‘Once Upon a Time’ review: Who is Henry’s father?
Sunday night’s new episode of “Once Upon a Time” was a particularly interesting one, mostly in that for a show that is largely about Storybrooke, was saw the tiny Maine town for all about 45 seconds. Instead, this was an hour largely all about Emma, whether it be her past with a man named Neal Cassady, or her future with a very different man in Captain Hook (who we are totally shipping right about now, ship pun included).
For those of you wondering why Emma is so good at fighting crime, it turns out that there is a pretty easy answer: she’s a criminal herself. She and Neal were involved in a series of thefts as their own version of Bonnie & Clyde, and for a while it appeared as though these two lovebirds were meant to be. Then, there was a twist: August W. Booth. Eion Bailey made his first appearance of his season in the past, where he persuaded Neal to take off in order to allow Emma to have her destiny fulfilled. Effectively, he allowed Jennifer Morrison’s character to go to jail, where another important revelation awaited her: she was pregnant.
Therefore, one of the primary mysteries surrounding this character seems to be solved, though there was no evidence that the theory that Neal was also Rumpelstiltskin’s son Baelfire, which is another popular theory floating around the internet at this very moment. From a personal standpoint, we are almost hoping that this is not the case so that we can see some different storylines play out; plus, if Henry is related to Rumple things are getting a little too connected for our liking. Not everyone needs to be related!
As for the storyline in the present fairy tale world, there really was not that much that happened save for Emma leaving Captain Hook behind as she took the compass from the Giant (an effective Jorge Garcia), which was a move likely brought on by what happened to her in the past. We also learned that this giant was not as evil as he seemed, and by the end it was actually pretty easy to feel sorry for him. Unfortunately, though, this was a case where the TV budget unfortunately reared its ugly head, as the obvious green screen effects with the Giant scenes were a little too distracting for the story to pack the punch it would have otherwise had.
What did you think about this portrait of Emma Swan, did you think her flashback story tied in well to what is happening in the present?