Once Upon A Time: Many Answers, But Still Questions!
Posted by Dustin on 04.07.2014 at 5:44 pm
So last night’s “Once” finally answered some big questions as to Zelena’s parentage and motives. It seems so far that she really is Cora’s daughter. The wizard told her this and showed her Cora abandoning her in a vision. Cora did so because Zelena couldn’t get her what she wanted, namely to be royalty. Regina however could. While we didn’t see Cora’s face in the flashback, that may be more about the actress not being available for such a small glimpse. The wizard told her sister, but never mentioned her father. Hmmmmmm. He sent her to Rumple to learn to be a great witch, which is what she wanted. Rumple himself seemed convinced through his own means that she was in fact Cora’s daughter. Zelena was jealous of Regina, she thought she got everything handed to her and it was easy for her. The wizard and Rumple both warned her that jealousy could over take her, which it did. She became green with envy as she was consumed with jealousy.
While Rumple began teaching her, he soon realized she wasn’t the one he needed to cast his curse after all. While she was very powerful, her emotions were gaining the better of her, namely her jealousy. He also said his curse comes at a price, sacrificing what she loves the most. The only thing she loves is him and his power, so he can’t have that. He cast her off for Regina, just as her mother had done, which made him an enemy of her. She then returned to Oz to find out the Wizard was a fraud. They kept him true to the book, a con-man who floated in from Oz. The Wizard is actually her flying monkey minion and Emma’s fake fiance from New York. Enraged, Zelena turned him into the flying monkey to serve her. Zelena was after the power to change history all together. She wanted to be raised by Cora and to see that Regina was never born. THAT is what her plan is!
We still have no resolution on her father. I think I’m now back to my original hypothesis that Rumple is her father. He should have been able to figure this out with his magic, but maybe he didn’t and she she doesn’t seem to know the truth either. If she does, she hasn’t shared it. I think it would be a huge knife twist in her heart to realize she killed her own brother who wasn’t part of her feud. Then again she is bonkers and may not care!
In Storybrooke, Zelena challenged Regina to a duel, with the intention of getting her heart. So it’s not the heart of Snow’s baby she wants, it’s Regina’s. Regina however never brings her heart to a witch fight, something Cora taught her. She hid it and Robin Hood guarded it. She also entrusted it with him to guard a little longer. I love that they are giving Regina a possible love interest and a second chance with the love Tink told her could make her happy. Speaking of Tink, she was back in this episode finally!
Also going on, they buried Neil, and Hook hung out with Henry to tell him about his dad, as Hook knew him when he was a kid.
We still don’t know what Zelena wants with Snow and Charming’s baby. I’m going to guess it’s another necessary ingredient for her curse. It seems every curse requires a huge sacrifice. Maybe this one is a life to change a past life?
Next week is a Hook-centric episode, with the return of Ariel.
So I am all caught up on “Drop Dead Diva,” and I’m having a very very bad feeling about this final season. More on that in a few.
First up, after years Grayson finally knows the truth about Jane/Deb, and it did not initially go over well. He was really angry with her, but also on some level relieved as he thought it so many season’s ago. When he asked why she didn’t tell him, she claimed she was afraid he couldn’t love her in her new body. Grayson was angry that she thought so little of him. This part angered me too. While we know that was always a concern of hers, she wanted to tell him and it was Fred who told her she couldn’t. The few times she tried, everything in the universe went wrong as if it was cosmic signs.
Kim was gone for the first two episodes on maternity leave, but returned in the latest one thanks to Jane’s scheming to get her back and her nasty replacement gone. I hope that at some point we will see the return of Parker before the show ends. I however am thinking Kim’s future lies closer to home . . .
We learned Owen has a no-good brother in the premier episodes, it’s the guy from Lifetime’s “Client List.” Yeah I totally missed the announcement that show was canceled. Bummer, I loved it! Oh and they left us hanging. Back to the brother, he and Stacy started seeing each other, but things fizzled fast. I’m sure he’ll be back at some point.
Jane and Grayson are trying to make things work. They are taking it slow and going to date each other. He wants to get to know the new her. Really, he’s been working for her for several years now. I think he knows her! However things between them just seem awkward, and it’s not giving me a good feeling.
I’m really thinking that Jane will end up with Owen, and Grayson will end up with Kim. I also hope Fred returns for Stacy somehow. Yeah, I have a feeling we won’t get a Jane and Grayson happily ever after ending.
Lifetime’s critically-acclaimed hit series Devious Maids (#DeviousMaids, #DeviousArmy), returns for a second season. The series is executive produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, and stars Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramírez, Roselyn Sánchez, Edy Ganem and Judy Reyes as five maids with ambition and dreams of their own while working for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Longoria will direct the series’ eagerly anticipated season two opener, marking her television directorial debut.
Devious Maids is set in a world where murder and mayhem collide in the mansions of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families. Class warfare has never been as fun and dirty as it is in the tiny enclave where the staff is as clever, witty and downright as devilish as their employers. The series centers on a close-knit group of maids, Marisol (Ortiz), Rosie (Ramírez), Carmen (Sánchez), Valentina (Ganem) and Zoila (Reyes), who are bonded together by their jobs, life struggles and the melodramatic universe that engulfs their employers. Devious Maids also stars Susan Lucci, Grant Show, Rebecca Wisocky, Tom Irwin, Mariana Klaveno, Matt Cedeño, Melinda Page Hamilton and Drew Van Acker. Joining the cast this season are Dominic Adams, Joanna Adler and Colin Woodell.
Following last season’s revelation of Flora’s murderer, Rosie’s shocking arrest by immigration agents, the demise of Valentina and Zoila’s relationship and Carmen’s fake engagement, season two promises to deliver even more excitement. Beverly Hills is hit by a wave of criminal activity that leaves its residents in a vulnerable situation. Meanwhile, Marisol engages in a new romance but quickly discovers there is more than meets the eye to her new lover. Zoila’s need to control everything starts to take a toll on her personal life, especially with Valentina, who is now working for a surprising new employer. Rosie’s immigration status is in flux, while Carmen embraces her life in the limelight as the fiancée to a pop star.
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