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Once Upon A Time 7x08 - "Pretty In Blue" Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2023-03-16 06:00:01
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Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Pretty in Blue- Thank you so much for another fun reaction, Dodo! As always... I really enjoyed watching this episode again with you. Personally... I don't care so much for this episode myself either. I enjoy it overall, but some of the storylines within this episode are just okay. And this episode just focuses too much on the storylines that I just don't care about. The only good storyline throughout this episode, aside from the few moments here and there that I somewhat enjoyed, was barely touched upon, which is really sad. I absolutely love Wish Hook's and Alice's storyline, as well as the Hyperion Heights storyline between Rogers and Tilly, both very much! And I wish we could have seen more about them. Nonetheless... We will get more between them later on. This episode is an episode that helps to build on Henry's and Ella's love story, as well as Henry's and Jacinda's storyline with Lucy and Nick/Jack. And sadly, I just really don't care about their story arcs much at all. This episode starts with quite the excitement, as Alice comes to find her father to let him know she's escaped the tower and that she has found a cure for his poisoned heart. Since you don't remember too well... Wish Hook tells Killian in this season's second episode... A Pirate's Life, that his heart had been poisoned by a witch, which has made it so that he couldn't continue to fight for his daughter. So that they could no longer be together. And seeing as we now know who Alice's mother really is, it's pretty likely that the witch who has poisoned Wish Hook's heart is Mother Gothel, in order to cruelly keep him and Alice separated. Unfortunately, Alice has been tricked by Drizella so that she could try to lure Henry into a trap to poison his heart as well, and Wish Hook sadly pays the price when Alice attempts to touch him as they embrace, until Wish Hook is seriously hurt when they do so. I am so glad that Regina is there to help him, while Henry and Ella go after Alice to help her after she runs away in fear. This is really the only part of Ella's and Henry's storyline from this episode that I care about. And I wish there was much more focus on it. Nonetheless... Soon, Henry and Ella wind up in a new land known to us as New Wonderland, after they follow Alice through the opened portal. I really couldn't care less about Henry's and Ella's love story, as I've mentioned a few times now. And I feel really badly for saying so because I love Henry so much. Also... I don't like that the man we're supposed to believe is Lucy's father... Nick, shows up at Ronnie's. This part of the episode for me is just boring and pointless because we know that Henry is really her father and because this guy really isn't all that likable at all. At least to me. Which I suppose was also the point of his character. We're not supposed to like him. So... success! But his real identity is a character named Jack, who appears to be an old friend of Henry's from somewhere unknown. And according to Henry, Jack is the first friend that he made when he first arrived here in the New Enchanted Forest. If you listen carefully to Henry's and Jack's conversation in this scene as Henry introduces Jack to Ella, Henry and Jack talk about fighting against giants together, which reveals that Jack... is Jack from the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Who is clearly very different from the original Jack we know from season two's episode... Tiny, and from the story of Jack, the Giant Slayer. The same female version of Jack who was foolishly in love with David's twin brother, Prince James. Also... I really appreciate and love the Star Wars reference within this scene when we are first introduced to Nick as Jack in the New Enchanted Forest storyline, as Henry quotes Lando Calrissian in a famous scene between Lando and Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back, pretending to hate this newcomer who turns out to be a good friend to Henry. Back to Rogers' storyline... I appreciate seeing the other cops at the precinct cheer for Rogers when he returns to work the next day for solving the Eloise Gardner case. It appears in the first episode... Hyperion Heights, that no one much likes Rogers because Rogers is a good man and a straight arrow. But at least they all appear to respect him now. Except for Rumple, of course. Though his disdain towards Rogers appears to be mostly because he's frustrated with Rogers for refusing to listen to him about freeing Eloise. And he definitely knows who Eloise really is and that she's dangerous. Then... We get more backstory for Ella, which was certainly different once more. It turns out that her birth mother remarried, giving her a stepfather too even though he was the only father she's ever known and the only parent she loved since her mother... Surprise! ...abandoned her too. Ugh. Ella's part of the story gets better as it went along, but I didn't like it at first. And then we learn Ella's mother's heart was poisoned to keep her from Ella's father, the same as Wish Hook's heart was. And we discover that Drizella's first attempt at finding a failsafe to the curse breaking, is by poisoning Henry's heart. Making it so that he and Jacinda can't share true love's kiss. The mushroom Drizella picks out to poison Henry reminds me of the mushroom David and Arthur goes in search for in season five's episode... Siege Perilous, so they could communicate with Merlin. It is probably the same prop. However, Drizella's plan is thwarted by Alice and Ella when they banish Drizella through the mirror. Another of my favorite scenes, is when Regina comes to see Rumple at the station only to find Rogers. And clearly, she knows who Eloise really is too. It is hilarious that she throws away the cake Eloise had made him, then tells him that sugar would kill him. I'm curious to know what was in the cake if Eloise had done anything to it. Although... I believe that there is a small part of her that actually might somewhat like him too. Deep down, even if it's just on account of how handsome he is. She has cursed Rogers with an obsession to find her and a desire to protect her. But maybe there's a small part of her that feels obsessed with him too. Not out of love, but in more of a sick kind of obsession. At least... This is what I am sensing from her. And I really can't wait to see more between Rogers and Eloise, or rather Mother Gothel. She's going to cause some serious trouble for him. And I'm also curious to see how Gothel has poisoned Hook's heart so that he can't be near his daughter again. It is sweet how Henry has continued to help Jacinda, and yet it's also so sad because we know that Regina has to try to keep them apart in order to protect her son. It's killing Regina to do it and poor Henry doesn't understand why. And now... Regina and Henry have left Hyperion Heights to go on a road trip together to find someone who can help them in San Fransico. I'm excited for you to find out who they're on their way to see! :) I love seeing Rumple come to Regina after learning from Rogers that she was looking for him. And I actually love that Rumple is keeping up the pretense that he isn't 'awake' like Regina knows he is. As frustrating as this may be. I just wish we're told why he isn't willing to turn to Regina to ally himself with her to take Drizella and Gothel down, since Regina and Rumple have become friends since the final battle. But then, Rumple is always the one character who is the most difficult to read, as we never really know what he's going to do next. He's very conniving and I love it. Finally, we get back to Henry and Ella returning from New Wonderland, and they find Wish Hook and Regina, who is caring for him after his heart is affected by Alice coming close to him. And we learn from Jacinda that Alice has given Henry the white knight chess piece to give to her father because this piece represents what her father is to her. Her white knight. This scene is so sad because Wish Hook appears so broken. And he tells his friends that he would suffer the pain of being poisoned time and time again just to see his daughter again. So sad, but so beautiful. And lastly... I absolutely love seeing Rogers find Tilly come together again in the end of this episode, as Rogers comes to find Tilly so he can apologize to her for being cruel and pushing her away. And Tilly is really sweet in this scene, I love seeing father and daughter together, even though they are both unaware that they are father and daughter. I love their dynamic. And again... This scene with them together is another of my absolute favorite scenes within what is just an okay episode. This is actually my absolute favorite scene within this episode. I love it!! Overall... I enjoy this episode. Just not nearly as much as I absolutely love the previous episode... Eloise Gardener. And I love the new look and design of New Wonderland too. It looks much, much better than the Wonderland we see in seasons one and two. Thank you very much for another fun reaction for Once Upon a Time, Dodo! There is a lot of greatness to come!! :) Sincerely, Heidi

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Oh… And nice job with catching the writers’ mistake in this episode when Henry and Ella are talking about Snow hitting Charming with a rock at the beginning of their love story. The events in Snow’s and Charming’s past have changed because of Emma’s and Killian’s time travel adventure. So Henry should have told Ella that Snow hit Charming with a jewelry box, not with a rock. The only way Henry could have known that it was originally a rock, was if Emma and Killian had told them everything thing they had charged. And maybe they did. And if so… Then this might not be a writers’ mistake after all. Nice catch, Dodo! Heidi

Miguelito

I love a good Storybrooke reference. I miss the town! I wanted to say that I too agree with you about Lucy’s belief versus Henry’s belief in season 1. To me, it made sense in season 1 bc Henry was able to notice the weirdness of Storybrooke. For example, the way nobody aged? I’m sure that raised red flags for Henry and made sense for him and maybe because Henry was adopted versus Lucy who already has a mom (and a dad). It’s crazy to think that Lucy has this much faith and maybe that’s her inner child. But it’s too much in my opinion. She lives in a world where she has a mom, and she read this book (that Henry wrote) about fairy tales and suddenly she thinks all of it real. That’s a lot of faith. I don’t know if there’s something I’m missing, but it’s strange in my opinion. At this point, we don’t know if Lucy was born after or before Drizella’s dark curse, but if she was already born, why does she believe so highly? I don’t know, I just wanted to put my two cents in. Also, I hope everything goes well with your job! Hopefully we get to see the mid-season finale of Once before April (if you decide to take that break). I’ve seen other creators take breaks where they pause billing cycle, and if you really need the break, you should be able to take it! ❤️❤️

Jennifer Clark

I hope that you will get through at least the mid season finale before pausing the show. I love the reactions and this is the only show I watch, and you are so close to the end. I understand having to work, but If I need to pause my membership I will be sad. lol. Please let us know what you decide to do. Maybe you can double up on the episodes and get it all done before you break????? That would be AWESOME!