It seems like right now, when we get answers, it just leaves
us with more questions. And I still have
no idea where this storyline is going on Once
Upon a Time. The friends I watch
with expect me to have all the answers already, or at least some, but I just
plain don’t. So please share some
speculation with me so I have some ideas I can work off of next week.
As always, we’ll start with the flashback, which focused on
Ingrid. We saw her discover her powers
when she saved her two younger sisters from a man who intended to kidnap
them. She accidentally froze a branch
and it fell on him. She is horrified,
but her sisters are grateful and in awe.
They take a ribbon from the kite the man had used to lure the girls to
him and each take a piece. It is proof
of their bond and their sisterly love, and they will never take it off.
Years later, Ingrid hides out all the time, afraid of others
discovering her powers. This even holds
true at an event of state for her father’s 70’s birthday. She does sneak out at one point to watch from
the sidelines, but when snow starts to fall around her, she leaves. In fact, she intends to pack up and flee the
kingdom, but her sisters talk her into going to see Rumpelstiltskin to try to
get some help. Rumple offers them the
gloves we know from the movie and the vase that trapped Ingrid for so long in
exchange for their ribbons. He does say
that love is the strongest magic of all, but Ingrid won’t listen and insists
they give up their ribbons.
Back home, Ingrid is surprised by her middle sister’s
boyfriend, the Duke of Weselton. He
tries to kiss Ingrid telling her she is the one he loves, but she pushes him
away, revealing her magic. How this is
where the middle sister comes in and hears the tale. She instantly believes Ingrid and tries to
get the Duke to leave. He won’t leave,
and he keeps threatening to reveal the secret.
Ingrid gets mad enough that she lashes out, and accidentally hits her
sister with her powers, freezing and killing her.
The youngest sister walks in and instantly figures out what
happened. Despite Ingrid’s pleas, she
traps Ingrid in the vase and then goes to see the Rock Troll. He agrees to erase everyone’s memories of the
two older sisters, but he warns that the truth always comes out and that magic
comes with a price.
Obviously, with Ingrid traps, this ends the flashback. But what happened in Storybrooke?
Belle has found an ancient Elvish spell that should trap
Ingrid or at least her powers. It’s a
candle that Emma needs to light with her magic and then blow on the Snow
Queen. She practices it once on Elsa, and
the two talk about how, when you have powers, your family can see you as a
monster. Emma claims it has never
happened to her. Then she heads off to
pick up her younger brother Neal for some babysitting. Mary Margaret has been at a Mommy and Me
class hosted by Cinderella (so nice to see her again!) and including Sleeping
Beauty. That was a fun little
moment. Anyway, as they are all standing
around talking with Emma holding the bottle of Neal’s milk, it starts to
bubble. Mary Margaret is obviously upset,
but before anyone can say anything, Emma gets a call from David. They’ve found Ingrid in the clock tower. Emma rushes out, uses the candle, and
captures Ingrid.
Down at the sheriff’s office, Emma questions Ingrid (after
banishing Elsa who is just demanding answer on where Anna is), but Ingrid isn’t
really giving answers. Instead, she is
obviously leading Emma to where she wants Emma to be, which is good and
mad. She even freezes the locks on the sheriff
station doors so no one can get in to interrupt them.
Yes, you read that right.
This spell that is supposed to trap her and neutralize her powers isn’t
actually stopping her. And when Belle
comes to take a look at the mirror that Ingrid installed in the clock tower,
she realizes it is a fake – not at all like the one she saw last week. She, Elsa, David, and Hook quickly realize
that Ingrid wanted to be captured, so they rush out to warn Emma only to see
the doors frozen shut. Their next stop
is Gold’s place where they ask Gold to help them. Henry has started his new job there, so he
comes along as well. Somewhere along the
way, they also pick up Mary Margaret.
Meanwhile, Ingrid has finally gotten the better of Emma, who
loses her temper and accidentally uses her powers to blow a hole in the wall. At that point, Ingrid magically removes the
cuffs and walks out the hole in the wall.
A stunned Emma follows, and that’s when everyone rushes up. Emma, horrified at what she does, warns
everyone to stay away. Hook reaches out
and touches her. She jerks away, and her
reaction sets off sparks coming from multiple lights which also causes a light
pole to fall, almost crushing David.
Mary Margaret gives Emma the look – the “You are a monster” look – and
Emma flees. The rest try to find her,
but no one can, and Mary Margaret berates herself for how she reacted. David observes that Ingrid doesn’t need that
mirror – they are already turning on each other.
Meanwhile, we got a little sub-plot with Regina and Robin
Hood. Robin shows up in Regina’s crypt
confused about his feelings still.
Regina doesn’t want to hear it. Essentially,
she tells him that he needs to fall in love with his wife again and Regina needs
to get over him. Neither of those will
happen if they keep spending time together.
Regina and Henry then have a scene together where we learn the two are
still trying to figure out who wrote the “Once Upon a Time” book, and Regina
promises the next time a chance for her happy ending comes along, she will
seize it.
Robin’s talk is with Will Scarlett. I was wondering when the two would meet since
Will was one of the merry men until he betrayed Robin. Will does apologize for that, and we are left
with more questions about his love and what their status is. (Really, is it that hard to tell us? This Once
in Wonderland fan is dying over here!)
But Will also shares with Robin what is was that kept Marian with Robin –
she saw something good in him, and she worked every day to love it and keep it
growing.
You might think that would help send Robin back toward
Marian, but it doesn’t. He once again
seeks Regina out in the crypt and tells her that, while he is noble, true, and
all that kind of stuff, right then, he isn’t paying attention to that side of
him. The two then start to kiss.
Which just leaves us with our final scene. Ingrid shows up at Gold’s shop. She wants the ribbons she and her sisters had
traded all those years ago back. Gold
isn’t sure she has anything he wants, but Ingrid assures him she does. She knows the last thing that the hat needs
to free him from his dagger. They make a
deal, Ingrid will control the town while Gold will take over the world. She then leans in and whispers what it is to
him. We don’t hear it, but Gold lights
up when he does. “That won’t be hard at
all. It will be my pleasure.”
Questions? I’ve got a
ton. We can start with what Gold needs
to do to get unlimited power and freedom from his dagger. Of course, since magic always comes with a
price, what might that price be? It
sounds like he might have to kill someone, but Regina is the only person that
springs to mind he would be so delighted to kill. And what is his past connection with Ingrid
outside of what we just saw in this week’s flashbacks?
Why can Ingrid control her powers now while Elsa and Emma
are having such a hard time? Surely
there is a secret there she could share with the two she wants as her
sisters. Of course, that would also
defeat her driving them away from everyone they love.
The love in Frozen
and talked about here is definitely the love of one sister for another. How might that free Marian?
What will her family do to prove to Emma they don’t think of
her as a monster? Will Ingrid’s plan to
drive a wedge between them really turn Emma evil, even if briefly?
I really do feel like I should have a theory or two at this
point, but I don’t. So, what is your
theory about where things are going?
Where will things go from here?
How are they going to defeat Ingrid while still setting up the back half
of the season?
Next week, we get two hours, so hopefully we will get a few
new answers. Who knows, they might even
give us enough pieces to put together a working theory or two.
I really liked the episode this week. Last week I was like so not getting into this whole Frozen storyline (hence no comments from me as I just didn't have any). I was under the impression they were really stretching things to get this whole Frozen thing to work. This week I felt the story moved along much better and we finally saw some emotion from Ingrid (when she accidentally killed her sister). I also enjoyed the "little things" that makes these episodes so fun to watch. For instance all the babies and how they were dressed - little Mickey Mouse :) I had trouble recognizing some of those young moms but you helped me figure it out and now Sleeping Beauty leading the class and all those comments on getting your baby to sleep make sense!
ReplyDeleteI also liked the character of the Duke from Weselton - what a creep and of course his eventual offspring son is just like him as we find in the movie Frozen. And that comment about "it's pronounced Weselton not Weaselton!" really made me laugh. See when OUAT does those types of things, it makes it more fun. I also liked how they explained why no one remembers these sisters - glad they wrapped that explanation up.
So where is everything going - have no idea but I'm sure those ribbons play a role. She is going to try and get those ribbons on Elsa and Emma to complete the sister bond with them for some reason. I also expect that Gold needs to kill someone to complete the hat but the question is who. I can also see now why Ingrid keeps telling Elsa that Ana is the one who put her in the jar because that is what her sister did to her.
Magic always comes with a price - everyone seems to be quoting that and I enjoy that they keep that theme running throughout everything.
I feel like we are finally getting some great acting from Elizabeth Mitchell (aka Ingrid).
DeleteWhen they do a good job of making the Frozen story about the rest of the characters, it works much better than the weeks it's just about the Frozen cast.
As far as where it is going, I feel like we are half way done putting a puzzle together and trying to figure out what the picture looks like. We just need a bit more information (although even though I can't seem to predict what will happen on this show any more).
You'd think the characters would learn that people mean it when they say "Magic always comes with a price." But they keep on ignoring the warning.