Once Upon A Time - 4x04 “The Apprentice” FULL REACTION
Added 2020-02-28 19:45:14 +0000 UTCEnjoy!
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Me too! I love all of the Fantasia references from the walking broomstick with arms, to the Sorcerer's hat and his Apprentice. Brilliant!
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2020-02-29 06:30:11 +0000 UTCI loved this episode for all the references to The Sorcerer's Apprentice segment from Fantasia, since Fantasia is my favorite Disney movie. I especially liked callback to the movie in the final scene of Henry sweeping Gold's shop.
Paul Fisher
2020-02-29 04:21:55 +0000 UTCThe Apprentice- I absolutely love this episode!! Of course you can imagine why I love it too. Killian, thanks to Colin O'Donoghue... is phenomenal in this episode! :) Easily, this is another one of my favorite episodes from season four. And I love that Hook has begun to fit himself into the modern world with his change in wardrobe, and dang... he looks good!!! :) First... I love, love, love the moment Emma walks into Granny's to ask Hook out. Easily one of my favorite scenes. This is such an adorable moment between my favorite couple, and I love that she's the one who at last takes the initiative to ask him, as we know that Hook has attempted to ask her a number of times before, only to be unsuccessful. I love how Emma asks him so quickly because she is nervous about doing so, which causes Hook to miss the dart board completely when he attempts to throw a dart at it as she asks him because he's caught so off guard. Adorable! And I love how Killian mocks Emma for being unable to plan a proper date, and how he offers to do so. Then, Emma states, "Well, just so you know, I don't pillage and plunder on the first date.", to which Hook answers her, "That's because you haven't been out with me yet." And that face he makes... Hook is a gorgeous, gorgeous man. And he most definitely beats Flynn Rider from Disney's, Tangled with his smolder. Hook has smolder in spades. :) And then... Hook goes to try to blackmail Gold in hope of getting his hand back. Yes... it's very foolish of him to do so, especially because Hook does know Rumplestiltskin better than most people, given their history together. But nonetheless, I love this entire scene between them, and all the scenes throughout the episode between them. Their dynamic is phenomenal. I love getting to see more of their dark rivalry come back, as both men continue to struggle against the darkness inside of them. I love and understand Hook's reasoning for wanting his hand back, as he wishes to be able to hold Emma with two hands instead of just one hand and a hook. He is definitely a romantic like Gold teases him about. And I feel that while he has accepted his hook as a part of himself in the two hundred years he was a pirate and a villain since he's met Emma and he's worked so hard to change to become a better man... his hook has become more a reminder of the man he used to be and a part of him is afraid Emma will always be reminded of the villain he used to be so long as he keeps his hook as well. As for Hook falling for Gold's manipulations when Gold tells Hook what will happen if he takes his hand back... that Hook's hand will cause him to fall back into the selfish pirate and villain he used to be... I can understand why Hook didn't trust him, because the Dark One lies and tricks just like Gold said as he mocked Hook in the end. Sadly, Gold got so deep inside Killian's head, that Killian fell for the Crocodile's manipulations. However, Killian also had every right to suspect that Gold might have done something to his hand, or that he was simply lying. Either way... all magic comes with a price and Hook most certainly pays a big price in this episode, and now he's unfortunately in Gold's debt for the foreseeable future. I just love this new storyline between Hook and Gold. There's so much to come. :) As much as I love Killian in this episode and understand why he seeks his hand back from Gold, for Emma's sake as well as his own, he does sadly go about it the wrong way. Unfortunately, there is no right way to go about it with Gold at this point either. Blackmail is the only way for Hook to get something from Gold because of their history together. It's not right, but it's true and Hook knows this better than anyone. Next... I love, love, love the moment when Hook comes to pick Emma up for their date at hers and her parents' loft. I love the brief scene between Emma, Mary Margaret, David, and Elsa just before Hook knocks, as Mary Margaret takes a picture of her daughter when she comes down dressed in a pink dress with her hair pulled back for her date, as if Emma was leaving for her prom. So cute!!! :) And then... Killian arrives at the door and I love how he and Emma both stare at one another in awe at how each other looks, as Hook is dressed in black jeans, a black button up shirt, vest, and a new leather jacket instead of his long leather duster, then reveals his new/old hand upon holding out a rose for Emma. I also love how Emma mocks him by calling him "Captain Hand." This brings us to Emma calling Hook, Killian at last and I love it! I also love how cute David is as he acts like a father would towards the man coming to take his daughter out on their first date, and how Emma is embarrassed by her parents. I also love the scene when Emma and Killian are on their date inside a restaurant called Tony's... which is a nod to Disney's Lady and the Tramp. If you watch closely at the moment they first walk into the restaurant, you can see another couple eating spaghetti from both ends until their lips come together in a kiss, just like Lady and Tramp do in the Disney movie. It's great, and the first few minutes of their date is adorable. Unfortunately, this is the beginning of Killian's fall, when Will Scarlet attempts to flee from the restaurant until he bumps into the waiter standing above Emma, causing him to spill the wine and wine glasses on top of her. Immediately, Killian grabs Will by the lapels of his jacket collar and demands that Will apologize to Emma. And as worried as Emma becomes upon seeing Killian acting out of character all of a sudden, Killian is swiftly frightened by his actions and pulls his hand back, as he then becomes weary by Gold's warning that his left hand would change him back into the villain he used to be. Not good, but I love this whole scene. I really love the simplicity of Killian constantly looking down at his hand out of fear of what it's doing to him thanks to Gold getting inside his head and messing with him. I absolutely love how Colin keeps with this fear of his hand turning him all throughout the episode. It's smart and it adds so much to who his character has grown to become. While Killian is now a hero, he doesn't believe it most days because he doesn't believe in himself. His fear of falling back into being Captain Hook is phenomenal, and him fearfully starring down at his hand often adds so much to it. Fabulous! :) And then... we have another of my favorite moments between Killian and Emma, as Killian walks Emma home and they say goodnight. I love the kiss shared between them and how Killian asks Emma out on a second date, to which Emma responds with this beautiful kiss. Sadly, it's slightly interrupted, when Killian begins to stare again at his hand once more in fear upon sensing something's very wrong. I also love the moment between Emma and her parents, when they surprise her at being still awake and Mary Margaret is so excited to ask her daughter about her date. And how uncomfortable David is with hearing about it. So adorable. Later, Killian comes upon Will again as the thief is attempting to break into the library, and Killian suddenly becomes enraged with Will when he resists as Killian tries to persuade him from breaking inside, then strikes Will over and over again with his left hand, before threatening him that he better not tell anyone he attacked him, then runs around the corner. And upon this occurrence, Killian fearfully realizes that Gold was right about his warning. I love his facial expressions throughout these scenes. Colin O'Donoghue is brilliant with expression and emotions. This is a big part of why Killian is my overall favorite character throughout the whole series. :) Next... Killian then goes back to Gold to demand he take his hand back so he get rid of it to save himself and protect those he cares about from himself. Unfortunately, Gold continues to manipulate Killian, forcing him to make a deal with him. An open ended deal without Killian knowing what Gold will ask of him in return, that he has no choice but to accept. This leads us to when Gold and Killian meet up at the docks where Killian slept through the night, and then together they make their way to the Apprentice's home in Storybrooke. And Gold forces Killian to hold the Apprentice down while he traps the old man inside the magical hat. Then... in the end we have one final scene between Killian and Gold once again inside Gold's shop. I love this scene, as the two rivals come to a bitter understanding between one another, as we learn that Gold didn't actually curse Hook's hand, but simply preyed on Killian's fear and hatred for him, and Killian's hatred for himself. I feel so bad for Killian, because he fell perfectly into Gold's trap. Gold/Rumplestiltskin is brilliant. He lies and tricks, just like he warned Killian he does. Just like Killian knows about him. The only thing I really didn't like about this scene, is when Killian threatens Belle to try to get out of Gold's debt. It's wrong and while i know Killian wouldn't really hurt Belle ever again at this point, I still hate that he even bothered to threaten to hurt her. It's not in him any longer. Now... as for the backstory with Anna, Rumplestiltskin, and the Apprentice... I enjoy it a lot and I love that we learn more about the reasons for Rumple/Gold wanting the box containing the Sorcerer's hat. It's brilliant that by collecting himself enough power inside the hat, that it will allow for Gold to cleave himself from the power of his dagger so that he can no longer be controlled by it, but still keep his power. Fantastic!!! I also love how naive Anna is towards Rumple at first, until she finds her strength to defy him when he tries to convince her to poison the Apprentice. This storyline parallels perfectly with the Storybrooke storyline where Gold manipulates Killian, as we see how Rumple tricks and manipulates Anna too into getting him the Sorcerer's hat, having failed to be able to do so beforehand just as Zoso and other Dark Ones before them had as well. And speaking of Zoso... in case you don't remember him, he is the Dark One before Rumplestiltskin became so. He is the Dark One shown back in season one's episode, Desperate Souls, who manipulates Rumplestiltskin into killing him. I love this call back. :) However, Anna manages to get a hold of the dagger and forces Gold to send her home to Arendelle with the box in hand. I was so proud of Anna for getting one over on Rumplestiltskin. And then... another of my favorite moments is in the end between Anna and Kristoff inside the stable with Sven, when she finally returns home. I love how happy Kristoff is to see Anna return. They're so cute together. And it's adorable how they act off of one another. This is just the first scene between them together we see that makes them one of my favorite couples throughout the show as well. Overall... I really love this episode and it's easily one of my favorites all because of Killian and Emma. I just absolutely love them together and I love all of the scenes between Killian and Gold as well. Fabulous acting all around. Thank you so much!! I truly had so much fun watching this episode over again with you. I can't wait for more!! Until next time...
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2020-02-28 21:24:25 +0000 UTC
