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abc_onceuponIt's time for my questions and discussion points for this week's episode. Only one more left.
1. This episode did answer some questions but it did it in a way that creates more questions. Now we know Snow didn't have any idea about Daniel until she ate the apple, so why did Snow think Regina hated her and was willing to have her killed? And killed Leopold? Most of the Snow and Charming fairybacks we've seen are pre-apple and Snow was very aware that she ruined Regina's life then.
2. And another answer which creates a question: When did Regina realize for certain Emma is "The Savior"? At the end of episode 2 when she discussed it with Mr. Gold? Because all season it has been played as Regina hating Emma for interfering with Henry not Regina fearing that Emma will break the curse and here we find out she has known for a long time.
3. This brings up the second part we learned about the curse breaking; that Emma's death will shatter the curse. Hmmm. Gold obviously knew that (and very obviously wrote that clause into the curse) which brings up the question of why he hasn't killed her? I have two possible answers. First, perhaps he doesn't want to kill her and is willing to wait a bit for her to believe instead, and, second, killing her would create an outcome he doesn't want (like everyone going back to FTL) so he has to wait. Oooh, I just thought of a third: killing Emma only breaks the curse if Regina does it since Regina cast the curse.
4. Okay, where the hell did Jefferson come from? I can see why he wouldn't volunteer to Regina that he had another hat which works (if it did) but we better get an explanation next week. Especially since I don't see where he had time to disappear in the normal way after falling two stories onto hard ground before Emma and Mary Margaret looked out of the window.
5. We now have confirmation that Jefferson's hat can travel through time as well as space. Why couldn't Rumpelstiltskin have used a dimension jumper then? It looks to me as though (with proper aim) it could have brought Rumpel right to Bae. Or did the Blue Fairy have a reason she wanted the curse to be used?
6. Gold is studying his globe and planning a trip. Where to? We know he doesn't know where Bae is (or even how old he is) or he couldn't have been fooled by August, and also the world is a BIG place. It's not as though he needs to visit a few villages or a small area. He would need a direction and I'm wondering where he is going to get one.
7. The apple is more than Regina's favorite fruit and method of destruction, it is also tied into the health of the curse. The curse seems to be sustaining the apple tree since weakening the curse weakens her tree. Does it also work in the other direction? Would cutting down the apple tree end the curse? Also, anyone having a weird craving for apple turnovers? We did see one 'kill' Henry but it looked so tasty! Nom.
8. When Regina wanted to make a new deal with Gold and he told her she had nothing he wanted I'm sure a large portion of the viewing audience said 'Belle' to the screen. Why didn't Regina pull out the Belle card then? Not desperate enough maybe? I can see it blowing up in her face quite easily and I'm sure she can too.
9. If Regina can rewrite people as she promised she would do for Jefferson, how often do you think she rewrote things in the 28 years of the curse? I'm thinking often because otherwise Storybrooke is simply too damn boring and also Evil Queens do need to have hobbies. Maybe that is why Henry was in therapy. It wasn't that nothing ever changed. It's that things did and no one remembered they were ever different. :)
10. Will Emma's kiss wake up Henry next week? True love doesn't only have to mean romantic love. It can be familial love as well. (Or as Emma was created from true love and likely written into the curse through the true love potion, perhaps her kisses always have the power of true love.) Assuming the kiss is used and works, does Emma have to believe the concept first or will the kiss work anyway and thereby trigger her belief?
11. Is Emma now at the point of still truly not believing or is she at the point of not wanting to believe? The way she talked this week gave me the impression she doesn't have the same certainty that she had before. I'm sure Henry is counting on that.
Well, that is all I have for this week! If anyone is interested in more of my thoughts on the episode, I wrote a review here.
1. This episode did answer some questions but it did it in a way that creates more questions. Now we know Snow didn't have any idea about Daniel until she ate the apple, so why did Snow think Regina hated her and was willing to have her killed? And killed Leopold? Most of the Snow and Charming fairybacks we've seen are pre-apple and Snow was very aware that she ruined Regina's life then.
2. And another answer which creates a question: When did Regina realize for certain Emma is "The Savior"? At the end of episode 2 when she discussed it with Mr. Gold? Because all season it has been played as Regina hating Emma for interfering with Henry not Regina fearing that Emma will break the curse and here we find out she has known for a long time.
3. This brings up the second part we learned about the curse breaking; that Emma's death will shatter the curse. Hmmm. Gold obviously knew that (and very obviously wrote that clause into the curse) which brings up the question of why he hasn't killed her? I have two possible answers. First, perhaps he doesn't want to kill her and is willing to wait a bit for her to believe instead, and, second, killing her would create an outcome he doesn't want (like everyone going back to FTL) so he has to wait. Oooh, I just thought of a third: killing Emma only breaks the curse if Regina does it since Regina cast the curse.
4. Okay, where the hell did Jefferson come from? I can see why he wouldn't volunteer to Regina that he had another hat which works (if it did) but we better get an explanation next week. Especially since I don't see where he had time to disappear in the normal way after falling two stories onto hard ground before Emma and Mary Margaret looked out of the window.
5. We now have confirmation that Jefferson's hat can travel through time as well as space. Why couldn't Rumpelstiltskin have used a dimension jumper then? It looks to me as though (with proper aim) it could have brought Rumpel right to Bae. Or did the Blue Fairy have a reason she wanted the curse to be used?
6. Gold is studying his globe and planning a trip. Where to? We know he doesn't know where Bae is (or even how old he is) or he couldn't have been fooled by August, and also the world is a BIG place. It's not as though he needs to visit a few villages or a small area. He would need a direction and I'm wondering where he is going to get one.
7. The apple is more than Regina's favorite fruit and method of destruction, it is also tied into the health of the curse. The curse seems to be sustaining the apple tree since weakening the curse weakens her tree. Does it also work in the other direction? Would cutting down the apple tree end the curse? Also, anyone having a weird craving for apple turnovers? We did see one 'kill' Henry but it looked so tasty! Nom.
8. When Regina wanted to make a new deal with Gold and he told her she had nothing he wanted I'm sure a large portion of the viewing audience said 'Belle' to the screen. Why didn't Regina pull out the Belle card then? Not desperate enough maybe? I can see it blowing up in her face quite easily and I'm sure she can too.
9. If Regina can rewrite people as she promised she would do for Jefferson, how often do you think she rewrote things in the 28 years of the curse? I'm thinking often because otherwise Storybrooke is simply too damn boring and also Evil Queens do need to have hobbies. Maybe that is why Henry was in therapy. It wasn't that nothing ever changed. It's that things did and no one remembered they were ever different. :)
10. Will Emma's kiss wake up Henry next week? True love doesn't only have to mean romantic love. It can be familial love as well. (Or as Emma was created from true love and likely written into the curse through the true love potion, perhaps her kisses always have the power of true love.) Assuming the kiss is used and works, does Emma have to believe the concept first or will the kiss work anyway and thereby trigger her belief?
11. Is Emma now at the point of still truly not believing or is she at the point of not wanting to believe? The way she talked this week gave me the impression she doesn't have the same certainty that she had before. I'm sure Henry is counting on that.
Well, that is all I have for this week! If anyone is interested in more of my thoughts on the episode, I wrote a review here.
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