Originally Posted By Scutr >> I always like The Charmings when Lillian would bake apple pies and no one would eat them.<< Wow, I thought I was the only person that remembered that show! Sad that it never caught on. I still think of Snow's Prince Charming as "Eric", even in "Once..." And naming the raven "Quoth" was just brilliant
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I remember The Charmings, too. We loved it. I think the actor who once played Prince Eric moved on to The Reva sit-com series. He played her ex-husband.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne The Season Finale.. what do you all think?? Personally my reaction was very mixed.. I rewatched it again this morning (twice) and I still don't really know how I feel.. To begin with, I was relieved Emma finally became a believer.. about time!! Although I was surprised at how easily Regina admitted the secret and thought her 'actually he goes by Rumplestiltskin' line was a little bit weird.. like I expected her to be more mysterious.. The Jefferson thing.. OK so I still don't know if Emma did send him back through the hat in his episode or not.. it seems he definitely has some kind of magic now. I wasn't suprised that Regina screwed him over again but his reaction to it all was weird.. how did he know Belle was hidden there and who she is? and that janitor man.. clearly the two are in on it together but we still don't know who he is. I liked Rumple's reaction to Belle. I was so past caring about the Fairy tale land that was that I almost wanted to skip past all those scenes.. obviously it gave us answers to Malicifent and the whole how he carried true love into the real world but otherwise yawn. I feel like if there are fairytale flashbacks in season two they will focus on Snow & Charming taking back their kingdoms.. Ok the whole Rumple 'stealing' the true love so Emma couldn't use it for Henry.. I believe Rumple knew all along that all Emma had to do was kiss Henry to break the curse so they didn't need it, however he needed Emma to be desperate enough to go down, face the dragon etc. August.. we didn't see if he returned to human form when the curse broke or not so that is something I'm looking forward to seeing in the new season. I hope he did. The thing I found most surprising was the aftermath of the breaking of the curse. They all seemed to just have this strange little smile and Snow/Charming were the only real big reunion thing we saw.. I didn't expect them to go back to Fairytale land but I expected more of a reaction..you know running to the streets to find each other.. everyone at the hospital seemed to keep going about their business, they didn't rush to thank Emma.. even the nurse/fairy's reaction to Regina was so bland suggesting she finds somewhere to hide?? I thought they would have all mobbed her!! And obviously the ending with Mr Gould bringing magic to the real world.. any predictions??
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I KNEW that nurse looked familiar, thank you EmmaJayne for mentioning her. I thought the Malificent/dragon scene was pretty Fantasmical So now Regina's archenemy is gone, correct? Hmm, now I'm wondering why Malificent didn't come to Storybrooke with everyone else. It was pretty obvious that Henry was going to wake up, Emma just needed to kiss him
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne ^^ well it's fair to say that when she's in her fairy costume, our eyes aren't exactly drawn to her face!! And yes I thought the Henry/ Emma kiss was incredibly obvious from the moment he collapsed.
Originally Posted By Scutr >> Hmm, now I'm wondering why Malificent didn't come to Storybrooke with everyone else.<< She did, they explain that she was brought there and that her curse was to be imprisoned in her dragon form. Archenemy, though? I would think Rumplestiltskin would fit that description better than Maleficent. I liked that the curse was broken, but NOT that they didn't all return to "Fantasyland" or wherever they're from. I still think the show should have just ended here. Definitely not feeling good about the prospect for a second season.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne "I liked that the curse was broken, but NOT that they didn't all return to "Fantasyland" or wherever they're from. I still think the show should have just ended here. Definitely not feeling good about the prospect for a second season." I never actually expected them to go back.. I don't know why I just had this feeling it wouldn't happen.. Also because the whole concept of the show is to see ' every story book character you've ever known' misplaced in the real world. I don't believe they will return permanently until the end of the series.. I still think it would have been better off as a mini series.. Or if the English had done it. This first season was very long winded and way too many pointless storylines were introduced to flesh it out to a full US season.
Originally Posted By Scutr I agree about the mini-series idea, although I can't say there were too many episodes that didn't hold my attention. (just 1 or 2) On a side note - I guess we won't be seeing any more of Sidney in the Magic Mirror, or if we do it'll be someone different. That actor has been cast as a lead in a series on another network.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne ^^ He would be easy enough to replace.. well his appearances in the mirror anyway.. lots of smoke and add in some make up etc.. like it's not like trying to recast Emma or Regina where you'd really notice it. I found for every strong episode there was about 2 fillers.. hour length epis where we only learned one or two crucial things, could have easily been condensed. I've enjoyed it but some weeks I found myself so frustrated at how slowly it was moving.
Originally Posted By ABBY I was so glad it ended as it did, not really a cliff hanger, but some mystery as to what the next season holds. I was so worried it was going to be like LOST, leaving us in the lurch for 5 or 6 months!! That made me CRAZY !!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: If you ask us, it actually DID leave us in a lurch--just as LOST always did. We have no idea what Mr. Gold was really doing by releasing magic into the 'real' world. It's obvious that the same writers from LOST are also writing Once Upon a Time.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I liked it. They rapped up the season nicely and lets face it, given the way fairy tales work breaking the curse with true loves kiss was the only logical way to do it. So they've tied up season one nicely with only a few small questions, (will Sidney return to the looking glass or remain human, will August remain wooden and will Grumpy and his fairy finally be together now they are both human?) and we now have a setup for the drama in season two.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i thought it ended perfectly! and yeah emma kissing henry was an obvious one but rumple needed that bit of magic. I think he did it so he can still find his son since that was never resolved. But yeah its going to be interesting bringing magic to the real world, i can't wait for next season!!!
Originally Posted By chickapin Just for the record--here's my prediction: Rumple's son Bae is Henry's father...
Originally Posted By Scutr Season 2 preview up on YouTube. Someone new comes to town..... and his name rhymes with "Storybrooke"! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RWCOrJinL8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...COrJinL8</a>
Originally Posted By magic0214 Just caught up, I know, late to the party. So here are just some of my thoughts. -Grumpy is an annoying character and I don't mind if he tragically dies. -Ruby or Belle are my favorite characters, but with Belle meaning the Rumple relationship...not just by herself -Loved how the ended the season with the clock going back to 8:15 -I really feel bad for the Evil Queen. I know she really does love Henry, but her b***hy qualities out way that
Originally Posted By u k fan I've just gotten to the end of this. It still has 1 episode to go in the UK, but I skipped ahead. Overall, I really enjoyed, but I do agree it felt like there was a lot of filler. I hope that it just feels that way and that nuggets of information from those episodes becomes important later on. I hope this doesn't end up like Lost as I gave up on that in season 2 as I just got bored of not knowing what was going on. So far so good though! It's been nice to finally get to the end of this thread!!!
