Episode Discussion 1x12: Skin Deep

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Episode Discussion 1x12: Skin Deep

After Mr. Gold's house is robbed, Emma keeps a close eye on him when it looks like he wants to track down the criminal and dole out some vigilante justice as payback, and Valentine's Day finds Mary Margaret, Ruby and Ashley having a girls' night out. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Belle agrees to a fateful deal to give up her freedom in order to save her town from the horrors of the Ogre war.

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Comments

[malana.livejournal.com]

So, all in all, I think this was my favorite episode of the season so far. Yeah, they took a hell of a lot of liberties with the story, but I dug it. I mean, one of my favorite parts of the Hansel and Gretel thing was that they didn't make i into their father abandoning them because of an evil stepmother. There were lots of fun little nods to the classic tellings of the story, and the depth that it adds to Rumpel's character is really interesting.

Frankly, I've had enough of episodes where the fairy tales are very insulated from the main characters and storylines. Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella....they come and do their thing and then pretty much disappear into the background. So I liked that this one both brought in a new character/fairy tale, but tied into the long term story line as well.

[airolf.livejournal.com]

THIS! My favorite ep by far. But also because I like Rumple!