remember when shan reacted to the pilot and was like, "i hope i don't like this show too much because this is just a pilot reaction" and now here we are.
I'm so glad you're watching season 3 of OUAT cause that's honestly my favorite (not that I don't love the others but season 3, specially 3A is sooooooooo interesting and fun to me, iwsh i could watch it for the first time again hahahaha)
Now, out of curiosity... Who are your favorite of the new characters who have been introduced to us this season, and who are your least favorite of the new characters? Also... have any of the characters who've been a part of this show all along risen up to be better in your eyes than they might have been in season one, or have some changed for the worst? And lastly... what are your overall favorite episodes throughout all of season two? For me, my favorites are... The Crocodile, Tallahassee, Queen of Hearts, and And Straight on 'Til Morning. I'm very curious to know what your favorites are too. Thank you so much!!
Asalal 03 I do love the final fifteen to twenty minutes of The Miller’s Daughter, and Rose McGowan is the perfect actress to play young Cora. She does so brilliantly. However, Cora is one of my least favorite villains and characters throughout the entire show, and while a small part of me feels bad for her because of how Cora was treated by Princess Eva and Prince Henry’s father, the King... Cora was always an unkind person. Even before she ripped out her own heart. I just can’t feel bad for her as much as the creators and writers hoped we as the fans would feel bad for her. And while I feel the heartbreaking emotions for both Regina and Mary Margaret in the end, I don’t feel bad at all for Cora when she dies. I was actually happy she died, because it made for a powerful ending for Regina, Mary Margaret, and for Gold too.
Love your reactions Shannan. I've been really excited to see how you feel about Peter Pan as a villain. One of my favorite things about this show is how they take these well known characters and give them amazing twists. Looking forward to seeing more, BUT...please don't let other people bug you about updates. It's totally up to you when you start back up again. Cheers.
Yeah, here are some fun facts about fairies. Before Disney came along, the Fair Folk, as they were once called, were a race to be feared. Think of the tales of Rip Van Winkle, Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream, and the Scottish Tam Lin. Faeries in traditional stories could range from benign yet dangerously misguided tricksters to otherworldly horrors that Lovecraft only dreamed of conjuring (Disney's Maleficent was the closest to the traditional fairy, with OG Tinker Bell being a close second). Common "pranks" were stealing small objects, leading travelers astray from the path (consequences vary), and the practice of abducting a human child only to replace it with their own. What happens to the child varies from tale to tale, ranging from being raised among the Fair Folk, to sacrifices on stand by. What made them especially dangerous was that while we had a morality scale of Order-Chaos and Good-Evil, the Fey had their own sense of morality that made them very unpredictable. Would you scold a child for accidentally stepping on an ant? Is it good to go to a magical land against your will while love ones left behind worry, wither and die in a century so long as it is a land of eternal youth and happiness for what seems like a year? Now let's take a look at Peter Pan himself. In the source material Peter and Wendy by James M. Barrie, it is true that Peter Pan was raised by faeries in Neverland, a place where children never grew up. There are a few problems with this. Firstly, when it is said that children in Neverland do not grow up, it's not just physically, but psychologically and morally as well. This is shown with Peter always having the personality of a child who has yet to learn empathy and the implications of certain concepts like death and longing. Many times in the novel, Peter had to be constantly reminded of the names of the Darlings and the Lost Boys, as he would often forget. During the rescue of Tiger Lilly, Peter thinks he will die at high tide and thinks of death as "an awfully big adventure." The lack of empathy comes from his enmity with Hook and his reunion with Wendy, where he recalls nothing of their adventures. Not the mermaids, not death of Tinker Bell (Neverland fairies have shorter lifespans), and nothing about Hook (including feeding him to the Crocodile in the climax). He also does not understand why a grown up Wendy (who was his storytelling "mother") why she wants to go back to Neverland. Add the morality of the average Fae, and you may as well have a budding sociopath. Most modern depictions aimed at older audiences envision Neverland less as an escapist fantasy land and more like a supernatural island from Golding's Lord of the Flies. There's a reason why psychologist have the term "Peter Pan Syndrome" and why Michael Jackson is the poster child. Do not underestimate the potential of Peter Pan as a villain.
Some additional resources if you are curious: Peter Pan Origins by Jon Solo: th-cam.com/video/DMB_Lav9yJ8/w-d-xo.html History of the Fae by Stories Fables and Ghostly Tales: th-cam.com/video/rcGBh2ixJ_g/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely love this comment! I've been fascinated with the Fae for awhile now. I hadn't watched Peter Pan in a long time, but recently I re-watched the 2003 Peter Pan movie with my adult eyes, and I just thought of the fae immediately and I saw Pan and his mannerisms/actions in a new light throught it. You describe the situation perfectly above. Honestly it made the writer in me giddy. 😂
First and foremost... thank you so much for all of your amazing reactions for season two!! I very deeply love this show so much and while season two isn't my favorite season, I still love it overall and I really loved watching all of your reactions for each episode. So thank you again,Shan! Now... I love the potential for the three redemption arcs we've begun to see for Hook, Regina, and Gold too. Will they remain on their current path? I can't wait for you to continue on with season three to find out!! :) Yay!!! Another season has come and gone, and boy... what a fantastic season it was. And what a fantastic episode this one is as well. It's definitely one of my overall favorite episodes from season two. I really love it, with the exception of Greg and Tamara, as well as Cora throughout this season. I don't care much for either Neal or Cora, but I can tolerate them and they both have some good moments. But Greg and Tamara... they don't in the slightest. Their characters are very weak and I don't like them at all. Of course... my favorite moments within this finale, as you surely know me by now... must include Hook because he's my all time favorite character. And they do. If I had to pick one moment, or two... since they both parallel with one another... they are the moments in Granny's Diner as the heroes decide to do what's right to save Regina and all of Storybrooke, until Hook suddenly snatches the bean. However, Emma quickly grabs hold of him before he can walk away as she states, "You and I... we understand each other. Look out for yourself and you never get hurt. Right?" She then goes on to tell him, "So... you can join us, and be a part of something, or you can do what you do best and be alone." Hook then appears to give in as he hands Emma the pouch she and the others contain the bean, as he states back, "You're quite passionate, Swan." As everyone leaves the diner, they then go on to talk about Henry's father and Hook learns that his father is Neal, or as he knows Neal... Baelfire. Then later... after Henry is kidnapped by Greg and Tamara, Emma and Regina are desperate to save Henry and just when they fear all hope is lost, Hook returns in his ship after having a change of heart. And Emma asks him "I thought you didn't care about anyone but yourself?", to which Hook beautifully responds, "Perhaps, I just needed reminding that I could." This bond between Hook and Emma reveal a deeper understanding between them. Both Hook and Emma understand how it feels to be alone, to have been abandoned by their parents... or in Hook's case just his father, and they both understand how it is to close themselves off to everyone in order to keep themselves from getting hurt. I just absolutely love this so much!!! But we'll get back to the ending of this finale... First, Greg and Tamara ignite Regina's self destruct fail safe as they strike the blue diamond using one of the dwarfs' axes, and the countdown to Storybrooke being destroyed has begun. Sadly, Emma has to tell Henry about his father's death, while David and Mary Margaret must tell Gold that his son was shot just before falling through a portal, as everyone assumes that Neal is now dead. The emotion shown on Gold's face is heartbreaking and Robert Carlyle's acting in this moment is top notch and beautiful. Unfortunately for the heroes, Gold refuses to step in to help them save the town, as he has accepted death is his fate upon having failed to save his son and that death is the price he deserves to pay, as Neal supposedly died in punishment from him having brought magic to Storybrooke. All magic comes with a price. This was a very powerful and emotional scene for sure and I really like it a lot. However, the heroes refuse to give up, and even Hook isn't prepared to give up either, so he goes to the heroes believing that together they can try to stop the self destruct. I love the moment when David immediately swings around and punches Hook square in the jaw to pay him back for Hook striking David over the head with the crowbar so he can steal back his hook shown in an earlier episode... The Queen is Dead. It's brilliant, and quite funny. Next... I love that the dwarfs enter Gold's shop to take back some of the things that are theirs, including the stein that belongs to Sneezy so that they can use it and the potion which Blue made up to bring Sneezy back to his true self before the fail safe kills them all. But I especially love when Grumpy turns back to Gold and gives him another vial containing the potion so that Gold can turn Lacey back into Belle, as Grumpy states he had asked Blue for another vial so he can help Belle, to repay her for once helping him long ago. I love how he pleads with Gold saying, "Please don't let her die as Lacey." Very touching. And then... Hook and David go off to find Greg and Tamara to get back the magic beans they stole so they can use one in hope of escaping through another portal to save themselves in their first plan. They get into a fight, and Greg and Tamara escape, but thankfully, Hook manages to grab hold of one of the beans after the vial Greg held containing them broke open on the ground. After the diner scene, Hook walks away from them while Emma, Henry, Mary Margaret, and David return to the mine where Regina is using all of her magic and strength to hold off the diamond's power for as long as she can, fully prepared to die to save everyone else, mainly so that Henry won't be alone and so that he will truly see her as a hero and not as the Evil Queen. I love how Regina asks Emma to let her die as Regina, and not to see her as the Evil Queen everyone sees her as. Regina's storyline throughout this episode is really quite beautiful and we can see just how far Regina really has come by the end of this season, despite everything that's happened between her, Mary Margaret, and Cora. However, the heroes arrive and reveal to Regina their second plan... to send the fail safe through the portal instead with the hope of being able to save Regina, only for Emma to find that Hook stole back the magic bean in spite of Emma's words to him inside Granny's. And for a brief moment, everyone is preparing to say goodbye as they hold one another in their last moments together. And Emma at last calls her parents Mom and Dad, not David and Mary Margaret. I love this. However, Emma suddenly remembers she too has magic within her and steps up in front of Regina as she states that together they might be powerful enough to stop the diamond's power and together they emit their powers against it. Together, they save everyone and it's so brilliant seeing Emma and Regina working together to save everyone, and not against one another as they've been doing since the start of season one. Amazing and brava!!! I love it!! I love the idea behind it, as Emma and Regina come together at last to save everyone. Unfortunately, Greg and Tamara interfere once again, and they kidnap Henry in the brief moment that everyone else is unconscious from the power emitted from the diamond once it's contained and knocks everyone back. And they drag him towards the ocean, where they use the last of the beans to open a portal to where they believe is the so called "home office", unsuspecting that where they are truly heading is Neverland... as Hook reveals to the heroes and Gold once they're all aboard the Jolly Roger and are preparing to sail after Henry to save him, thanks to Hook coming back to offer his ship and his services to help them save Henry. Hook then throws the bean once he and Gold... don't come to so much to a reconciliation, but more of an understanding with one another... that saving Henry is more important than their two hundred year old battle and hate towards one another. I absolutely love this moment between Hook and Gold, especially the look they give to one another in this moment. Fabulous! Then... together heroes and villains travel through the portal on their way to Neverland.
I am not the biggest fan of season ending cliffhangers unless it is guaranteed that the next season is going to happen or unless you have seen the whole series already. This cliffhanger is done well reguardless.
@@TonyWasHere I wasn't wondering whether or not she was going to watch it as she said she was in the video. I was making a statement about my preferences to season ending cliffhangers in general.
@@TonyWasHere but Buffy8Fan wasn't wondering whether or not Shan would watch it? They just said that they don't like cliffhangers. I don't like them either lol especially if we have to wait 6 or 7 months for a new season looool
I also love the tender moment between Gold and Belle as he says goodbye to her after asking her to stay behind to put up the cloaking spell around the town so that no more outsiders can ever get in. I love the kiss they share and the beautiful acting by both Robert Carlyle and Emilie De Ravin once again. Rumple and Belle are amazing with one another. It's also very sweet that Belle has so much faith that Gold will come back to her alive, in spite of his fear that he will die trying to save his grandson. As for the backstory... I absolutely love, love, love the overall backstory between Hook and Baelfire. I love how Hook learns the truth about Bae being Rumplestiltskin's son and claims to Smee and his crew that he plans to use him in his revenge against the Dark One. And yet... from the sadness and worry we see in his eyes anytime everyone turns away from him and he's looking on at Bae, it's clear that Hook truly wishes to help Bae and to make him a part of his own family. And I really do feel such emotions from him. I love that Hook tells Bae about how his own father had long ago abandoned him when he was a small boy too, and that for a brief time, Hook and Bae bond. Unfortunately, Baelfire later finds Hook's drawing of Milah and Bae becomes fiercely angry with him and tries to kill Hook upon discovering he's the pirate his father had spoken of, who he had been told had kidnapped and murdered his mother. My heart broke when Hook pleads with Bae to understand that he fell in love with her and that it was really his own father who murdered her by ripping out her heart and crushing it in front of him. And Hook continues to plead with him, asking Bae to stay with him aboard the Jolly Roger so they can be a family like Milah would have wanted for them, as he states Bae would remain under his protection that he can change... all for him. Hook is truly willing to give up his lust for revenge for Baelfire's sake and then... Hook is heartbroken when Bae refuses. And man... Bae is really harsh towards Hook too, saying really cruel words that you can see from the look in Hook's eyes and on his face just how much his words hurt him. It's so, so heartbreaking. Colin O'Donoghue's acting in these tender moment scenes is phenomenal, just like his acting always is. It's why I love Hook so much. I love the dark side of his character, but even more so, I can't help but love the emotional side that he so far has very rarely shown to anyone, knowing that any real emotion aside from hatred and anger shown to anyone would destroy his reputation with his men, his enemies, and everyone else who knows of Captain Hook. And because of Bae's refusal to accept his offer, Hook then reverts back to his selfish self and hands Bae over to the Lost Boys, or as Hook calls them, the Lost Ones so that they can deliver him to Peter Pan. However, when the boys return to the island with Bae as their prisoner, another boy is waiting on shore for them and the leader of them asks if Bae is the boy Pan is looking for. As the boy opens up a parchment of a drawing of the boy Pan is seeking, the boy says no and shows the leader the picture, only to reveal a drawing of Henry... two hundred years before the present day events in Storybrooke and long before Henry is even born. Whoa... two heavy cliffhangers to end this season's finale. Oh... and I also love the moment at Granny's Diner, when Archie speaks up bravely to encourage everyone to follow David and Mary Margaret's plan to save Regina and their town, believing wholeheartedly that their leaders and friends are doing the right thing. I love Archie. And everyone stands behind David and Mary Margaret, even before Emma does. Brilliant! And lastly... of course Neal is found to be still alive, somewhere on a beach where much to my surprise... he is found by Aurora, Mulan, and Prince Phillip who Aurora an Mulan had clearly saved from the Wraith as they restored his soul, after we last saw the two women talking within Rumple's old cell in the Enchanted Forest about going off to find his soul that had been taken by the wraith that killed him... so they could save him. It was interesting to see them again. Back in the ninth episode... Queen of Hearts, while Cora is holding Aurora hostage, Cora reveals to Aurora that when a wraith attacks its victim, it doesn't kill them, but it sucks out the victim's soul and transports it to its land. In the end, Aurora reveals this to Mulan, and the two women go off seeking this land to find and restore Phillip's soul. Seeing him alive again here in this finale, it's clear Aurora and Mulan had succeeded. Overall... I really love this season, especially upon it bringing in my favorite character... Captain Hook who is phenomenal, as is the actor who plays him in every way... Colin O'Donoghue. I cannot wait for you to begin season three!!! It's going to be an amazing ride! Thank you again, so much, Shan!!! Until then, my friend...
i dont like how they tried to make us feel sorry for mila but fact is she was a horrible mother and person who only thought about herself and her needs im glad you as a reactor saw past her bs
no, that was a past thing when he was turned into a monster and turned back into a man by belle. the only thing we got about the wraith thing is aurora and mulan saying they might be able to get him back and then he was back lol
Neverland, my favourite arc 🥰
Get ready for Spuffy 2.0!
remember when shan reacted to the pilot and was like, "i hope i don't like this show too much because this is just a pilot reaction" and now here we are.
Daniel Schmidt (young bae) is amazing. My favourite actor in this show
Season 3 is one of my favourites of OUAT can’t wait for your reactions!
Can't wait for her reactions
I'm so glad you're watching season 3 of OUAT cause that's honestly my favorite (not that I don't love the others but season 3, specially 3A is sooooooooo interesting and fun to me, iwsh i could watch it for the first time again hahahaha)
the only enemy Rumple really fears
One of the (very) few.
There are others that Rumple fears, sure, but Peter Pan is certainly one of them.
Now, out of curiosity... Who are your favorite of the new characters who have been introduced to us this season, and who are your least favorite of the new characters? Also... have any of the characters who've been a part of this show all along risen up to be better in your eyes than they might have been in season one, or have some changed for the worst?
And lastly... what are your overall favorite episodes throughout all of season two?
For me, my favorites are... The Crocodile, Tallahassee, Queen of Hearts, and And Straight on 'Til Morning.
I'm very curious to know what your favorites are too. Thank you so much!!
Add "the millers daugther" and its perfect. XD
Asalal 03 I do love the final fifteen to twenty minutes of The Miller’s Daughter, and Rose McGowan is the perfect actress to play young Cora. She does so brilliantly. However, Cora is one of my least favorite villains and characters throughout the entire show, and while a small part of me feels bad for her because of how Cora was treated by Princess Eva and Prince Henry’s father, the King... Cora was always an unkind person. Even before she ripped out her own heart. I just can’t feel bad for her as much as the creators and writers hoped we as the fans would feel bad for her. And while I feel the heartbreaking emotions for both Regina and Mary Margaret in the end, I don’t feel bad at all for Cora when she dies. I was actually happy she died, because it made for a powerful ending for Regina, Mary Margaret, and for Gold too.
I love watching once because I have been lucky enough to meet hook and lana 3 times
Love your reactions Shannan. I've been really excited to see how you feel about Peter Pan as a villain. One of my favorite things about this show is how they take these well known characters and give them amazing twists. Looking forward to seeing more, BUT...please don't let other people bug you about updates. It's totally up to you when you start back up again. Cheers.
Spoiler!
Yeah, here are some fun facts about fairies. Before Disney came along, the Fair Folk, as they were once called, were a race to be feared. Think of the tales of Rip Van Winkle, Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream, and the Scottish Tam Lin. Faeries in traditional stories could range from benign yet dangerously misguided tricksters to otherworldly horrors that Lovecraft only dreamed of conjuring (Disney's Maleficent was the closest to the traditional fairy, with OG Tinker Bell being a close second). Common "pranks" were stealing small objects, leading travelers astray from the path (consequences vary), and the practice of abducting a human child only to replace it with their own. What happens to the child varies from tale to tale, ranging from being raised among the Fair Folk, to sacrifices on stand by.
What made them especially dangerous was that while we had a morality scale of Order-Chaos and Good-Evil, the Fey had their own sense of morality that made them very unpredictable. Would you scold a child for accidentally stepping on an ant? Is it good to go to a magical land against your will while love ones left behind worry, wither and die in a century so long as it is a land of eternal youth and happiness for what seems like a year?
Now let's take a look at Peter Pan himself. In the source material Peter and Wendy by James M. Barrie, it is true that Peter Pan was raised by faeries in Neverland, a place where children never grew up. There are a few problems with this. Firstly, when it is said that children in Neverland do not grow up, it's not just physically, but psychologically and morally as well. This is shown with Peter always having the personality of a child who has yet to learn empathy and the implications of certain concepts like death and longing.
Many times in the novel, Peter had to be constantly reminded of the names of the Darlings and the Lost Boys, as he would often forget. During the rescue of Tiger Lilly, Peter thinks he will die at high tide and thinks of death as "an awfully big adventure." The lack of empathy comes from his enmity with Hook and his reunion with Wendy, where he recalls nothing of their adventures. Not the mermaids, not death of Tinker Bell (Neverland fairies have shorter lifespans), and nothing about Hook (including feeding him to the Crocodile in the climax). He also does not understand why a grown up Wendy (who was his storytelling "mother") why she wants to go back to Neverland. Add the morality of the average Fae, and you may as well have a budding sociopath.
Most modern depictions aimed at older audiences envision Neverland less as an escapist fantasy land and more like a supernatural island from Golding's Lord of the Flies. There's a reason why psychologist have the term "Peter Pan Syndrome" and why Michael Jackson is the poster child. Do not underestimate the potential of Peter Pan as a villain.
Some additional resources if you are curious:
Peter Pan Origins by Jon Solo:
th-cam.com/video/DMB_Lav9yJ8/w-d-xo.html
History of the Fae by Stories Fables and Ghostly Tales:
th-cam.com/video/rcGBh2ixJ_g/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely love this comment! I've been fascinated with the Fae for awhile now. I hadn't watched Peter Pan in a long time, but recently I re-watched the 2003 Peter Pan movie with my adult eyes, and I just thought of the fae immediately and I saw Pan and his mannerisms/actions in a new light throught it. You describe the situation perfectly above.
Honestly it made the writer in me giddy. 😂
@@chaotic7cam I've toyed with one Peter Pan x Lord of the Flies fanfic myself, so there is lots of potential. I wish you luck!
First and foremost... thank you so much for all of your amazing reactions for season two!! I very deeply love this show so much and while season two isn't my favorite season, I still love it overall and I really loved watching all of your reactions for each episode. So thank you again,Shan!
Now... I love the potential for the three redemption arcs we've begun to see for Hook, Regina, and Gold too. Will they remain on their current path? I can't wait for you to continue on with season three to find out!! :)
Yay!!! Another season has come and gone, and boy... what a fantastic season it was. And what a fantastic episode this one is as well. It's definitely one of my overall favorite episodes from season two. I really love it, with the exception of Greg and Tamara, as well as Cora throughout this season. I don't care much for either Neal or Cora, but I can tolerate them and they both have some good moments. But Greg and Tamara... they don't in the slightest. Their characters are very weak and I don't like them at all.
Of course... my favorite moments within this finale, as you surely know me by now... must include Hook because he's my all time favorite character. And they do. If I had to pick one moment, or two... since they both parallel with one another... they are the moments in Granny's Diner as the heroes decide to do what's right to save Regina and all of Storybrooke, until Hook suddenly snatches the bean. However, Emma quickly grabs hold of him before he can walk away as she states, "You and I... we understand each other. Look out for yourself and you never get hurt. Right?" She then goes on to tell him, "So... you can join us, and be a part of something, or you can do what you do best and be alone." Hook then appears to give in as he hands Emma the pouch she and the others contain the bean, as he states back, "You're quite passionate, Swan." As everyone leaves the diner, they then go on to talk about Henry's father and Hook learns that his father is Neal, or as he knows Neal... Baelfire. Then later... after Henry is kidnapped by Greg and Tamara, Emma and Regina are desperate to save Henry and just when they fear all hope is lost, Hook returns in his ship after having a change of heart. And Emma asks him "I thought you didn't care about anyone but yourself?", to which Hook beautifully responds, "Perhaps, I just needed reminding that I could." This bond between Hook and Emma reveal a deeper understanding between them. Both Hook and Emma understand how it feels to be alone, to have been abandoned by their parents... or in Hook's case just his father, and they both understand how it is to close themselves off to everyone in order to keep themselves from getting hurt. I just absolutely love this so much!!!
But we'll get back to the ending of this finale... First, Greg and Tamara ignite Regina's self destruct fail safe as they strike the blue diamond using one of the dwarfs' axes, and the countdown to Storybrooke being destroyed has begun.
Sadly, Emma has to tell Henry about his father's death, while David and Mary Margaret must tell Gold that his son was shot just before falling through a portal, as everyone assumes that Neal is now dead. The emotion shown on Gold's face is heartbreaking and Robert Carlyle's acting in this moment is top notch and beautiful. Unfortunately for the heroes, Gold refuses to step in to help them save the town, as he has accepted death is his fate upon having failed to save his son and that death is the price he deserves to pay, as Neal supposedly died in punishment from him having brought magic to Storybrooke. All magic comes with a price. This was a very powerful and emotional scene for sure and I really like it a lot.
However, the heroes refuse to give up, and even Hook isn't prepared to give up either, so he goes to the heroes believing that together they can try to stop the self destruct. I love the moment when David immediately swings around and punches Hook square in the jaw to pay him back for Hook striking David over the head with the crowbar so he can steal back his hook shown in an earlier episode... The Queen is Dead. It's brilliant, and quite funny.
Next... I love that the dwarfs enter Gold's shop to take back some of the things that are theirs, including the stein that belongs to Sneezy so that they can use it and the potion which Blue made up to bring Sneezy back to his true self before the fail safe kills them all. But I especially love when Grumpy turns back to Gold and gives him another vial containing the potion so that Gold can turn Lacey back into Belle, as Grumpy states he had asked Blue for another vial so he can help Belle, to repay her for once helping him long ago. I love how he pleads with Gold saying, "Please don't let her die as Lacey." Very touching.
And then... Hook and David go off to find Greg and Tamara to get back the magic beans they stole so they can use one in hope of escaping through another portal to save themselves in their first plan. They get into a fight, and Greg and Tamara escape, but thankfully, Hook manages to grab hold of one of the beans after the vial Greg held containing them broke open on the ground.
After the diner scene, Hook walks away from them while Emma, Henry, Mary Margaret, and David return to the mine where Regina is using all of her magic and strength to hold off the diamond's power for as long as she can, fully prepared to die to save everyone else, mainly so that Henry won't be alone and so that he will truly see her as a hero and not as the Evil Queen. I love how Regina asks Emma to let her die as Regina, and not to see her as the Evil Queen everyone sees her as.
Regina's storyline throughout this episode is really quite beautiful and we can see just how far Regina really has come by the end of this season, despite everything that's happened between her, Mary Margaret, and Cora.
However, the heroes arrive and reveal to Regina their second plan... to send the fail safe through the portal instead with the hope of being able to save Regina, only for Emma to find that Hook stole back the magic bean in spite of Emma's words to him inside Granny's. And for a brief moment, everyone is preparing to say goodbye as they hold one another in their last moments together. And Emma at last calls her parents Mom and Dad, not David and Mary Margaret. I love this. However, Emma suddenly remembers she too has magic within her and steps up in front of Regina as she states that together they might be powerful enough to stop the diamond's power and together they emit their powers against it. Together, they save everyone and it's so brilliant seeing Emma and Regina working together to save everyone, and not against one another as they've been doing since the start of season one. Amazing and brava!!! I love it!! I love the idea behind it, as Emma and Regina come together at last to save everyone.
Unfortunately, Greg and Tamara interfere once again, and they kidnap Henry in the brief moment that everyone else is unconscious from the power emitted from the diamond once it's contained and knocks everyone back. And they drag him towards the ocean, where they use the last of the beans to open a portal to where they believe is the so called "home office", unsuspecting that where they are truly heading is Neverland... as Hook reveals to the heroes and Gold once they're all aboard the Jolly Roger and are preparing to sail after Henry to save him, thanks to Hook coming back to offer his ship and his services to help them save Henry. Hook then throws the bean once he and Gold... don't come to so much to a reconciliation, but more of an understanding with one another... that saving Henry is more important than their two hundred year old battle and hate towards one another. I absolutely love this moment between Hook and Gold, especially the look they give to one another in this moment. Fabulous! Then... together heroes and villains travel through the portal on their way to Neverland.
I am not the biggest fan of season ending cliffhangers unless it is guaranteed that the next season is going to happen or unless you have seen the whole series already. This cliffhanger is done well reguardless.
She is for sure going to watch it, Binging takes time when you have a full schedule though😅👍
@@TonyWasHere I wasn't wondering whether or not she was going to watch it as she said she was in the video. I was making a statement about my preferences to season ending cliffhangers in general.
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@@TonyWasHere but Buffy8Fan wasn't wondering whether or not Shan would watch it? They just said that they don't like cliffhangers. I don't like them either lol especially if we have to wait 6 or 7 months for a new season looool
When I go through and rank the different villains I only count Cora.
I'll be looking forward to your reaction to season 3.
I also love the tender moment between Gold and Belle as he says goodbye to her after asking her to stay behind to put up the cloaking spell around the town so that no more outsiders can ever get in. I love the kiss they share and the beautiful acting by both Robert Carlyle and Emilie De Ravin once again. Rumple and Belle are amazing with one another. It's also very sweet that Belle has so much faith that Gold will come back to her alive, in spite of his fear that he will die trying to save his grandson.
As for the backstory... I absolutely love, love, love the overall backstory between Hook and Baelfire. I love how Hook learns the truth about Bae being Rumplestiltskin's son and claims to Smee and his crew that he plans to use him in his revenge against the Dark One. And yet... from the sadness and worry we see in his eyes anytime everyone turns away from him and he's looking on at Bae, it's clear that Hook truly wishes to help Bae and to make him a part of his own family. And I really do feel such emotions from him. I love that Hook tells Bae about how his own father had long ago abandoned him when he was a small boy too, and that for a brief time, Hook and Bae bond.
Unfortunately, Baelfire later finds Hook's drawing of Milah and Bae becomes fiercely angry with him and tries to kill Hook upon discovering he's the pirate his father had spoken of, who he had been told had kidnapped and murdered his mother. My heart broke when Hook pleads with Bae to understand that he fell in love with her and that it was really his own father who murdered her by ripping out her heart and crushing it in front of him. And Hook continues to plead with him, asking Bae to stay with him aboard the Jolly Roger so they can be a family like Milah would have wanted for them, as he states Bae would remain under his protection that he can change... all for him. Hook is truly willing to give up his lust for revenge for Baelfire's sake and then... Hook is heartbroken when Bae refuses. And man... Bae is really harsh towards Hook too, saying really cruel words that you can see from the look in Hook's eyes and on his face just how much his words hurt him. It's so, so heartbreaking.
Colin O'Donoghue's acting in these tender moment scenes is phenomenal, just like his acting always is. It's why I love Hook so much. I love the dark side of his character, but even more so, I can't help but love the emotional side that he so far has very rarely shown to anyone, knowing that any real emotion aside from hatred and anger shown to anyone would destroy his reputation with his men, his enemies, and everyone else who knows of Captain Hook.
And because of Bae's refusal to accept his offer, Hook then reverts back to his selfish self and hands Bae over to the Lost Boys, or as Hook calls them, the Lost Ones so that they can deliver him to Peter Pan.
However, when the boys return to the island with Bae as their prisoner, another boy is waiting on shore for them and the leader of them asks if Bae is the boy Pan is looking for. As the boy opens up a parchment of a drawing of the boy Pan is seeking, the boy says no and shows the leader the picture, only to reveal a drawing of Henry... two hundred years before the present day events in Storybrooke and long before Henry is even born. Whoa... two heavy cliffhangers to end this season's finale.
Oh... and I also love the moment at Granny's Diner, when Archie speaks up bravely to encourage everyone to follow David and Mary Margaret's plan to save Regina and their town, believing wholeheartedly that their leaders and friends are doing the right thing. I love Archie. And everyone stands behind David and Mary Margaret, even before Emma does. Brilliant!
And lastly... of course Neal is found to be still alive, somewhere on a beach where much to my surprise... he is found by Aurora, Mulan, and Prince Phillip who Aurora an Mulan had clearly saved from the Wraith as they restored his soul, after we last saw the two women talking within Rumple's old cell in the Enchanted Forest about going off to find his soul that had been taken by the wraith that killed him... so they could save him. It was interesting to see them again. Back in the ninth episode... Queen of Hearts, while Cora is holding Aurora hostage, Cora reveals to Aurora that when a wraith attacks its victim, it doesn't kill them, but it sucks out the victim's soul and transports it to its land. In the end, Aurora reveals this to Mulan, and the two women go off seeking this land to find and restore Phillip's soul. Seeing him alive again here in this finale, it's clear Aurora and Mulan had succeeded.
Overall... I really love this season, especially upon it bringing in my favorite character... Captain Hook who is phenomenal, as is the actor who plays him in every way... Colin O'Donoghue. I cannot wait for you to begin season three!!! It's going to be an amazing ride! Thank you again, so much, Shan!!! Until then, my friend...
Can't wait for season 3
What gets me they say they hate magic and want to destroy it but keep using it to open portal's it doesn't make sense
Hey very cool that you have watched lucifer!! I love that show so much.
i dont like how they tried to make us feel sorry for mila but fact is she was a horrible mother and person who only thought about herself and her needs im glad you as a reactor saw past her bs
I'm prettyyyy sure we did see them get wren back...
no, that was a past thing when he was turned into a monster and turned back into a man by belle. the only thing we got about the wraith thing is aurora and mulan saying they might be able to get him back and then he was back lol
@@AfterShowReactions ooh right! Sorry I forgot they lost him several times 😅
Does anyone know a channel that has done reactions to heroes ?
No reactions, but i've seen the show.
Geeked out nation just started reacting to it.
Are you going to make S3 reactions?
Yes she is, she mentioned that they should be up after she's finished watching them so in about 2 months.
why aren't you watching what she said in the video right before the reaction? You'd know
@@MrOldfashion I'll bet the break between Seasons 3 and 4 is going to be short.