Rewind Monday Hiatus Hijinks

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Welcome to Rewind Monday, Oncers! Today we are discussing The Pilot.

You can just tell your thoughts about The Pilot and/or answer the questions. Your choice. If you want to get creative and review it another way, go for it!

1. Did you watch The Pilot when it aired or did you watch it from a site that streams TV shows?

2. What do you think of The Pilot now?

3. Snow White told Charming that Regina wanted to kill her because she was prettier than Regina. Do you think this was a call out to the Disney movie/original fairy tale or do you think Snow was too ashamed to tell him the real reason?

4. Jen Morrison knew from the beginning who Henry's father is. Did she give anything away in her performance?

5. What did you think when Regina first appeared both in FTL and Storybrooke? What do you think now?

6. Do you think Gold recognized Emma or just her name when she checked in at Granny's? Do you think hearing her name broke the curse for him?

7. Do you think there was something going on between Ruby and Gold?

Comments

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1. Did you watch The Pilot when it aired or did you watch it from a site that streams TV shows?

I streamed it. I got into season one about halfway through. Plus I don't have a TV right now.

2. What do you think of The Pilot now?

I think it was a good setup. I think the show got more interesting characterization later on. And the whole Emma as Henry's real mother from season one still annoys me. But on a whole, I think the Pilot was a good start to the show.

3. Snow White told Charming that Regina wanted to kill her because she was prettier than Regina. Do you think this was a call out to the Disney movie/original fairy tale or do you think Snow was too ashamed to tell him the real reason?

I think it was a little of both. I think the writers were referencing the original. I'm not sure they'd even decided the real reason yet or not. But I think in-show Snow was ashamed of the real reason or at least didn't want to talk about it.

4. Jen Morrison knew from the beginning who Henry's father is. Did she give anything away in her performance?

Not until season 2. I think in season 2 I kind of got the idea of what was going to happen. Not sure that's her performance, though. Certainly not in the pilot.

5. What did you think when Regina first appeared both in FTL and Storybrooke? What do you think now?

I thought she was badass. I was excited to have a female villain. I thought the motherhood angle was interesting and hoped they would be nuanced with it. Now she's my favorite character. I think she's the most interesting and most complex character. I love her redemption arc. And while season one was iffy on the motherhood angle, I'm glad with where they went with it eventually (although they still sometimes go too far into birth mother=real mother like the idea that once the memory spell was gone Emma had any legal right to take Henry back to New York without Regina's permission).

6. Do you think Gold recognized Emma or just her name when she checked in at Granny's? Do you think hearing her name broke the curse for him?

No, I don't think he recognized her. Just her name.

7. Do you think there was something going on between Ruby and Gold?

Nope.