ThisOnce Upon a Timereview contains spoilers.
I know that I did.
The writing of this reveal was delicious.
I want to care about them so deeply.
Maybe it will be in crisis and conflict that their romantic bond is really forged.
Time and tide will tell.
Hour two was a totally satisfactory stand-alone episode.
I wishOUAThad the opportunity to do more of the 42-minute fairy tale epic.
It makes sense that they should they have such a natural gift for moralizing.
All of this said, it was a strange decision to air these two episodes back-to-back.
Ideally, the central season-long storyline should be interwoven with a story-of-the-week.
That it wasnt was only made all the more sense when two episodes were presented back to back.
Best Moment With Emmas Red Leather Jacket:
Not featured.
That was cool because Rubys costumes and wigs were on point.
Best Death and/or Maiming:
Holy Lou but the stabbing of Fergus was graphic.
I was there for it.
Also Merida is terrible at what she does.
Episode 8: 2 out of 5
Episode 9: 3 out of 5
Rating:
2.5 out of 5