Questions/Discussion Points for The Doctor
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abc_onceuponI have my review and discussion questions for The Doctor...
1. Why exactly did Cora kill the ENTIRE settlement? So they would have to take Hook with them maybe? I'm glad that for whatever reason the women were on their guard with him and didn't trust him right on through.
2. So, Emma can tell when people are lying, huh? Tell me another one! The writers need to pick one or the other. But maybe she got her truth sense serviced over the summer break.
3. Okay, so Regina is married to Leopold as of this episode. I thought she sent mom through the looking glass before the wedding. I suppose they'll come back to this the way they do since it seems as though some time has passed (perhaps even a few months) but why did she marry him? Or why did she stay with him? I was hoping for more than a throw away line about it after We Are Both.
4. Did you find exceedingly innocent Regina believable in this episode? We know she was having intense revenge fantasies not too long ago. How about the change to Evil Queen Regina? That was quick if she was as nice as she seemed the rest of the episode.
5. Damn, Cora took a lot of hearts! I'm not surprised she couldn't keep track. And Regina also says she couldn't keep track but she must have noted the important ones at least since she had no trouble finding Graham's heart.
6. When Regina dusted Daniel, he had someone else's heart in him. Hmmm. Did the someone else drop dead at that moment? Freak heart attack with no history of heart disease! I'm also wondering if the hearts can 'live' after the person dies. Or is destroying the heart the only way to die? I wonder if they'll get into any of that.
7. What is your thought on how Regina preserved Daniel with a spell when she didn't know any until he was dead at a few days if not a few weeks? I've decided either Cora preserved him in a bid to control her or the preservation spell can also reverse decomposition.
8. Charming: "I have no secrets from this town." How smug and sure of himself! How long before it bites him in the ass?
9. Do you think Dr. Whale might be the Wizard of Oz as well as Victor Frankenstein? There were a number of name drops, including calling him a wizard, throughout the episode. We know his revival of his brother went wrong (he mentions that in the episode) so perhaps he found his way to Oz to look for stronger hearts.
10. Regina states in this episode that she took who she wanted in the curse. Gold also mentioned last year that he knew Regina couldn't resist bringing Maleficent. I guess that explains how some people were left behind and how some people got pulled from other realms? But then why bring so many people? Did she have time to hate and remember that many people when she claims to not remember whose hearts she took? I suppose she could have taken the entire population of her kingdom and maybe George's kingdom and then random others.
11. This week Dr. Whale walked across town carrying his arm in a box probably on the same day it got torn off. Last week Hook got his hand cut off and sailed to Neverland shortly thereafter. (Probably hours since who would stick around after fooling the Dark One?) These FTL/Storybook people are tough! And don't tend to lose much blood.
12. Also, Rumpel reattached the arm without any effort at all, and Regina used powerful magic, to immobilize and to disintegrate, without needing a crutch either. It seems that magic may be different but it's more a matter of adjusting to the change than needing to do anything different to access it.
1. Why exactly did Cora kill the ENTIRE settlement? So they would have to take Hook with them maybe? I'm glad that for whatever reason the women were on their guard with him and didn't trust him right on through.
2. So, Emma can tell when people are lying, huh? Tell me another one! The writers need to pick one or the other. But maybe she got her truth sense serviced over the summer break.
3. Okay, so Regina is married to Leopold as of this episode. I thought she sent mom through the looking glass before the wedding. I suppose they'll come back to this the way they do since it seems as though some time has passed (perhaps even a few months) but why did she marry him? Or why did she stay with him? I was hoping for more than a throw away line about it after We Are Both.
4. Did you find exceedingly innocent Regina believable in this episode? We know she was having intense revenge fantasies not too long ago. How about the change to Evil Queen Regina? That was quick if she was as nice as she seemed the rest of the episode.
5. Damn, Cora took a lot of hearts! I'm not surprised she couldn't keep track. And Regina also says she couldn't keep track but she must have noted the important ones at least since she had no trouble finding Graham's heart.
6. When Regina dusted Daniel, he had someone else's heart in him. Hmmm. Did the someone else drop dead at that moment? Freak heart attack with no history of heart disease! I'm also wondering if the hearts can 'live' after the person dies. Or is destroying the heart the only way to die? I wonder if they'll get into any of that.
7. What is your thought on how Regina preserved Daniel with a spell when she didn't know any until he was dead at a few days if not a few weeks? I've decided either Cora preserved him in a bid to control her or the preservation spell can also reverse decomposition.
8. Charming: "I have no secrets from this town." How smug and sure of himself! How long before it bites him in the ass?
9. Do you think Dr. Whale might be the Wizard of Oz as well as Victor Frankenstein? There were a number of name drops, including calling him a wizard, throughout the episode. We know his revival of his brother went wrong (he mentions that in the episode) so perhaps he found his way to Oz to look for stronger hearts.
10. Regina states in this episode that she took who she wanted in the curse. Gold also mentioned last year that he knew Regina couldn't resist bringing Maleficent. I guess that explains how some people were left behind and how some people got pulled from other realms? But then why bring so many people? Did she have time to hate and remember that many people when she claims to not remember whose hearts she took? I suppose she could have taken the entire population of her kingdom and maybe George's kingdom and then random others.
11. This week Dr. Whale walked across town carrying his arm in a box probably on the same day it got torn off. Last week Hook got his hand cut off and sailed to Neverland shortly thereafter. (Probably hours since who would stick around after fooling the Dark One?) These FTL/Storybook people are tough! And don't tend to lose much blood.
12. Also, Rumpel reattached the arm without any effort at all, and Regina used powerful magic, to immobilize and to disintegrate, without needing a crutch either. It seems that magic may be different but it's more a matter of adjusting to the change than needing to do anything different to access it.
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