Taking place where episode 12 left off, Emma, Regina, and Henry plan to find the author and give Regina her own happy ending. While that's going on, Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin recruits Cruella De Vil and Ursula to come with him to Storybrooke and plot against the Savoir and the reformed Queen of Darkness. To make matters worse, they send a demon the Chernabog after them as an attempt to let the three in. Will Emma and Regina make their choice? Or Storybrooke will soon be destroyed? The questions will be answered by watching this episode.
Let me remind you that this is the very first episode I've seen on TV considering how I've seen the entire first three seasons and the first half of Season 4 online (I got the first three seasons on DVD for Christmas in 2014). I know it was a bit tempting, but I haven't watched anything on TV for the past few months back then.
Anyway, on to the review. This episode is a really good setup to the subplot of the three Disney Villains, Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, and Ursula and promises what would happen in the next episode. The dialog is much fresher, the story is pretty good, the characters are still great and it's awesome to see Emma and Regina working together to get the reformed queen her own happy ending. The CGI is really cool especially the Chernabog which looked a bit like the one from the Disney cartoon Fantasia. The acting is still great, the best coming from Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent, Merrin Dungey as Ursula, and Victoria Smurfit as Cruella de Vil. Both of those three did a fantastic capturing their personalities of the three Disney villains from the cartoons.
My only quibble is that the script could've used a lot more work, but that's about it. Everything else is done perfectly. So, overall, this is a really good setup to the Three Queens of Darkness subplot and hopefully, the next episode will be even better.
Let me remind you that this is the very first episode I've seen on TV considering how I've seen the entire first three seasons and the first half of Season 4 online (I got the first three seasons on DVD for Christmas in 2014). I know it was a bit tempting, but I haven't watched anything on TV for the past few months back then.
Anyway, on to the review. This episode is a really good setup to the subplot of the three Disney Villains, Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, and Ursula and promises what would happen in the next episode. The dialog is much fresher, the story is pretty good, the characters are still great and it's awesome to see Emma and Regina working together to get the reformed queen her own happy ending. The CGI is really cool especially the Chernabog which looked a bit like the one from the Disney cartoon Fantasia. The acting is still great, the best coming from Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent, Merrin Dungey as Ursula, and Victoria Smurfit as Cruella de Vil. Both of those three did a fantastic capturing their personalities of the three Disney villains from the cartoons.
My only quibble is that the script could've used a lot more work, but that's about it. Everything else is done perfectly. So, overall, this is a really good setup to the Three Queens of Darkness subplot and hopefully, the next episode will be even better.