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TV Time: Once Upon a Time 2.02

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This week, Nerdy Girl Contributor Leah takes the reins and shares her thoughts about the latest episode of Once Upon a Time. 

Hello, everyone!

Your lovely blog mistress was off being awesome in other parts of the world this week, so she asked me to step in for her, and I am excited to discuss this episode of Once Upon a Time with you all!

Title We Are Both

What Happened? While the residents of Storybrooke test the boundaries of the town and discover that leaving means forgetting their fairytale selves all over again, Prince Charming continues to try to find a way to get to Snow and Emma while simultaneously performing his duties as a leader to the people of Storybrooke. Regina continues on her quest for power, magic, and Henry.

In the fairytale-world flashbacks, we learn more about Regina and Rumplestiltskin’s first meeting (as adults), the fate of Regina’s mother Cora, and Regina’s first taste of magic that leads her to learn more. In present-day Fairytale Land, Emma and Snow are the captives of Mulan and Aurora and are thrown into a pit with Cora, who offers to help them.

Lines to Remember
“I will not listen to childcare lectures from a man who put his daughter in a box and shipped her to Maine.” (Regina)
“Are the nuns still nuns, or can they, you know, date?” (Dr. Whale)
“That’s not how you say it, dearie. But then, you don’t know how to say anything.” (Rumplestiltskin, to Regina, when she summons him by saying his name incorrectly)

What I Thought While this episode probably won’t end up holding a spot in my Top 5 Once Upon a Time episodes, it definitely was enjoyable and appeared to set us up for bigger moments as Season 2 progresses.

One of the major themes of Once seems to be that evil is not born, but made. They have shown us this several times, especially through Regina and Rumplestiltskin’s storylines, and this week it was time for more of Regina’s backstory. I am a huge fan of complex characters, and I love it when the media I consume includes characters that are not simply good or evil, just like most of the people you meet in reality.

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Once Upon a Time Season 2 Wish List

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Nerdy Girl Contributor Leah shares with us her hopes for the upcoming season of Once Upon a Time (premiering September 30 at 8 p.m. on ABC).

As we’re getting closer to the Season 2 premiere of ABC’s Once Upon a Time, I’ve become more and more excited for what the cast and crew have in store for us this year. While there are many things I’d love to see in Season 2 (more magical creatures, more of the dwarves, more of the female friendships), here are a few of the big things that I’m wishing on a star to see in this sure-to-be magical second season.

Number One: A Charming Family Reunion
One of my favorite things about Once Upon a Time is the importance it places upon families and parent-child relationships. We’ve seen throughout Season One that being abandoned by her parents has had a profound effect on Emma, and her tearful confession in the pilot to Henry that “[…] at least she [Regina] wants you” makes us hurt with her from the start. Between that scene and the sequence (also from the pilot) that depicts Snow White and Prince Charming making the gut-wrenching decision to give the newborn Emma “her best chance” by sending her to safety through the wardrobe, I can’t help but yearn for a tearful, happy reunion for my favorite fairytale family. I know that the scene may not come right away, as Emma undoubtedly still has hurt and anger over being abandoned for all these years, but I trust that, with these writers, the payoff will be more than worth it.

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