Once Upon A Time - 4x06 “Family Business” FULL REACTION

I enjoy this episode from season four's Frozen arc. It isn't my favorite within this season either, but it's still fun and there are so many twists and so much more of Ingrid's backstory explained, along with what has happened to Anna so far. It is certainly a lot to take in. :) My favorite scenes are small in comparison to the major storylines going on throughout this episode. But nonetheless... I am a sucker for the sweet and tender moments. First... I absolutely love the moments between Emma and Killian, both after they find the file on Emma in Ingrid's ice cream truck, and second... in the end in the station. I love how supportive and gentle Killian is with Emma out in the woods as she's worried about Ingrid's plans for her. And it's hilarious when Killian states that he was once a child too once, then Emma jokes with him about him being one a million years ago, until he quickly reminds her it was more like two hundred years ago. Still a long time. And in the end, I love it when Killian states "Don't I know it." when Emma asks why Ingrid would want her simply because she's blonde and hardly the only other one out in the world aside from Elsa. I just love that adorable face he makes at her with the raise of his brow, and seeing her smile at him. I love how supportive and protective Killian is of Emma in both scenes. And thirdly... I also absolutely love the lovely and adorable moment between Anna and Kristoff in the backstory. I love how Kristoff teases Anna about her falling in love with Hans in a few hours, then reminds her of how she had met him the very next day after Anna states that she had been young and naïve to think she had fallen in love with Hans so quickly. So cute!!! :) We don't get a whole of scenes between Anna and Kristoff together in the backstories, and I really wish that we had gotten a few more, seeing as they are so adorable together and have quickly become one of my favorite couples in the show. But Anna with Kristoff are just cute and fun. It's amazing to me just how much they are alike their Disney characters in Frozen. These two I feel are among the characters who are easily the most like their Disney movie counterparts. Both Elizabeth Lail and Scott Michael Foster play them perfectly! Now... I enjoy the main storyline with Belle as she does all she can to try to right the wrong she committed back in the Enchanted Forest just after her mother was killed by an ogre during the time of the Ogre Wars trying to protect Belle. And I love how this storyline eventually comes to connect to the first ever storyline we see with Belle way back in season one's episode... Skin Deep, as she convinces her father to call on Rumplestiltskin for help. I also liked learning that Belle had a past with Anna, and I enjoy their storyline as Anna guides Belle to Grandpabbie and the Rock Trolls to seek help in remembering what she couldn't in regards to her mother's death. It's sad that we see an unexpected side of Belle when she chooses trying to save the memory rock over helping Anna. But I still enjoy how Belle does everything she can to make it right by finally telling Elsa the truth about knowing her sister and that she fears that Anna might be missing because the Snow Queen kidnapped Anna after her fall from the cliff. As for the present storyline between Belle and Rumple... I also really enjoy it as well. I love the moment inside the Snow Queen's ice lair, as Belle becomes enthralled by the enchanted mirror, and sees herself as she taunts Belle about how naïve and foolish she is to believe in Rumple. And while it was cruel and terrifying for Belle, who is by all rights terrified to hear the dark magic's taunts, sadly we know it all to be true because Gold is absolutely lying to Belle about her having a fake dagger and that he's still the man she is slowly and fearfully once again believing him to be, until Rumple makes up the perfect reasonable doubt to convince her he's not lying to her. Poor Belle... Dang Rumple! Overall... this episode is pretty good. And while it may seem strange that the Snow Queen's plans for Emma and Elsa involve replacing her sisters who vanished with them... I like the revelation and the exciting storylines to come. I like this overall idea. And I especially love how Belle reveals to Emma, Killian, and Elsa in the end that Ingrid plans to enact the Spell of Shattered Sight, that will force everyone to turn on one another until they destroy each other, leaving only Emma, Elsa, and Ingrid alive. Yikes!!! This show is getting so exciting!!!! Thank you again, so much! I can't wait for more reactions for Once Upon a Time to come!! The next episode is good, but the next few after that... are phenomenal!!!!! Just you wait! :) Until next time...

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum