- It’s the Winter Finale and I’m kind of more excited for a break from OUAT than I should be. Let’s dive in!
One of these things is not like the other . . . #SwanQueen amd #CaptainHook confront the Evil queen at Robin’s grave. Threats are made and Emma cuts her with her own death-blade she found in the previous episode and we learn this sword can kill the Evil Queen without hurting Regina.- To add insult to injury Gold slaps a tracking bracelet on the Evil Queen.
When Bae gives a slap-bracelet but it's 2016 . . .
- All of this leads to the Evil Queen kidnapping Jasmine (off screen) and using the Genie of Agrabah aka Aladdin to grant Emma’s wish she made however many episodes back when she first met Aladdin, to not be the savior anymore. Emma is transported away to land, far, far away!
Finally a use for these two- plot device! - Regina takes matters into her own hands and uses Aladdin to transport her to the same place Emma was sent to.
- Emma was sent to a fantasy where Snow White and Charming defeated the Evil Queen in the enchanted forest and she is their princes. Henry still exists because Neal is his father but Neal is dead here too. (Que the creepy moment where they talk about how he is always watching and everyone stares up at the camera before it is revealed they are staring at a portrait.
He's always watching . . . always . . . - Regina arrives in Fantasy Enchanted Forest and surprise, everyone believes she is the evil queen. She is forced to make a deal with Fantasy Rumple (to let him out for a magic bean to return to Storybrook) and decides to play the role of Evil Queen to make Emma realizes she is the savior. This ends up with Regina killing fake Charmings and Emma saving her from fake Prince Henry.
Look, they're just like the Storybrook versions! - Meanwhile in Storybrook, nobody knows how to save Emma, Snow sleeps, and Gold and Belle discovers something has actually happened to their child and Blue by default. Mother Superior tells Belle the black fairy took her baby.
Your face when you realize your mother in-law kidnapped your baby . . . - A stranger in the cloak that kills Emma in her visions appears, easily doing away with the Evil Queen by turning her into a cobra, is revealed to be not only the black fairy and Emma’s killer in her visions, but it’s Gold and Belle’s son! What a twist!
ANd the killer is . . . .this guy! - In the fantasy world, just as Emma and Regina open the portal (so fake Rumple kept his world), an arrow whizzes by them, revealing fake Robin. Regina forgets literally everything and Emma will not leave without her true love, so the portal closes, leaving them trapped . . .forever! Or until March 2017!
*****EXTRA TIDBITS*****
- Jasmine finally wished for her and Aladdin to go back to Agrabah.
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - #SwanQueen moment: When Emma is singing “Once Upon A Dream” the song where the princess usually meets her true love, guess her Emma met? Regina!! Well played OUAT!
Me thinks this portal might lead to Oz! - Those statues of the Charmings are just as ugly as Arrow's Laurel statue.
OUAT's very own Love Triangle- Coming soon 2017!
A few good things happened this week, like Aladdin and Jasmine disappearing. The evil queen got turned into a snake by Rumple and Belle's son, which was nice to find out who the hooded murder is, and Regina and Emma got locked in a fake dream world because Robin popped up and attempted to rob Emma and Regina. Actually he still might rob them or shoot them with his bow because we were left off with the two leading ladies being held at bow point.
So Aladdin and Jasmine are gone, possibly for good! This is exciting news! These two have hardly had a story in what should have been their half of the season. This is how it goes, right? But there hasn't been much there for Aladdin and Jasmine. They had maybe one full episode of "flashbacks" if I am remembering correctly, and that was it. Every moment they have existed on the show since then has seemed spotty and forced in there. I'm glad they have gone back to Agrabah but I fear we haven't seen the last of them just yet. I'm fairly certain they will show up again before the season is over.
Why do people keep trusting Blue? When she was a tiny fairy with an ass on her chest she was somewhat powerful and seemed to evade dangerous situations, but now in Storybrooke she is fails at every turn. I'm pretty sure the last baby she watched, baby Robin, got dragged to hell while in her care. And yet Belle sent her new born baby flying off into the realms with Blue. Why? Within the last five minutes of the episode we find out that Blue lost Gideon to the Black Fairy at some point and he's probably evil now. Well, he's most definitely evil since he's the hooded figure that kills Emma, right?
Emma and Regina are stuck in a fake dream world together after the evil queen snatched up the Genie's bottle and wished for Emma to have never been savior. Regina, loyal and in love, wishes to be where Emma is and she is granted that wish. When Regina gets to the enchanted forest (where non savior Emma is) the people hate her because they think she is the evil queen still. Regina finds a crazy Rumple still caged and asks him for his help in rescuing Emma. He advises Regina to act like the evil queen in order to bring out the savior in Emma. Regina does this by stealing Snow and Charming and threatening their lives, which makes Emma cry, but nothing more. However, when Henry comes in and attempts to kill Regina, Emma reacts! She remembers. They try to say that it's because Regina wouldn't hurt Henry that Emma remembered and reacted, but we all know it's really because the love of her life was almost stabbed.
Once Emma remembers, the two meet Rumple at the lake for a bean so they can get back to Storybrooke. It's at this time that Robin shows up with his bow and arrows. He's attempting to rob them when their portal opens and because Regina is so overwhelmed with him being there they lose their moment and the portal closes. It's probably better that way since evil Gideon is now back in Storybrooke waiting to kill Emma. I guess. If that's why he's really there.
Back in Storybrooke David gives the genie bottle to Jasmine to use to get home. Why didn't she do this in the first place? Didn't she have that thing for a little while at least before Evil Queen took it? Anyway, she wishes for her and Aladdin to find Agrabah or be in Agrabah or something to do with Agrabah. And then they vanish. Bye guys.
This wasn't a terrible episode, in fact it was possibly my favorite of the season. The reveal of the hooded figure and Robin's way of coming back were kind of fun to see. I'm not a big Robin fan, I'm just impressed they thought of a way to bring him back. I'm kind of thinking they will find out that the "fake" world isn't as fake as they thought, otherwise how are they going to get a not real Robin back to Storybrooke, which I'm just assuming they will do. I'm probably giving OUAT too much credit. He'll come back to Storybrooke, good as new, with no explanation of how he's a real boy.
Well, that's it. Mid-season done and another half to go. I'm saying ciao to Hyde, Jekyll, Aladdin, and Jasmine. Hopefully the second half of this season will bring some cool new characters for us.
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