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Once Upon A Time Season 2 Episode 15 The Queen Is Dead (Patreon)

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2024-10-21 16:15:03
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Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

The Queen Is Dead- Okay... I really enjoy this episode. In spite of it being so heartbreaking. Especially for poor Snow. And my heart most certainly breaks for her throughout this entire episode. This episode also has quite a few powerful and beautiful lessons we can all learn from within it. And I love it especially for the connections, or the parallels between Snow's past and present with her mother's death and now Johanna's death... Both deaths having tragically happened on her birthday because of Cora, who is most definitely a real witch with a capital "B". And I hate her all the more for it. I've always disliked Cora because of all the pain she's caused her own daughter, as well as everyone else around her. However, it's because of this episode that I truly, truly hate her. There are definitely no redeeming qualities in Cora whatsoever. Don't get me wrong... Barbara Hershey as Cora is absolutely phenomenal. And Cora is a terrific villainess. But I can't help but just hate her. As for Johanna... This is the first episode we've ever seen her in. And as much as I do enjoy her character very much, I do wish that she had made appearances in previous episodes, and that we could have gotten to know her character a little before this one. Because if we had, then her death here in this episode would certainly have been even more impactful and heartbreaking for us as viewers. And you probably wouldn't have spent the entire episode thinking that Johanna was evil, or on Cora's and Regina's side against our heroes. As for her guiding young Snow to seek out the Blue Fairy, and telling her that her mother has a secret magical confidant... It's possible that this is so. I mean... Blue later does come to be Snow's magical confidant and dear friend later in life as well. So, it would make sense that her mother was close to Blue too. And if you remember in this episode... Johanna tells young Snow that she must wish on the blue star in order to get the Blue Fairy to appear to her. Cora while disguised as Blue, appears to Snow before she has her chance to wish on the blue star. This is another clue and give away that the Ble Fairy that appears to Snow, is actually someone else in disguise. That she's actually Cora. It's also possible that Cora had disguised herself as Johanna when she tells Snow about the Blue Fairy as well. So, it could have been Cora all along. Johanna is good, through and through. She never worked with Cora, or with Cora and Regina in the present day. If we had known about Johanna's importance to Snow before this episode, she wouldn't be so suspicious, and her being centered throughout a lot of this episode, wouldn't have been weird. And I wish we could have gotten to know Johanna more for certain. I understand where you're coming from for sure, Jay. And now... I feel so badly for Snow, because she does lose her mother and a woman she loved like a mother once her own died years ago. And on her birthday, of all days. A day when she's feeling even more vulnerable and sad. I can't blame Snow for feeling like she's lost enough and now feels like she has no choice but to kill Cora in order to protect the rest of those she loves. It's just so tragic, because her mother died teaching her to believe in always doing the right thing for those she loves. And because Snow White is so good and pure. I would hate to see her lose herself, just as Charming is afraid of losing her to the darkness as well. And yet I can absolutely feel her pain and understand why she feels so strongly about her now having to kill Cora. However, I do love how orchestrated and patient Cora was for so many years in order to help make her own daughter the new Queen. I don't like that she's done all she's done, but this shows just how devious of a villainess she really is, and I somewhat like that about her in spite of me hating her. I mean... Not only does Cora kill Snow's mother to take her out of the picture so that Regina could become Queen, but she had used her magic to spook Snow's horse into running with young Snow while arranging for Regina to be there to see it so that Regina would save her, allowing for her to be able to catch the King's eye and for Regina to win his favor. Very twisted, and so deviously clever. And in regards to who Cora is really doing all of this for... I have no doubt she's definitely doing everything for herself, and not so much for her daughter. She claims she's doing everything for her daughter, but you can tell that she really isn't. Cora loves power. And yes... She is power hungry for sure. She states in this episode that she will never go back to being poor like she was when she was a miller's daughter. Cora wants power, plain and simple. And she will do whatever it takes to get it. I do believe that Cora does love Regina, but in case you don't remember... Back in this season's previous episode, titled... Queen of Hearts, we learn Cora's heart isn't in her chest thanks to Hook trying to rip it out of her chest only to fail. And therefore, she is currently incapable of love. Even for her own daughter. Also... I love Queen Eva. I love how good and kind she is, and how she teaches her daughter the importance of showing her love for her people. I love how Eva teaches Snow that her birthday celebration and her crown are reminders to her as to how their people deserve to be treated. With love, kindness, grace, and respect. And then we have Captain Hook! I absolutely love when Hook suddenly appears in New York City after he knocks David out in order to steal back his hook. And I love the moment when Hook suddenly stabs Gold in the chest with his hook that he had coated with a poison that Gold states is of his own making. Hook's face in this brief moment of pure evil and the satisfaction is absolutely brilliant!!! I love it!!! Brilliantly acted by Colin O'Donoghue. And this is easily one of my favorite moments in this episode, even though it's never explained how Hook came to know where in New York to find Gold and Emma. Unless of course... He already knew where Neal was living in New York, since we also learn in this episode that Hook and Neal have a history together upon Neal's recognition of him after Emma renders Hook unconscious. Nonetheless... This scene is phenomenal! I also love how we learn that Hook has sailed to New York in his ship, and that we learn his ship, the Jolly Roger, is the fastest ship and vessel in all the realms. Absolutely marvelous!! :) And I love how Neal makes a mention of how New York isn't the first place he's come to since he fell through the portal all those years ago in the Enchanted Forest, and how if it were, he most certainly wouldn't be alive now. Given that he is over two hundred years old, just like Rumplestiltskin and Hook are too. Fantastic!!! The question is... Where was Bae all these years before he wound up in New York? And why is he still so young? As for Neal's storyline with seeing his father having become injured by Hook, his storyline with Henry, Gold, and Emma, and now Tamara... I like Neal's relationship with Henry developing further along. And yes... I somewhat like that Neal is getting to know his father again, who is different than he was centuries earlier, but still very much a villain who is obsessed with power too. However, I do feel like Neal's concern for his father feels... maybe a bit sudden? And maybe a bit forced? I get it... Neal feels bad and scared because his father is suddenly dying, and he doesn't want to lose his father like this. It's just that Neal has been angry with his father for so long, especially in the previous episode, and I just feel kind of strange about his concern for Rumple now. I know that it might just be me, and I'm sure a part of it comes from the fact that I don't really care much for Neal's character, which I do realize is biased of me. Overall... This episode is really good. Most of all, I love Hook's moments, as well as the connections between Snow's past and present. And I hate Cora even more for killing Johanna, also on Snow's birthday like she killed Snow's mother. It also makes me very angry with Regina too, for her going along with her mother and for ripping out Johanna's heart. Poor Johanna. She was no longer of any use to Cora and Cora killed her for absolutely no reason other than just to hurt Snow further, which I hate. And Regina just stands there and lets it happen. Like I mentioned before... To me, Regina's character this second half of the season just makes no sense. And if there's ever a time when I really don't like Regina at all... It is throughout season two, within its second half. Because I absolutely love her in the first half of this season! Yet... In the final scene between Regina and Cora inside Regina's office, I get the sense that Regina is beginning to realize that Cora's intentions and all her efforts aren't being done for her sake, but for Cora's alone. Which I do appreciate. Oh... And I also love David throughout this episode as he struggles to help Snow find peace and to joy on her birthday again, and that he's now struggling to be the voice of reason now that Snow feels obligated to go against her true self by listening to her temptation to kill Cora. We'll see where it all goes from here. And lastly... I absolutely love hearing the story of how Snow's mother named her daughter Snow White, naming her after the snow bell flowers that can survive the harshest of winters, which is when Snow was born. During the harshest winter of them all. Brilliant, and so beautiful! Thank you very much again, for another fun reaction, Jay! I really enjoyed seeing and hearing what you thought about this episode, and like always... I can't wait for more!! Until next week, my dear friend... Sincerely, Heidi