I decided to add "Once Upon a Time" to my DVR list because of my nostalgic love of fairytales, evil queens, princesses being saved by prince charmings and all that comes betwixt and between.
Background: The evil queen put a curse on all the fairytale characters that they would go to a place (StoryBrook, Maine) where they would never remember their lives. Snow White is now the school teacher, Prince Charming is John Doe in a coma (he was killed in Fairytale land, I swear he was dead, but thank goodness he is not!), Rumpelstiltskin is the richest man in town, Red Riding hood is the town slut and the evil queen is the Mayor (of course, who also btw has an apple orchard in her backyard). Snow White and Charming are preggo with a baby girl (Emma) who is the only one who can come back 28 years later to break the curse. Emma Swan (Remember Zoey from How I met your Mother?) also has a child, Henry, who she gave up for adoption years ago. Henry's adopted mother, of course, is the Evil Queen/Mayor. Henry gets this fairytale book from his teacher (Hello Snow) and tries to track down Emma, so she can come back and save the town and save him as well. It seems to me that even the queen has no freaking clue who she is. She knows she is evil, but doesn't know she is wicked.
Recap: In this episode, it focuses on the background of the Evil Queen. We see how she got to be so evil and how the curse came into play. We see that she took the evil curse from her BFF Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty's arch nemesis and also Pam from True Blood) and had to kill something that meant the most to her (her daddy, aww) and uses his heart to enact the curse amongst Snow and her friends. She also makes the deal with Rumple that no matter what he wants, as long as he says please, she has to do it.
We also see a back and forth rivalry with Regina Queen/Mayor and Emma Swan. The queen keeps attempting to get her arrested and Emma takes a chain saw to her beloved apple tree. We also get to see that Emma realizes Snow is her mother and that her, Henry and Snow all love cinnamon on their hot chocolate. The queen also has Emma evicted from Grandma's inn and puts a boot on her car. She makes the rules here, but can she really keep bad-ass Emma away from her flesh and blood and now her mother? I also like how we get a little reveal as into the Queen and why she named her adopted child Henry, after her father, who she ruthlessly ripped his heart out. "Once you go down the path of revenge, you go alone" he says. But where else would she go? Could she do a white witch makeover?
I am intrigued by this show and love anything that brings storybook characters to life and lets me in on burning questions we all have. I hope to see more, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, let's bring them all out and see into their lives.
I can't wait for next Sunday!
What do you think of this new show?
Background: The evil queen put a curse on all the fairytale characters that they would go to a place (StoryBrook, Maine) where they would never remember their lives. Snow White is now the school teacher, Prince Charming is John Doe in a coma (he was killed in Fairytale land, I swear he was dead, but thank goodness he is not!), Rumpelstiltskin is the richest man in town, Red Riding hood is the town slut and the evil queen is the Mayor (of course, who also btw has an apple orchard in her backyard). Snow White and Charming are preggo with a baby girl (Emma) who is the only one who can come back 28 years later to break the curse. Emma Swan (Remember Zoey from How I met your Mother?) also has a child, Henry, who she gave up for adoption years ago. Henry's adopted mother, of course, is the Evil Queen/Mayor. Henry gets this fairytale book from his teacher (Hello Snow) and tries to track down Emma, so she can come back and save the town and save him as well. It seems to me that even the queen has no freaking clue who she is. She knows she is evil, but doesn't know she is wicked.
Recap: In this episode, it focuses on the background of the Evil Queen. We see how she got to be so evil and how the curse came into play. We see that she took the evil curse from her BFF Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty's arch nemesis and also Pam from True Blood) and had to kill something that meant the most to her (her daddy, aww) and uses his heart to enact the curse amongst Snow and her friends. She also makes the deal with Rumple that no matter what he wants, as long as he says please, she has to do it.
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We also see a back and forth rivalry with Regina Queen/Mayor and Emma Swan. The queen keeps attempting to get her arrested and Emma takes a chain saw to her beloved apple tree. We also get to see that Emma realizes Snow is her mother and that her, Henry and Snow all love cinnamon on their hot chocolate. The queen also has Emma evicted from Grandma's inn and puts a boot on her car. She makes the rules here, but can she really keep bad-ass Emma away from her flesh and blood and now her mother? I also like how we get a little reveal as into the Queen and why she named her adopted child Henry, after her father, who she ruthlessly ripped his heart out. "Once you go down the path of revenge, you go alone" he says. But where else would she go? Could she do a white witch makeover?
I am intrigued by this show and love anything that brings storybook characters to life and lets me in on burning questions we all have. I hope to see more, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, let's bring them all out and see into their lives.
I can't wait for next Sunday!
What do you think of this new show?
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