What? No flashback in this episode? Well, that’s unusual. But then again, it’s not the first time this
happened. ‘Broken’ was the first episode that broke that mold. Sadly, there wasn't too much to talk about in this episode, but I'll do my best.
Our heroes
surmise that they can use the fact that both Henry and Aurora can enter into
the Post-Sleeping Curse netherworld in order to swap messages with
Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold, in the hopes that he knows of some way to get them
back to Storybrooke. Because while they
have the compass, they have no plan on how to get the wardrobe ashes from Cora. Gold suggests that they try using the squid
ink that was used with the magic quill that got him imprisoned way back in ‘The Price of Gold,’ which should
paralyze Cora. But before Henry can
instruct Aurora to visit Rumpelstiltskin’s old jail cell in order to find the
squid ink, the Enchanted Forest posse are attacked by Cora’s army of heartless
zombies. In the chaos of the zombie
attack, Aurora is captured and taken to Cora. Not only
that, but the discovery that Henry got a severe burn from his last visit to the
netherworld leads to David/Charming and Regina deciding that it’s too risky to
send Henry back. What follows is a
rather touching moment when David/Charming volunteers to be put under a
sleeping curse so he can communicate with Mary Margret/Snow. It’s just really a perfect demonstration of
how connected these two are, because David/Charming simply KNOWS that Mary
Margret/Snow will plan to enter into the netherworld in Aurora’s place. You can’t help but adore these subtle ways
they illustrate how these two are the very essence of True Love, and how they
know each other so completely, they can simply anticipate what the other is
planning to do, even when they’re in separate worlds. And their interaction in the netherworld was
just perfect. Not to mention the timing
of their reactions was just spot-on, particularly in regards to Mary
Margret/Snow. She was all ‘You’re here!
Oh, I’m so happy to see you.
Waitaminute… how are you
here? Oh, no! Tell me you didn’t!’ That right there is one of the moments when
you just feel that these aren’t just fairy tale characters but a real married
couple, and I adore it. Although, was
anyone else reminded of Phantom of the Opera when David/Charming was in the
Hall of Mirrors? Because I was, and I
don’t pretend to know why.
We also get a
wedge forming between Mulan & Emma and Mary Margret/Snow, particularly after Aurora
gets captured by Cora. Mulan’s loyalty
has always been first and foremost with Aurora and Phillip’s final instructions
to protect her. So when it comes down to
saving Aurora or making sure Emma and Snow get home, she’s of course going to
choose Aurora. But my real question is,
how’d she manage to get the compass off of Emma without her noticing? I realize Emma was kinda focused on her
mother and how she was trying to reenter the sleeping curse netherworld at the time, but even so. I just
always got the impression Emma was sharper than that. There was also that nice little scene with
the captured Aurora and Cora, when the latter tried to sever Aurora’s loyalty
to Emma and Mary Margret/Snow with the promise of information on how to get
Phillip back. Aurora might not be
fighter strong like Emma, Mary Margret/Snow and Mulan, but that scene did show
she had her own brand of strength.
There’s also
the issue of Hook realigning himself with Cora in this episode, which involves
him taking Aurora’s heart (not sure how he accomplished that without waking her
up in the process, but oh well) and giving it to Cora so she can use the princess as a mole. To be
honest, seeing this is not too surprising, as he said a few episodes back that
his loyalty was with whoever got him to Storybrooke. At this point, his only goal is to get
Rumpelstiltskin, and it’s quite possibly the only thing that’s kept him going
for the past few centuries. I tend to
think his preference would have certainly been to go to Storybrooke with Emma
and company, but his effort to prove his trustworthiness to them didn’t exactly work. What more could he have done to prove his loyalty to Emma and the others? He'd already given it his best shot and all it got him was getting shackled up in Anton's treasure hold for 10 hours. So, he didn’t really have
any other option open to him at this point.
Great
Sleeping Beauty reference with the spinning wheel they used to place
David/Charming under the sleeping curse.
I mean, we already knew Aurora, Phillip and Maleficent are real, so
obviously the spinning wheel was a thing, too.
Still was awesome to see.
No comments:
Post a Comment