OUAT's musical episode and I have to say it was much better than I expected it to be, though some did leave a little to be desired with their singing, (yes Emma and Reggie was a little 'deep' at times) but did an amiable job! Infact Regina (Lana Parilla) kinda reminded me of Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd for some reason, but then I heard Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) sing and I thought he was more a Johnny sound alike for some reason, or perhaps it was just me (as always! ha). As Colin told TVLine, "just as the show takes those sort of characters that everybody knows and makes them fresh and new, in a sense that's what happened [with the music.]"
This one went back to the curse but also to Emma (Jennifer Morrison) when she was an orphan and her humming the Once tune, Emma's Theme, into the recorder. Okay don't want to boast here but knew that music and that tune would have an impact on her years later and as a piece of foreshadowing earlier on it did work, since it was always in her heart, hence the title. So expected that would happen and the way Henry (Jared S Gilmore) kept looking at the tape recorder, and they kept showing it too. Strange that Emma should bring it out now. Also how the book depicted that page where the Blue Fairy (Keegan Connor Tracy) visited Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Charming (Josh Dallas) and gave her the gift of song so she wouldn't be alone.
The songs going back to the time of the curse and how Snow and Charming just began singing one day after Snow wishing upon the star and finally thinking they had a way to defeat Regina: with a song. Though she didn't like the singing aspect of it, Reggie as the Evil Queen did get fully into the musical swing of things. Snow and Charming wanting passage to her castle and looking for Hook to do it. Clearly he was still focused on getting revenge on the Crocodile (funny they didn't know that the crocodile was the Dark One until he said it.) Still it was a fitting song of Revenge Is Gonna be Mine, cos that's what he had in his heart. Then as Hook also confronts Rumples (Robert Carlyle) back in Storybrooke with the dreamshade and yet Rumple's still managed to bounce back and steal the curse remedy that Regina had concocted along with Zelena's (Rebecca Mader) help. Thinking she can turn back time, it's always about time as the clock tower will strike 6 and the curse will be let loose as the final battle between Emma and the Black Fairy (Jaime Murray) will ensue.
Though once again the Black Fairy gets one over on Emma as she freezes all her loved ones and she tells her she's been listening to them on her magic ball. Emma's powers once again being lost as her hand freezes and trembles again. It takes Henry to convince her that she can do this, but she decides the Black Fairy wants her heart so she will give it to her and then Henry won't be alone and she will have saved everyone as the Saviour. But as the Saviour that's not up to her, she has to do everything she can to save the world, (or just Storybrooke) but it doesn't mean easily giving in to self sacrifice. Of course spoilt sport Rumples didn't sing! As did none of the other cast aside from the main characters.
Zelena had a catchy song as the Wicked Witch, you see "Wicked Always Wins!" Hey I said wicked too and then she sang it. Giving a spell to Regina that would make the singing stop. Which Regina uses on the Charming's when they come to confront her. Expecting to have their way and win with love, which didn't quite go according to plan.
By now everyone knows by now that Rumples didn't deal with his mother cos he wants to keep his family together. Also the page appearing for Henry out of nowhere really and he finds that Emma isn't alone and she can have her victory over the Black Fairy but she already takes her heart as Henry plays the tune for her and shows her the page. Emma bursting into song and realizing they never left her and she always had her parents in her heart. Thereby bringing them out of their frozen state as the Black Fairy vanishes, but not for long.
So it's a wedding in Storybrooke and Hook finally wore a decent tux instead of that old, white ugly thing! And yet more singing, this part reminded me of Grease and Charming in his leather pants earlier on! ha. But after the happy new beginning, all hell breaks loose with the curse finally being released and Emma says no matter where they end up they will be together one day.
See did this not remind you of Grease?!
Not a bad episode after all as I said and Regina even getting to sing "bitch" in her Love Doesn't Stand A Chance song, will have to listen to those again. So with the season (or series) finale we have to see if the curse will be the end and if the Black Fairy be sent back to oblivion. But not if Rumples has anything to do with it. Also Belle didn't get a song and wasn't even in this ep!
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