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Once Upon a Time- So we finally find out why Regina hates Snow so. Young snow here is played by Madison Bailey- now some people were saying she looks like a young Ginnifer Goodwin. I don't really see that. I mean, they share some similar features, but I wouldn't say the resemblance is uncanny. But what she does have is Snow's mannerisms down pat! Like if you showed me a picture of the two of them, I wouldn't say one is the kid and one is the adult version. But observing their behaviors, I would totally believe it!
In any case, we learn more about Regina, while her dad seemed like a nice enough guy, her mom was a huge c-word. Cora is a miller's daughter (which is why Regina's last name in Storybrooke is Mills?) turned powerful sorceress, always treating her daughter like crap. I'm a little skeptical that Regina would have trouble finding suitors, though maybe the implication was she rejected them (or at least was very cool towards them) rather than vice versa since she was in love with the stable boy (played by Nikita's Ryan).
Anyways, one day Regina rescues young Snow. And then the king comes to see her. He's all, "I've been scouring the lands for a wife for a woman who would love my daughter very much. Since you saved her life, marry me!" Heh, things really do move fast in Fairy Tale land. Obviously, Regina is stunned by the proposal, but her mom accepts for her. So, she vows to run off with the stable boy, because she can't exactly tell her she's refusing to marry the friggin king because she's in love with the stable boy. While the king might be understanding, her mom wouldn't. And she's scared as crap of Cora, and with good reason. Its one thing for her mom to be a angry, bitchy, harpy, but she's a powerful sorceress, you don't cross her.
Unfortunately, Snow happens upon them. Regina tells her all about love, and she doesn't love her father. Snow seems to understand, and Regina swears her to secrecy. Given we know Regina's said in past eps that she trusted Snow with something, and she betrayed her, you know where this is headed.
Cora manipulates young Snow, talking about how sad it must be for Snow to have lost her mother, and how she fears Regina is pulling away from her, and how she's do anything to make her daughter happy. Poor, innocent Snow takes this as an opportunity to tell Regina's mom to not make her daughter marry Snow's dad, because she doesn't love him. And proving Regina was right to fear her mom, she confronts Regina and Daniel right before they're about to run. Regina's mother said she made all sorts of deals to get them out of poverty, to get Regina to the cusp of greatness, and that's how Regina repays her?
Of course, for some reason, Regina thinks the worst her mother can do is "keep them there forever"? Her mom pulls a Graham on him. And she's delusional enough to think she's doing what's best for Regina, that she's getting her her happy ending.
Later, when Regina is being fitted for her wedding dress (which Snow thinks is for Daniel, rather than her father), Snow reveals she told Regina's mom. Regina is shocked and devastated, but then composes herself. Talk about slow playing her rage, since it seems like it was several years before the Queen exacted her revenge. And while I do feel sorry for Regina (and I can see why she laid all the blame on Snow, because she's an easier target than her mom), that's kinda effed up- because when she said she was going to marry Snow's dad, she acted like they would be a family, giving Snow the one thing she's always wanted and making her so happy, when in reality Regina was sad/raging, and biding her time to strike.
Heh, after the deception, Regina's mom comes by and tell her she's proud of her. Now is she proud of her for accepting her place as the King's wife and learning how to make nice for power, or did she know her daughter's evil intent and was proud of her for that. In any case, Regina susses out that her mom knew the king was traveling through their land, and made Snow's horse go wild so Regina would rescue her and get in with the king.
In Storybrooke, Emma's trying to continue to prove MM's innocence, with help from August, but whenever she thinks they have the upper hand, Regina foils it. You know, they're wondering why Regina hates MM so much, and while Emma might not believe the story book, Henry does, and you'd think he'd have read about Regina and her hatred for Snow. Or Emma herself when she was paging through it. At first she thinks August betrayed her, but the she discovers Sidney had her bugged, so at least now she knows who she can trust.
Heh, it is kinda messed up because Regina thinks she is the good one in all this, giving the deceptive little girl her comeuppance- we even get a scene where she's holding Daniel's ring, saying "We got her, Daniel" as if she was getting justice.
Interestingly enough, in this ep, we get a flashback to Storybrook, in the beginning, where we discover that this whole thing was Mr Gold's idea, that he traded to Regina to get her to drop the battery charge's against Belle's father. Everything from framing MM for Kathryn's murder, to planting the skeleton key in the cell for MM to escape and meet a horrible fate as she tries to escape Storybrooke. So it seems like he's playing both sides.
Emma harps on him that she thought he could help, and now MM is being taken to trial. Gold tells her its not over til its over, and tells her he'll try to work a little magic to get her out of this. And in the end, Ruby, Emma, and August find Kathryn in the alley, alive!
I wonder if Gold had Kathryn this whole time, sold Regina on the story to frame MM for her disappearance, then because it suited him, released Kathryn right when things were looking bleakest for Mary Margaret?
Oh, and I missed the hints that August might be Pinocchio- the "shin splits" at the bridge, and then saying he can never lie?
Once Upon a Time- So we finally find out why Regina hates Snow so. Young snow here is played by Madison Bailey- now some people were saying she looks like a young Ginnifer Goodwin. I don't really see that. I mean, they share some similar features, but I wouldn't say the resemblance is uncanny. But what she does have is Snow's mannerisms down pat! Like if you showed me a picture of the two of them, I wouldn't say one is the kid and one is the adult version. But observing their behaviors, I would totally believe it!
In any case, we learn more about Regina, while her dad seemed like a nice enough guy, her mom was a huge c-word. Cora is a miller's daughter (which is why Regina's last name in Storybrooke is Mills?) turned powerful sorceress, always treating her daughter like crap. I'm a little skeptical that Regina would have trouble finding suitors, though maybe the implication was she rejected them (or at least was very cool towards them) rather than vice versa since she was in love with the stable boy (played by Nikita's Ryan).
Anyways, one day Regina rescues young Snow. And then the king comes to see her. He's all, "I've been scouring the lands for a wife for a woman who would love my daughter very much. Since you saved her life, marry me!" Heh, things really do move fast in Fairy Tale land. Obviously, Regina is stunned by the proposal, but her mom accepts for her. So, she vows to run off with the stable boy, because she can't exactly tell her she's refusing to marry the friggin king because she's in love with the stable boy. While the king might be understanding, her mom wouldn't. And she's scared as crap of Cora, and with good reason. Its one thing for her mom to be a angry, bitchy, harpy, but she's a powerful sorceress, you don't cross her.
Unfortunately, Snow happens upon them. Regina tells her all about love, and she doesn't love her father. Snow seems to understand, and Regina swears her to secrecy. Given we know Regina's said in past eps that she trusted Snow with something, and she betrayed her, you know where this is headed.
Cora manipulates young Snow, talking about how sad it must be for Snow to have lost her mother, and how she fears Regina is pulling away from her, and how she's do anything to make her daughter happy. Poor, innocent Snow takes this as an opportunity to tell Regina's mom to not make her daughter marry Snow's dad, because she doesn't love him. And proving Regina was right to fear her mom, she confronts Regina and Daniel right before they're about to run. Regina's mother said she made all sorts of deals to get them out of poverty, to get Regina to the cusp of greatness, and that's how Regina repays her?
Of course, for some reason, Regina thinks the worst her mother can do is "keep them there forever"? Her mom pulls a Graham on him. And she's delusional enough to think she's doing what's best for Regina, that she's getting her her happy ending.
Later, when Regina is being fitted for her wedding dress (which Snow thinks is for Daniel, rather than her father), Snow reveals she told Regina's mom. Regina is shocked and devastated, but then composes herself. Talk about slow playing her rage, since it seems like it was several years before the Queen exacted her revenge. And while I do feel sorry for Regina (and I can see why she laid all the blame on Snow, because she's an easier target than her mom), that's kinda effed up- because when she said she was going to marry Snow's dad, she acted like they would be a family, giving Snow the one thing she's always wanted and making her so happy, when in reality Regina was sad/raging, and biding her time to strike.
Heh, after the deception, Regina's mom comes by and tell her she's proud of her. Now is she proud of her for accepting her place as the King's wife and learning how to make nice for power, or did she know her daughter's evil intent and was proud of her for that. In any case, Regina susses out that her mom knew the king was traveling through their land, and made Snow's horse go wild so Regina would rescue her and get in with the king.
In Storybrooke, Emma's trying to continue to prove MM's innocence, with help from August, but whenever she thinks they have the upper hand, Regina foils it. You know, they're wondering why Regina hates MM so much, and while Emma might not believe the story book, Henry does, and you'd think he'd have read about Regina and her hatred for Snow. Or Emma herself when she was paging through it. At first she thinks August betrayed her, but the she discovers Sidney had her bugged, so at least now she knows who she can trust.
Heh, it is kinda messed up because Regina thinks she is the good one in all this, giving the deceptive little girl her comeuppance- we even get a scene where she's holding Daniel's ring, saying "We got her, Daniel" as if she was getting justice.
Interestingly enough, in this ep, we get a flashback to Storybrook, in the beginning, where we discover that this whole thing was Mr Gold's idea, that he traded to Regina to get her to drop the battery charge's against Belle's father. Everything from framing MM for Kathryn's murder, to planting the skeleton key in the cell for MM to escape and meet a horrible fate as she tries to escape Storybrooke. So it seems like he's playing both sides.
Emma harps on him that she thought he could help, and now MM is being taken to trial. Gold tells her its not over til its over, and tells her he'll try to work a little magic to get her out of this. And in the end, Ruby, Emma, and August find Kathryn in the alley, alive!
I wonder if Gold had Kathryn this whole time, sold Regina on the story to frame MM for her disappearance, then because it suited him, released Kathryn right when things were looking bleakest for Mary Margaret?
Oh, and I missed the hints that August might be Pinocchio- the "shin splits" at the bridge, and then saying he can never lie?
