SummaryHenry locates his birth mother, whom he believes can save Storybrooke, which is a town of fairy tale characters that do not remember their lives in the fairy tale parallel world.
SummaryHenry locates his birth mother, whom he believes can save Storybrooke, which is a town of fairy tale characters that do not remember their lives in the fairy tale parallel world.
The highlight of the show remains newlywed actress Lana Parrilla, who continues to pepper her Evil Queen with just the right amount of realism to make her deliciously wicked deeds seem justified, but Frozen is just the thing that has gotten Once really moving.
An amazing fantasy show that adds an interesting "mature" twist to all the iconic creatures and characters we know, like Disney characters, fairytales, nursery rhymes, Greek mythology, and famous story books. It has great casting for each interesting character, fun and crazy storyline twists/mash-ups/parodies, and just plane epic. Who knew that combining fairytales with the modern world could be a genius idea? Only the executive producers of Lost (Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis) could nail the idea to perfection. A family friendly show that's fun for the whole family, all ages, and no matter who you are.
Anyone looking for predictable outcomes, one dimensional characters with no real growth this show is for you. Every once in a blue moon a gem appears in the way of performance and creativity but with each episode those gems become fewer and fewer it would seem.
This particular review is only on Season 4. I loved the other 3 seasons but this latest one is horrible. The new relationships are very forced and certain characters like Snow White are absolutely useless. There is too many characters to track of right now and too much focus certain characters.
This show needs to thin the herd. Seriously a lot of these characters need to die and die for good not just the villains.
Only good scenes were with is Princess Anna. Her genuine naive approach to situations was a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of the cast who should know better by now!!
This show is as formulaic as they come. Henry still cannot act. The ice cream shop is literally NEXT DOOR to Granny's and we haven't seen the shop or the owner once in any of the previous seasons? How do people just keep turning up like this? Not to mention, what happened to all the peasants and stuff living in the Enchanted Forest when the Evil Queen cast the first curse? Why did only the A-list people get pulled into our world?
Love, trust and family solves all problems (and have for 3 previous seasons), but still the characters seem surprised that these things are the answers to the problem. Emma always has a hang up with her love interest. It's been 3 and some seasons of her telling men who "love" her that she's not ready to be with them. There is also so much convenience built into the plot. Emma can't use her powers (even though Rumple, the Evil Queen, or the Blue Fairy could probably teach her to use them) unless they've written themselves into a **** course this could be explained away because love or whatever. The constant oscillation between good and bad for both Gold and Regina is distracting and designed to drum up suspense. This happens because the viewer knows that the good guys will ALWAYS win. This is true of a lot of shows, but this one doesn't really offer anything else as far as action, intrigue, or romance.
I'm invested in this show for whatever reason, and I am totally understanding of the fact that it's Disney/ABC so it can't be too dark, but at the same time it's too bubblegum to be watchable. I'm holding on because Robert Carlyle is great and I still miss LOST. I'll probably end up finishing the season but this may be my last unless the show takes a drastic turn and I do hope it does.
The show started with promising ideas, but nowadays on its fourth season, those ideas are gone for good. The show started to seem very wasted last season, but now it's clear that the writers ran out of ideas quickly. As an example of that, you can see that every arc is resolved suddenly with a forced twist that comes out of nowhere, cause yeah, we have "magic" as excuse for everything, so the plot is "magically" poorly executed.