Once Upon A Time 3x12 “New York City Serenade” FULL REACTION
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Yay!! I agree about the Walsh situation. But the writers were probably hesitant to have ANOTHER guy in her mix of emotions possibly? 🤷🏻♀️ Excited for this story to unfold, it unlocks some other great storylines that I find interesting 😁💕💕
Jess The Fox
2021-02-18 05:45:31 +0000 UTCNew York City Serenade- Yay!!!! I absolutely love this episode!!!! Thank you so much! And I really enjoyed your reaction to it. New York City Serenade is another one of my favorite episodes from season three. I just love every moment between Emma and Hook! :) First... I think it's hilarious that Emma handcuffs Hook's wrist yet again just before she had him arrested like she's done twice before... once back in season two's episode... Tallahassee, up in the giant's castle on the beanstalk when she locks his wrist in the shackle, then again in season two's episode... In the Name of the Brother, when she cuffs his wrist to his hospital bed after placing him under arrest for shooting Belle at the town line. I'm sure Hook had to be frustrated upon being cuffed yet again in this episode too. I also think it's funny that Hook jokes with Emma about her getting a kick out of locking his wrist in cuffs back in In the Name of the Brother when she comes to visit him in the hospital... because Emma locks him up quite a few times. So funny. :) However, more than anything, Hook is clearly worried about Emma, Henry, and their family back in Storybrooke. Unfortunately, she has him arrested for assault on account of him kissing her, this time by two cops who escort him to jail. It's certainly understandable that she does so, just frustrating. Ugh! Now... I absolutely love the scene between Hook and Emma at the restaurant when Hook calls himself a dashing rapscallion and begins to try to convince Emma her family is in danger. I love how desperate he is to get her to remember him and everything about her real life throughout this episode, but he's also very patient and gentle with her too, which I really love. And it definitely shows how far he's come too. Hook's no longer a villain, that's for sure. I really love the scene between them in the end when Killian is trying to tell her what little he knows about the trouble at home while they share a drink together, just after Emma finally drinks the memory potion. You can see in Hook's eyes and from his expressions how much he cares about Emma, and how hurt he is upon listening to her talk about how he had ripped her away from the fake life that made her so happy. He's sad for her of course, and yet he's also hurt that she doesn't appear to miss her old life that was real in the slightest, or him... in spite of her being without her memories, Even though he has thought of her everyday like he promised Emma he would as Pan's curse fell over them in the last episode... Going Home. I love how Hook states to Emma that perhaps there's a man that she loves in the life that she can't remember, as he hopes that a part of her does love him and that she simply can't remember. Sadly, there wasn't even a sliver or remembrance of him in Emma's mind. So sad. Also... I really love the scene outside of the police station when Hook pleads with her to trust him and drink the memory potion. Again... I love his facial expressions that show how desperate he is to remind Emma of who she is, and how desperate he is to make Emma remember him. And it's hilarious that he tells her he's been in many brigs, but never one so foul where he had been force fed bologna. I also love that Emma bails him out of jail so that she can continue to question him about the pictures on Henry's camera. Pictures that reveal her and Henry being in Storybrooke... the unknown land to her where Hook claims she had been living for the last few years. Next... I love the introduction to the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Rebecca Mader is phenomenal as the Wicked Witch. I can't wait for you to get to know her! The actress is from Lost just like you recognized her to be. Although I have never seen the show, so I don't know her character's name. I just know she was in Lost. I'm so excited for what's to come, especially because of the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz. I was thrilled when I first saw that Once Upon a Time was bringing one of my all time favorite movies into the storyline. Absolutely brilliant! :) Also... I love seeing Robin Hood return again, as well as seeing him and Regina finally meet. I love Regina's spunk and disdain towards him and his Merry Men. And I absolutely love Sean Maguire as Robin Hood like I've said before. I immediately loved the chemistry between Robin and Regina shown throughout this episode. It's is great to see their characters come together at last. :) Now... one of my favorite scenes outside of all those between Hook and Emma, is the moment between Regina and Snow in the Enchanted Forest, when Snow convinces Regina to keep her heart in her chest where it belongs so she can one day feel true happiness, even if it is without Henry. I feel so badly for Regina, as well as Snow too. Both women are so lost without their children, and yet... Snow is being strong for Regina, and I love it. I love seeing how Snow gives Regina the strength to keep going, and urges her to keep her heart, when Regina had always sought to rip out Snow's heart and crush it until now. I also really love the scene between Hook, David, and Snow, as Hook prepares to separate from them so he can find the Jolly Roger. Hook is definitely lost and sad without Emma, and at this point, he believes he will never see her ever again. Emma brought hope and happiness back into his life again. She helped him to remember the good man inside of him that he'd buried deep down inside back when his brother had been killed before he ever even met Rumplestiltskin, over two hundred years ago, and Emma has helped bring that good man back out. So, of course Emma means everything to him. He loves her. So seeing him leave to find his ship, because he has no hope of ever seeing Emma again is really heartbreaking. A part of me wishes that Snow and Charming had fought harder to convince Hook to stay with them like Snow had done for Regina, but then if they had and Hook did stay with them, then he would have most likely become cursed along with everyone else, and he never would have made it to New York to find Emma. So, thank goodness. :) I love, love, love the scene towards the end when Hook returns to Emma's apartment as they are preparing to return to Storybrooke. I love how Hook gets defensive when Henry questions what he's wearing, to which Hook gruffly retorts, "Why are you wearing that?". Hilarious!! And I love that Emma pulls her red leather jacket from her closet too. Brilliant! As for Walsh... I thought he was really sweet, up until he suddenly turns out to be one of the Wicked Witch's flying monkeys. This took me completely by surprise the first time I watched this episode. I had no idea Walsh would be a flying monkey. I never even suspected it. I suspected he might be shady, but towards the end... I just thought he was a nice guy, unwittingly caught in the middle of this mess that's about to begin. But then... as soon as it is revealed he is a flying monkey, I immediately no longer felt so badly for him when Emma told him she was returning home with Hook. What a great twist! At first... I felt as you did because it would have been nice for Emma to really have that conflict within her as se struggles to leave him behind. However, it's clear that Emma has always felt something was off between them even before Hook ever arrived. And I love this twist more and more with all that's come. This twist will definitely come to make more sense to you over time, and hopefully you will grow to like it too. :) Also... I love how Emma explains to Walsh that she has to go home, because a ghost from her past has shown up, changing everything that she believes she knew. I love how she describes Hook as a ghost, and not as some ex boyfriend, or anything else. It's a very clever way of explaining who Hook is to her because Hook does haunt Emma in a way, as he tries to help her to remember a past she can't remember, and by how he continuously encourages to trust her instincts and to stop denying who she really is. So beautiful really. I also love Emma's demeanor as she talks about him coming back as well. You can tell she's worried about what lies ahead for her and Henry, but she talks about Hook like he's an old friend. I really love this. It's quite beautiful to me. Henry is also very sweet with his mother in this episode too. As he always is, but I love how much he just wants Emma to be happy. The moments between them are very touching, even when they're playing video games. And I just love how understanding Henry is in whatever choice Emma's made towards Walsh. I wish that he didn't try to push her so hard to be with Walsh, but I do understand he was only trying to help her find the life he thought would make her happy. Now... everyone has been returned to Storybrooke with the last year of their memories wiped away due to another curse. What a great idea to have a new mystery with everyone back home in Storybrooke where they belong. Also... the Wicked Witch of the West is a new rising threat, and Mary Margaret is pregnant! Of course she's pregnant, because Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas were really about to have their first child together, allowing them to be able to write Ginnifer's pregnancy into Mary Margaret's and David's storyline for the second half of this season. And it's beautiful! In regards to Philip being alive again... it's because Aurora and Mulan saved him upon learning that he wasn't killed when the wraith ripped out his soul back in season two's episode... Broken. The wraith only ripped his soul away to another part of their world. In season two's episode... Queen of Hearts, Mulan and Aurora said they were going on a quest to find Philip's soul in order to save him. And given that he was in this episode, clearly they succeeded. And I think it's wonderful that Phillip and Aurora are together again. :) And as for Meghan Ory who plays Red/Ruby... she was unfortunately busy acting in another short lived TV series, which is why she's hardly been in Once Upon any longer, which is too bad, because I really like her as Red Riding Hood. However, it is nice to see her for a brief moment standing among everyone upon their arrival back in the Enchanted Forest. And lastly, in regards to the castles and who owns them... The Evil Queen lives in what used to be Snow's castle where they once lived with her father before Regina killed him and sent the Huntsman after Snow to kill her. Snow and Charming, upon getting engaged once he wakes her from her sleeping curse... moved into King George's, and later Charming's castle which they took over upon dethroning King George for his many crimes against their kingdom. This is where they are seen getting married in season one's Pilot episode. Thank you again so much for another wonderful reaction! I love this episode very much, and I can't wait for your many reactions to the episodes to come! Season three continues to be amazing!! :) Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2021-02-15 09:12:42 +0000 UTC
