Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 4 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT True Love's Kiss
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.13.2012
For quite some time, our members have been saying that -- aside from the mystical amnesia -- life in Storybrooke sure looks a lot better than life in the Fairy Tale. After all, in Storybrooke, no one can turn you into a beetle and step on you. There are no man-eating wolves. There's no magical, capricious royalty. I do find it intriguing that magic has come to town and its arrival seems like a bad thing. Mythology-wise though, I am not crazy about the fact that true love, brings not only good, pure magic, but also this seemingly darker brand as well.
I find myself worried about August. It seems to me that the love that shot out from Emma's kiss should have restored him, just as it restored Snow and Charming's memories. I can't decide if his restoration was just left out because of time or for drama's sake or if more must be done to save him. Similarly, I'm worried about Graham -- that is, I'm wondering if he's still dead or if breaking the curse will somehow revive him. Please pick Option 2, writers. Please?
I find myself thinking about Henry's paternity. Surely Gold must have known the baby he procured for Regina was the Savior's biological child. Did Gold engineer Henry's conception, as well? It seems to me the boy's father will have to play into our story, eventually. Will he be a villain, a hero -- or a little bit of both? Likewise, I wonder when we'll again see Baelfire and how he'll come into play, in Rumpy's redemption or downfall.
Magic has come to town, so anything is possible in season two. Admittedly, that ending (especially the clock bit) has me more than a little concerned about next season. If the 8:15 is just a bookend to the beginning of the season, I'm fine with that. But, I watched Lost, you know? I don't mind resets that change or expand the rules. I'm just terribly afraid this is going to be some reset that undoes all the progress we (finally) made at the end of this season. I'm going to spend the summer trying not to think about this at all so that I'll be open to whatever direction the show takes in the fall.
Thanks for reading and for writing, tweeting and posting at me. I hope you enjoy the hiatus and meet me back here in September. I'll be over my Spring Fever by then, tired of summer heat and ready to get back to work, maybe even without recapping the action in my house. Like I said, be glad I don't have cats.
Gentle Readers: No, um, cats are more entertaining.
Recapper: I know. Have a nice summer!