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Anonymous

I got more of a discount Brandon Routh version of Clark Kent with Daniel rather than discount Wesley

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Thank you so much for another fabulous reaction for Once Upon a Time! I really love this episode. It isn't quite one of my favorites from this season, but it is very, very close to being one. First... Regina's grudge against Snow White is so much deeper than I really suspected, and more than Regina just blaming Snow for Daniel getting killed back when Snow was ten years old. And a lot's happened between them in the many years since then and Regina's hate towards Snow has only grown stronger. And yet her anger towards Snow isn't simply because Snow just told her secret, although we learn in this episode that it's most definitely the main factor in Regina's hate towards her, because it's what started everything. And you will continue to see this as the series continues. Now... my one of my overall favorite moments in this episode is between Emma and August, while they're talking on the bench in the harbor as August inspires Emma to look at her investigation from a different perspective. I just really love their dynamic and I continue to love the mystery behind who August is. Another of my favorite moments in this episode is the end scene between Regina, young Snow, and later Cora (Regina's mother), as Regina figures out how Cora knew about her and Daniel, when Snow confesses to her that she told her secret despite her promise to Regina that she wouldn't. It's a great scene brilliantly acted by not only young Snow played by Bailee Madison who is definitely the perfect actress to play young Snow, but especially by Lana Parrilla (Regina), who suddenly becomes completely numb to all emotion. Her acting in this moment is phenomenal, and when she's talking with her mother once Snow leaves the room as well. As for Cora... boy, is she evil because she's so good at being manipulative. And because you paid close attention to Regina's relationship with her mother, you were clearly able to see the parallels between them. A lot of what Regina has become in the years since the events from this episode's backstory, comes from the kind of woman Cora is. As for how I feel about Cora... I hate her. While she's scary as any villain can be, she's also evil and twisted enough to believe she's doing right by her own daughter. And people who believe in that way of thinking, is scary in the worst kind of ways. She makes for a good villain, but she's not one of my favorite of all the villains throughout the entire series. But in spite of that, I absolutely love this episode because of Regina and her twisted mother. Now... I really enjoy Regina's backstory a lot, as we get to know a younger and kind version of Regina, when she herself was in love with a stable boy, who was sadly murdered by Regina's own mother, which is the root cause for Regina becoming the villainess we know her to be now... the Evil Queen. It's a brilliant backstory for such a villainess we've grown to love so early on in this show. It's so good to actually get to know the reasons for the characters' like the Evil Queen, becoming villains, as well as how characters come to be heroes as well. But mostly the villains, because like Regina says to David in Storybrooke, and like Rumplestiltskin says to Charming in the Enchanted Forest... "Evil isn't born... it's made."... a line I very much love. And I love seeing how villains come to be especially because we don't have any backstory for these villains becoming who they are in any of the movies and stories created about them before. That's one thing I especially love about Once Upon a Time, is learning why characters become villains and heroes too. Phenomenal! I really like Daniel's character a lot. He is played by actor Noah Bean, who I like from other shows too. I love that he was a stable boy and that back then, Regina didn't care about power or her opportunity to become the Kingdom's Queen. She loved Daniel despite him being poor. I love seeing that Regina had found True Love with him, which is why it's so tragic that Cora killed him by ripping out his heart and crushing it right in front of Regina. And this is another parallel between Regina and Cora, as we see the kind of woman Regina later becomes and see that she too eventually came to rip out hearts like her mother did to Daniel, as we see Regina do with the Huntsman... Graham. Brilliant! As for Emma being easily manipulated and her falling for Sidney's lies... which are clearly lies that she should have seen through, especially given her superpower that hasn't really come into play much lately... It is a little frustrating, or annoying that Emma would fall for Sidney's lies, which he's very careful with the wording in all he says, even though as an audience to this show we know that he is lying. And I don't care much for the bit where Emma lets him offer her flowers, allowing for him to bug her office. But what bothers me more, is that we never see Emma talking to August about finding the shovel shard or the shovel which it belongs to being in Regina's garage, inside of her office or the station. We only have to assume she and August must have taken the shard to the station and spoke about it there off screen. Plus Emma had to draw up the search warrant she later served to Regina so she could legally search her garage for the shovel. With all that being said... I feel that Sidney planting a bug in Emma's office would have worked better, had we seen how Regina came to know that Emma knew about her broken shovel and why she had to move it. I appreciate the idea, even though I felt it could have been executed a little differently. Sadly... Emma blames August for telling Regina about her finding the broken shovel shard. And it's so sad, because I like August a lot and I trust in his yearning to want to help Emma. It did seem a little strange that August would think it's unfair for Emma not to believe in him fully, since Emma doesn't know him all that well, but I feel like he's been trustworthy so far, enough to get Emma to trust in him a little... at least enough to believe he wouldn't sabotage her investigation. However, it's understandable for me that she would think he might have ratted her out. And lastly... I was shocked when the revelation and twist comes in the end with Kathryn being alive after all. Which could have many meanings as to what might have happened to her and how the frame job against Snow really came about. Who exactly is behind it all and how deep into it are the characters suspected of their involvement? You picked up right away that Gold had something to do with Kathryn's disappearance too, due to what Gold said to Emma in the station just before she discovers the bug in the flowers after she smashes the vase... he states that perhaps there still may be time for him to work a little magic. What has Gold done, or just how much does he know? Where has Kathryn been all this time? What has Regina done? I love the intrigue! Thank you so much for your reaction again!!! I am so excited for these last four episode reactions from you, from season one. These last four episodes are most definitely among my favorites throughout the season. I love them! Things are about to get so good! Until your next reactions...

Nathan Van Slyke

Yay! You've finally made it to the Stable Boy episode! Now you've learned why the Evil Queen hates Snow. That was a major yikes with Daniel's death!

Ceara Abrahamsz

I’m sorry but Daniel/‘Discount Wesley’/Noah Bean(his actor) is WAY better looking than actual Wesley/Alexis Denisof LOL but that just me! 😂💯

EaSax

I love this episode. As for the bug in the flowers, Emma did turn up at Reginas house with a search warrent, so it could be assumed that phone calls were made in her office in order to acquire that.

Nanci Fenstermaker

Regina hates snow because a 10 year old was manipulated by an adult woman. Let's keep in mind how Cora used Snow to her advantage and that Snow never had a chance. Regina's hate is way misplaced here. It's victim blaming 101. Snow was just as much a victim here as Regina. Regina destroyed so many lives over a misplaced grudge against a 10 year old child. How ridiculous.

Brandon Wiesner

Yes but it is the evil queen. The apple didn't fall far from the tree, it seems.

MittenCrab

ASR: "If you ride a horse without a saddle, you can lose that innocence". I tried this in my youth, but I'm afraid it doesn't work...I was left sore, but still desperately innocent.

Sophie Sweet

Perfect casting for Snow this little girl had her mannerisms down and everything!

AshLand Writer

I wouldn’t think too much about the bug. This is a TV show, so things have to happen off camera. Even Emma saying her to-do-list aloud could have tipped them off.