Once Upon a Time-Episode 5 Recap

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

I apologize for the delay in posting this but better late than never eh? Okay everyone, seat belts on, Once Upon a Time is back. I have to say this episode, for me, actually had promise but then it just went so, so... nowhere. We are back in Storybrooke where Emma begins her role as deputy. Just as she puts her badge on the earth starts shaking and the island starts traveling through time  an old mine shaft has opened up. Ok, this looked really promising, it was kind of creepy,we gotta know that there is something goooood in that mine. Henry is convinced that he can find some proof of their other lives in the mine and tries to convince Jiminy that they have to find the proof.  The Mayor, however, has other ideas and tells Jiminy in no uncertain terms that he will be fired and expelled and turned into a 'small creature' and oh-I-see-what-you-did-there. Jiminy tells Henry to cut out Operation Cobra (yikes, that does sound like the name of a porno). Henry runs off crying and sneaks into the tunnel, Emma and Jiminy go after him and the tunnel collapses on Jiminy and Henry. The town rallies to save them but this is a huge snooze as obviously they aren't going to die and after a few minutes in the tunnels I had the sneaking suspicion that they weren't going to find anything down there either.I was right. My big beef with this scene is the scene between Emma and the Mayor. The Mayor, in her only redeemable scene in this episode, scrounges up some real emotion for her son. But then her and Emma get into fisticuffs over who is Henry's mom. Honestly, I know Emma is the hero but I just want to tell her to fuck off. As usual, Hollywood's poor way of dealing with relationship problems is by claiming that someone, in this case, the Mayor, is a jerk and therefore deserves to have her child taken away. We also get to see the blossoming romance between Snow White/Mary Margaret and Prince Charming who, apparently, is recovering in the hospital. SNORE. Come on, Ginnifer Goodwin is freaking adorable but somehow they manage to make her so, so boring. And the romance is boring. And oh, what's that? A whiff of scandal? Oh, right he's married, which, this could be a problem, except oh, no it's not because we know they will end up together. We all know TV hates cheaters, unless, you know, you can make one look like a jerk and/or one partner is "destined" to be with another. Phew. I'm glad I let that out.

Meanwhile in fairy tale land we find out Jiminy's beginnings. He is the son of thieving parents who front as puppeteers. The real question here is WHAT IS GOING ON WITH JIMINY'S MOM'S HAIR?? For real, it looks like what Helena Bonham Carter would wear to the Golden Globes, except worse. He doesn't like his parents ways so he makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin. Have these characters learned nothing from the last 4 Episodes? Rumplestiltskin gives him a potion, except his parents swap it on him and he accidentally ends up turning some, it must be said, really, really cute farmers into wooden dolls. This was actually quite well done, it was a bit creepy and definitely I want to see more of this kind of thing. Jiminy goes out and makes a wish when this really busty fairy with a strange dress covered in boobs bobbles tells him that she can't save the farmers but she does turn him into a cricket, at his behest and he is now able to look after the son of the farmers, who is...GEPETTO. Or, if you have watched Stargate, Master Braytac.

The last scene is of Snow White's coffin still down in the mine, which is kind of cool, except I totally didn't know what it was until I googled it afterwards. Oh well. In any case, my hope for next weeks episode is that it features Red Riding Hood (above) who, so far, has the best wardrobe. Also, that there is some good girly bonding between Emma and Mary Margaret because they are supposed to be close, and also because Mary Margaret's apartment has got to be the best set on this show and I want to see more of it! I will cross my fingers.

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