Once Upon a Time REACTION - S04E01-10
Added 2020-01-01 07:01:39 +0000 UTCEpisodes 01-10: https://mega.nz/#F!gsQQwYSY!4HX9rynFFNTMnXe4st-Fxg
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Fall- Yay!!! Fall is absolutely and easily another one of my overall favorites throughout this Frozen arc and even the entire series. I love Fall, so much, in every way!! First of all... my favorite moment in this entire episode is the most beautiful moment between Emma and Killian, when Killian comes to the sheriff's station to sadly say goodbye to Emma. And what's worse... is that Killian knows he's about to die by Gold's hand and so his goodbye for him is permanent, whereas Emma only believes he's only saying goodbye for the time being for as long as the Snow Queen's Spell of Shattered Sight remains upon them. It's such a beautiful moment. I balled when I first saw this scene when the episode first aired on television, and I still tear up every time since. The emotion we see in both Killian's and Emma's eyes, as well as on their faces... heartbreaking. Especially Killian's tearful goodbye. Phenomenal acting from both Colin O'Donoghue and Jennifer Morrison!! Another of my overall favorite moments in this episode is when Anna and Kristoff are trapped inside the trunk beneath the ocean, as Kristoff fights to give the woman he loves the strength to have hope, and when Anna tries to marry him. It's so beautiful and this episode makes me love both Anna and Kristoff all that much more than I've loved them before. It has also brought Anna and Kristoff up to be among one of my overall favorite couples throughout all of Once Upon a Time. I love both of their actors, Elizabeth Lail and Scott Michael Foster. :) And my last overall favorite moment within this episode... is a very brief moment when we see Killian hiding from Emma behind the counter at Granny's with the heartbreaking look of guilt and despair on his face. Again... Killian's emotion is breathtaking and heartbreaking. Now, as for the Arendelle storyline between Anna and Kristoff... I love it. All of it!! I love seeing the Snow Queen's freeze spell wear off for an unknown reason at the time, and I love the cute banter back and forth between them. I love seeing Anna and Kristoff fight against Prince Hans and his three brothers. And then they come up with a plan to face Black Beard upon Anna having read in her parents' journal about the Wishing Star that they had possibly gotten from Black Beard, rather than face off against an evil wizard... Rumplestiltskin. Unfortunately, Hans outsmarts them and makes a deal with Captain Black Beard so they can capture Anna and Kristoff, then get rid of them once and for all. And in doing so, Hans plans to kill the heroes, but instead of just making them walk the plank and drowning them, Black Beard forces Anna and Kristoff into a trunk, then throws the trunk overboard with them inside. I hate Hans, aside from appreciating how much the actor chosen to play him being perfect in playing Prince Hans. However, I love the partnership between him and Black Beard... mostly because I just love Black Beard as a villain. He's hilarious and I love Charles Mesure as Black Beard. As for them being aboard the Jolly Roger... I recognized the Jolly Roger from the moment we see it onscreen again. The Jolly Roger rightfully belongs to Hook, not Black Beard... dang it!! And if you remember from back in season three's episodes, New York City Serenade, The Jolly Roger and its finale, There's No Place Like Home... Hook had known that Black Beard has wanted to take the Jolly Roger away from him and at first, in The Jolly Roger... Hook defeats Black Beard and takes back the Jolly Roger from him, then as was revealed in There's No Place Like Home... Hook had traded his ship to someone for a magic bean so he could get back to Emma. Now... it was never said then who Hook had traded the Jolly Roger to, but seeing as Black Beard is currently in possession of it in this current episode and present time... it's clear that Hook sadly had to give up his ship and the only home he's known since he and his older brother Liam had been in the Royal Navy together and was trapped in Neverland for over two hundred years, to Black Beard. It's tragic really because Black Beard doesn't deserve Hook's ship, but I absolutely love seeing the connection between this episode Fall, and season three's episodes, New York City Serenade, The Jolly Roger, and There's No Place Like Home! Phenomenal!! Next... we also learn through Hans that all of Arendelle had been frozen for the last thirty years, which brings this storyline we believed to be in the past, up to the present day... as it leads us into the Storybrooke storyline. And I absolutely love it! Now, as for the Storybrooke storyline... I absolutely love it overall. I like how this storyline begins with another scene between Rumple and Ingrid, as they make a deal between one another. In exchange for Rumple sparing her life and leaving her alone in Storybrooke with Emma and Elsa, the Snow Queen agrees to allow Rumple to leave with Belle and Henry as well. Very smart, as I really enjoy every scene between these two villains. Next... we have each of the scenes where the heroes are trying to come up with a plan to either stop the Snow Queen's Spell of Shattered Sight altogether by using Anna's necklace to either find Anna, or to use the mirror dust embedded in it to cast the fairies' and Belle's spell that can counteract the curse's affects over everyone. I really enjoy each of these scenes with them together. Unfortunately, Rumple forces Killian through his control over Killian's heart to destroy the fairies' and Belle's efforts, by ordering Killian to trap all of the fairies including Blue inside the Sorcerer's hat. And you can see the shattering guilt on Killian's face when he entraps Blue, as he remorsefully apologizes to her for doing so. I absolutely love this moment in this episode. It's very sad and quite exciting. And then... because Rumple destroys all the heroes chances to save themselves from Ingrid's spell, they are all forced to accept that the curse is going to fall over them, so they must plan to protect one another. Which I will talk about in a moment. I enjoy the scenes between Emma and Elsa, while Elsa continues to fight to believe she will find Elsa, even against the other heroes' decision. But more than these... I absolutely love the moment Elsa makes the wish that Anna would be there in Storybrooke with her, not knowing that Anna's necklace is in fact the Wishing Star that her parents had bought from Black Beard after all, yet could never use it to wish away Elsa's ice magic because the Wishing Star requires the wisher to be of pure heart. Elsa's, Anna's, and Kristoff's reunion, as well as seeing Anna and Kristoff become saved from death... is beautiful. Now... the fairies have all become trapped inside the Sorcerer's hat and the heroes have taken the precautions needed to protect one another. I really enjoyed the scene in the sheriff's station when Kristoff greets David again, and they and Anna are brought together again, as well as when David introduces them to Mary Margaret and Emma as his daughter to Anna and Kristoff. I love that Anna questions how Emma can be David's and Mary Margaret's daughter. Very cute. Sadly, Mary Margaret and David lock themselves up into the separate jail cells, while Kristoff must lock himself in cuffs to one of the desks so he too can't hurt anyone. And Emma must take baby Neal to protect him since she, Elsa, and Anna are immune. And later, Mary Margaret shows her fear to her husband, who assures her to have hope. These moments are very sad and touching. I also truly love the moments between Regina and Robin, as well as between Regina and Henry as well. One tiny thing that kind of bothered me though about this episode... it's that Regina tells Robin the only ones who believe in her are him and Henry. However, this isn't true. Everyone believes in her too. Emma, Mary Margaret, David, etc... So hearing her continue to say that she doesn't feel the others believe in her as much too... it's a little aggravating. I also absolutely love the scenes between Rumple and Killian, first in the beginning in the harbor when Killian is first told of Rumple's plans for him and for the fairies, as well as in the end when Killian tries to warn Rumple that he could have Belle's love if he just let go of his lust for power, after which Rumple threatens Killian once more as he tells Killian to enjoy his last day alive. So sad, but their rivalry is amazing as always! And lastly... my final favorite moment in this episode is the sequence showing each of the heroes looking up into the sky as the Snow Queen's Spell of Shattered Sight begins to fall. It's phenomenal and the music is perfect. Everyone looks so afraid and defeated. And we see Anna embrace her sister while she looks over at Kristoff as the spell falls, as well as David and Mary Margaret holding hands, while Emma protects her baby brother. And then... David and Mary Margaret let go and stare at one another coldly once the curse has fallen. It's so sad and frightening, and amazing! I love, love, love this episode so much!! So thank you so much for your amazing reaction!! Thank you!! Thank you so much!!! Until your next reaction...
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2020-01-02 09:47:29 +0000 UTCSmash the Mirror Parts One and Two- I was so excited when I saw you posted your new reaction for these episodes!! Thank you, thank you!! And wow... I absolutely love these episodes so much!! :) My favorite moments... Of course they all have Hook in them and you know it's because he's my favorite, but you also understand that it's because Colin O'Donoghue is just phenomenal. First... I absolutely love the moment when Killian calls Emma the second time inside Gold's shop and confesses everything to her. I love the emotion he shows. He's so broken and I felt so heart broken for him. This kind of emotional moment is when Colin O'Donoghue shines. He acted this scene and all throughout both of these episodes so phenomenally and I just love him so, so much. I'm sure you must be tired of me repeating myself over Killian so much. :) Second... I absolutely love the scenes between Hook and Rumplestiltskin, when Killian runs up towards the mansion to try to save Emma from being sucked into the hat, only for Gold to appear before him to stop him and binds him to the gate. And then, after Gold sees that Emma has changed her mind to go through with giving up her magic, Killian mocks him for his failure and while Gold is disappointed, he reveals to Killian that losing Emma wasn't a complete loss. Unfortunately for Killian, the revelation the Snow Queen had told Gold back in the end of the previous episode, The Snow Queen, is that Gold needs the heart of someone who knew him before he became the Dark One, and Gold cruelly and forcefully rips out Killian's heart, becoming in total control over Killian so that now Killian is the Dark One's puppet. I felt so scared and so crushed. Both actors played these scenes so amazingly well. And what a reveal!! It's so amazing. :) And my third favorite moment... is in the end when Killian enters the mansion at last and shows such relief upon seeing that Emma really is okay, as he rushes up to her and pulls her into his arms. Killian loves Emma so much and as this show's viewers, Killian's expressions and emotions prove this. I love how he kisses her despite Elsa still being there, and I love how Killian tells Emma that he loves every part of her. So beautiful. And then... I also absolutely love the expressions we see slightly from both Killian and Emma, yet the emotions that are never expressed except through their facial expressions. Clearly, Killian is ashamed of himself, not only for keeping the truth from Emma despite having tried to confess it to her, but also for getting himself into the position where Gold was able to rip out his heart and take control over him. Killian struggles so deeply with self loathing, and in this moment, it's clear Emma senses something's wrong because of how deeply he kisses her and the pain she sees in his eyes. And this time, Killian can't tell her the truth. So sad and so beautiful. :) Now... I really enjoy the overall backstory between Ingrid, Elsa, and Anna, as well as Kristoff too. Sadly, Kristoff wasn't in these episodes much, but I love every bit of what we see with him. Especially when Kristoff comes into the dining room to protect Anna upon seeing the Snow Queen threaten Anna. But to backtrack a little... I love how Ingrid outsmarts Anna and Elsa despite wanting to see them beat the Snow Queen. I love how Ingrid shares the story of the King from the book, The Trolden Glass about how the King curses his kingdom so they would suffer as he did upon the loss of his daughter. I love also how she finishes, as she casts the Spell of Shattered Sight over Anna after she explains it would take too much power and too many years to be able to cast the spell over all of Arendelle, which eventually leads us to the very in Storybrooke when the Snow Queen finally gains all she needs to cast it over everyone in Storybrooke. And then... we see that once the spell wears off from Anna, after Elsa refuses to hurt her sister despite the spell forcing Anna to pull Elsa into the urn because of her unspoken rage, that the Snow Queen freezes all of Arendelle in rage upon losing not only Elsa because Elsa was stronger in her love for Anna than she hoped, but also because Rumplestiltskin had appeared and magicked the urn with Elsa still inside away from her. I love how Arendelle becomes frozen all over again and I love how Rumple seeks to make a deal with Ingrid. The urn and Elsa, for the Sorcerer's hat. These scenes reveal why Anna is still missing and why Elsa could only hear her sister's heartbeat from Bo Peep's crook, and it reveals how Rumple comes into possession of the urn with Elsa still trapped inside, as was revealed back in season three's finale, There's No Place Like Home. It also reveals how the box containing the Sorcerer's hat came to find its way back at the Sorcerer's mansion as we saw back then as well, as we see that Ingrid chose to make a deal with the Apprentice and the Sorcerer instead of Rumplestiltskin, in exchange for a doorway to finding her third sister... Emma. Brilliant!! And now... as for the present day storyline, I absolutely love it all as well. I especially love the scene near the end between Robin and Regina, as he reveals to Regina Page 23 from the book that could have been in the book had Regina only made the decision to enter inside the tavern that night when Tinker Bell told her about her True Love. But because she ran away instead, a new Page 23 took it's place. So beautiful. I also absolutely love how Regina reveals to Robin her fear of never gaining her happy ending, urging him to seek out the Author for her. I love both scenes between them. I also really love the scene between Regina and Mary Margaret as well, as Mary Margaret encourages Regina to continue to have hope and how Regina mocks Mary Margaret about having a quarter for every time she says the word, "hope." I love the scene between Emma and Elsa inside the Sorcerer's mansion, as Elsa helps Emma find her strength to believe in herself as much as she needs to believe in her loved ones' love for her. And I love how doing so allows Emma to gain back complete control over her magic because she's no longer afraid of it or of hurting them. Very powerful moment for sure. And I love Elsa's and Emma's relationship. They are absolutely sisters. Next... I really enjoy the moment between Emma and Gold inside the mansion as well. I love how Gold manipulates Emma so perfectly, by telling her the complete truth about his deception in order to convince her she is doing the right thing. He makes himself appear to mean well and to want to help Emma, when in truth he's only seeking out her power as a real villain does. He's so good at being so evil. It's amazing. It's sad to us because we know he's also lying to Belle, who is unaware that he's up to no good. But she isn't completely blind to his deception any longer. Her moment in front of the Snow Queen's Mirror inside her lair put the doubts inside her head too. Also... I love the happy moment between the Charming family and Elsa when Emma shows her loved ones that she's okay again, as they celebrate with fireworks in the sky above them. Sadly, Killian was unable to join them since he was forced to enter the library in order to bring the hat back to Gold. But everyone's smiles in this moment was quite beautiful and heartwarming. :) And lastly... the moment in the very end between Rumple and the Snow Queen was epic, as the two villains face off and show just how unafraid they are of one another. I love how both threaten one another. The real question is... Which of them will come out on top? Overall... such amazing and fabulous episodes, so thank you so much for watching them both together! Sadly, Gold erases Killian's message to Emma from her phone so that she won't ever hear it, which really made me mad, because I would have loved to see Emma's reaction to his beautiful goodbye message to her. However, it takes nothing away from the moment. I can't wait for your next reaction for Once Upon a Time in episode ten... Fall. So beautiful!! Thank you again! Until then...
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2020-01-02 09:22:13 +0000 UTC
