Once Upon a Time

[Tom4784]

The third episode title of 5B revealed.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUxThHwUEAEHa8u.png:large

Intriguing, I'm guessing that Hook or Emma will die and the rest of the Heroes will attract Hades' Ire when they rescue Hook/Emma from the Underworld.

[Lostie!]

Intriguing, I'm guessing that Hook or Emma will die and the rest of the Heroes will attract Hades' Ire when they rescue Hook/Emma from the Underworld.

Yeah, that's been my general thought of what's coming up too. :)

Presumably they'll encounter the returning dead villains while in the Underworld but I wonder if any will get the chance to escape. If any do, I'm banking on Cruella (what with her "multi episode arc").

[Lostie!]

Loved this episode. :amazed:

The ending! :flutter:

Rather sad about Merlin dying but I had thought he might have been killed prior to the Storybrook return. </3

The mention of Lancelot's mother, the Lady of the Lake was interesting. I believe in the Arthurian Legends Lancelot is raised by Nimue, who is also known as the Lady of the Lake. Obviously Once's version isn't the Lady, it seems they've split the character into three separate entities in the show (Nimue, the Siren and Lancelot's mother). As someone interested in the original stories it just caught my interest. :laugh:

I continue to love Nimue, here for her and her merry band of Dark Ones wreaking havoc next week. :love:

[Tom4784]

It was a great episode but it did bug me in places.

Dark Hook makes for a great villain but, like Zelena, his motivations are weak as hell, instead of just retconning his character development completely and making him Nimue's bitch, they should have made him resent Emma because she turned him into something he hates. Hook being out for revenge against Rumple just feels like a boring retread of past stories.

They've done a great job of giving Dark Emma more depth but I'm sad that they just made Dark Hook as two dimensional as possible.

Still though, I really enjoyed it and I'm glad the story is finally getting interesting.

[Lostie!]

It was a great episode but it did bug me in places.

Dark Hook makes for a great villain but, like Zelena, his motivations are weak as hell, instead of just retconning his character development completely and making him Nimue's bitch, they should have made him resent Emma because she turned him into something he hates. Hook being out for revenge against Rumple just feels like a boring retread of past stories.

They've done a great job of giving Dark Emma more depth but I'm sad that they just made Dark Hook as two dimensional as possible.

Still though, I really enjoyed it and I'm glad the story is finally getting interesting.

Yeah, and Hook's fall into darkness was just too quick and convenient. Actually, I don't love this Dark Hook thing in the first place. I'm enjoying the approaching endgame of this arc as a whole and the return of all of the Dark Ones etc, but the Dark One Hook angle just hasn't really clicked for me.

[Tom4784]

Yeah, and Hook's fall into darkness was just too quick and convenient. Actually, I don't love this Dark Hook thing in the first place. I'm enjoying the approaching endgame of this arc as a whole and the return of all of the Dark Ones etc, but the Dark One Hook angle just hasn't really clicked for me.

I love Dark Hook, I just hate his motivations. They're too simple, illogical and, like you said, convenient.

[Good King Glennceslas]

A lot of the plots are convenient.

I think the Dark Hook plot would have worked a bit better if there had been more development with it. One episode doesn't quite cut it. I'm looking forward to the end of the Dark One arc TBH. I love Dark Emma though :love:

[Tom4784]

A lot of the plots are convenient.

I think the Dark Hook plot would have worked a bit better if there had been more development with it. One episode doesn't quite cut it. I'm looking forward to the end of the Dark One arc TBH. I love Dark Emma though :love:

Yeah, this whole plotline has the same issues that the Neverland story had. Nothing happened until the end and they didn't have enough time to flesh it out because of it.

[Lostie!]

Another 5B return: Milah's back.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/04/once-upon-time-rachel-shelley-milah-return

[Lostie!]

And another: Tony Perez (Regina's father) is gonna be in the 100th.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/03/once-upon-time-tony-perez-100-episode

[Lostie!]

So that's OUaT over for the next 3 months. :sad:

I liked the episode BUT I didn't like how most of the characters introduced for this arc were just forgotten about. What's worse is they actually filmed a scene for the exit of Merida and the Camelot crew and decided to cut it.

It also doesn't seem right not having Merlin in the finale for this arc. I wanted Nimue's ending to have her be freed of the Darkness and reunited with Merlin in the afterlife or something. But again, since the Darkness hasn't been destroyed just yet perhaps there's still time for that later.

Zelena being sent off to Oz was random (not necessarily in a bad way, just random :laugh:) but Rebecca'a still listed as appearing in 5B so she's going to resurface somehow.

As for the promo for 5B, I am too excited for that! Even throughout this current arc it's been 5B I've been truly waiting for. Very much looking forward to all the familiar faces. :flutter:

[Tom4784]

What an awful episode.

The Camelot characters weren't great but the way they were simply forgotten was amateurish, even for this show.

This episode should have been split into at least two, the Dark Ones were pointless and did nothing and everything was rushed and predictable. It trivialized everything that happened in this arc. This arc was just designed to be a big ol' reset button and it's so annoying because they could have done so much more with it. Rumple becoming the Dark One again is stupid and it just made these eleven episodes even more pointless than they already were. This has been the worst arc they've ever done in this show. Woeful.

I'm really not bothered about 5B at all any more.

[Lostie!]

As for 5B, yet another return announced: Dorothy (but older) is making a reappearance.

http://tvline.com/2015/12/08/once-upon-a-time-season-5-dorothy-oz-warrior/

[Lostie!]

A few more little bits of info for 5B:

Some more 5B episode titles have been revealed, so the titles so far:

"Souls of the Departed"
"Labor of Love"
"Devil's Due"
"The Brothers Jones"
"Our Decay"
"Her Handsome Hero"

And yet another return has been announced: Gaston is featuring in the Belle centric ("Her Handsome Hero"), but played by a different actor this time around: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/08/once-upon-a-time-gaston-belle

[RichardG]

I decided to give this a go. I'm halfway through season 2 and I don't know why but Henry really irritates me I kind of hope he gets banished to another realm or something soon :worry:

I feel kind of bad for Regina too I know she's the big bad evil witch but Henry is her son, Emma gave him up and said she didn't want any contact so she can't just suddenly be so involved with him now :fist:

[Lostie!]

More 5B casting news:

Costas Mandylor has been cast as Captain Silver (who I assume is Long John Silver from Treasure Island but that's not been confirmed).

http://www.etonline.com/tv/182609_exclusive_once_upon_a_time_casts_costas_man dylor_captain_silver/

[RichardG]

Up to season 3

I looove Regina
I still don't care about Henry

I'm kind of over this Neverland setting I preferred it when they were all based in the real world/Storybrook tbh :sad: Hope they kill Peter Pan and go back soon

[Lostie!]

Up to season 3

I looove Regina
I still don't care about Henry

I'm kind of over this Neverland setting I preferred it when they were all based in the real world/Storybrook tbh :sad: Hope they kill Peter Pan and go back soon

Yeah I got bored of Neverland fast. I really liked the evil Peter Pan angle, I just think Neverland as a location was wasted, it was like an endless trek through the forest. :laugh:

[Tom4784]

Neverland would have been an amazing arc if it was shorter, there was too much padding in the middle to drag things out.

[Good King Glennceslas]

The Neverland arc was a struggle to watch I agree.

[Firewire]

Adam Horowitz tweeted that the show has been renewed

[Lostie!]

:cheer2:

[Natalie.]

Great news :cheer2:

[Lostie!]

I quite liked the first episode back. Not the most compelling episode ever but it was mainly a set-up piece anyway, the premieres aren't usually the most exciting ones.

I'm torn on them having Hades' flame hair. On one hand I appreciate it as a nod to the Disney movie, on the other it looked a little silly (as a live-action man with fire for hair was always going to :laugh:). But I assume it was just a little thing to nod to the movie and he won't be always doing it, and I like how other than that they've done their own thing with Hades (like having him wear a suit rather than the toga the animated Hades wears :laugh:). He's probably an amalgamation of the mythological Hades and the Disney version which is a good way to go, I don't like it when they try to make some of the characters carbon copies of the Disney versions.

The Blind Witch was a fun little cameo, but I wish she had a scene with Regina instead of Snow (since Regina killed her, that would have been an interesting interaction :whistle:).

As for the flashbacks, at first I thought they were entirely unnecessary, I mean we've had countless flashbacks of Regina pursuing Snow, we don't need more of that, but then it became more about filling in the gap of how her father ended up in Wonderland which I liked, it was never a massive mystery but it's always been a loose thread since Season 1 so I liked finally seeing how that happened.

I like how Peter Pan's still an evil little ****, he's one of the villains who would be entirely ruined if they tried to give him a redemption story. He was always an unrepentant sociopath and that's why he works. A while back I saw some filming pictures of him having a scene with Zelena, where she gets a bag put over her head, obviously she'll end up in the Underworld at some point and I assume Rumple will use her for the life Pan wants to trade with. I can't wait to see Pan and Zelena interact, that should be fun.

I watched the promo for the next episode too, excited to see Cerberus! I was hoping he (they?) would show up! I think the next one is the episode where Cruella returns too (for more than a drive-by cameo I mean :laugh:).

[Marsh.]

I actually enjoyed that first episode back.

5B is shaping up to be a hell of a lot better than the Camelot rubbish.

The Hades stuff was better than I expected. I thought he was highly miscast in the role looking at him but his performance at the end wasn't too bad.

[LukeB]

I actually enjoyed that first episode back.

5B is shaping up to be a hell of a lot better than the Camelot rubbish.

The Hades stuff was better than I expected. I thought he was highly miscast in the role looking at him but his performance at the end wasn't too bad.

I was going to say exactly the same :clap1:

[Good King Glennceslas]

Hades was great until his hair caught fire imo. They could have just dyed his hair blue tbh

[Marsh.]

He'd have looked like a Hunger Games reject if he'd dyed his hair. Lol

[Tom4784]

Hades was great until his hair caught fire imo. They could have just dyed his hair blue tbh

That would have been more ridiculous tbh, they didn't need to try to emulate his look from the film, Cora should have just called addressed him as Hades to introduce him.

I enjoyed everything else although I do get the feeling that, like Camelot, the Underworld arc may serve up Neverland teas in that it'll probably outstay it's welcome.

[Tom4784]

They should have totally got James Woods to play Hades though.

[Marsh.]

I hope, unlike the Camelot arc, there isn't wasted potential in this Underworld one.

[Tom4784]

Yeah, I do hope they don't go overboard with the whole saving souls business, we don't need to revisit every character that's died so far. Cruella's really the only one who deserves a good arc since she didn't have much to do in the last series.

[Good King Glennceslas]

That would have been more ridiculous tbh, they didn't need to try to emulate his look from the film, Cora should have just called addressed him as Hades to introduce him.

I enjoyed everything else although I do get the feeling that, like Camelot, the Underworld arc may serve up Neverland teas in that it'll probably outstay it's welcome.

It could have had a sparkle to it to show it was animated idk. I just found it it ridiculous

[andybigbro]

I've completely caught up and I must say I LOVE this show.

I'm sad that I can binge watch it now :bawling:

Oh and Regina is my fave :fan:

[Lostie!]

Oh something I forgot to mention, having the two Henrys finally meet after all this time was nice!

And having Cora refer to Zelena too, I just appreciated that because the only Cora / Zelena stuff we've had so far has been young Cora and baby Zelena in those flashbacks, even though it's all the same character there's always been (for me anyway) a sort of separation between Cora and Zelena because we've never had them (as their current selves) share a scene (and until now we'd never had Barbara Hershey's Cora talk about Zelena at all).

Now I just hope Barbara and Rebecca get a scene together finally, I've wanted one with them since Season 3! :flutter: :laugh:

[Tom4784]

Cora mentioning Zelena by name bothered me, how would she know what her name is? Cora never went to Oz (and Zelena only came to the EF/Storybrooke after Cora was banished/dead) so there's no way (without retconning events) that Cora could have known anything about Zelena after she gave her up. It felt clumsy to me.

[Lostie!]

Oh I completely forgot that Cora didn't name Zelena before abandoning her.

Season 3 did have that scene where they summon Cora's spirit (who just happened to look like her younger self :laugh:) and Regina says "What did you do to Zelena?" so she has technically heard her name before.

[andybigbro]

Maybe with all these magic mirrors she checked up on Zelena from time to time? :shrug:

[Marsh.]

Bore-cules :sleep:

Cruella :clap1:

[Lostie!]

I wasn't expecting Hercules and Megara to be in just one episode, I assumed they'd be prominent during this arc. :laugh:

Pretty pointless tbh (Meg's role especially). And I'm over most of the new characters having secret, never-before-mentioned pasts with some of the main characters. The flashbacks are getting increasingly convoluted with each season. Bailee Madison is great as young Snow though, she really does feel like the same character.

I loved the Hades scenes though, I think Greg Germann is doing brilliantly in the role. And Cruella's return was of course the highlight. :clap1:

I also liked the exchange between the Blind Witch and Regina, I mentioned last week that it was a shame they didn't have a scene considering their past but I was unaware then that she was back for multiple episodes. :laugh:

Oh, and Snow finally ditching Mary Margaret. It's about bloody time. :clap1:

[Good King Glennceslas]

I screamed at 'child muncher'

[Marsh.]

Yeah, Hades vanishing in a swirl of blue fire looked much better than the blue hair. :omgno:

[Lostie!]

Oh yeah I really liked that. That alone would be enough of a shout out to the movie tbh.

Oh btw, Emilie has given birth to her daughter now. :clap1:

[Tom4784]

Decent episode although I thought they wasted Hercules and Meg didn't need to be included at all. Hades is shaping up to be a good villain but they need to work on progressing the story, saving souls feels like a distraction to prolong the story at the moment.


Cruella was, of course, flawfree.

[andybigbro]

I was surprised at Hercules being dead.

Really enjoyed the episode. I wonder if Henry will write back his father to be alive if he can write Cruella to be alive again :think:

[Lostie!]

Hmmm, this is interesting.

http://deadline.com/2016/03/once-upon-a-time-cast-hank-harris-sam-witwer-mental-hospital-arc-1201720819/

[BigSister]

Really enjoyed this weeks episode. Loved also the Regina Blind witch sparring ^_^
Also s3 is out now on dvd and s4 is out 9th may so slowly the dvds are catching up to buy

[Marsh.]

What's all this about...

Sean Maguire leaving? :amazed:

[Marsh.]

Really enjoyed this weeks episode. Loved also the Regina Blind witch sparring ^_^
Also s3 is out now on dvd and s4 is out 9th may so slowly the dvds are catching up to buy

How come it's taken so long to release the DVDs over here?

[Lostie!]

Loved also the Regina Blind witch sparring ^_^

I love the Blind Witch, I hope she keeps popping up. :laugh:

She provided one of my favourite lines back in her Season 1 appearance, "Gravy or butter? How shall I baste you?!". :joker:

[Lostie!]

I really liked this week's episode, best of 5B so far imo. :clap1:

I actually found myself feeling bad for Milah when Rumple threw her into the river, never thought I'd be feeling sympathy for her. I internally cheered when he killed her back in Season 2. :laugh:

Speaking of, I really liked the River of Lost Souls and how reminiscent of the river in the Hercules movie it was. It really took me back to those scenes that always creeped me out as a kid when Hercules descends into the river and starts rapidly aging.

Cruella being Mayor of Underbrook is amazing. :laugh: :love:

[Marsh.]

The CGI when Rumple and Emma were in the boat. :worry:

[Tom4784]

I really like Hades as a villain but for the love of God, they need to stop with the random CGI flame hair. It looks HORRIBLE and it undermines his performance.

I love that they rescued Hook so quickly and didn't drag it out, I idn't think they'd rescue him until the end of the season.

[Lostie!]

Yeah I agree, I like the fire effect when he appears / disappears but the overuse of the hair thing really isn't needed. That was never gonna translate well to live action.

[Marsh.]

Cruella and Charming. :joker:

[Lostie!]

Cruella and Charming. :joker:

Just got round to watching. I loved that. :joker:

Really excited for the next one. Zelena!! About time she showed up again! :love:

I think this is the episode where Dorothy returns too.

[Tom4784]

God, I hope Cruella comes back to Storybrooke after the Underworld arc is finished, she's easily the best part of this whole plot line. Her scene with Charming was hilarious.

The episode itself was bland though, Hook's brother didn't need to come back and he was quite annoying. I'm hoping the next episode pushes forward the plot a bit, it just feels like everyone's waiting around for the Season finale at this point. Hades needs a purpose and a goal.

[Will.]

It's really boring atm, Cruella is saving it though! Looking forward to seeing Selina!

[Tom4784]

It's better than the Camelot arc but it embodies a lot of issues that the last few arcs have had.

The characters basically do nothing until the last two episodes of the past few arcs, the villains are overly ineffectual and all they do is make speeches and teleport about. The writers need to make both the villains and characters more active.

We need more villains like Zelena and the Snow Queen who actually regularly did **** in their respective arcs.

[RichardG]

Is season 4 any good?? I just finished 3 and thought the whole thing was really boring not sure I can be bothered watching any more, I kinda liked 1 and 2 tho so idk if I should give it another chance or not

[Lostie!]

Is season 4 any good?? I just finished 3 and thought the whole thing was really boring not sure I can be bothered watching any more, I kinda liked 1 and 2 tho so idk if I should give it another chance or not

The second half of Season 3 was one of my favourite arcs so my opinion will probably be irrelevant in regards to whether you should watch more or not. Tbh you should only really bother if you really want to, if you're bored of it now I wouldn't see much point in doing so really.. :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Selina!

:nono:

[RichardG]

Hmmmmmmmmmm maybe I'll give it a go if I ever have nothing else to watch

[Lostie!]

Hmmmmmmmmmm maybe I'll give it a go if I ever have nothing else to watch

I will say it's been hit and miss. Some things I've absolutely loved and other areas have been frustrating for one reason or another. But even when it's the latter I still love the show, it's one of those shows that I'm in for until the end whatever happens. :laugh:

[Marsh.]

They're certainly getting their money's worth out of filming that smashed up clock tower to represent the Underworld. :joker:

[Marsh.]

"It's like a broom with wheels"

:joker:

[Marsh.]

Omg at the symbolism behind Hades giving Zelena one hell of a ride in the woods. :omgno:

[Lostie!]

I haven't watched yet but I wonder if Hades' bicycle is a reference to Miss Gulch from the movie. :joker:

[Marsh.]

I haven't watched yet but I wonder if Hades' bicycle is a reference to Miss Gulch from the movie. :joker:

It's Dorothy's bike but he knows how to ride it good. :omgno:

[Marsh.]

They keep bringing up the fact that the baby is still nameless. I sense a twist on its way. :think:

Dorothy perhaps?

[Lostie!]

I still remember when people thought it was Merida (red hair and archery skills). To be fair the reasoning was sound. :joker:

[Marsh.]

I never thought of that. Could be.

But Hades/Zelena as a power couple. :joker: Here for it. :clap1:

Zades / Helena :fan:

And to say I am bored of Belle/Rumple is an understatement.

[Tom4784]

Here for Hades and Zelena tbh.

I think that he's sort of playing her, he loves her and all that but I can see him using the power of a dark True Love's Kiss to **** over Zeus.

[Lostie!]

Finally watched Our Decay.

Zelena as Blue briefly gave me a taste of the evil Blue Fairy I've wanted for ages. :laugh:

As for Hades and Zelena, I honestly think he's playing her. :think:

Poor Scarecrow. I love you Zelena but bitch move!

[Marsh.]

Ugh, an episode about bloody Belle. :rolleyes:

It's honestly 3 steps forward and 10 back with this show.

[Lostie!]

I'm fine with Belle, it's the neverending relationship angst with Rumple that irks me. :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Something about her just irks me.

I think it's the actress, she's just not very good.

And she always looks knackered.

[Tom4784]

It was better than I thought it was going to be. I liked Rumple telling Belle how it is although I think she came around to his way of thinking too quickly.

Hades is the best villain they've had in years :clap1:

[Lostie!]

I still haven't watched the last one, I keep really slacking with 5B. :worry:

I'll watch tonight for sure, I'm excited for this week's. Looking forward to a Ruby, Mulan and Dorothy team up :clap1:

[Lostie!]

The Gaston scenes in the "Previously" segment being reshot with the new actor :joker:

[Tom4784]

LESBIANS

[Marsh.]

My god, the uproar over the kiss. :joker:

[Tom4784]

Has some awful christian parents' group lost their **** over it or something? <3

[Marsh.]

Just the general American audience.

I had no idea they were still so conservative over gay characters on screen and stuff.

[Lostie!]

Lol seriously? And a certain other show is currently being dragged through the mud for killing the lesbian off. They can't win. :joker: :facepalm:

I haven't seen the episode yet but Dorothy and Red sounds a little random, especially since they've been laying the groundwork for Mulan to have a lesbian story since Season 3. :laugh:

[Firewire]

waiting on the gay character we don't need three lesbians

[Marsh.]

Yeah, I was expecting it to be Ruby and Mulan.

Even seeing Dorothy as a grown woman it still comes across as Ruby and Mulan being grown women and Dorothy being a child. Little strange.

[Lostie!]

Just watching last week's now.

"Tell me everything you know about this land".
"There's supposed to be a lot of singing. Well there was in the movie".

:joker::joker:

[Marsh.]

Not here for Lostie's time delay.

[Lostie!]

I love it when Belle and Zelena interact just for the Lost nostalgia :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Did Claire and Charlotte ever interact? I can't remember.

[Lostie!]

Did Claire and Charlotte ever interact? I can't remember.

They did but only very briefly for a couple of episodes in early Season 4. :laugh:

[Lostie!]

Aw, poor Aunt Em :sad:

Although her diner being called Auntie's is hilarious. :laugh:

[Lostie!]

"Auntie Em. Freshly bottled today". :joker::bawling::joker::bawling::joker:

[Good King Glennceslas]

Where is lily though?

[Lostie!]

I read she and Maleficent aren't appearing this season.

[Tom4784]

Where is lily though?

Dropped suddenly and for no reason like the Camelot characters I expect.

This week's episode was a pretty good one, probably the best of the Underworld arc so far.

[Lostie!]

I think the Camelot characters are still planned to return and get closure though, I know Violet is in the penultimate episode of this season that's called "Only You".

[Lostie!]

Finally a proper Cora / Zelena meeting, I've wanted Barbara and Rebecca to have a scene since Season 3. :clap1:

[Lostie!]

So odd seeing Zelena and Pan have a scene too. :laugh:

One of my favourite aspects of this arc has been some of the fun, new character interactions.

[Lostie!]

https://49.media.tumblr.com/329c144d65f6ef5a2a1cc8dbbe9e6187/tumblr_o69k8yeck01taf6o9o1_r1_250.gif https://66.media.tumblr.com/b87d39b6afe138693aa7368467a2ff0d/tumblr_o69k8yeck01taf6o9o2_250.gif https://49.media.tumblr.com/e14afe81917ff4154abbb6609ef5bcfa/tumblr_o69k8yeck01taf6o9o3_r1_250.gif

:laugh2:

[Tom4784]

I liked the last episode, Hades continues to be one of the best villains OuaT has ever done :clap1:

Thankfully he hasn't done the flame hair thing in a fair few episodes too :clap1:

[Marsh.]

Yeah, the last episode was one of the most enjoyable.

I hope we get more of Cruella.

[Tom4784]

Yeah, the last episode was one of the most enjoyable.

I hope we get more of Cruella.

Here for a Queens of Hell spinoff with her and the Blind Witch tbh.

[Lostie!]

I'm watching right now. Whenever they mention ambrosia I can't help but imagine custard. :worry:

[Marsh.]

Although it's nice that Cora came back and she had some closure with her two daughters, I'm finding Regina's complete turnaround in regards to Zelena kind of unconvincing.

[Marsh.]

I'm watching right now. Whenever they mention ambrosia I can't help but imagine custard. :worry:

So did I. :joker:

At least it taught me the meaning of the word and why the company is called that. :flutter:

[Tom4784]

Although it's nice that Cora came back and she had some closure with her two daughters, I'm finding Regina's complete turnaround in regards to Zelena kind of unconvincing.

I think that episode should have happened earlier in the arc so that we could see Zelena and Regina build bridges over multiple episodes. It would have been more believable but then again I'm willing to forgive it since it's pushed that relationship out of the rut it was in.

[Lostie!]

Okay, this Cruella / Blind Witch team up is all kinds of epic. :amazed:

I always loved the Blind Witch's original appearance so I'm loving getting so much more of her this season. :laugh:

[Lostie!]

ixWQVIrFviv

Dezzy closing down a messy thread?

[Tom4784]

ixWQVIrFviv

Dezzy closing down a messy thread?

:lovedup:

[Lostie!]

So apparently Merida is in the next episode. With that and Violet being in the one after, it's good that they're picking up some of the characters dropped in 5A. :laugh:

Also we're meeting Zeus in the next one too. I remember the actor from Neighbours years ago. :laugh:

http://katmtan.tumblr.com/post/143747379422/david-hoflin-will-be-playing-zeus

[LukeB]

I'm so behind on this :omgno:

[Lostie!]

I just realised Cleo (the woman in Emma's flashbacks in the latest episode) was Alice in Home Alone 3. I was wondering where I recognized her face from. :joker:

[LukeB]

I've finally caught up and got to say I've not been enjoying season 5 much, it's been pretty meh except for the sister episode and firebird. I really hope this isn't that last time we see Hook. I've seen the trailer for the next episode and it looks really good.

[Lostie!]

I wonder if Nova will show up again now Person of Interest is ending? Are she and Grumpy together or what? :laugh:

(Yeah probably not but I love Amy Acker so I can hope :hee:)

[Lostie!]

"As appealing as this double sandwich is..."

Cruella :joker: :love:

[Lostie!]

This week's episode :clap1:

I'd found out about Robin and Hades dying before actually watching the episode unfortunately but King Arthur copping it too (and even being in the episode at all) was a surprise. I like how they gave him some redemption too.

I'm glad Zelena was the one to kill Hades, I'd hoped she would be. :clap2:

Really excited for next week's two-part finale! Since they've dealt with this arc's big bad before even the final two episodes I'm really interested to see where they go with the finale. Especially so since I'm really interested to see how the two new characters who were announced a while back fit in to things / who they actually are.

Another interesting aspect from the finale trailer is the Dragon (the guy Tamara apparently killed) showing up. He's one of the characters I've always wanted to get more information on so this is cool!

[Marsh.]

:clap1: @ those two main character deaths.

:fc: they don't undo them with a spell next week.

[Marsh.]

Does it annoy anyone else that most of the characters call her "Selina".

Only Regina seems to say it right with the Z.

[Lostie!]

I blame Twitter. Whenever I do a search for Zelena it assumes I'm looking for Selena Gomez. :idc:

[Lostie!]

Someone on AV Club calling the crystal "the double dildo of death". :joker::joker:

[Marsh.]

Someone on AV Club calling the crystal "the double dildo of death". :joker::joker:

:joker:

It did look ridiculous though.

Especially when Zelena had it in her hand and it was obviously plastic. :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Selena redeemed. :clap1:

[Marsh.]

Oop now I'm doing it.

[Lostie!]

:joker:

[Lostie!]

Lmao

http://img2.tvtome.com/i/u/74b013aafc984589c58bb299728b2033.jpg
http://img2.tvtome.com/i/u/4e76250b657f48ebc8fc286204a06307.jpg
http://img2.tvtome.com/i/u/7127008b09014387c3502527ba5e36f0.jpg
http://img2.tvtome.com/i/u/a5f223350ad043ffc31d831033432c6d.jpg

[Marsh.]

:joker:

[Marsh.]

Merida's had a nice holiday in her time off judging by that sun tan.

[Marsh.]

I forget, is Snow pregnant in the show? They're not doing a very good job of hiding the actress' bump. Lmao.

[Tom4784]

That was a good episode. Cruella being thirsty for a threesome <3

Not too bothered about Robin dying since he hasn't been relevant in years and he only dragged Regina down so yaas Hades for reducing him to nothingness :clap1:

Living for Zelena though, they've really done a good job of developing her more this arc unlike the Camelot plot when she was less Relevant than ****ing Robin. I've got a horrible feeling she might die in the next episode but I hope she doesn't.

Also I'm not here for Hook coming back, it would have been more interesting to kill him off for good.

[andybigbro]

Finally caught up!

Loved the latest ep!

I'm glad hooks back, I like his character and thought they were killing too many people imo.

Really looking forward to see what they have in store for next season.

PS. I expected Zeus to be a lot older/stronger looking.

[Tom4784]

:clap1:

Good ending to the season, I don't think much of Dr Hyde as a villain yet but I like that he isn't magical like almost all the other villains. The whole 'untold stories' angle has potential to be good although I'm hoping they stick to the more gothic styled monster characters rather than more fairy tales.

I'm not too sold on the Evil Queen plotline though, it's really oversimplified Regina's character to a point that she is no longer interesting. Regina is the Evil Queen, it's not a split personality, I liked her a lot in the first episode when she was talking about the struggle of good and evil within her and how being good has done her no favours but she can't go back either. That was more compelling than forcing the whole Jekyll-Hyde situation on her. Regina as a character is not compelling when she's completely on the side of good. she needs to be a shade of grey which is probably why Zelena is a season regular now because she's gonna fill that role while they transform Regina into Snow White 2.0.

I'm hoping they do more with the whole 'Magic is everywhere' business too. It's a bit silly that Hyde would be so preoccupied with Storybrooke when he could potentially go anywhere since magic exists everywhere. I also thought the whole scene when he was all 'I brought some friends' and we didn't see anything was particularly silly. ALSO WY DO THEY KEEP LETTING THE VILLAINS WALK AWAY AFTER ANNOUNCING THEIR INTENT?!
'I'm gonna turn Storybrook into my own asylum and you are all going to suffer horribly, CIAO!'

Talking about silly, I couldn't get over that Zelena and Roland scene.
'Hi, I'm Zelena. Over the last few months I've terrorised you and your loved ones, tried to kill everyone multiple times, killed your mother and then impersonated her which probably traumatised you and then my bae killed your dad and now I'm sending you off back where you came as you no longer serve a purpose to the overall storyline. Oh yeah, let's not forget about the time I raped your dad either! Give me a hug!'

That being said though, good episode :clap1:

[Marsh.]

Not pulled into another world again. That's OUAT season finale cliche at this point.

Talking about silly, I couldn't get over that Zelena and Roland scene.
'Hi, I'm Zelena. Over the last few months I've terrorised you and your loved ones, tried to kill everyone multiple times, killed your mother and then impersonated you which probably traumatised you and then my bae killed your dad and now I'm sending you off back where you came as you no longer serve a purpose to the overall storyline. Oh yeah, let's not forget about the time I raped your dad either! Give me a hug!'

:laugh2:

[Lostie!]

:clap1:

Good ending to the season, I don't think much of Dr Hyde as a villain yet but I like that he isn't magical like almost all the other villains. The whole 'untold stories' angle has potential to be good although I'm hoping they stick to the more gothic styled monster characters rather than more fairy tales.

I'm not too sold on the Evil Queen plotline though, it's really oversimplified Regina's character to a point that she is no longer interesting. Regina is the Evil Queen, it's not a split personality, I liked her a lot in the first episode when she was talking about the struggle of good and evil within her and how being good has done her no favours but she can't go back either. That was more compelling than forcing the whole Jekyll-Hyde situation on her. Regina as a character is not compelling when she's completely on the side of good. she needs to be a shade of grey which is probably why Zelena is a season regular now because she's gonna fill that role while they transform Regina into Snow White 2.0.

I'm hoping they do more with the whole 'Magic is everywhere' business too. It's a bit silly that Hyde would be so preoccupied with Storybrooke when he could potentially go anywhere since magic exists everywhere. I also thought the whole scene when he was all 'I brought some friends' and we didn't see anything was particularly silly. ALSO WY DO THEY KEEP LETTING THE VILLAINS WALK AWAY AFTER ANNOUNCING THEIR INTENT?!
'I'm gonna turn Storybrook into my own asylum and you are all going to suffer horribly, CIAO!'

Talking about silly, I couldn't get over that Zelena and Roland scene.
'Hi, I'm Zelena. Over the last few months I've terrorised you and your loved ones, tried to kill everyone multiple times, killed your mother and then impersonated her which probably traumatised you and then my bae killed your dad and now I'm sending you off back where you came as you no longer serve a purpose to the overall storyline. Oh yeah, let's not forget about the time I raped your dad either! Give me a hug!'

That being said though, good episode :clap1:


:joker: I thought the same about Zelena and Roland.

I've been looking forward to Sam Witwer and Hank Harris' introduction since they were announced back in March, I've been really intrigued about who they'd be (I thought maybe the Brothers Grimm at first until A & E said they're not Authors). After that I assumed they'd be Jekyll and Hyde since that has been heavily theorized so I can't say I was surprised but I like it.

The "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" reference was cool too. Apparently the protagonist of that is called Hank Morgan so that was a nice touch. :laugh:

It wasn't my favourite finale ever but I did like it. And while I really like the Jekyll and Hyde stuff, I can't help but feel like Season 6 might be the final season and there are other elements already in the story that I want them to develop further (meeting the Black Fairy and getting some history on the Blue Fairy mainly, and since I like the "evil Blue Fairy" theories they could always make them one person :hee:).

[Marsh.]

How are the ratings? Is it likely season 6 will be the last?

[Lostie!]

5B has had the lowest ratings so far. They're listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Once_Upon_a_Time_episodes

[Marsh.]

Have I missed something?

Regina IS the Evil Queen. She's had character development and changed over time. Having the Evil Queen as a separate entity that must be destroyed doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

[Marsh.]

The writers must be treating next season as the last so they decided they wanted to bring Regina back to the forefront for it.

[Tom4784]

Have I missed something?

Regina IS the Evil Queen. She's had character development and changed over time. Having the Evil Queen as a separate entity that must be destroyed doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

IKR.

I loved how Regina explained it before that she was basically caught in between good and evil and how neither side ends well for her and then they ruined it with that plot device potion.

[Good King Glennceslas]

Hyde can murder me

[Tom4784]

Mess.

[Good King Glennceslas]

Bye without the sideburns hes hot

[Tom4784]

He's quite plain though. Well that's not the right word but yeah.

Indistinct, that's better.

[Good King Glennceslas]

FIGHT ME!

[Lostie!]

I hope we see more from The Dragon next season, it'd be cool to finally see his true form that he was shifting into before Tamara tasered him.

A lot of people seem to think he's a humanoid version of Mushu from Mulan actually.

[andybigbro]

I loved the episode.

I hope season 6 isn't the last though I don't want it to end :bawling:

[Marsh.]

Apparently next season is remaining in storybrooke and isn't based around the discovery of a new realm. :clap1:

[andybigbro]

Apparently next season is remaining in storybrooke and isn't based around the discovery of a new realm. :clap1:

Where did you hear this Marshmallow?

[Marsh.]

Where did you hear this Marshmallow?

On some american news site.

[Lostie!]

Season 6 won't be split into two separate arcs like it's been since Season 3, looks like we're gonna have more of a Seasons 1 and 2 approach.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/11/once-upon-time-new-format-season-6

[Firewire]

ABC aren't doing big breaks anymore, so no waiting until March for new episodes.

[Tom4784]

Here for it.

[Marsh.]

If it means they just focus on the core cast rather than introducing 15 new people just for them to vanish randomly then yes! :clap1:

[Lostie!]

ABC aren't doing big breaks anymore, so no waiting until March for new episodes.

Oh really? :amazed:

I hate that mammoth hiatus between December and March :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Oh really? :amazed:

I hate that mammoth hiatus between December and March :laugh:

So now it'll be 2 episodes here, 1 episode there for 9 months. :idc:

I prefer 2 uninterrupted runs. :hmph:

[Firewire]

I still haven't finished season 5. I watched episode 18 earlier. I loved the Ruby/Dorothy story.

[Tom4784]

So now it'll be 2 episodes here, 1 episode there for 9 months. :idc:

I prefer 2 uninterrupted runs. :hmph:

I don't mind the odd small break if it means the four month breaks are a thing of the past.

[Firewire]

Oh really? :amazed:

I hate that mammoth hiatus between December and March :laugh:

Apparently so. It has a dramatic impact on ratings due to the big wait, so they're trying to spread it out over the 8 months (so may only get a couple of episodes in a row then a few weeks break, etc. like most other networks)

[Firewire]

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/05/17/abc-2016-17-huge-in-season-hiatuses-may-no-longer-be-a-thing/

[Lostie!]

A couple of new characters announced, Sinbad and Scheherazade.

http://tvline.com/2016/06/24/once-upon-a-time-sinbad-scheherezade-casting-season-6/

[Lostie!]

And another, Morpheus.

Question: I am really excited for the next season of Once Upon a Time, and my question is: What new characters will we meet besides Hyde? — Iris

Ausiello: In addition to the previously scooped Sinbad and Scheherazade, the ABC series is casting for the premiere the role of Morpheus, as in the Greek god of dreams (versus, you know, Laurence Fishburne in The Matrix). He is described as “an old soul in a young body,” someone who is equally good at reading people as he is at hiding his own agenda.

http://tvline.com/2016/06/27/once-upon-a-time-season-6-spoilers-hyde-regina-ask-ausiello/

[Lostie!]

They've released a poster for Comic Con

http://i.imgur.com/bSVN0Am.jpg

I love it. I know some people find the apple thing boring now but I don't mind them having a continuing motif as a sort of symbol for the show as long as they change it up to suit the season and I love the theme they've gone for with it this year. I'm really excited for more Evil Queen in Season 6.

[Lostie!]

And another, Morpheus.



http://tvline.com/2016/06/27/once-upon-a-time-season-6-spoilers-hyde-regina-ask-ausiello/

He's been cast now.

http://tvline.com/2016/07/15/once-upon-a-time-casts-morpheus-giles-matthey-season-6/

I like how they've had various Gods be part of different arcs since 4B rather than just including them for one particular story arc and then forgetting about them.

[Lostie!]

(So I seem to be the only one coming to this thread atm but I may as well keep updating :hee:)

Cinderella is returning for Season 6 with some connection to the Land of Untold Stories

http://tvline.com/2016/07/20/once-upon-a-time-season-6-cinderella-returns-jessy-schram/

And another new character, the Count of Monte Cristo (that one's a bit unexpected :laugh:)

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/20/once-upon-time-craig-horner

[andybigbro]

Oh wow Lostie!

Thanks for the updates! Looking forward to it coming back :D

[Lostie!]

:D

Yeah I'm excited. I'm intrigued about a return to the format of the first two seasons.

Something else interesting I saw online, in the Land of Untold Stories scenes in the finale someone spotted a Three Musketeers cameo :laugh:

https://66.media.tumblr.com/25ca396a4a4d2ab36e840943348fc9b4/tumblr_o79ir0lRkd1vnwqluo1_500.png

[Lostie!]

A couple of new characters announced, Sinbad and Scheherazade.

http://tvline.com/2016/06/24/once-upon-a-time-sinbad-scheherezade-casting-season-6/

About this, it's being rumoured that Sinbad and Scheherazade might actually end up being Aladdin and Jasmine (wouldn't be unheard of, I remember the Merida casting call was announced as someone called Evanna who was apparently Rumple's mother and Pan was announced as Rufio, so if they wanted to keep it quiet I could see them doing it again here). If they do, it would be amazing if they managed to get Naveen Andrews back as Jafar, he was brilliant in the Wonderland spin-off (but I don't know how busy he is with Sense8 / other projects).

Even if Aladdin and Jasmine don't show up, I still want Jafar in the main show at some point, he's one of my favourite OUaT villains.

[Lostie!]

About this, it's being rumoured that Sinbad and Scheherazade might actually end up being Aladdin and Jasmine (wouldn't be unheard of, I remember the Merida casting call was announced as someone called Evanna who was apparently Rumple's mother and Pan was announced as Rufio, so if they wanted to keep it quiet I could see them doing it again here). If they do, it would be amazing if they managed to get Naveen Andrews back as Jafar, he was brilliant in the Wonderland spin-off (but I don't know how busy he is with Sense8 / other projects).

Even if Aladdin and Jasmine don't show up, I still want Jafar in the main show at some point, he's one of my favourite OUaT villains.

So, this is happening

756909145484169217

I'm so excited for this, I've wanted Jafar on the main show ever since the Wonderland show, I loved how genuinely sinister he was. It doesn't even bother me that they've had to recast him because Oded Fehr looks like he'll be brilliant. :worship: (and I remember a lot of people wanted Oded for the role way before they ever introduced Jafar in the first place :laugh:)

I just hope they address his Wonderland story since he was trapped in a Genie bottle at the end of that.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/23/comic-con-once-upon-time-panel

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/23/once-upon-time-karen-david-princess-jasmine

(No idea if Sinbad and Scheherazade are still happening or if they were covers for Aladdin and Jasmine after all)

[Tom4784]

I'm guessing they'll just pretend the spinoff never happened.

[Lostie!]

I'm guessing they'll just pretend the spinoff never happened.

I hope not (and the Jafar thing wouldn't be hard to give an explanation for to be fair). Even when they had Will in Season 4 they had a scene of him looking at a picture of the Red Queen in the book so it's always been intended for it to be fully canon. There was just no real place for him in the main show despite them trying to shoehorn him in, the whole Will thing was terribly handled but I just hope they do better with Jafar.

[Lostie!]

Hmm I just noticed a red bird in that scene

https://67.media.tumblr.com/cb50e758babb357529c6c953b900f024/tumblr_oas5or7XhH1tcxkqzo5_r1_540.png

I wonder if that's meant to be

http://level57.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Iago_KHREC-150x150.png

[Lostie!]

Only just realised Jasmine's actress, Karen David, was in Waterloo Road. I didn't watch at the time but I remember hearing about her in it :laugh:

She's stunning :love:

I just hope they don't do a Hercules and Meg and have then for like 1 episode!

[Marsh.]

Oded Fehr always ends up on these types of shows at some point. :laugh:

[LukeB]

I've still got 3 episodes of the last season :shame:

Slay at Karen David playing Jasmine.. Karen was on waterloo road

[Marsh.]

Only just realised Jasmine's actress, Karen David, was in Waterloo Road.

Karen was on waterloo road

Oh, really Luke? That's BRAND NEW INFORMATION!

[LukeB]

Oh, really Luke? That's BRAND NEW INFORMATION!

I didnt want to look up because spoilers :hmph;

[Lostie!]

So apparently while Aladdin and Jafar are appearing in the season premiere, Jasmine will debut in the fourth episode, which seems to put to rest any fears that they'd be around for one episode and then gone again, which I'd worried was the case since they're listed as Guest rather than Recurring :laugh:

[Lostie!]

Just out of curiosity, did anyone else on here watch the spin-off or was it just me that bothered? :laugh:

[Tom4784]

I watched half of it then never bothered with the rest.

[Lostie!]

Oh the latter part is the best of it :laugh:

I wasn't sure about it at first (and the Wonderland cgi was always really glaring so I wasn't really looking forward to a whole show of it) but I loved all the Jafar stuff and his backstory and the Amara stuff as well. I love that they even gave Jafar's staff a backstory :laugh:

I'd love to see her again via flashbacks or something but I doubt it.

[Tom4784]

I actually didn't dislike it at all, I just forgot about it tbh and never bothered to pick it up again.

[Lostie!]

Captain Nemo cast

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/26/once-upon-time-captain-nemo-faran-tahir

Perched for him to be turned into a clownfish :spin:

[LukeB]

I didn't know this was back on :omgno:

[Lostie!]

It was a pretty boring premiere tbh. This whole thing with Emma's death being teased doesn't interest me at all because they're obviously not gonna kill her off so there's no sense of excitement or tension around it, the only part of that I find interesting is the mystery of who was under the hood (but I'm not convinced it was a real vision anyway). Also I'm beyond over the neverending relationship angst between Belle and Rumple, it's been the same old stuff for years with them now. "Morpheus" being their son was a nice twist, though.

My main area of interest this season is hopefully getting more Jafar. I like the theories I've read that the oracle girl was Jafar in disguise manipulating Emma. Her having an animal staff with glowing red eyes and the red bird (who must be an Iago reference) are pretty convincing clues. They also gave him an entire scene talking about Saviors having unhappy endings. I reckon he's sending Emma false visions (the killer in the vision used magic with red smoke and that just reminds me of Jafar as well).

[Marsh.]

Flashbacks for Charming and Snow.
Belle.
On the hunt for the latest catastrophe at the town line.

:sleep:

[Lostie!]

I actually liked this episode, much better than the premiere.

https://67.media.tumblr.com/0479d1cfc027846cbc96a3dacb027847/tumblr_oeg7rum0qN1rl58vno5_540.gif

:laugh2:

[Marsh.]

The best part of the season so far is the scenes between the Evil Queen and Zelena.

Lara Parilla's acting was so cheesy and stilted back in season 1 but she really shines in those scenes now. :laugh:

[Lostie!]

It's a Cinderella flashback episode next week, nice to get back to exploring some other characters instead of the same main characters always getting more and more pointless flashbacks :laugh:

About time we properly met her stepmother and stepsisters too tbh (beyond the split second cameos they had in the last Cinderella episode). Lady Tremaine looks good.

[Marsh.]

A mess at me calling her Lara.

[Lostie!]

A mess at me not noticing.

[Marsh.]

Why have two of your sig images gone?

The third one was a hilarious moment. :nono:

[Lostie!]

Which one?

http://lucifermorningstr.tumblr.com/post/151299065332

[Marsh.]

http://67.media.tumblr.com/5c8ede1b026331e2a3249c9d5412bdbe/tumblr_oehdh04lVI1qkheaxo10_r1_250.gif

This one. :love:

[Lostie!]

I've just realised if Jafar ever shows up in the present-day he won't be able to have his snake staff since Amara turned back into a human and died in the Wonderland show. But that at least confirms the Aladdin scene took place before Wonderland so they don't need to explain how he's not trapped as a Genie anymore.

Shame that we probably will only have flashbacks of him (if he even appears again that is) but oh well.

Unless they do what Dezzy suggested and have them exist as separate continuities but I hope not.

[Marsh.]

What was the point in that scene at the start and then... nothing.

[Lostie!]

http://67.media.tumblr.com/5c8ede1b026331e2a3249c9d5412bdbe/tumblr_oehdh04lVI1qkheaxo10_r1_250.gif

This one. :love:

Oh yeah I did like that, I just felt like trying out a smaller sig. Might add them back :hee:

[Lostie!]

What was the point in that scene at the start and then... nothing.

Aladdin's gonna be back so I assume they're gonna expand on him being a Savior and what happened to him etc.

[Tom4784]

The second episode was better, I still don't care about Emma's storyline but the Evil Queen stuff is fun.

[Marsh.]

They tried to cram in a tad too much I felt in episode 3.

The Ella stuff was kind of dull. The stepmother actress deserved a better part.

[Lostie!]

I liked it tbh but I kind of wish they went through with what they heavily implied in the spin-off with the Red Queen being one of the stepsisters. I don't really see it as a retcon as some are saying because it was only ever an implication and never confirmed but I'd have liked it to have panned out (and Marsh hates Emma Rigby so there's another plus :spin:). But a good thing with it not happening was that I loved Lady Tremaine as she was here.

Something I didn't get was why Lady Tremaine would send herself and Clorinda to the Land of Untold Stories rather than just push Ella through :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Something I didn't get was why Lady Tremaine would send herself and Clorinda to the Land of Untold Stories rather than just push Ella through :laugh:

The whole thing was just silly.

[Lostie!]

But I did like how it nicely filled in the gaps from the Cinderella episode way back in Season 1. At first I was confused because I always remembered the ball from that episode as being her and Thomas' first meeting so I thought they were retconning the hell out of that but then I read back the summary and it had skipped to their wedding ball so yeah, it was good to have the rest of the stuff filled in finally.

[Lostie!]

"Oh my word, it's the doctor's DAUGHTER!"

"You didn't cut your hair for me, you cut it for you!"

:joker::joker::joker::joker:

[Marsh.]

Ok, some of the stuff is dull (Belle *yawn*) but I'm actually enjoying this arc now. The Evil Queen and Hyde are a great pairing and the actress seems to be enjoying it as she's giving a good performance again.

Actually much better than season 5 so far.

[Lostie!]

I liked the twist with Jekyll being a villain in the end. Were Jekyll and Hyde working together the whole time since they've been in Storybrooke then or was Jekyll's attempt to kill Belle an act of impulse?

I liked that Mary's father was the same doctor who worked in the asylum Alice was sent to in the spin-off.

[Tom4784]

"Oh my word, it's the doctor's DAUGHTER!"

"You didn't cut your hair for me, you cut it for you!"

:joker::joker::joker::joker:

Howled at both of these.

[Marsh.]

"I always knew you had a conscience, tell me are you developing a spine too?"

:joker:

[Marsh.]

Is it me or is Aladdin a brummie? :umm2:

[Marsh.]

Loving the Evil Queen and Zelena. :love:

[Tom4784]

Howling at Aladdin's accent and how it seems to switch between a Brummie, Yorkshire and a Cockney accent in every scene.

I also require more scenes of Zelena and the Evil Queen on spa days.

[Marsh.]

The Evil Queen's spa outfit. :joker:

[Lostie!]

Probably my favourite episode of the season :clap1:

Wasn't sure if we'd be seeing Jafar again so that was good. And I like how the red bird is an apparent allusion to Iago from the movie. And that monkey figurine looked like Abu so that was a cool little reference too.

"Keep bouncing, she likes it. And if you know what's good for you, you'll throw in some funny faces too" :joker: :joker: :joker:

Evil Queen and Zelena having a spa day and talking about ****ing Rumple :laugh2:

[LukeB]

Karen David(Princess Jasmine) :love:

[Lostie!]

I'm still annoyed Zelena and Cruella never met though. That would have been glorious.

[Tom4784]

I'm still annoyed Zelena and Cruella never met though. That would have been glorious.

Cruella and the Blind Witch to escape from the underworld to allign with Zelena and EQ to scalp us all?

[Lostie!]

Cruella and the Blind Witch to escape from the underworld to allign with Zelena and EQ to scalp us all?

http://i.imgur.com/5gvC0OM.gif

[Marsh.]

http://i.imgur.com/5gvC0OM.gif

:joker::joker::joker:

[Marsh.]

The Evil Queen is carrying the show this season. :clap2:

[Tom4784]

Aladdin's accent has still got me ****ed up. It's just so bizarre.

[Marsh.]

Oh I just ignore him. Fecking peasant.

[Lostie!]

The Mysterious Island turning out to be The Land of Untold Stories was a cool touch, but meh on the whole. The next episode looks a lot more interesting though.

[Lostie!]

I liked this latest episode, although I never do love to be reminded of the "Snow and Charming sharing a heart" thing since it was always ridiculous.

The Woodcutter from the Red Riding Hood story being a bounty hunter who hunts werewolves was a nice twist on the character and the sort of thing that made me love the show in the first place (I mean the character himself was nothing special but I just always loved when they put fun twists on classic characters that actually work really well).

Human-sized Blue in her fairy dress looked hilarious though :joker: I'm here for her warning about danger looking harmless at first being a clue about her being an evil mastermind :hee:

[Marsh.]

Not the Evil Blue Fairy. :omgno:

[Lostie!]

I mean it's probably not gonna happen but it's been a really popular fan theory for years and I'd love it :laugh:

[Lostie!]

Jaime Murray has been cast as the Black Fairy :amazed:

I've wanted to meet this character ever since she was mentioned back in Season 3 and Jaime Murray is great as shady bitches :flutter: :love:

http://tvline.com/2016/11/15/once-upon-a-time-season-6-jaime-murray-black-fairy/

The next episode is called "Changelings" so I'd hoped they'd have it be an episode with some fairy lore.

(Still need to watch this week's :laugh:)

[Marsh.]

I used to love her but she has a face of stone the last few years. :worry:

[Marsh.]

Here for her exposing the Blue fairy as the evil mastermind. :clap2:

[Lostie!]

Glad to see you on board the evil Blue train :clap1: :laugh:

Also, Alan Dale is returning as King Widmore. I mean King George. I LOATHE him ever since he killed Cinderella's mouse so I want him to get his comeuppance :hmph:

[Tom4784]

Last episode was good, I love the Queen but it's great that she's getting some character development beyond just being evil. A dark side wouldn't necessarily mean evil so I do hope we see some more shades of grey when it comes to her.

[Lostie!]

Just watched the latest episode, loved it :clap1:

Really cool finally seeing where Sidney was all those years he was trapped in the mirror :laugh: The Dragon mentioning his lost daughter has to end up significant. My first thought would be Lily but, well, I'm unsure for obvious reasons. Mulan perhaps? Speaking of, I still think he's Mushu, even more so after seeing him in red dragon mode :laugh:

"All she sees is a mirror. And that hideous dress" :laugh2:

[Marsh.]

I think this series has outdone 4 and 5 and actually is improving with each episode.

I thought they could've been a bit more imaginative with the mirror world, but other than that, bringing the main story/focus to the originals (especially Regina) was a smart move. Let them carry their own show. :clap1:

[Lostie!]

Anyone watched this week's? I really liked the Black Fairy (brief as her appearance was) and hope we see her again. Although, it was billed as the episode that explained Rumple's long-standing hatred of fairies but I always thought that was adequately answered back in the first season when the Blue Fairy gave Baelfire the magic bean to travel to another world.

Here for secretly evil Blue raising Gideon to be a villain :devil: She hates Rumple so this is a good chance to turn his son against him if she is indeed as shady as I want her to be (but she probably isn't </3).

[Lostie!]

ALSO the episode was called Changelings which refers to fairies kidnapping children and they made a point of mentioning that's exactly what the Black Fairy does so that would be awesome foreshadowing of Blue actually being the Black Fairy in disguise and Belle just sent her baby off with her unwittingly. :hee:

[Tom4784]

Black Fairy will be the villain of the next half, I'm guessing.

I'd be here for the Blue Twist but I'm pretty sure that Rumple will just summon her and make a deal with her to find his son in exchange for her wand.

[Lostie!]

They said they're not splitting the season into two half arcs this time but I'd love for her to show up as a main villain in the present day eventually.

[Lostie!]

Here for secretly evil Blue raising Gideon to be a villain :devil: She hates Rumple so this is a good chance to turn his son against him if she is indeed as shady as I want her to be (but she probably isn't </3).

ALSO the episode was called Changelings which refers to fairies kidnapping children and they made a point of mentioning that's exactly what the Black Fairy does so that would be awesome foreshadowing of Blue actually being the Black Fairy in disguise and Belle just sent her baby off with her unwittingly. :hee:

http://cs4.pikabu.ru/images/big_size_comm_an/2015-01_6/14225919316428.gif

(happened slightly differently but STILL)

Hopefully this means more Black Fairy next year :clap1:

[Marsh.]

Is it just me or does Robert Carlyle seem well and truly bored this season?

Especially in the Enchanted Forest scenes he's just not acting as Rumple.

[Marsh.]

Can someone remind me. What's happened to Jekyll and Hyde?

[Lostie!]

They died :laugh:

[Lostie!]

Tiger Lily has been cast http://tvline.com/2017/01/20/once-upon-a-time-season-5-tiger-lily-cast-sara-tomko/

About time since people have been wondering about her showing up ever since season 2 (back when there was a big Tamara = Tiger Lily theory going round :laugh:).

Although, I'm never all that into Hook stuff. He just doesn't really interest me but the writers LOVE him (which is why I assume both arcs of Season 5 ended up becoming all about him, I was really enjoying the Camelot story before that unnecessary Dark Hook stuff).

[Marsh.]

They died [emoji23]
I rewatched the season so far a couple of weeks back and saw. I must have missed an episode somewhere along the line and not realised. It looked like they'd just vanished.

[Lostie!]

The Author is returning this season :clap1: One of my favourite supporting characters.

[Marsh.]

The Author is returning this season

:rolleyes:

[Marsh.]

Oh wait no, I'm thinking of the Sorcerer.

[Lostie!]

If I meant him I'd just say Merlin, silly billy

[Marsh.]

Merlin was somebody else entirely. :oh:

[Lostie!]

Merlin was the Sorcerer :joker:

[Firewire]

I think he's thinking of the Apprentice

[Firewire]

Merlin :love: