Once Upon a Time REACTION - S02E06 - Tallahassee

I love this episode so much, so thank you for another fabulous reaction! I think that you can probably guess, that of course my favorite scenes throughout this episode were between Emma and Hook. I love their banter, his cheekiness towards her, and even how he flirts... not just towards Emma, but all the women including Mary Margaret, Aurora, and Mulan too. I love, love, love Hook... like I've mentioned a number of times. :) My favorite scene in this episode if I had to choose, is the moment Hook and Emma share as he's helping her by wrapping a rag around her bloodied injured hand. He's totally flirting with her, all the while helping to protect her from the legends he knew about the giants smelling blood and of them being dastardly and evil. I especially loved when Emma noticed his tattoo and called him out on his real reason for wanting to kill Rumplestiltskin... for him having killed Milah. Such a beautiful moment. And so was the moment when Emma and Hook are climbing the beanstalk, and Hook reveals he can read the look of loss and lack of love on her face, because he had lived among the Lost Boys in Neverland for centuries and knew the reason for their despair as well. Both Emma and Hook are very perceptive characters, which makes them an amazing team...as Hook tells Emma. Now... I understand why Emma locked Hook's wrist in the shackle in order to force him to stay behind long enough to give her and her mother and their friends a head start. I was just so disappointed too because I really would have loved to see where things went from there on out between the women and Hook. He truly appeared to be genuine in his desire to help them, and I believe that he was telling the truth. Which is why he was so hurt that Emma would abandon him up there, especially believing the giant would kill him. Sadly, Emma could only see him as a pirate out for himself though and she is desperate to get home to her son. And yeah... now Hook is angry all right. Next... I also loved the scene in the very end with David and Henry, as David lights the candle for him to catch Henry's nightmares like he used to do for Snow. It's so sweet and the parallel between this scene and Aurora having the same nightmares in the Enchanted Forest is fantastic. As are the parallels between Emma and Hook, with Emma and Neal eleven years ago. Also... I was thrilled to see August again in the flashbacks with Neal and I really liked this scenes with them, even though I don't really care much for Neal as an overall character. I love August and I really wanted to see him more in the present day in Storybrooke. But it was brilliant to have him come back into the show's story here in this moment to create the reason why Emma was all alone when she first came into the story and arrived in Storybrooke. So much better with August being the reason for Neal abandoning her, rather than Neal simply abandoning her for the watches. I loved how August convinced Neal to listen to him and to leave Emma, even if we didn't find out what he revealed to Neal inside that box. Not yet, anyways. :) But I love the mysteries like that. Next... I also liked the moment with Mary Margaret helping Aurora to sleep like David did for her when she had nightmares, even without the candle. I like how very motherly she is. I also like how Emma asked Mulan to be the one to cut the beanstalk down in case she didn't return in ten hours. Because she knew her mother would never agree. And I loved even more how Mary Margaret fought Mulan to protect her daughter when Mulan started to cut it down with her enchanted sword. And lastly... I really like the giant we saw in this episode and how he revealed that the victors were the ones to tell the stories their way, to make all people believe giants were evil, when in fact none of it was true. This giant isn't evil at all. Just alone, misunderstood, and sad after there had been a great battle between the giants and humans. As for what I didn't like... Honestly, I am not a big fan of Neal Cassidy... like I stated above. Even though he's Henry's father. Fantastic reaction to that revelation by the way. But I just didn't really care much for his side of the storyline either, despite loving the scenes between him and August. And I did like that Neal gave August the keys to their stolen car to give to Emma for when she got out of prison. And that Neal had also given August the money for the watches, yet Emma only got the car keys. Which reveals that August took the money himself. But he admitted to Neal that he wasn't ever good with resisting temptations, which is why he became a wooden puppet again in the present storyline in Storybrooke. :) I like that a lot parallel too. Overall... I love this episode so much and its definitely one of my overall favorite episodes in all of season two. :) Thank you again, so much for reacting to Once Upon a Time!!!! Have a wonderful week! Until next time...

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum