OUAT 6.4 Strange Case

OUAT 6.4 Strange Case

• Tonight we got the untold story of Jekyll and Hyde. I’m just not as excited about it as I was Cinderella. I think this is because we had their story initially last season and that was so soon.

The A Story- There’s Something About Mary

• Jekyll continues his work creating a cure to rid Storybrook of Hyde and the Evil Queen in Dr. Frankenstein’s lab, sans Dr. Frankenstein. Since everyone else is too busy to guard him, they leave him in the very capable hands of Grumpy and Doc- yes everyone else was indeed way too busy.

  

  "I might need someone who can actually protect me!" -Dr. Jekyll

  It isn’t long before the Evil Queen and Hyde show up to take the formula. With the wave of her hand, the dwarves are useless. They steal it, but later when Gold and Regina check back in on them, Jekyll reveals that he hid the real formula, to which Gold, using Jekyll’s heart as leverage then steals. In the flashback, it is revealed Dr. Jekyll wanted to desperately get into a scientific academy and impress his love interest Mary.

  

  Mary is quite interested in Hyde!

  The academy, nor Mary have interest in him. Enter Rumple, who adds the finishing touch to Jekyll’s serum, thus turning him into Hyde. Mary falls for Hyde, Hyde blackmails the academy and Hyde spends the the night with Mary.

  

  Mr. Hyde or the ghost of Abe Lincoln?

  Just one problem, when Mary and Jekyll wake up together, the both freak out, which leads to Jekyll killing Mary, thus making him the true monster.

  

  "Bye Felicia!" Dr. Jekyll

The B Story- Tapped in the Closet Jolly Roger Starring Belle   

• Gold is having trouble focusing on work since his wife, Belle moved in with Hook. So, he gives himself a haircut (which looks infinite times better on Robert Carlyle but now we have Rumple wigs that look weird).

  

  BAM!

  The Evil Queen and Hyde stop by to take a necklace. Gold reminds them they agreed to hurt Belle, but the Evil Queen takes delight in saying that she only made that deal with Rumple, Hyde did not. Fearful for her life, Gold rushes to the Jolly Roger, where Hook has packed his treasure chest to leave and move in with Emma. Before he goes, Hook gives the love of his life Belle a conch to call him whenever she is lonely is in danger.

  

  "Now no one can trace our secret calls to each other," Hook

  Gold casts a protection spell that doesn’t allow Belle to leave the ship, and no one else seems to really care. Jekyll hops the boat, angry at Rumple and wanting to make him pay, tries to kill Belle. He smashes the conch phone from her lover Hook and chases her to the deck. While this is happening, Gold stabs Hyde with his Dark One dagger but it doesn’t kill him. Just as Jekyll is ready to kill Belle, her true love Hook saves her and impales Jekyll. Hyde is preparing to command Gold with the dagger when he dies too, because Jekyll is the original Hyde and if he dies, Hyde dies.

  

  Whoops!

  Gold takes responsibility for creating the “beast” that was Jekyll and Hyde because he had hoped the serum would have helped Belle fall in love with him back in the enchanted forest.

  

  No one threatens his Belle, but him!

The C Story- Snow White Goes Back to School

• Snow started teaching again this week. Was it because school is just starting back in Storybrook or because it’s a convenient plot point? You decide. She has a teacher assistant named Shirin, who is better known as Princess Jasmine.

  

  LOL "no one knows who I am," Jasmine

  Snow is teaching the kids from the Land of Untold Stories but what subject she is teaching is beyond me. She’s kind of awful but redeems herself by teaching archery in the end. Also, Jasmine meets secretly with the Oracle from the first episode to get help to find Aladdin, who is apparently also in Storybrook.

*****Extra Tidbits*****

• So, Henry has a new girlfriend or is this the same one from Arthur’s kingdom?
• Why weren’t Charming and Emma guarding Jekyll?

  

  "We don't actually contribute to Sotorybrook anymore," said Emma!

• #Swanqueen met up to make secret promises to each other- true story!!!

  

  "We have not shared enough scenes this season," Said Regina.
  Emma nodded in agreement.
  #SwanQueen

• Belle and Gold had their 585,000th argument about the same things as before.
• Seriously, what class is Snow teaching? Does she even know

I hope we’re ready for to play a game next week! How many times will OUAT characters work in the phrase “A Whole New World?” Predictions?

Strange Case

This week on OUAT, Snow finally got to start teaching again! I'm really glad because she wasn't going to be able to focus on life until she was back in a classroom. I'm curious though, is Snow qualified to teach? I guess they were taught Newton' s laws of motion in the enchanted forest? I don't know, but she certainly managed a range of reactions from her students.

From, what do we call this, shock?

To cynicism, maybe?

Anyway, all of her students failed their physics test so Snow decided to take things to the next level. Archery level. And now Snow is out there shooting arrows with her class. Is it really a good idea to take this lot out to shoot arrows at failed tests? I don't know. Hope nobody gets hurt! 

 We also learned more about Jekyll and Hyde in Strange Case, and then they died, which is really alright with me. See ya later, boys.

Back in their (Jekyll /Hyde) land, Jekyll was trying to get into some kind of academy where they would sponsor his research, I guess, and he could live happily ever after as a scientist with his love, Mary. Jekyll was in love with a woman named Mary, but he was too timid to tell her how he really felt. Rumple somehow made his way across realms and time to find Jekyll and his serum. I guess he knew Jekyll was working on a personality separating serum and he wanted it to rid himself of his "weak" side that had feelings for Belle. Anyway, Jekyll's serum was nearly complete, minus some magic to kickstart it, which Rumple was able to provide. Once the juice was functioning as intended, Rumple encouraged Jekyll to split his personality so that he could win over Mary with his more assertive side. 

Notice how I am completely unsure of everything I just saw in this episode. Words like probably and phrases like I guess dominate. There are really no established rules when it comes to time and realm jumping, so I get lost trying to make sense of it all in my head while watching. Does anyone else have this problem?

Anyway, back to Jeckyll and Hyde. Using Hyde to get to Mary actually ends up working because Mary has a thing for Hyde. Jekyll discovers it and has a little bit of a freak out and kills Mary by pushing her out of a window. 

Turns out Jekyll is actually a villain too. He's been seeking revenge on Rumple all this time and he was waiting for Belle to come out of her box so that he could kill her. I guess he blames Rumple for Mary's death so this should even them out. Too bad for Jekyll because Hook was there to save Belle. I'm actually really excited about this one because I have a feeling Hook might try to cash on this with Rumple later. It could be interesting. 

I know Shane is a fan of Hook and Belle, Book. I have to say, after this week I am more convinced. Hook is spending a lot of time with Belle and they seem to enjoy each other's company aboard the Jolly Roger. Rumple and Belle are toxic anyway. This relationship has just become too creepy for me. Especially after this episode where we saw Rumple threaten her and lock her on a ship. Here's to hoping they never find their way back to one another. 

#FreeBelle

The big reveal in this episode was the discovery of how to take down the evil queen. When Jekyll was poked through, Hyde also died. Hyde wasn't aware that this would be the outcome so I'm not sure if the evil queen knows that killing Regina would kill her too. 

This was a really heavy Jekyll/Hyde episode with a dash of Snow and a hint of Jasmine. There were no real notable savior or evil queen moments. I'm sure in time that will change. Until then, I will most certainly look forward to it.