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Episode 1.4 “The Price of Gold” recap, review, etc.

Once Upon a Time Cinderella Rumpelstiltskin in Price of Gold

Rumpelstiltskin crashing Cinderella's wedding (screencap by rawr-caps.tumblr.com)

Recap

In The Price of Gold, the two worlds seem closer than ever. Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold, like Desmond in LOST, is the one character, at least so far, who is aware of one world while he is in the other. He moves seamlessly from the fairy tale world to Storybrooke as he chases after Cinderella’s/Ashley’s baby. (The fairy tale/Storybrooke names are always related. In this case, a “cinder” is an “ash.”)

The episode starts with Cinderella’s evil stepmother and stepsisters going off to the ball, leaving Cinderella behind, dressed in rags, to clean the cottage. Before the credits are even over, though, the story takes a violent twist away from the traditional tale when Rumpelstiltskin kills the Fairy Godmother. Continue reading

Episode 1.2 “The Thing You Love Most” recap, review, etc.

Evil Queen and father episode 1x2 Once Upon a Time

The Evil Queen about to make a fateful decision

Recap

The Evil Queen obsesses about getting back at Snow White, who she believes had once destroyed her chances of love. Her first attempt to cast the notorious Dark Spell briefly unleashes a Smoke Monster lookalike, but then the spell fizzles out. She goes to consult the person who originally gave her the curse — Rumpelstiltskin.

From behind the bars of his rat-infested dungeon, Rumpelstiltskin tells the Evil Queen she must sacrifice the heart of the thing she loves most. I thought he meant that she loved herself the most, and I was wondering how she would cut out her own heart and still manage to live long enough to make it to Storybrooke  — but no, Rumpelstiltskin meant the heart of her faithful servant who, it turns out, is her father.

Patricide! Echoes of LOST themes past. Continue reading