This ep about Mother Gothel (Emma Booth) where we get her backstory and how she was a tree nymph, basically good and got corrupted by, yes, humans! Who else! As she wants to fit into the human mould and not be seen as different, but she was different. Are we now going to get a switcheroo and have her become good or will she get her just desserts as a witch and generally bad tree nymph, she deserves them. The way her mother gave her that responsibility now of looking after nature, which she squandered for revenge, made it sound as though she was part of, or is mother Nature. (Even though in Tangled she was the main antagonist! Funny after Googling for some background, found that Gothel is a name for a brothel with vampire Goths! Right will move away from this snippet of info quickly! ha)
Henry (Andrew J West) somehow begins to believe his own book (!) and that magic could be real, telling this to Jacinda (Dania Ramirez) who remained as vacant as ever! That perhaps her glass slipper shard is really magical and really belongs to her, that they knew each other and somehow can't recall but did come together to have Lucy (Alison Fernandez). Again it's a very fanciful notion to Jacinda, come on Cinderella was not this dense! As Lucy gets in to see Facilier (Daniel Francis) and tells him he could be the good guy here, the hero in saving Henry and Reggie would be very grateful. She's not picking up her phone, cos Rumples took the last piece of magic and Facilier could save Henry, thereby helping her. He needs some other form of magic, any bit to break the curse and then they can all band together and save the rising coven of witches. The "storm of witches" that is brewing. Coincidentally Reggie and Rumples weren't in this ep.
Gothel now putting her plan into action to rid some more humans by brainwashing the policeman to lure Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) and Tilly (Rose Reynolds) into a trap, cos she just knew that they'd both come. Also taking blood from Margot (Tiera Skovbye) to help her spell. As she says she's a friend of Tilly's. Margot is too trusting. Gothel whispers how as Robin she didn't help her back then but can now. Then tells Tilly she's her mother. As she promptly goes to Hook. And then to Henry who has mapped out everything he can relating to the people in Hyperion Heights and his book. Henry telling them about magic and how his book could be real. Policeman calls and tells them where Gothel is and Tilly wants to come in with him too. After taking a bite of a marmalade sandwich which Hook had ready for her in the car.
Lucy and Jacinda look through storage boxes and Lucy finds the broken shoe belonging to Cinderella, spelling out that's who she is. She takes it to Facilier who magics a spell and the glass shatters into tiny pieces winging their way back to Henry. As Henry and Jacinda now kiss and Henry doesn't fall under the spell and die, but Lucy finds she can't recall anything of her other life. Thus the curse isn't broken. Henry being romantic in saying what if it wasn't love at first sight when he saw her but was already in love with her. Personally I still say Henry and Druzella had more chemistry and would've made a better couple!
Suppose that curse has something to do with Gothel as she forces Tilly to help her otherwise she'll kill Hook, as she tells Tilly he's her father. So that love she felt for him was cos of this. He tells her not to help but Tilly can't lose him. As Tilly now joins the coven of witches. In the other realm, Gothel gets her revenge on the humans for killing her family and as she's finished them all off in that realm. She sets her sights on other humans as in a 'land without magic thousands of years later.'
From this episode it's really difficult to see how Gothel can change and at this point in time this isn't even her intention. It's kind of a quick turnaround where everyone suddenly believes in magic and Henry's book, whereas everyone was so adamant it was just a book and there's no such thing as magic. Even Hook was believing even if he couldn't quite understand it. As Naveen (Jeff Pierte) tells him everything and the impossibility of Hansel being stabbed inside his heart. Also feel there's much more to Facilier and his ulterior motives for helping Lucy and Henry. Surely he must've known that magic wouldn't work and true love's kiss isn't going to break this curse. Wouldn't that be too easy and too repetitive. Particularly as Gothel and Facilier would make some evil allies together.
7.7 Eloise Gardener was also about her and now we get another one on Gothel. Where we learned how Gothel loved the soil and always needed this when Victoria was around, being a tree nymph. As well as being named Gardener! Also in 7.7 how Hook needed to get that flower from her garden in order for him to be able to get rid of Rumples, being duped and here the same thing happens again as she gets the better of him once more!.
See my review here:
https://mila255.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/once-upon-time-77-eloise-gardener-review.html
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