Season 5 Episode 15: The Brothers Jones Review

Flashbacks: Hook and Liam's relationship is tested.

Underbrooke: Hook reunites with Liam, Henry searches for the Author's Quill, David learns something about his twin brother.

Flashbacks:

The flashbacks start with Killian and Liam cleaning on a cargo ship. They say they won't be on the ship much longer because Liam will get positions at the royal navy

Captain Silver tricks Killian into giving up his money so he has to stay. Liam decides to stay as well.

Captain Silver wants to sail in to the storm to find the gemstone "the Eye of the Storm" The crew stages a (very quick) mutiny over him. Liam goes to the Captain's room and runs into Hades who says that if Liam sails the ship into the storm killing the crew, Hades will make sure that Liam and Killian survive and Hades will also give him the Eye of the Storm gemstone.

Killian tells the crew they can trust Liam. Later, the brotherss land on an island with a naval captain, who after Liam gives the genmstone to, allows them access to his ship the Jewel of the Realm

Underbrooke:

The episode starts with Henrry and Cruella driving around looking for signs to where the Pen could be. Henry sees a bright light and they stop and go into the woods. Henry goes a little further and runs into the Apprentice. The Apprentice tells him he shouldn't resurrect Cruella. Henry wonders why the Apprentice told him that he coudn't bring back the dead with the pen. The Apprentice explains that
'up there' you can't but the rules are a bit more flexible in the Underworld. Henry is tired of being on the sidelines and not being able to do anything when his mom became the Dark one and when Hook died. The Apprentice tells him that the pen is in the Underworld version of the sorceror's mansion down here. He says that his unfinished business is Henry and the only way for him to move on is if Henry makes the right choice.

At Emma's house, she heals Hook with her magic and he wonders if he deserves saving. He mentions that Emma was the Dark One for 6 weeks and only gave in for love but he dived right in for revenge. They are then greeted by a vsitor: Liam.

Later Emma, Hook, and Liam are sitting at the kitchen table. Hook wonders why Liam is down here since he hasn't donee a bad thing in his life. Liam says he doesn't know. They tell him that they want to defeat Hades and ask Liam if he knows a possible way. Liam mentions that there are talks about a book that had Hades weakness in it. Emma and Hook realize it's the Underworld version of the storybook from Storybrooke.

At the apartment, Snow looks in a box from her closet since that's were they found it in Storybrooke and it's not there. They all split up around the apartment to look. While Emma is upstairs, Liam comes up and wants to talk to her. He says that he knows Emma isn't good enough for Killian because she didn't let him die a hero and move on. He says that after defeating Hades, he'll have another chance to move on and to let him.

After coming downstairs, Henry comes in and asks what everyone is doing. After explaining, Henry says that he knows where it is. He says he saw the Apprentice at Granny's and he said the Sorceror's Mansion is down here and it has all his stuff down here like the storybook, but the sheriff has the key. Snow and David leave to go get the key.

At the sherrif's office, Snow realises it's in the exact same place that David keeps the keys in Storybrooke. They then hear Cruella come in thinking James is in there.

At Liam's bar, Hades appears and asks him to tear the pages of his story out of the book. Liam wonders why Hades can't do it himself and he says that the sorceror's mansion is protected by light magic which doesn't agree with him. Liam asks what would happen if he refused. Hades says that he'll tell his brother why he's really down here.

At Granny's, Emma and Regina are waiting and Regina realises that Liam doesn't like Emma. Emma says he doesn't think he's good enough for Hook and should let him move on and that Hook agrees. Reginaa says it's because he hasn't forgiven himself. She says that because she knows she and Hook are alike and forgiving yourself is the hardest thing to do. Henry then comes in with the key.

At the sorceror's mansion, Liam says he should be the one to use the key since he's been dead the longest and has the least to lose. After going in they all split up and Emma and Regina tell Henry to stay in the main area. After they leave, Henry goes off also to searh for the pen.

Liam comes across the book first and rips the pages out. They all come to the room as welll and discover the pages were ripped out. Liam saysthey must have fallen out and are still here somewhere. After Regina and Liam leave to keep searching, Hook confronts Emma and she thinks that Lim is hiding something. Hook disagrees and says that his brother wouuldn't lie.

Back at the sherrif's office, David is still pretending to be James with Cruella. He then stops pretending and realises Cruella new the whole time. She says that James is resentful that their mother chose David instead of Jmes to keep.

At the well, otside the mention, Liam drops the pages down. emma comes over and shows Liam that Hook gave her Liam's ring saying it belonged to a better man then him. Hook comes over and thinks Emma is accusing Liam of being a villian so he feels like less of one. He says he doesn't want to return to Storybrooke and wants his fate to be chosen here. Emma says he just  has to forgive himself and walks away. Hok realizes Emma was right because Lima has ink from the pages on his hand. Then the old crew with Captain Silver show p to tell Hook what Liam did to him.

Captain Silver reveals that he was listening in on Hades and Liam interaction at the bar and then kidnaps them and takes them to the cliff where you can either move on or fall to a worse place. Hades shows up and blows Catain Silver down into the fire pit. He says that Liam kept up his end of the bargain and gets to stay but Hook escaped his prison and has to pay. Lia says he won't let him hurt Killian. Hades then blows Liam offf. Hook catche him adnn tels him that he needs to forgive himself. Liam says he can't after what he did to him and lets go. That sacrifice was enough to let Liam move on with the crew. Liam tells Killian that he was wrong and Emma does want what's best for him

Back at the sorceror's mansion Hook tells Emma what happened and that he decided that he would come back to Storybrooke after it's all over.

Alsewhere in the mansion, Henry searches around and sees a glowing light. He goes over to it and takes sheets of it and sees the pen and ink under a lampshade.

Back at the apartment Regina, Snow, Emma, Hook, and David are lookin through the book and realise Liam ripped out every page about Hades. David says Henry knows the most about storybooks and asks where he is. Emma says he's upstairs going full emo teenager and Regina adds that he doesn't want to talk to anyone. David says maybe he just doesn't want to talk with his mothers.

Upstairs, David asks what Henry's doing. He says he's just thiinking. David asks what he's thinking about. Henry doesn't want to talk about it. David says that he realized his brother resented him his whole life. Henry knows that he grew up as a prince. David says maybe he wanted what he ha, a loving mother. He tells Henry that people would give everything to have a family like Henry because no matter what, he has someone to talk too. When he leaves, Henry decides to tell him something.

Back downstairs, he shows everyone that the Author's Pen is down here. Regina says she thought he destroyed it. He says that just brought it down. He says he wants to be the hero instead of the persen the hero saves. He says it was Cruella that made him want to use it. She wanted him to bring her back to life. He says that he wanted to help to help Emma because Cruella said she has this guilt about killing her. Emma says she unstertands him wanting to be a hero, but that' s not the way to do it. Henry says he knows and wants to use the pen the right way and write Hades' story. They wonder what Hades could be trying to keep from them

At Hades' lair, he rabs the pages and it shows that the secret has to do with Zelena

Favorite Moments From Starring Characters:

Snow: Her saying how alike David and Janes are.

Emma: Trying to convince Hook he deserves saving, and scenes with Regina and Henry

Regina: Her scenes with Emma and Henry and admitting that she and Hook are a lot alike

David: His reaction to the revealation about Janes and his scene with Henry.

Belle: (Wasn't in Episode)

Hook: Him doubting himsekf then realizing he does deserve saving.

Henry: The opening scenwith Cruella and the Apprentice, findin the pen, scene with David,, and deciding to come clean and write Hades' story

Zelena: (Wasn't in Episode)

Robin: (Wasn't in Episode)

Rumple: (Wasn't in Episode)

Final Thoughts:

I enjoyed it more for Henry's part of the episode. zthe flashbacks didn't interest me that much and it was a little hard for me to understand some of the dialogue with the sounds of the wve and storm and loud music. To me it seems like they tried to cram a Henry centric and Hook centric into one episode. The stories didn't seem to mash up together that well.. Maybe they were trying to connect them because both Henry and Hook/Killian talk about wanting to be a hero. I'll give this an 8/10 mostly for the Henry aspects of the episode.

Season 5 Episode 14 Devil's Due Review

Enchanted Forest: Rumple and Milah deal with a life/death decision facing Baelfire

Underbrooke: Emma and Rumple rescue Hook with Milah's help, Rumple learns news about Belle.

Enchanted Forest:

Milah and Rumple are walking through the forest with Baelfire and she gets mad that Rumple isn't helping her work. He says he's chasing dragonflys with Baelfire While they are arguing, Bae gets poisoned by a snake.

They go to a healer who says the snake that poisoned him has a 24 hour poison. The magic cure for it would be 100 gold coins. They leave and Milah says she wants Rumple to go back and steal the cure and killing the healer.

At a pub, Milah buys a dagger for Rumple to kill the healer with. After Rumple leaves, Milah meets Killian who she at first declined his offer to go with him since she has a husband and son.

Rumple goes to the healer and is about to kill him but can't, the healer says they can make a deal instead of paying for the cure.

At their house, they give Bae the cure, and Rumple reveals the deal was to ive up his second born child. Milah gets upset and walks out.

Much later as the Dark One, Rumple goes back to the healer and kills him, saying he can't pay a debt to a dead man

Underbrooke:

Regina, Cruella, and Snow Story

Regina goes to the diner and the Blind Witch isn't there but sees Cruella. Cruella and Regina sit down and she asks her how the tombstones work. Cruella says there are three settings: Upright - in Underbrooke, Tipped Over - moved on to a better place, Cracked - moved on to a worse place. Regina reveals that her magic isn't working.

Snow goes with Regina through the gravetard and come across Daniel's and it's tipped over. After a scene there, they walk off and there's a horse lying on the ground hurt. Regina saves it with her magic and checks to make sure her magic's back.

Emma, Hook, Hades, and Milah Story
Down in Hades lair, Hook refuses to write any of his friends names on the tombstones. Hades takes him to a boat on the River of Lost Souls.

Rumple goes into the pawnshop and sees a note from Pan saying that he's letting Rumple have the shop and his offer is still available if he wants it. He creates a crystal ball and says "Show me who I seek" and it shows Belle having lunch with Leroy at Granny's. He freaks out and drops and breaks the crystal ball.

He goes into the Underorld apartment where the rest of the group is and they are getting ready to go save Hook. Rumple says that it would be too much people to go into Hades lair saying their will be barriers for living people. Rumple says that he will help Emma with the hel of a dead person's aura.

Rumple goes to reunite with Milah who is a crossing guard down here. He convinces her to help them save Killian. He introduces Milah to Emma in probably the most awkward scene this show has had.

They go to the Underbrooke version of Emma's house and hold hands to pass the barrier to the basement. Emma tells Milah abou her vision/dream appearance of Neal/Baelfire. Milah says that she will help Emma save Hook.

Rumple, Milah, and Emma go on a boat over the The River of Lost Souls. Emma goes out to save Hook. Rumple says he'll stay with the boat and Milah decides to stay with him just in case he does something.

Emma saves Hook from being dropped in the Lost Souls River.

Milah and Rumple talk about how Milah's unfinished business is saying sorry to Baelfire. She gets out of the boat and looks at the souls. Hades shows up and freezes her. Hades asks Rumple about making a deal.

In Hades lair, Hades tells Rumple he wants him to destroy the boat he finds and he will let him go home. When he goes back to where Milah is, He destroys the boat and then throws Milah into the river. Hook and Emma come back and Rumple lies that Hades destroyed the boat and pushed Milah in.

He poofs them back to the apartment. Everyone congratulates Emma on saving him. Regina says now that her magic is back they can do the heart split between Emma and Hook. She tries to take Emma;s heart out but it doesn't work.

They all go to the graveyard and see that Hades went ahead and choose three names to put on the tombstones since Hook didn't: Regina Mills, Snow White, and Emma Swan. So thhose three are now stuck in Underbrooke.

Rumple goes back to Hades lair so Hades can let him go home. Hades says he realized Rumple was hiding something and brings up the crystal ball from the beginning of the episode and says Rmple wasn't wanting to see Belle in the ball, he was looking for his son. He asked the crystal child to show him his child. It's revealed that Belle is pregnant, and the healer from the Enchanted Forest just signed over the contract to Hades. So now Rumple works with Hades

Favorite Moments From Starring Characters:

Snow: The scene with Regina at Daniel's grave

Emma: The akward introduction to Milah and reuniting with Hook

Regina: The scene with Snow at Daniel's grave

David: (Was only in the background)

Belle: (No Speaking Lines)

Hook: His suprise at Emma's plan abot heart splitting

Henry: His pride of Emma rescuing Hook, and reaction to the gravestones.

Zelena: (Wasn't in Episode)

Robin: (Was only in the background)

Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold: Him introducing Milah to Emma, Milah and his scene about Baelfire in the boat, His reaction after throwing Milah in the river

Final Thoughts:

This episode was okay. I enjoyed the akward introduction with Emma and Milah. Regina not being able to use her magic came out of nowhere, especially since Emma was able to use hers the previous episode just fine, I liked the scene with Regina and Snow at Daniel's grave, but the rest of her story; her scene with Cruella,her magic not working, and the horse, seemed really unnecesarry and shoe-horned in just to fill up time in the episode. I like Cruella's character but she really wasn't needed in this episode. Anyone else could have told her about the setting of the gravestones. I'll give this episode a 6/10. There were things I did like, but there were a good amount of moments where I was looking at my phone wondering how much longer the episode was

I'll explain why I didn't like Cruella in this episode. If you've read my posts before, you can probably tell that my favorite character is Henry. I was worried when I saw the writer of this episode, because her 2 episodes of 5A didn't feature Henry. I got my hopes up a little too much when I saw the press release mention Cruella was in the episode. My thoughts were 'Why would they set up a plot between Henry and Cruella, have Cruella in the next episode and not continue it'.

I admit in her last two episodes, I'm not sure when you could write Henry in, but he could have been a big part of this episode since he's blood-related to Milah. They could have worked something out so that Milah could meet Henry and that would have been enough to let her move on to the better place to reunite with Baelfire/Neal. So, see tommorow for the 5x15 Review.

New Schedule:

April 7th: 5x15 The Brothers Jones Review

April 8th: 5x16 Our Decay Review

April 9th: 5x17 Her Handsome Hero Press Release/Sneak Peeks/Promos Discussion

April 10th: New Episode Airs

April 11th: 5x17 Her Handsome Hero Review

Season 5 Episode 13 Labor of Love Review

Enchanted Forest: Hercules teaches Teenage Snow White how to stand up to bandits attacking the villages

Underbrooke: The group has to defeat Cerberus and they ask Hercules to help, Henry runs into Cruella when searching the Mayor's office.


Enchanted Forest:

The flashback starts with townsfolk telling Regina that there are bandits attacking the town. Regina says that Snow will help them. Snow doesn't know what to do and runs off.

Snow falls into a hole and is pulled up bu Hercules. Hercules tells Snow that he'll teach her how to fight off the bandits. Hercules tells her about his labors he has to complete before he is able to join his father on Olympus

She goes off to face the bandits and ffails. Later, Hercules tells Snow that you have to fail to succed. She goes to face the banndits and wins. Snow and Hercules kiss and Hercules goes to face Cerberus, his last labor.

When facing Cerberus, Hercules rubs into a scared girl.

Underbrooke:

The episode starts with Hook waking up in a unbarred prison. He helps a scared girl escape the prison who is woried abou the beast that guards the prison. Hook tells her to go find Emma and tell her to find him. while he holds of the beast.

Mary Margaret and David are looking through the graveyard and come across Hercules' gravestone.
She realises that they can get him to help.

Emma, Hook, Regina, Robin and Henry are searching the woods for Hook. Regina tells Robin to go to the Mayor's office to look for maps of the town and says to bring Henry with him since he knows the office.

Once Robin and Henry leave, They run into the girl Hook freed from the dungeon and hear the roar of the beast. Emma uses her magic to poof them to her parent's apartment.

Once there, they realize that the Underworld apartment is waiting for her parent's to die so they can move in.

Meanwhile, at the mayor's office, Robin seees that there's a protection spell over the door but notices there's a vent behind the couch. Henry says he should go through because someone needs to stand guard and he's the only one that knows his mother's office. Henry goes through and is greeted by Cruella.

Back in the apartment, the girl explains how horrifying the beast that guards the dungeon she was in is. Mary Margaret recognizes the description and knows who they can find to help. They go to thw diner and ask the Blind Witch if she knows where Hercules is. She says he works at the docks.

At the docks, Mary Mararet reunites with Hercules and asks him to help them defeat Cerberus. Reina, Emma, Mary Margaret, and Hercules goes to the mines. Hercules goes ahead of them to fight Cerberus. When he hears Cerberus roar, he gets scared and runs back to the others. They hear a whistle and Hades appears to tell them that Hercules died to Cerberus in the Enchanted Forest.

Later back in the apartment, Regina talks to Mary Margaret about how she made her her friend. Regina says they need Snow White not Mary Margaret.

Back at the mayor's office, Cruella tells Henry she wants to go back to the real world. Henry says no she's already dead and no one can change that. Cruella says that the Author can and knows Henry is the Author now. He says he destroyed the quill. She says that the quill is a living being and when he broke it, he sent it to the Underworld and says she wants him to help her find it. She says that if she comes back to the real world, Emma wouldn't have murdered her.

Later, Henry lies to Robin about not finding anything.

Mary Margaret is at the docks again and convinces Hercules to try to beat Cerberus since they are going to be working together.  Meanwhile in the apartment, Cerberus tracks them down there. They run out and the girl is behind the fallen clock tower. Mary Margaret, Hercules, and the girl run into the library and face and defeat Cerberus all together. The girl reveals herself to be Meg.

At the diner, Herc and Meg talk and Mary Margaret says she wants to be Snow White again. Hercules and Meg move on to Olympus.

In Heades lair, Hades tells Hook that from now on everytime one of his friends helps someone move in one, one of them will have to stay, and Hook gets to decide who

Favorite Moments From Starring Characters:

Snow: (Young Snow in Flashback) Liked hher relationship with Hercules
            (Underbrooke) When she wanted to be Snow again

Emma: Her reaction to seeing the hook

Regina: Her scene with Snow and moment with Robin

David: His scene with Snow at the beginning

Belle: (Wasn't in Episode)

Hook: The end scene with Hades

Henry: His scenes with Cruella and Robin

Zelena: (Wasn't in Episode)

Robin: His moment with Regina and his scenes with Henry

Mr. Gold: (Wasn't in Episode)

Final Thoughts:

I enjoyed this episode. I liked how they connected Hercules to the story. I've seen a lot of complaints about how Meg was portrayed and how Herc and Meg should have stayed longer. But I'm glad they were only one episode characters, because they're able to focus on the core characters more. Like everyone else, I'm impressed with how well Bailee Madison plays the young Snow White.

I'm glad they decided to bring the Author plot for Henry, though it is a little weird that a pen is alive and has unfinshed business, since it's been a little while since he's had his own side plot from everyone else. This episode gets a 9/10 for Henry and Cruella & Snow and Hercules. The one point of was I do agree that they should of wrote Meg differently.

Schedule I'll try to keep for this week:

April 5th: 5x14 Devils Due Review

April 6th: 5x15 The Brothers Jones Review

April 7th: 5x16 Our Decay Revie

April 8th: 5x17 Press Release, Sneak Peeks, and Promo Pictures Discussion

Season 5 Episode 12 Souls of the Departed Review

Opening Scene: Emma gets a suprise warning from Neal about going to the Underworld

Enchanted Forest: It's the Evil Queen's birthday and the only present she wants is Snow White's heart.

Underbrooke: Emma, Regina, Henry, Mary Margaret, David, and Mr. Gold enter the Underworld to try to rescue Hook. Regina reunites with Cora and Henry Sr, Mr. Gold meets up with Peter Pan.

Opening Scene:

Emma wakes up in her car at some amusement park. She looks around and Neal pops up from the back seat. He asks about Henry and says they can't see him in the Underworld because he has no unfinished business. He says that he's happy and just came to warn Emma about going to the Underworld.

This is the one thing I didn't like. I don't see how Neal doesn't have any unfinished business with either Henry or Rumple,

After Neal leaves the car, Emma wakes up in the boat with them arriving in the Underworld.

Henry Sr will be referred to as Henry (in Enchanted Forest plot), Henry Sr (Underbrooke)


Enchanted Forest:

The Evil Queen shows up in a village. A villager gives her some pie because it's her birthday. She says the only thing she wants for her birthday is Snow White's heart. Another villager says he knows where Snow White is but wants something in return. She kills him and Snow and Charming show up behind her.

Back at her castle, Regina's father comes in to say that she should'nt blame Snow for Daniel dying. He said that if she should blame anyone, she should blame Cora. Regina doesn't listen and storms off after he accuses her of Cora controlling her. After she leaves, Henry asks the Magic Mirror to summon Cora. Henry asks Cora to tell Regina to let her revenge on Snow go. Cora says that they should help her with it. Henry leaves the room  saying he's going to talk to Snow and Cora walks through the mirror.

Snow is meeeting Henry in the woods, then it's revealed that was Cora in disguise and takes Snow's heart.

Later, Reina blows the candle out of her cake and kills the Jester. Cora comes in and brings the heart. They bring the Magic Mirror over to show Snow White. Regina starts crusing the heart and it seems like something's happening but it's actually only one of the guard'shearts. Henry switched the hearts out.

Regina shrinks her father in puts him inthe bow that contained the heart. She sends Cora back to Wonderland throught the mirror and seals the portal. Cora takes Henry away to Wonderland with her

Underbrooke:

Emma, Snow, David, Regina, Robin, Mr. Gold, and Henry arrive in the Underworld and see that it looks just like Storybrooke. Mr. Gold reveals that everyone here has unfinished business. Emma sees Cruella drive by. They split up to search more ground to look for Hook. Someone is watching Regina closely.

This unamed man goes to the Mayor's office and tells someone Regina's here and it's revealed that Cora is the mayor of Underbrooke.

Snow goes to "Granny's" which is run by the Blind Witch. Snow sees 'David' come in and he kisses her and it's actually David's twin James who is the sheriff down here. David comes in right as James leaves. Emma and Mr. Gold come in to say no one has found Hook yet. Mr. Gold says he might have something to help. Henry comes out from the back of Granny's saying he was looking for his father.
Emma tells him he's in a better place now. I don't now she didn't tell Henry that he came to her in a vision/dream to tell her. 

Mr. Gold goes to the Underworld version of his shop and sees his father: Peter Pan. Pan says that he wants to go back to the real world and says he can if he trades places with someone living. Pan gives Mr. Gold what he was looking for.

Robin and Regina talk about why the Underworld looks like Storybrooke and notices the man who has been following them. He takes Regina to reunite with Cora. Cora tells Regina that she should get out of the Underworld. Regina says she's going to stay to help Emma find Hook/ Cora brings Regina and the man to a rock cliff over a sea of lava/fire. Cora burns and send the man down into the pit of fire. Cora tells Regina that here there's only 2 ways to leave: to a better place or a worse place. She says that if Regina doesn't leave, she'll send her father down into the pit.

Mr. Gold comes back to Granny's with a potion from Dunbroch that can let you talk to people at their gravestones

They go to Killian's grave. Emma uses the potion and he comes up bloody. The spell isn't working properly so they can't talk to each other.

Later, Regina takes the ale/potion to her father's grave and uses it. He appears and he convinces her to stay to help her friends. He mentions that she has put vengeance aside to be a hero. Later, Regina and Henry meet Cora back at the cliff with her about to throw Henry Sr. in the fire he seems to burn, but after Cora leaves, a light appears and a door opens up. Henry Sr. says that heis unfinfished business was Regina and now that she's become a hero, he can move on to a better place. Regina introduces him to Henry. Henry thanks Henry Sr. for believing in her like he does. Henry Sr. thanks Henry for being there for her when he couldn't and then walks into the light.

Henry and Regina walk back to the street to meet back up with everyone else. They realize that while searching for Hook, they can help other people move on. Henry comes up with the operation name "Operation Firebird". As everyone walks on, Regina looks back at the clock on the ground and it ticks.

Right behind the clock, Cora walks into the library and down the elevator and meets up with Hades. Hades reveals that every clock tick means someone has moved on and left his domain. Hades mentions that Regina is going to regret her decision to stay. Cora says to not threaten her. Hades is suprised that Cora cares about Regina, considering what she did to Zelena. Hades turns Cora into a miller's daughter (for eternity?) for failing to get Regina to leave. The episode ends with him (activating?) his blue hair.

Favorite Moments From Starring Characters:

Snow: Her scene with James and David in Granny's

Emma: Her scene with Henry.

Regina: Her scenes with Henry Sr. and Cora

David: His scene with Snow

Belle: Her short scene with Mr. Gold

Hook: (Only had one 3 second appearance)

Henry: His scene with Emma about Neal  & his scene with Henry Sr. and Regina

Zelena: (Wasn't in Episode)

Robin: His scene with Regina when they were discuusing why the Underworld looked like Storybrooke

Mr. Gold: His scene in the shop with Pan

Final Thoughts:

I really enjoyed this episode. It was a little weird to me to have a Regina centric on the landmark 100th episode of the show. I enjoyed all the returning characters. Having Henry and Henry Sr. meet is a moment that I never thought could have happened. I didn;t think we were ever going to see Pan again, or the Blind Witch. I give this episode a 9/10. 1 point taken out because I believe Neal would have unfinshed business. I'll try to post these review daily so I'll be posting the 5x13 review tommorow

5A Overall Thoughts

I know I haven't done reviews for E8-11, but I didn't enjoy the episodes enough to reallly have enough to say about them individually for reviews. So I decided I'd do a post on how I felt about 5A and then go straight to reviewing 5B Episodes.


I enjoyed 5A until they gave Merida a full episode with no core characters and then revealed Hook has a second Dark One. The arc just seemed to go downhill from there. Those episodes didn't excite me at all. If I had renewed them, it would just be a straight recap since I didn't have anything really to talk about those episodes. I got into this show because it focused on family and not romance like most other drama shows. After Hook was revealed as a Second Dark One, the show started becoming like those other dramas, too much focus on romance. The family aspect was pretty much thrown away in those episodes except for maybe a few scenes.

I'm not an avid Captain Swan, I personally liked Emma better with Neal, but I'm able to tolerate it since there's no changing it.


Things I enjoyed abou 5A:
I enjoy Emma and Regina's friendship and both of their relationships with Henry, but I don't shipp Emma and Regina romantically.

I enjoyed Henry's story with Violet. I liked Dark Swan. I liked Merlin. I liked all the references to Neal. One big missed oppurtinity was to have Henry have a scene with Merlin about being the Author.

My favorite episode was E5 "Dreamcatcher" because it had everything I got in the show for. The main focus of the episode was family

Things I didn't like about 5A:

Hook as a Dark One

The focus on romance from the last few episodes

Merlin's story wrapped up too quick

No mention of Camelot characters at the end


Any Other Thoughts
Overall, I think this arc gets around a 6/10. It started great but really went downhill when Hook became a Dark One

I have enjoyed these first few episodes of 5B, so I'm excited to review them. I think I'll try to get 5x12 Review up later today/tonight

*SPOILERS* Season 5 Episodes 8 & 9 (2 hr Special) Press Release/Pictures/Sneak Peeks

1st hour

“Birth” – tensions in Camelot come to a head when Merlin, now under Arthur’s control, delivers an ultimatum to Emma: hand over the Dark One dagger and the Promethean spark or he will kill her entire family. Refusing to give in, Emma and our heroes face off against Arthur, Merlin and Zelena in an epic battle of magic and will. Just when the end is in sight, Emma is forced to make a gut-wrenching choice that no one saw coming. Back in Storybrooke, Zelena’s pregnancy mysteriously accelerates and Hook goes to new and desperate lengths to get answers from the Dark Swan.

Guest cast includes Beverley Elliott as Granny, David-Paul Grove as Doc, Micahel Coleman as Happy, David Anders as Dr. Whale, Ingrid Torrance as Nurse Ratched, Elliot Knight as Merlin, Liam Garrigan as King Arthur and Joana Metrass as Guinivere.

5x08 "Birth" Photos

The one thing I'm wondering about is the fact that Henry is nowhere to be seen in this pictures. The entire rest of the main cast is in the woods scene except for him

5x08 Sneak Peek 1 (Camelot): Emma, Arthur, Merlin, Zelena (Snow, David, Robin, Hook, Regina in background chained up to trees)

This is the beginning of the scene where the majority of the photos came from. So where's Henry during this?

5x08 Sneak Peek 2 (Storybrooke): Hook, Arthur, and Emma

I think Emma probably is manipulating Hook here. That's all I have to say about this clip

2nd hour:

“The Bear King”– Zelena and Arthur journey to DunBroch on a mission to retrieve an enchanted relic that will provide the advantage they need to vanquish Emma and our heroes. Their path will cross with Merida’s, who is on a journey of her own to pay a debt that her father, King Fergus, owed to the Witch when he died. Merida enlists the help of two friends, Mulan and Ruby, but, in order to satisfy the Witch and save DunBroch, she first must discover the identity of the knight who killed her father. In flashbacks, Merida learns about bravery and honor as she trains for combat and rides alongside Fergus into the infamous battle that claims his life

Guest Cast includes Meghan Ory as Red/Ruby, Beverley Elliott as Granny, Jamie Chung as Mulan, Amy Manson as Merida, Glenn Keogh as King Fergus, Caroline Morahan as Queen Elinor, Lily Knight as Witch, Richard Stroh as Edgar, Paul Telfer as Lord Macintosh, Marco D’Angelo as Lord MacGuffin, Josh Hallem as Lord Dingwall, Matthew Olsen as Brother #1, Jordan Olsen as Brother #2, Colton Barnert as Brother #3 and Liam Garrigan as King Arthur.

5x09 "The Bear King" Photos

Looks like this episode's going to be a breather episode after a lot of reveals in 5x08. This looks like it's going to be very little main cast in it.

5x09 Sneak Peek 1: Merida, King Fergus, and Mulan

The only thing I have to say about this one is it's good to see Mulan again


Upcoming posts:

5x08 "Birth" Review

5x09 "The Bear King Review

Season 5 Episode 7: Nimue Review

1000 years before King Arthur: Merlin gets immortality and magic after drinking from a chalice.


Many years ago: Merlin meets Nimue and wants to get rid of his immortality to be with her

Camelot (Past 6 weeks): Zelena devises a plan for Mary Margaret, David, Hook, and Regina to break into the castle while Merlin takes Emma to face the 1st Dark One to reunite Excalibur.

Storybrooke (Present Day): Emma reunites Excalibur



1000 years before the Age of Arthur

Merlin and an unnamed character (credited as "Young Man" in credits) are running in a desert and see a chalice on a stone. The "young man" touches the chalice and turns into smoke. Merlin looks up to the sky, asks permission, and then picks up the chalice. He is able to pick it up. Merlin drinks from the chalice and realizes it gave him magic.



Many years ago:

500 years after getting magic, Merlin is helping people in a small vilage by seeing their future with his young apprentice. There is a woman who Merlin says he can't see her future. She introduces herself as Nimue. She says someone named Vortigan destroyed her village and she brought flower seeds. Merlin makes the flowers bloom immediately. After they fall in love, Merlin tells Nimue that he got magic and immortality from the Holy Grail. He says he wants turns the chalice into a sword to get rid of his immortality to stay with Nimue because he doesn't want to watch Nimue grow old and him continue on. Merlin and Nimue go past her burned village to get to the original fire. Merlin realizes Vortigan is looking for the Holy Grail. Merlin turns the Grail into Excalibur but then Nimue is held captive by Vortigan. VNimue tries to get free but Vortigan stabs her with the sword. Then when Merlin is facing Vortigan, Nimue appears with Vortigan's heart in her hand. Nimue reveals that she drank from the Grail. Merlin tells her that if she crshes the heart, she will go down a dark path. She crushes it and her skin becomes (scaly?). She breaks Excalibur so that no one can get rid off her immortality. Merlin puts the sword in the stone and creates the Dark One Dagger by using a tethering spell on the broken half of the sword. His apprentice asked him if he knew how Nimue was going to end up, would he have not talked to her. Merlin says that all life is made up of moments and he had some of the best moments of his life with her.


Camelot:

This is going to be styled differently. I'll do the beginning of the Camelot plot where everyone isin the diner and right before Emma and Merlin leave, then I'll  do Emma and Merlin's plot, then the other plot

  Intro:

 Merlin is telling Snow, David, Regina, and Robin thhat to get the darknes out of Emma, they need to reunite Excalibur. Merlin says he will take Emma to get what they need to reunite them while the others get the sword from Arthur. Hook is getting annoyed that Merlin isnt saying anything straight. Merlin goes to Emma and tells her that the need to get the spark from mankind's original fire. Merlin tells Emma that she will have to face the 1st Dark One who has the spark. Hook comes to tell her to be careful. He gives her a ring that he believes is why he's alive. 

 Emma and Merlin:

Emma tells Merlin that she hurt her son with her magic. When they get to the place they need to get the spark and Merlin gives Emma the dagger. Emma calls up the first Dark One. Emma asks if Merlin can see him too. Merlin says yes, but it's not a him. The Dark One dagger shows the name "Nimue" and she takes off her mask.

Nimue tries to persuade Emma to kill Merlin. Emma is able to mentally beat Nimue and get the spark from her. Nimue reminds Emma that she's not dead, she will be in Emma's head if she needs her.

Merlin and Emma are walking back from the encounter with Nimue Emma asks Merlin what happened after Nimue became the Dark One. Later Emma is telling Merlin about how fast Henry's growing up when he just vanishes

Zelena, David, Hook, Mary Margaret/Snow, Regina, Robin, and Arthur.

David, Hook, Snow, Regina, and Robin are talking about how they can break into Arthur's castle to get Excalibur.  Daid says they shoul take them by suprise and go in the front gate. Hook says they should create a diversion. Regina says she can just poof into Arthur's bedroom. Regina gives Zelena her voice back. She says going in the fromt is suicide, with a diversion Arthur hides the sword, and Regina could poof right in front of a blade. Zelena says they have to sneak in so quietly they won't even know you're there.  She says that when she was a mute handmaiden, she was plotting an escape and found a way out. If she knows a way out, then she knows a way in.

They make it to a guarded gate. Regina says she will get Zelena's magic cuff off once they get the sword and is safe. Regina assigns Snow to guard Zelena while the rest go get the sword.

In the castle, Arthur is making something in a cauldron. Arthur brinngs some guards in nd asks one of them to give him his helmet. He pours some of the liquid on the helmet and it melts completely. Arthr tells the guards to pour it on any stranger they see.

Regina, Hook, Robin, and David sneak in and see the guards carrying the cauldron. Regina wonders if it's for them. Robin says they probably don't want to find out. Regina mentions that Zelena hasn't screwed them over..yet.

Outside the castle, Zelena is having a fake tantrum which Snow fals for. Zelena knocks Snow out and ties her up.

Back inside the castle, the rest of the group go into the room where Arthur is. Regina freezes him, then Zelena comes up with a tied up Snow and unfreezes Arthur. Zelena uses a tethering spell to make Arthur's half of Excalibur able to control Merlin. Arthur summons Merlin. Arthur is mad that the phropecy Merlin said would happen didn't. Merlin responds that it hasn't happened yet. Arthur commands Merlin to make Regina, David, Hook, and Robin dissapear

Storybrooke:

These were the first and last scenes of the episode:

Opening scene:
Emma is looking at the two halves of the full sword now on the stone. "Spirit" Rumple pops up to tell her that Excalibur's promiise was made eons ago

Final scene:
Emma and  Spirit Rumple looking at the sword. Spirit Rumple says that we have been waiting for this moment. Nimue shows up with all the Dark Ones of the past. Emma tells Nimue that she tried to stop her from merging Excalibur in Camelot. Nimue says back then she might have used it to take the darkness but now she can use it to snuff the light instead. Emma takes the ember and reunites the sword. She's about to touch it but remembers Merlin's warning when she was a kid. The other Dark Ones convince her to take it.


Favorite Moments From Each Starring Character:

Snow: Saying she'd give pregnancy tips to Zelena

Emma: (Camelot) Her goodbye scene with Hook and her confrontation with Nimue
           (Storybrooke) her remembering Merlin's warning and reuniting Excalibur

Regina: Remarking how Zelena hadn't screwed them up yet and her reaction when Zelena came in with a tied up Snow

David: His sarcastic choices about how to get in the castle

Belle: (Wasn't in Episode)

Hook: His goodbye with Emma

Henry: (Wasn't in Episode)

Zelena: Liked all her scenes

Robin: (Can't think of a moment)

Spirit Rumple(Storybrooke only): Liked both of his very short appearances.

Final Thoughts:

Good episode, but issues with the timeline hurt it hust like Episode 4. Emma mentioning Henry after dealing with Nimue seemed ot of nowhere. On the one hand, I liked that they mentioned him, but it didn't have anything to do with that part of the episode.

One thing I forgot to put in the review was before Emma's encounter with Nimue, she asked Merlin if there could ever be someone that could use the Dark One power for good. The first person that came to mind for that was Henry. He would make the most sense to be the person that could hold that power and use it for good. Thiss episode gets a 8/10 from me

Upcoming posts:

Preparation for the 2 hr event

5x08 "Birth" Review

5x09 "The Bear King" Review

Season 5 Episode 6: The Bear and the Bow Review

I'll try to rember to post a post about the press release, photos, and sneak peeks for next week's episode

I also just realized that I never mentioned what happened with Merida and Mr. Gold in the last review

Camelot: Belle and Merida go to rescue Merida's brothers

Storybrooke: Emma tells Merida to go kill Belle  while David, Regina, Mary Margaret, and Arthur try to contact Merlin with the Crimson Crown mushroom

Camelot:

We opened with David, Hook, Belle, and Merlin breaking into Arthr's dungeon and freeing Lancelot and Merida. Merlin compliments Belle,

Merida kidnaps Belle to get her to help save her brothers. Merida takes Belle to the witches house from Brave and find the potion that turned her mother into a bear. Merida wants to use the potion to save her brothers from getting killed by the people who don't want Merida to be queen.

When Merida and Belle get to where her brothers are being captured. Merida tells Belle that she thinks it's her fault that her father is dead. Merida and Belle confront the men and Belle reveals she switched the potion with water.

The 3 men shoot their arrows but Merida shoots hers and breaks all 3 and rescues her brothers.

Storybrooke:

Regina is telling Mary Margaret, David, Hook, and Belle that Emma let slip that they freed Merlin.
They say they need to talk to Merlin. Belle says they could ask Rumple for help, but everyone else says that Rmple has had too many chances to change. Belle storms out.

Rumple is tied up in the woods, he breaks the chipped tea cup touse a shard to break off the ropes. Emma comes up with Merida and tells Merida to put an arrow through Belle's heart.

Later, Belle is in the library wondering where Emma took Rumple. Rumple then shows up in the elevator. Belle and Rumple go to Rumple's shop and Merida comes in and tells him that Emma told her to kill Belle. Belle trips Merida with a carpet and Rumple grabs a bag from his shop.

Rumple takes Belle wanting to run and leave Storybrooke. The bag is  supposed to help against any effects the town line may have. Belle gets out of the car and runs into Merida. Emma gave Merida the potion that transformed her into a bear and Merida runs after Belle. Rumple comes in and throws the bag into the bear's mouth and it transforms back into Merida. Rumple, Belle and Merida comes back to Emma's basement. Rumple pulls Exalibur out and tells Emma that she's now made him a hero.

Zelena is still in the hospital and the nurse brings in some organic food by requested by Regina. Emma shows up in the cell and takes Zelena to her house and wants to make a deal with her. Zelena declines and Emma sends her back to her cell.

Meanwhile, Regina, David, Snow and Hook bring Arthur into Regina's fault to use the Crimson Crown to contact Merlin because it can only be done by one of Merlin's chosen. Arthur tells them that Merlinn only talked to him when he's alone. Everyone else leaves the vault and Merlin puts the Crimson Crown in the fire underneath the cauldron. He goes back out and tells everyone that the spell didn't work.

Later, Regina is trying to find out what went wrong with the spell. David sees the mushroom in the fire, which didn't burn. They wonder why Arthur doesn't want them talking to Merlin. Hook mentions there's no one who was chosen by Merlin. Regina says there is one person in Storybrooke that was chosen by Merlin: the Author "Henry". Henry comes in and says that the person who  ripped out Violet's heart wasn't his mother, bt he knows Emma is still in there somwhere and will do anything to get her back. Henry puts the mushroom in the cauldron and Merlin comes up. It's a prerecorded message and Merlin tells them to get Nimue to help them. Merlin says The Dark One's found him.

Favorite Moments From Each Character (Camelot):

Snow: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

Emma: Remembering Merlin as the Usher

Regina: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

David: Him and Hook fighting Arthur's guards and asking how Merlin knew what a bike was.

Belle: Her full adventure with Merida

Hook: Him and David fighting Arthur's guards and his reaction to Merlin knowing some of the future

Henry: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

Zelena: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

Robin: (Wasn't in Episode)

Rumple: (Wasn't part of the Camelot Story)

Favorite Moments From Each Starring Character (Storybrooke)

Snow: (I can't think of a moment)

Emma: Her scene with Zelena

Regina: Trying to figure out how the spell didn't work

David: (I can't think of a moment)

Belle: Her scenes with Rmple

Hook: Him persauding Henry at the end

Henry: His only scene at the end

Zelena: Her scene with Emma

Robin: (Wasn't in Episode)

Rumple: His scenes with Belle

Final Thoughts:

Until I did the Favorite Moments section, I never realized how much of the main cast wasn't in the Camelot story. This episode wasn't my favorite. I don't know exactly why, but something didn't feel right. There's not many scenes that I feel like rewatching. Interesting coincidence, exactly this time last year was Belle's adventure with Anna last season. This episode gets a 7/10 for me.

I'll try to get the press release post up this week.

Season 5 Episode 5: Dreamcatcher Review

1 little flashback, 2 main plots:

Camelot (Many Years Ago): A masked Dark One traps Merlin as a tree

Camelot (Past 6 Weeks): Emma and Regina find out how to release Merlin and Henry asks Violet on a date

Storybrooke (Present Day): Henry asks Emma's help in finding Violet's missing horse . Regina, Belle, Robin, and Hook break into Emma's house, and the town throws a party.


Camelot (Many Years Ago):

This episode's opening scene was Merlin being tturned in to a tree by a Dark One (by Merlin's tear of lost love) that destroyed his love

Camelot (Past 6 Weeks):

It is revealed that Emma is watching the opening scene through a dreamcatcher. Snow and David try to get Regina to give them the dagger to give to Arthur. Emma comes in and freezes them telling Regina that Arthur has them under a spell.

Henry and Violet are in the stables grooming Nicodemus (Violet's horse). Henry asks how long she's had him. Violet says her mother gave her him on her 7th birthday, but she passed away before he learned to gallop. Henry tells her that he lost his father before he got to know him. After Violet leaves, Henry tries using a sword. Violet's father comes in and tells him that Violet needs to be with someone that could protect her.


Emma and Regina figure out to release Merlin, they have to use a tear. They run into Henry, who is once again trying to use a sword. Henry tells them that he's trying to fit Camelot. Emma and Regina tell Henry that being himself is the best thing he can do and they connect it to both Emma and Regina's first loves (Neal and Daniel respectively) After this conversation, Regina decides to use her tear by watching Daniel's death through a dream catcher.

Later, Henry is setting a date up at Granny's for Violet. Violet comes in and Henry gives her some Pepsi to drink and tells her that he heated up some lasagna to eat. Violet then tells him she though they were just hanging out as friends.

Emma and Regina are doing the spell to free Merlin and Regina's tear doesnt'work. Emma tells her that even though the heartbreak is real, it's not fresh, since she has Robin now. Then Henry comes up after his date. They comfort him while he's crying and they take his tear to use in the spell.  Arthur shows up and starts a fight with Regina while Emma puts Henry's tear in the spell. They release Merlin who says he's been waiting for Emma.

Merlin tells Arthur that he was a dissapointment and Arthur responds by saying Merlin gave him false prophecies. Arthur starts puulling out Excalibur and Merlin tells him they both know that the broken sword can't hurt him.

The whole group is at Granny's and Merlin frees Snow and David from Arthur's spell. Hook asks Merlin if he can free Emma from the darkness. He says yes but only if Emma is completely ready to get rid of the darkness from her heart

Storybrooke (Present Day)

David, Snow, Regina, Robin, Arthur, Guinevere, and Henry are in the Sheriff's office talkng abiut how Grif (from E3) disappeared from the cell. Henry is texting Violet and suggests they throw a dance. Snow agrees and everyone walks out of the office. Belle comes over and tells them that Rumple is missing.

Henry goes to Violet and asks if she got his text about the party. Violet say that her horse ran away. Violet says that her father is trying to lure him with some pumpkin. Henry says he'll find her horse and goes to Emma to ask for help. Henry asks Emma if she still remembered why he brought her to Storybrooke in the first place. Henry asks her to help him find Violet's horse.

Henry and Emma go to her car and Emma asks him about his relationship with Violet. It is revealed that the song Henry plays for her is the same song Neal used on Emma. Emma takes him to a pumpkin farm and Nicodemus is there, but Nicodemus is scared of Emma. Henry is able to get Nicodemus

Regina, Belle, Hook and Robin goes to Emma's hose. There's a protection spell and Belle figures out that she let Henry through. Regina poofs up Henry's scarf and is able to go in. They find Excalibur and Belle and Hook recognises that it looks like the dagger. They're about to search the rest of the house but Henry sends a text that Emma's on her way back. On their way out, Hook sees a dreamcatcher. Regina finds out that dreamcatchers is how she took their memories.

Regina and Robin take the dreamcatcher to Regina's house, wondering whose memories there are. Henry walks up behind them not known to Regina and Robin. They see the dreamcatcher and it's Violet's memories back in Camelot. (Italicies for the scene in the dreamcatcher) Violet is in her barn and Emma comes to her and asks if she can keep a secret. Emma takes Violet's heart and tells her that she will give it back but she needs a favor. Violet asks what she wants. Emma says she needs a tear of a lost first love and tells her (while crying) that she wants her to break Henry's heart.
Regina and Robin notice Henry is behinf them and saw the scene as well.

Emma comes to Regina's house asking to see Henry.Regina tells her that she knows what she did and shows her the dreamcatcher. Emma lets slip that they released Merlin in Camelot. Regina closes the door on her. Emma walks out and looks up at Henry in the window. Henry closes the curtain

Favorite Moments From Each Character (Camelot):

Snow: (I can't really think of a moment)

Emma: Her scenes with Regina and Henry

Regina: Her scenes with Emma and Henry

David: (I can't really think of a moment)

Belle: (Only in the background at the end scene)

Hook: (Only one line at the end scene)

Henry: His scenes with Violet, Regina, and Emma

Zelena: (Wasn't in Episode)

Robin: (Only in the background at the end scene)

Rumple: (Wasn't part of the Camelot Story)

Favorite Moments From Each Starring Character (Storybrooke)

Snow: Taking Regina out of the Sherrif's office to start planning the dance.

Emma: Her scenes with Henry and the end scene with Regina

Regina: Her reaction to Henry's girlfriend, her reaction to what Emma did, and the end scene with Emma

David: Teasing Henry about having a girlfriend

Belle: Figuring out that Henry was let in to Emma's and recognizing Excalibur looks like the dagger.

Hook: His reaction to Regina telling him to not touch the sword.

Henry: His scenes with Violet and Emma

Zelena: (Wasn't in Episode)

Robin: Him catching Regina when the protection spell on Emma's door knocked her back and him watching the dreamcatcher with Regina

Mr. Gold: All his scenes with Merida.

Final Thoughts:

This was a great episode. The fact that this show focuses on family is what got me into the show in the first place, and tthis episode shows that. The scenes with Emma, Regina, and Henry and all the mentions of Neal. I also think it's great Henry got to be a big part of the episode. The only thing I'm wondering is when the dreamcatcher scene with Emma taking Violet's heart happened. Was it before Regina relived her mother killing Daniel or after? This gets a 10/10 from me

Upcoming posts:

Thursday, October 29: Episode 5x06 Press Release, Photos, and Sneak Peeks

Friday, October 30: November Sweeps Episode Descriptions

Henry Mills Appreciation Post

I really liked today's episode. I'll probably get the review up either tomorrow or Tuesday. Since today's episode was Henry centric, I wanted to do a Henry appreciation post, In my opinion, Henry is the most unappreciated character in the show and fandom. I saw a post somewhere recently that they wished they would kill Henry off because he hasn't been important in the show since S1. I've thought about the show, and I've found that Henry actually has something to do with every arc/season:

Season 1: He’s the only reason Emma came to Storybrooke and stayed there in the first place. If he didn’t find Emma, would she have just randomly decided "You know, I think I’m going to drive to Maine for no reason at all.”

Emma broke the curse with her TLK with Henry.

Season 2: Regina decided to become good for and because of Henry.

Henry convinced Regina that Emma and Mary Margaret/Snow would come through the portal back from the Enchanted Forest instead of Cora.

Henry convinced Regina to not cast the memory curse on him.

Henry was the first to say that they shouldn’t leave Regina behind in the S2 finale.

3A: It was Regina’s relationship with Henry that made her able to break from the tree and get Henry’s heart out of Pan.

Regina giving Henry up is what made her able to stop Pan’s curse.

3B: Regina’s TLK with Henry broke the curse in this half.

4A: Him talking to Belle in the winter finale led him to knocking objects off the shelf at Gold’s shop which led Belle to finding the gauntlet which led her to saving Hook’s heart from being crushed and banishing Rumple from the town.

4B: Him saving the town from from the Alternate Universe.

How Long and How I got Into Once Upon A Time

The first thing I ever saw of Once Upon A Time was promos back when the Neverland arc was airing. I was watching another ABC show online and I always saw promos for it. Much later (I don't remember the exact date), I watched a reaction video to the first episode. I enjoyed it, but I never continued the show. During the S4 mid season hiatus, I was looking  for a new show to watch, and saw that Once Upon A Time was on the "Popular on Netflix" section. Since I'm a big fan of reaction videos, I said to myself "If anyone has started reaction videos to the show, I'll start watching it" Well, there was someone.

After I had watched a few episodes, I told my youngest sister about the show. She ended up wanting to watch it, then my other 2 sisters wanted to watch it too. We were able to catch up with the show by the time 4x17 aired. We now watch the show together every week.

That's all I really have to say. The story's not that interesting, just wanted to make a post of it.

Tomorrow's new episode is a Henry centric episode, so I'm going to post a Henry appreciation post.

*SPOILERS* Season 5 Episode 5 Press Release/Photos/Sneak Peeks

Note: In the future, I'll do seperate posts for these during the week, but since I was catching up with the previous episodes this week, I decided to post it all together

Note 2: This post was written on Thursday, since I'm not going to be around my computer today (Friday) but I scheduled the post to release on Friday. There may be a 3rd Sneak Peek released on Friday. If so, I'll either edit this post to include it or put up a new post about it

Here's the official press release for this episode:

"Dreamcatcher" - In Camelot, as Mary Margaret and David attempt to retrieve the Dark One dagger, Emma uses a Dreamcatcher to look into the past to see how Merlin was transformed into a tree. Together, Emma and Regina figure out the critical ingredient they must acquire to free Merlin, but it's a race against Arthur, who does not want Merlin released. Meanwhile, with encouragement from his moms, Henry musters up the courage to ask Violet on a date. Back in Storybrooke, the heroes break into Emma's house hoping to locate Gold, but what they find will give them a glimpse of Emma's end game. Far from prying eyes, Merida sets about the mission Emma has tasked her with and begins molding Gold into the hero they need to draw Excalibur, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Once Upon a Time" stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O'Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Sean Maguire as Robin Hood, Rebecca Mader as the Wicked Witch/Zelena and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Guest stars include Amy Manson as Merida, Elliot Knight as Merlin, Liam Garrigan as King Arthur, Joana Metrass as Guinevere, David-Paul Grove as Doc, Mig Macario as Bashful, Olivia Steele Falconer as Violet, Ryan Robbins as Sir Morgan and Guy Fauchon as Vortigan. 

We were told this was a Henry episode. Why Merlin is stuck in the tree is one of the bigges mysteries of this arc so far, so I'm wondering why they decided to pick a Henry episode to reveal it.


Link to photos: http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/10/once-upon-time-episode-505-dreamcatcher_20.html

This following section will be bolded because it contains filming spoilers:

I've come up with a crazy theory that is very unlikely to be true, but the more I think of it, the cooler I think it would be if it did turn out to be true. It involves time travel, so I doubt they'd go there again. My theory is in an alternate timeline Henry became the Dark One instead of Emma, and Merlin did something to his family for some reason so Henry as the Dark One somehow got a time portal working and went back in time and put Merlin in the tree. 

Here's where filming spoilers come in: Some of the photos above show Emma, Regina, and Henry on the bridge. They definitely look like they're fighting someone and protecting Henry from the person. I saw pictures of them filming this scene and *SPOILER* Merlin was in the scene with them. Someone who was watching the filming said on Tumblr that they heard someone, most likely Merlin, saying something along the lines of "Your ruined my life"

I know there's probably less than a 1% chance that the theory's true but hearing that is a Henry episode, remembering the filming spoilers, and the photos of the scene on the bridge  is what brought this theory to my head. 


1st Sneak Peek: Henry, Violet, and Emma

I'm wondering why Henry didn't go to Regina instead. She used to ride horses, so she could have been of some help

2nd Sneak Peek: Emma, Mr. Gold, and Merida

It's interesting to see Mr. Gold act like this, and this sneak peek proves that the creators didn't forget about Baelfire/Neal


That's all I have for this:
Tommorow's post will be my history with the show: how long I've been into the show and how I got into the show

Season 5 Episode 4: The Broken Kingdom Review

This episode is a bit all over the place with plots..

Many years ago, Camelot: The opening scene of Young Arthur and Guinevere

5 years go, Camelot: Guinevere and Lancelot go on a quest to find the Dark One's dagger for Arthur and run into Rumplestiltskin.

6 weeks ago Camelot: Snow and Charming argue whether or not they should trust Arthur or Lancelot and Hook takes Emma on a horse ride to get Spirit Rumple out of her head

Present Day Storybrooke, Emma reveals a secret weapon for her plan



Camelot (Many Years Ago)

A young Arthur tells Guinevere that a wizard is stuck inside a tree and told him that he would pull a sword from a stone and become king. He tells Guinevere that every year on her birthday, he'll give her these flowers. Some bully kids come and say that Arthur will never become a king


Camelot (5 Years Ago)

Arthur is so obsessed with finding the Dark One dagger, he forgets it's Guinevere's birthday. It's revealed that Lancelot planned the party for Guinevere because Arthur didn't Arthur comes out and tells Guinevere that he found where the Dark One dagger is, and tells Lancelot to stay and protect Guinevere.

Guinevere takes Merlin's gauntlet to track down the dagger and Lancelot comes with her. They find the Dark One vault and go inside out where some darkness attacks Lancelot which Guinevere pushes away with a torch. They go into a door which lead them to a forest where the dagger is kept. Rumplestiltskin appears and decides to make a deal with Guinevere. Merlin's gauntlet for the Sands of Avalon which makes something appear to be fixed. Guinevere takes the Sands of Avalon back to Arthur, which he decides to use on her and the kingdom.


Camelot (6 Weeks Ago)

The Dark One dagger is calling to Emma. Spirit Rumple tries to convince Emma to use her magic to get it. She tries to use magic against Spirit Rumple and almost hits Hook. Everyone else comes in and sees her lying down. Regina knows she has to hide the dagger somewhere else. They need a quiet place for her to rest. Henry says he knows a place and Hook says he'll go with them.

The place that Henry is talking about is owned by Violet's family. Henry tells Hook and Emma to hide before Violet comes in and Henry asks if she would take him riding. Violet then tells him that she's going to introduce him to her horse, Nicodemus

Hook decides to take Emma horse riding to get Spirit Rumple out of her head. After walking for a while, Emma goes up to touch the horse who is scared of her, but Hook says to trust him. They have a long horse ride before getting a to a field of  flowers.

Snow and David argue over whether they should trust Arthur or Lancelot. David goes to Arthur and tells him the truth about Emma. He later takes the box that had the dagger in it and it's empty. Snow decided to take it to Lancelot for him to help hide it. Lancelot leads Snow to the place he and Guinevere went to which is revealed to be the place Snow had seen the vision of Emma crushing her heart. Arthur reveals to have followed them there. Arthur tries to summon Emma, but it doesn't work. Snow reveals the dagger is fake. Then David shows up and reveals it was a test, even though the fight was real.

They take Arthur to Granny's which but Guinevere shows up with all the knights, frees Arthur, and uses the Sands of Avalon on Snow and David. Snow and David go back to the castle and tells Regina and Robin that they can trust Arthur. Regina and Robin are both skeptical about it.

 Lancelot is thrown in jail where he meets Merida who was also captured by Arthur.

Storybrooke (Present Day)

Emma has Mr.Gold tied up in her basement. He asks to be let go because he can't become the hero Emma needs. Emma reveals that she has a secret weapon, which is revealed to be Merida tied up to Emma's car. Emma wants Merida to teach Mr. Gold to be brave

Favorite Moments From Each Starring Character:

Snow: Her fight with David and the revelation scene  that the dagger wasn't real

Emma: Her scenes with Hook and Henry in Camelot

Regina: Her just poofing out of the room before Snow and David's fight and her skepticism at the end when Snow and David wanted her to give them the real dagger to take to Arthur

David: His fight with Snow and the revelation scene with Arthur

Belle (Wasn't in the episode)

Hook: His reaction to Henry having a crush and the horse ride with Emma

Henry: His scene in the barn with Hook, Emma, and Violet

Zelena (Wasn't in the episode)

Robin: His skepticism at the end

Spirit Rumple: Once again, liked his scene

Mr. Gold: Liked his short little scene at the end


Final Thoughts:


I really liked Hook, Henry, and Emma's scene in the barn when they were talking about Violet. The time line's a bit confusing, but I'm just going with the 5 years doesn't count the 28 years of the curse. I'll give this episode a 9/10 just because of the timeline issue.


I'm now officially caught up with the show. Tomorrow's post will be about the information we know about this Sunday's episode, which includes the press release, promotional photos, and sneak peeks. See you then.