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Monday 17 June 2013

Once Upon A Time 2.11 "The Outsiders" Review

An episode mostly about Belle (Emilie de Ravin) and how she became a monster/beast tamer, with reference of course to Rumples (Robert Carlyle) as she mentioned how she tamed him too.  This time round Dreamy (Lee Arenberg) thanks her for the advice she offered him and he tells her she should go on an adventure with the men who are looking for the Yaoguai; a fearsome creature.  She's read a book, which appears to be in Chinese or Mandarin and she tells the men she knows where the beast is, at the lake whilst she goes off to hunt for it herself.  It's really found in the mountains.  Here she meets Mulan (Jamie Chung) as the beast leaves its lair and Mulan saves Belle's life.  Mulan accuses her of spoiling her hunt as she was looking for it for over a week.  It only took Belle a day.

Back in Storybrooke, Belle opens up the library and is attacked by Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) she manages to throw a bookcase on him, really taken by a woman - again!  Someone's not their best on dry land, think his sea legs let him down, ha.  Hook having got the info from Archie (Raphael Sbarge) as to what Gold holds dear to him.  As well as the dagger, a robe which Bae used to wear which he kept in his safe.  Thus the attack on Belle was a diversion.  Wouldn't have thought Gold would be one of Archie's patients, it just doesn't add up.  His character is much more stronger than needing help from a Cricket since he didn't have much or any conscience until he met Belle.

Belle runs into the lift and calls Gold who manages to turn up but Hook has already left.  Gold having carried out his little experiment using Smee (Chris Gauthier) and by using a potion on his red hat he pushes him over the line and he still recalls who he is.  Thus he finds a way to leave without losing his memory and go in search of Bae.  Belle asks why Hook is after him and she can help him find her but he doesn't want her to, giving her a gun instead.  He tells her about his wife Milah and how she ran off with Hook and left Bae, as well as being dead.  Though not how she died since he wouldn't tell her he was the one who killed her.

Gold asks Smee where Hook has the robe but eh doesn't know.  Thus he tunrs him into the rat that he is as he scurries away.  belle ties up the books and finds a rope with a fisherman's knot, the monkey which tells her that Hook arrived here on hsi ship.  At the docks she locates the ship by the seagulls circling over head and also by the sound of the rigging int he wind.  On board she finds Archie and frees him but is caught by Hook.  He tells her Gold wouldn't have told her how Milah died and he grabs the gun wanting to rip her heart out too.  She gets the better of him again and makes her getaway with the robe, which she calls a shawl.

Gold rescues Belle on the ship and beats Hook with his walking stick.  She doesn't want him to kill him but Hook wants his heart ripped out, he's ready for it.  Well that was a bit of a let down especially since he came all this way to "skin a crocodile" and got skinned himself.  Gold tells him to sail away to the end of the world and never return.  Gold is now able to cross the line without losing his memory.  She'd love to go with him but can't.  She'll be waiting for him here.  Belle is given her sword by Mulan to catch the beast as she's wounded and she manages to put out its fire.  It writes a message asking for help.  When she does, it turns into none other than Phillip (Julian Morris) who was cursed.  She tells her he can help Mulan and he needs to find Aurora.  They search together.  Belle leaves them and is caught by Regina and taken to the tower, which is where Hook found her.  But here when Hook shows up she doesn't know who he is but she met him in the tower when he tried to elicit info from her about Rumples.

Hook arrives and shoots Belle just as Gold has crossed the line and she falls over it, forgetting who she is.  As Gold is about to wreak some magical havoc a car approaches and Hook is knocked over as the car crashes and stops.  Now who could that be, Pinocchio by any chance?  He's knocked out by a car now, oh really, this pirate needs more training on dry land!  SO what did he get up to in Neverland?

Elsewhere some of the residents say goodbye to Archie and Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) is clearly overcome by the moment.  Snow wants them to find a house together but Charming (Josh Dallas) wants them to go back and rid their land of whatever ogres and other monsters are still there.  She's tired of fighting.  Emma brings home Pongo for Henry (Jared S Gilmore) and she wants them to stay in the loft and become a family.  Think Charming wants to go back since the Dwarves also ask when they can return home.

Archie tuns up at Emma's (Jennifer Morrison) just as Henry redesigns the loft to have an armoury in there to protect themselves from Regina (Lana Parrilla).  Didn't Emma hear the door since she reacts to Pongo running towards the door.  Henry says he knew Regina didn't do it, but will that be enough to stop her from turning evil again and siding with Cora.

What did Belle do with the fairy dust Dreamy gave her since clearly she didn't use it.  Emma asking Henry if he's "planning your escape from Shawshank."  He replies, no.  Isn't that a little above Henry's age range.  I mean I know he's seen plenty of evil and bad things but what made anyone think he'd know what that means.  I only thought that may be Pinocchio in the car since they showed Geppetto (Tony Amendola) at Archie's funeral and so it's about time he returned.  Also Frankenstein's brother also has to make an appearance.

Poor Belle just when you think she could be happy she gets into more strife.  Here and back in the Enchanted Forest too.  At least this episode showed her as more than just a pretty face and is able to get out of scrapes with the ability to see goodness in others when none seems to embody them.  Hook asks Archie about Rumple's dagger and that is his greatest weakness, it doesn't appear that he has a physical weakness but more one of holding onto power and his magic.  Though it's the dagger which bears his name on it and thus when found whoever finds it will kill him and become the Dark One. IS this what Hook is after to find the dagger and become the Dark One himself, cos he will if he's the one who kills him.  Didn't he bury it in the woods last season.

Phillip it seems was cursed by Maleficent as was Aurora and this is how Mulan falls for him.  Okay the car has Pennsylvania number plates and still curious about where Pinocchio disappeared to after the curse was broken.  Anyway I'm probably wrong!  They must be outsiders since that's the title.  Where was Cora hiding out during all this?  Holding her head in shame cos she did such a lousy job of hiding the ship!  It appears Belle has the ability to read peoples' hearts or see into them and is her power.
Belle: "I still see good in him...I believe he's changed.  Because his heart is true...yours is rotten."
Hook: "You have no idea."

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