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So, this week we were treated to not one, but two episodes
of Once Upon A Time. Both of these episodes were not linked in anyway though,
which I was a bit disappointed in, but still we got to see two great episodes
so what more can we ask for? I have taken my top five moments from the first episode, Birth and my top four moments from The Bear King. SPOILER warning for those
who aren’t caught up.
Birth:
This one was definitely my favourite of the two as it was
nice to get some answers about Camelot, everything seemed to tie up quite
nicely and it had me looking forward to more. I really liked the ending and it has sort of confirmed what I believed all along, she really isn't the Dark Swan, really!
5. Merlin
is Tempered
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So in the last episode we find out that Merlin (Elliot
Knight) was tempered to Excalibur and is being controlled by Arthur (Liam
Garrigan). Merlin appears in Granny’s and tells Emma (Jennifer Morrison) why he
disappeared. He tells Emma that Arthur has her family and if she wants to save
them she will have to give up the spark and the dagger. I also can’t stop
wondering why Arthur would run at the sheer mention of Nimue, is he that scared
of a sort of dead Dark One? Hook ends up getting cut by Excalibur, but Emma
quickly helps heal the small cut.
4.
Regret
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In Storybrooke Emma saves Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) from
Arthur, he believes that she is still in there and will do anything he can to
help her. The others don’t believe him so he goes to visit Gold (Robert
Carlyle) and there is a hilarious moment when Belle (Emilie de Ravin) nearly
shoots him with a crossbow, she’s not letting anyone take Gold again. Hook asks
Gold if he knows information about Emma, but he only knows that look in her eye
and tells Hook that Emma has done something she regrets and that she stole his
squid ink. In Camelot, three weeks previously Emma is trying to light the
spark. Rumple appears to tell her she is having trouble as she isn’t willing to
let go of the darkness but Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) comes outside and tries to
cheer her up by telling her about Hooks plans to find them a house.
3.
Mystical Pregnancy
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So Zelena (Rebecca Mader) is only meant to be a few
months pregnant but the Dark Swan speeds up her pregnancy, everyone believes
she is after the baby. Hook is jumping off buildings to get Emma’s attention
during this, but instead ends up with a sleeping potion and is chained up. Dr Whale/Frankenstein
(David Anders) is delivering the baby; turns out he’s had a bit of a hair
change. In Camelot though Emma manages to help Merlin regain some control,
although it nearly costs Mary-Margaret’s (Ginnifer Goodwin) life. Emma still
can’t light the spark and Regina (Lana Parrilla) takes some desperate measures
to find out why, even using the dagger.
2.
It’s a Girl!
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So Zelena has a baby girl, and how happy does Robin (Sean
Maguire) look? Regina is not so happy but I suppose if my sister was that vindictive
we would all have similar feelings. But turns out that Emma was actually after
Zelena and not the baby after all so yeah! Turns out she wants to transfer all
her dark magic to Zelena, that’s why she needed to speed up her pregnancy. When
Hook wakes up in the basement Zelena is there, he takes Regina’s magical cuff
off using the magic from his hook. Zelena runs but Hook stays as he is adamant to
find out what happened in Camelot and goes searching for the squid ink.
1. The
Dark Ones
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So this all came out of nowhere, Hook threw the squid ink
on Emma which freezes her in place and makes her answer truthfully. Zelena that
appears and stabs Hook in the chest, but nothing happens, she then uses the
dreamcatcher to show Hooks memories. Back in Camelot as Emma was forging the
broken blades it turned out that the little cut Hook received before reappears
as a cut from excalibre cannot be saved. Emma will not let him die, even though those around her
(Regina, and her short memory) feel that saving Hook would be a bad idea. She
then takes Excalibur and Hook into a field of pink roses, and even though he is
adamant, she saves him by turning him into another dark one.
So my thoughts on this episode are what? That twist
happening at the end was just classic OUAT, I had thoughts that Regina had gone
properly dark in this episode but I never thought that they would actually
create another Dark One. Hook hates the Dark One with a passion so no wonder he
is pissed, but I really don’t think he will hurt Emma.
The
Bear King:
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Yes I may have been a bit annoyed after turning on this
episode expecting for more of the same from the last episode, but I did enjoy
this episode just not as much. This is why I will make this list my top four
moments.
4.
DunBroch
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So two years before the events of Camelot, The Bear King;
Fergus (Glenn Keogh) goes to visit the wee witch (Lily Knight) who previously
turned Queen Elinor (Caroline Morahan) into a bear. He asks for a help from the
Southern invaders and she gives him a magical crown. When Arthur and Zelena
flee the scene they go to DunBroch in search for this magical object. The wee
witchy woman reappears seconds before Merida (Amy Manson) is about to be
crowned, and tells them about Fergus and the helm and gives Merida twenty-four
hours to return the helm, or else she will turn the whole kingdom into bears.
3.
Mulan is BACK!
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So two years prior Mulan (Jamie Chung) was hired to help
train Merida. Merida goes to find Mulan in the hope that she will help her.
Mulan is not the person we used to know, she is working for the highest bidder,
all down to the poor broken heart she received by Aurora (Sarah Bolger). How
terrible of her. Merida pays her to help and she goes on the stipulation that
she cannot ask her what happened. But eventually when Merida quits the quest,
we begin to see glimmers of the old Mulan.
2.
RUBY IS BACK!
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So Mulan goes to find the witch and instead finds her
wolf, which turns out to be Ruby (Meghan Ory). We also have an entire explanation
for her absence, she went to the enchanted forest after baby Neal was born in
the hopes of finding more of her own kind. But she hasn’t had much luck finding
anyone and was tied up by the witch after she went to her for some help. Ruby
is back with a bang, throwing sleeping powder in Zelena’s face, tracking down
the helmet. I hope this means she is back for some time. I think there’s also
just too much chemistry between her and Mulan for them not to reappear, maybe
back in Storybrooke?
1.
Queen Merida!
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So Merida goes through a really tough time in this
episode, her memory of her father has been tainted by this helmet business. She
even offers MacIntosh (Paul Telfer) the crown; as long as he finds this helmet
before the entire kingdom becomes bears. They track down the knight that killed
her father, which turns out to be Arthur and in another great twist King Fergus
didn’t use it. The men fought for him, not for his crown. When all is said and
done, she refuses to give the witch her helm back, instead telling her she
means to destroy it. To our surprise turns out that’s what the witch wanted,
Fergus asked her to help assure that his line won’t end, and this is the way
she did it. Her magic really isn’t direct is it?
If the episode had aired on its own I think it would have
held up, but I think I was more disappointed with it as I thought it would continue
with the story. Is my fault for forgetting the announcement that Merida, Mulan
and Ruby have their own episode. I really enjoyed all the performances in this
episode, although is Elinor not a bit young to play Merida’s mother? I love
that Ruby and Mulan are back and am interested to see where they end up. Will
Ruby get back to Storybrooke? Hopefully!
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