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Jeremy Burch

I really don't love the CInderella now Ella storyline very much, but I do think that guilt and desperation for your child makes you do really stupid things sometimes. Also, I find the Anastasia storyline to be intriguing.

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

The Garden of Forking Paths- First... thank you so much for another fun reaction, dear friend. I enjoyed watching this reaction, just as I enjoy this episode. It is a little slow until towards the end, but overall, I do really like it. Now, where to begin... I really love the moments shared between Hook, Regina, and Henry from the flashbacks, as well as within the present day storyline. I just love their dynamics that have been formed between them as they work together to protect one another, to bring down Victoria Belfrey, to help Rogers find the missing girl, to help Henry, Jacinda, and Lucy, and to help Roni as well. I think I actually like the present storyline for them all even more than I like the past storyline, because I am most intrigued by how they'll succeed in making everything right and breaking the curse. But with this said... I love everything about them working together in both the past and in the present. Also... we are finally introduced to Tiana, or Sabine which is Tiana's cursed identity. We learn that she's Jacinda's roommate. In the past storyline, Tiana is from the Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog, taken from the original fairytale... The Frog Prince. I really like her character in both timelines. She's great, thanks to Mekia Cox who plays her. And I love that she is the leader of the resistance formed to overthrow Lady Tremaine. It's a brilliant storyline for her. I feel that out of all the new characters added to Once Upon a Time, other than adult Henry, to me Tiana feels most like her character I know her as, and not just from the Disney movie. I've read the fairytale and have seen other renditions of The Frog Prince too. Mekia Cox is definitely a good casting choice for her because she plays the role well. And the show is definitely very good at casting for the most part. Aside from a few characters I'm still unsure about at this point, which I won't get into for right now. After this episode, I've grown to like Jacinda a bit more than I initially did, but she's still not really that good of a character. The actress has gotten a little better, but I am still not a fan of hers. I don't like that she gives into Victoria by burning the petitions, although I understand the idea behind the storyline and why her character is being developed this way. And Jacinda does make up for it by standing tall after all and giving Lucy the credit she deserves. I am proud of Jacinda for this. I really like her speech to encourage everyone to help her stand against Victoria and to help save the garden, which still is being magically reshaped with the purple Hyacinth flowers growing since Lucy's wish in the well. I won't ever like this actress as Cinderella, especially not as much as I like Ashley from seasons one and six. But I have definitely accepted her now. And in the past storyline she grows stronger than she was once she joined Princess Tiana in the resistance, and accepted Regina's advice to become just Ella. However, I really hate that she sneaks out on her own to fall into Lady Tremaine's trap. Ugh... I just really don't like her in the moment between her and her stepmother, and yet I do somewhat find the storyline about Anastasia being an innocent interesting. And of course Cinderella couldn't hurt Henry. But the fact she is almost willing kill another man was still wrong. I love Regina's interference. And I love how she tells Cinderella that it is never okay to hurt anyone, even for the greater good. Regina has come so far and it's wonderful. And I love seeing her trying to help Cinderella learn the importance of forgiving herself. She does it and allows for Ella to come out, rather than Cinderella. It's a good twist on the Disney movie, although I believe Ella is her real name in the Brothers Grim version of Cinderella too, because Cinderella was always supposed to be a cruel name given to her by her stepmother and stepsisters. As for Lucy, she is just like Henry used to be back in season one when Henry kept putting himself in harms way in order to try to prove the truth to Henry. I am not sure I really like this or not. Because I feel like the show's creators and writers are trying too hard to make her too much like Henry, but Lucy certainly has conviction. Her jumping into the mine reminds me of Archie's centric episode... That Still Small Voice, when Henry enters the mine then too. Just like Lucy tells Henry about from his book. I'm glad she brings this up. It is a nice callback to season one. I love the moment where Henry appears within the resistance camp with Regina and Hook and the introductions are made. Regina seems a little skeptical of Cinderella at first, but understandably so, seeing as she is the woman who has stolen her son's heart. And I love when Hook introduces himself as Captain Hook again, and states that he's not quite Henry's father when Cinderella makes the assumption he is. So funny. As for Wish Realm Hook and Detective Rogers... I love seeing just how similar he is to Killian from seasons two through six, though also very different. He still talks like Killian by using similar words and phrases like "Aye, love" and "mate", and he's brave like Killian is, but he also has his own personality as well that's not the same as Killian. Rogers I think is more quiet and timid, while Killian is more confident and happy to make his presence known. I hope that makes sense. I like how Rogers goes after the crooked politician, and that Weaver follows his partner. Of course, Weaver knows Rogers lied to him about what he was up to. Gold/Weaver always seems to know everything before everyone else does. And Weaver of course lets the politician go free. Ooo! Weaver, just as Gold always did, can make me so mad, yet it's a wonderful thing. He's a character I still just love to hate. And Robert Carlyle is brilliant. In the end, we see as Henry somehow suddenly finds the graves belonging to his wife and daughter even though they weren't there before, and the look on his face is devastating. We could see that he had started to believe in Lucy, only to have his heart shattered all over again upon seeing the supposed confirmation that they are truly dead as he once thought. So sad, but well done. Finally, the final scene between Victoria and this unknown villainess who appears to have cast the curse is brilliant. I really love this apparent witch. She's creepy and she already appears to be more powerful than Lady Tremaine, even though she is Lady Tremaine's prisoner. I was straightaway very intrigued by this woman's first introduction. Thank you again so much, Steven! I can't wait for more reactions from you as always, so... until next time... Sincerely, Heidi