It's easy to see how her mother taught her the ropes.

Also, Emma is finally cottoned on to Sidney's double agent status. The question is, will she go after him immediately or feed him misinformation?

And Kathryn's still alive...that throws a spanner in Regina's plans and the murder charge, doesn't it?

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 10:08am 

I don't think Emma will do the smart thing and feed misinformation. Though now that Kathryn has been found, the charges will be have to be dropped. Of course, the question is, where did the heart come from? Wasn't it confirmed to be Kathryn's?

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 10:55am 

It's a 50/50 chance. Ideally, Emma should realize that Regina has known every move of their game from the start and use that to her advantage. But I agree that if Emma lets her emotions get to her, then she will probably go after the ex-reporter. If anyone could convince her to take a more long-term route with Sindey, it would be either Gold or Booth.

On the subject of Booth, based on last night's preview, I've got a new theory to his identity:



On a side note, I am curious to know what happened to Cora. Was it stated earlier in the season whether she was dead by the time Regina activated the Curse?



Yes, DNA matched it to Kathryn. It's possible that Regina magically produced the heart.

But if so, why bring Kathryn back now when the trial is about to destroy her old enemy? Or is Gold's doing?

Again, this is the problem with a cerebral antagonist like Regina; you need to take into account the possibility that there are plans within plans. That, or I'm giving her too much credit.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 12:59pm 

With Mr. Gold, I'd say you would be right about plans within plans. Regina doesn't seem that clever. Her arrogance and grandstanding, to Emma usually, have stopped her more often than not. Her big Achilles heel has always been her love of bragging to whoever she's up against.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 01:48pm 

That's a more accurate assessment. Regina's clever, but not in Gold's league.

Still, it begs one question: If Emma hadn't come to town, would she still have tried something like this to make Mary's life hell?

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 02:42pm 

Probably not, she enjoyed things being static for almost 30 years. With Mary forever alone and David in a coma. It was only when Emma came to town that the status quo started getting shook up, things started changing(the first being the clock moving), and Regina as queen of the town in all but name.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 03:44pm 

Agreed.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-02 11:55pm 

somehow I was thinking you were talking about the Sergio Leone douology where I would say that once upon a time in the west is the better half. Also I need to get my copy of my nam is nobody back from that cook...

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-03 05:42pm 

One thing I don't understand is why Mr. Gold had to cut a deal with Regina at all.
Can't he basically give her orders by saying 'please'?

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-23 11:41am 

Another episode this week, and now we know where the curse originally came from.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-23 12:01pm 

And we also have a major continuity error: if all magic ceases to function in this world, then how does Queenie's magical heart-deposit-box room still work? She killed the Huntsman with magic, by crushing his magically extracted and magically stored heart.

At the very least we have some exceptions to the whole "this world has no magic" line.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-23 01:39pm 

I'm assuming Regina found some kind of loophole or way of overcoming that. Our world may just have a different kind of magic, which is what she's drawing on.

I also think this is why Gold used the 'please' order as part of the deal, to conceal his inability to draw upon his old magic from Regina. Probably wrong, but you never know.

Anyway, I liked seeing Gold's backstory fleshed out even more. Now we know why he developed the curse and why he was in the state he was when Belle was brought in.

Regina's attempts at damage control -- ie sacrificing Sidney - were laughable. Gold played her and she's losing control of the gaming board.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-23 02:29pm 

Other measures of magic have been demonstrated:
1. No one can leave the town
2. Until Emma showed up time in the town was at a standstill

I think all magic not directly connected to Emma (the hatter claimed she had magic before his disappearance) has to come from the curse. Therefore Regina is the sole person able to "control" the curse as its originator and so retains some magical abilities.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-29 08:08pm 

Well, we know who August is now.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-04-30 12:10am 

Once again, things now fall into a different order.

The Blue Fairy was right. If Snow had come through as Emma's guardian, things would have turned out differently. No one counted on Gepetto's refusal to play ball -- or that without a suitable protector, Emma would be too emotionally damaged.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-05-01 03:09pm 

I'm not so sure Snow would've made a "suitable" protector in this world either.

I mean, the only two professions she's ever known are being royalty and being a thief. Only of those would work in America; add to that she'd be telling her child that they're actually fairytale characters from a parallel universe and it'd only take one run-in with the law before CPS steps in and we get back to square one as far as Emma is concerned.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-05-01 11:20pm 

Fair enough.

But I think Snow at least would have had an easier time about it then a 7-year old boy.

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-05-07 12:13am 

Oh, Regina really should have taken Emma's deal...

 Post subject: Re: "Once Upon a Time" Talkback (Spoilers)

Posted: 2012-05-07 12:56am 

So, who is Henry's true love?