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Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Hello again! Thank you once more for another reaction for Once Upon a Time!! First... I really enjoy this episode, especially for Ruby/Red's storyline. It is really great having more story for Ruby/Red in both the present day and in her backstory. I feel Ruby's previous centered episode from season one is slightly better, but I really love this one too. In this one... some of Meghan Ory's acting throughout this episode seems a little off. Maybe a little cheesy in Red's acting within in the past storyline. She seems better as Ruby within the Storybrooke storyline in this episode. But don't get me wrong... I still really love this episode in spite of it's few flaws. :) Also... I felt that her backstory was a little bit rushed and that there could have been a lot more to her story in regards to her mother and Anita's pack. I wish we could have gotten more, if this episode was more movie length, rather than just told throughout a single episode. However, I do really like this storyline for what it is. It was rushed, but that's because they could only fit so much into a forty minute long episode. I also wished they had revealed what might have come for the surviving members of the pack, but I'm just going to assume that they ran off to find a new place to hide after the Evil Queen's guards' attack that killed Quinn. Overall, I really like the story. And I didn't really mind much that Quinn was killed, because I didn't really care much for his character. If we had gotten to know him more... his death would have left more of an impact. The same goes for Anita too. Anita being killed when Red protects Snow though... it's so sad for Red and I feel so bad for her. For her to have to kill not only her boyfriend, Peter, but also her mother as well. However, as sad as Anita's death is, it is definitely necessary for Red's storyline to move forward. And I understand Anita's death because she believed that all humans are evil and that they needed to be killed. She didn't deserve to die, but it was either Anita or Snow. Thank goodness Snow survives because Red chooses to protect her friend. My favorite moment in the backstory though, is Red telling Snow she protected her family because she protected Snow. So sweet and such a cute friendship. And I love that this storyline for Red and Snow picks up shortly after the events from season one's episode, Red Handed. Also... I love the parallel friendships between Ruby and David, as well as Ruby and Belle in the present day storyline too. And how they parallel to Red's friendship with Snow too. I love how much Belle believes in Ruby, as much as David believes in her too. And I love how David reveals to her how he had learned from his mistake with not believing in Mary Margaret back in season one. Throughout this episode, David fights for Ruby and does all he can to prove to her that she isn't the real monster. I love it! :) I also really love the storyline between David and King George, or Albert Spencer in this episode very much. Their dynamic is very interesting throughout the overall show. Spencer is a real jerk, that I love to hate. (Pardon me, but I don't like to swear at all, so I can't say what I really think of him. Ha! Ha! Ha!) You might find King George to be annoying, but I honestly really like him as a villain who hates Charming so much, and I like the actor (Alan Dale) who plays him even more. As for why so many people, who are clearly extras chosen to act as the random townsfolk and fairytale folk, choose to stand up with George against David, Ruby, and Granny... it's because like in any town or kingdom, there are people who fully supported King George in their kingdom before the curse brought them all over to Storybrooke, and still want him to be their King, not David. So of course they would choose to side with George in Storybrooke too. So I understand this mob, and I actually really like it. Not because I agree with them, but I love the idea for a mob to be created under these circumstances to stand against the heroes. As maddening as the mob mentality is, and it is certainly something to be angry about, it is very real even today. Especially today, which is so sad. Also... it feels like a nod to the mob scene in Beauty and the Beast, but with King George as the head of the charge instead of Gaston. As for George's reasons for killing Gus/Billy... it's so he can knock David down and to turn everyone against him in hope that he may be able to become a ruler over their new Kingdom again. With Snow and Emma gone, he has the perfect chance. And George has always hated David so much... not just because David turned against him and stole his kingdom from him, but also because David has his son's face, yet he doesn't love George as a father. David refused to continue playing the role of the obedient son. So of course he can't stand seeing David be the man in charge and being happy. And as for Gus/Billy... he was actually introduced in a few episodes before this one. His roles were always small, but this episode is where we first learn who he was in the past... in the Enchanted Forest. That he was little Gus, the mouse in Cinderella's pantry who liked to eat cheese. And I love learning this about him. As for why George killed him... it isn't just so he could use the distraction to get his hands on Jefferson's hat, but so that he could turn everyone in the town against David and Ruby. George saw Ruby talking with Billy a number of times during and after the curse and saw that she cared about him. Therefore, sadly he became George's target so he could frame Ruby. It is sad that we lost Gus/Billy. I definitely would have liked to get to know him more, but I understand the purpose for why they killed him off so soon. Poor Billy... I would have liked to see him and Ruby get together at least for one date. It's sad that Spencer had to go and murder him to try to turn the whole town against Ruby, and therefore David. Again... what a jerk! It's also tragic that George burns Jefferson's hat in the end to try to stop David from being reunited with his wife and daughter. I love that David strikes him down to the ground with a punch to his face, then pulls his own gun on him ready to kill Spencer, but that Ruby is able to convince him not to. David would have proven to the people that he wasn't a hero after all if he had, just like George wanted to do. As for Granny... she is really great in this episode too. And I like how she is able to help David track down who really killed Billy using her sense of smell, and love how she shoots one of her crossbow arrows straight at George to keep him from shooting Ruby. Next... I also love once again the storyline between David and Henry too. They're so sweet. And I love how David calls on Regina to come over to watch over Henry for him while he was busy, and that she is there for Henry when Henry wakes up from another nightmare. And I absolutely love Regina's subtle reaction as she pulls back upon seeing and hearing Henry's fear upon her being there instead of David. Lana Parrilla's acting is phenomenal as always. I also really love how Henry falls into the Netherworld... the land between life and death every time he sleeps. So terrifying. I would never want to sleep again if this were to happen to me. And then... upon seeing Henry has begun to get hurt by the fire, Regina calls Gold, who gives Henry some magic so that he can control his dream and therefore, his fear. Very nice, and very surprising because Gold gave it to him without any strings attached in some deal. Very out of character for Gold. Overall... I really enjoy the mystery behind Henry's nightmares in the Netherworld and him finally being able to meet Aurora. Also... I love, love, love how this burning red room is a consequence from awakening from the sleeping curse, as few people have done. As Snow, Henry, and Aurora have now done. I really love how Gold explains all this to Regina and to Henry. What a brilliantly written idea. And lastly... Aurora has seen Henry, then wakes up to reveal to Emma and Mary Margaret that she spoke to Henry while she dreamt. This show is only continuing to get more exciting!!!! And I cannot wait for you to continue watching!!!! Overall... I enjoy this episode, even though I missed Hook in it. Thank you so much! Until next time, my friend...

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Oh... and in answer to your question in regards to Granny telling Red about her mother being killed... Granny does lie to her granddaughter about her mother having been killed, but not just to keep Red from learning the truth about her being the wolf in order to protect her as we learn about in season one's episode... Red-Handed, but also because Granny knows how dangerous Anita is. She knows that Anita believes that all humans who aren't part wolf like herself and her pack or other wolves... are evil, which isn't true. And as for Jefferson's hat and your confusion about the other hats seen within his mansion that he struggled to make... this isn't particularly explained very well, but I think that you're right to some degree about the magic needed to make these hats work. Only his original hat is magical, which is the hat used to rip Emma and Mary Margaret away to the Enchanted Forest along with the Wraith, and is burned within this episode. Jefferson could never get the other hats he made to work, because in Hat Trick... they were still in a Land Without Magic. And even though Emma touched one or two of the hats... none of them contain the portals to the other worlds. Jefferson only hoped Emma's magic might be powerful enough to create the portal. Without magic... her power wasn't. And with magic coming to Storybrooke, her magic is powerful enough without the fairy dust, but she's no longer in Storybrooke. I honestly don't know if the heroes can use any of Jefferson's other hats with the fairy dust to recreate a new magical hat. I hope this makes sense.

Paul Fisher

Like Heidi, I assume that the hat that was destroyed in the fire was Jefferson's only magical hat. In the previous episodes, it was always referred to as "THE hat," not just "A hat." He tried making others, and getting Emma to make one, but none of them worked - they were just ordinary hats. I think that hat was unique. Fairy dust was needed to repair the damage done to the hat and to power it, but fairy dust alone can't turn an ordinary hat (or any other object) into a portal. I like to make an analogy to those novelty radios you sometime see made in the shape of various objects like cats, statues, or even hats. A hat-shaped radio needs batteries to function but simply adding batteries to an ordinary hat won't turn a hat into a radio. Jefferson's hat was really a hat-shaped portal. As you've seen from these comments, the Mad Hatter's name which you were trying to recall, is Jefferson. As with most of the characters, his other name is a clue to his true identity. The name Jefferson is a reference to the rock group, Jefferson Airplane, who's biggest hit was "White Rabbit." Like Snow White being Miss Blanchard, Dr. Whale being Dr. Frankenstein, and so on, most of the names have similar meanings. To answer your question about Bae, the Blue Fairy gave him a magic bean to send him to a Land Without Magic but she said it was the last bean the fairies had. Fairy dust can't open portals. If it could, Rumple would have just stolen a bag of it and used it to follow Bae. Blue also mentioned earlier this season that there are no magic beans in Storybrooke. So neither beans nor Jefferson's hat are an option for reaching the Enchanted Forest. But that just means our heroes face a bigger challenge!

Paul Fisher

For fun, a link to a Jefferson Airplane performance of "White Rabbit." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0

KayGee

Thank you for another great reaction. I enjoyed this episode, but I agree with Heidi that it was a bit rushed, but I also understand that it should fit into one episode. Also I found some of the acting in the flashbacks really really bad.