Heart of Darkness Questions
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abc_onceuponAs usual, I have a few discussion points and questions for the latest episode.
1. Let's start with the end: who thinks Mary Margaret chose to escape from the cell and who thinks it was a fakeout/she was kidnapped? I can go either way (and if she is kidnapped later that doesn't mean she didn't leave on her own first); however, we didn't see her leave and that makes me think we didn't see it for a reason.
2. Kathryn. Well, she certainly looks dead doesn't she? But with no body I'm still not sure. I've seen enough tv to know that no body means the writers can wiggle out of it and DNA tests can be faked. The easiest way to do it would be to give a reference sample which matches the heart but is not Kathryn's DNA.
3. Now since Rumpel gave Snow a bow and arrow which always finds its target and would get her what she needs, how likely is it that he did a deal with Cupid at some point? It seems clear to me that a never-missing bow wouldn't miss even if someone got in front of it unless it hit exactly who it was supposed to.
4. Which makes you wonder why he sold Snow the love killing potion in the first place. He needed the deal to get her hair! And then he needed the deal with Charming to get his hair. (While carefully not letting them know he had or wanted both of their hairs.)
5. And then I wonder how many times he has tried this - to bottle love using the hair of two people in love. Perhaps the reason the curse was finally ready for him to sell was that he finally got the love potion. He says he has never been able to make the potion so this is his first time succeeding. Without that he doesn't have the control he needs? Doesn't have the curse breaker all set to go? Some other reason?
6. I'm also seriously in awe of both his and Regina's timing. Once again he shows up exactly at the right time to offer his legal services to Mary Margaret. How do they do it? No one can be that good at being the right place at the right time just by luck. Perhaps they have an in with the writers? :)
7. We finally got an answer as to how Gold got free! Did it surprise anyone though? He owns the town - I always figured he used his influence in town to persuade a judge to let him off. This was the right time to bring it up, however, as it was relevant in his discussion with Mary Margaret. Influence is exactly what she needs right now.
8. Did we finally see a crack in Emma's certainty about the nature of fairytales and Henry's book this episode? Maybe a small one though it was more a crack in her certainty that Storybrooke is a basically normal, if a bit odd, town. Finding out the Mayor has a key to everyone's house is definitely more than a bit odd.
9. At the very least she has been convinced that she can't go it alone and win against Regina. \o/ Not that I think Mr. Gold has her best interests at heart so it may bite her in the end (and likely will in some way she never anticipated) but Mary Margaret didn't stand a chance without him.
10. Lastly, is Regina the one who is setting up Mary Margaret? I've been thinking it is - heart in a box is her MO after all - but I have become suspicious of Mr. Gold. Both of them have something to gain by framing Mary Margaret. Regina gets to watch Mary suffer at the very least and maybe get convicted, but if not people will still be wondering about her and whether she really did it. While Gold, well, he gets Emma in his shop willing to go as far as it takes or even farther (love the callback to episode 2 BTW), as well as looking like a really good guy defending Mary pro bono. And who would suspect someone of framing the framer?
1. Let's start with the end: who thinks Mary Margaret chose to escape from the cell and who thinks it was a fakeout/she was kidnapped? I can go either way (and if she is kidnapped later that doesn't mean she didn't leave on her own first); however, we didn't see her leave and that makes me think we didn't see it for a reason.
2. Kathryn. Well, she certainly looks dead doesn't she? But with no body I'm still not sure. I've seen enough tv to know that no body means the writers can wiggle out of it and DNA tests can be faked. The easiest way to do it would be to give a reference sample which matches the heart but is not Kathryn's DNA.
3. Now since Rumpel gave Snow a bow and arrow which always finds its target and would get her what she needs, how likely is it that he did a deal with Cupid at some point? It seems clear to me that a never-missing bow wouldn't miss even if someone got in front of it unless it hit exactly who it was supposed to.
4. Which makes you wonder why he sold Snow the love killing potion in the first place. He needed the deal to get her hair! And then he needed the deal with Charming to get his hair. (While carefully not letting them know he had or wanted both of their hairs.)
5. And then I wonder how many times he has tried this - to bottle love using the hair of two people in love. Perhaps the reason the curse was finally ready for him to sell was that he finally got the love potion. He says he has never been able to make the potion so this is his first time succeeding. Without that he doesn't have the control he needs? Doesn't have the curse breaker all set to go? Some other reason?
6. I'm also seriously in awe of both his and Regina's timing. Once again he shows up exactly at the right time to offer his legal services to Mary Margaret. How do they do it? No one can be that good at being the right place at the right time just by luck. Perhaps they have an in with the writers? :)
7. We finally got an answer as to how Gold got free! Did it surprise anyone though? He owns the town - I always figured he used his influence in town to persuade a judge to let him off. This was the right time to bring it up, however, as it was relevant in his discussion with Mary Margaret. Influence is exactly what she needs right now.
8. Did we finally see a crack in Emma's certainty about the nature of fairytales and Henry's book this episode? Maybe a small one though it was more a crack in her certainty that Storybrooke is a basically normal, if a bit odd, town. Finding out the Mayor has a key to everyone's house is definitely more than a bit odd.
9. At the very least she has been convinced that she can't go it alone and win against Regina. \o/ Not that I think Mr. Gold has her best interests at heart so it may bite her in the end (and likely will in some way she never anticipated) but Mary Margaret didn't stand a chance without him.
10. Lastly, is Regina the one who is setting up Mary Margaret? I've been thinking it is - heart in a box is her MO after all - but I have become suspicious of Mr. Gold. Both of them have something to gain by framing Mary Margaret. Regina gets to watch Mary suffer at the very least and maybe get convicted, but if not people will still be wondering about her and whether she really did it. While Gold, well, he gets Emma in his shop willing to go as far as it takes or even farther (love the callback to episode 2 BTW), as well as looking like a really good guy defending Mary pro bono. And who would suspect someone of framing the framer?
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