#OUaTrevisit: S5:E7/8

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In this week’s Once Upon A Time episodes, the writers introduce a new tertiary character and a mysterious villain — are we surprised they are one and the same?

S5:E7 Nimue

“Emma and Merlin embark on a quest.”
Airdate: November 8, 2015

• Previously, Hero Rumple got the sword out of the stone. And Dark Emma has the dagger.
• “1,000 years before the age of Arthur”… some grotty soldiers running through the desert and they find the Holy Grail?
• He chose…poorly.

• Drinking from the Grail also created the Forest and a tower, neat.
• Angry Killian is angry.
• Merlin tells the kid in the red robe to “check on the brooms.” 🧹🧹🧹🧹

• I suspect this person (Nimue) is lying.
• Ever in motion is the future, ya know.
• One little spark? 🐉

• Emma is the most powerful Dark One “ever”, huh?
• Piercing-eyed, smoldering pirate.
• I think her whole plan was to get the Grail from Merlin. But I’m naturally suspicious.
• I had Nimue pegged as the First Dark One.
• Zelena’s eye-rolls are delightful.

• Sir-Castic!
• Conveniently abandoned tunnel.
• They don’t know yet that the whole castle is an illusion.
• Arthur is getting pretty obsessive.
• This is war, Peacock!

• “In the future, they’ll call it…”
• Do we think she sipped from the Grail just then? She was able to hold it without melting.
• “Zelena hasn’t screwed us” (except Robin)
• This seems like a bad idea, melting the Holy Grail.
• The sword was formed with the inscriptions and whatnot already on it.
• Vortigan and Nimue working together? Maybe not.
• It’s buzzing, like a pager on vibrate mode.
• Ah hah, I knew it!
• *squish*
• Merlin is a useless tool, really. Just standing there reacting.
• Finish him!

• “You don’t know the power of the Dark Side”
• “I’ll be right here” 👉

• Is it the right path though? Because clearly, it didn’t work.
• Wiping out the darkness already didn’t work once. Why do we think it’ll work now?
• “I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around.”
• My feet! I can’t feel my feet!

• That’s a lot of Darks One.
• Woohoo, she did it.
• Aw, the little clip from The Sword in the Stone.
• I have the power!

S5:E8 Birth

“Merlin delivers an ultimatum to Emma.”
Airdate: November 15, 2015

• David doesn’t knock. Can you knock on a tent?

• Maybe Killian should’ve been out back of the tent?
• Arthur really just lives in his armor.
• Why am I doing all this? Because ACTING!
• If you walk around in a white cloak in the forest, it’s gonna get filthy.

• Merlin is “tethered” to the sword the same way the Darks One are tethered to the dagger.
• “He’s not important anymore.” (Wah wah)
• Regina has been reduced to quips and being annoyed.
• Actual good advice from Gold.
• Is that the snow globe from St. Elsewhere?

• Operation Light Swan explains where Emma’s new digs came from.
• Oh, Zelena is all dressed up.
• This is the same kind of pregnancy we saw in TNG “The Child”.

• Jennifer Morrison is down-modulating her voice even more than usual this week.
• Good thing this place happened to come on the market. And at 2015 interest rates!
• “When the Dark One gives you onion rings, don’t take them!”
• Yay, it’s Doctor Whale! With the Blaine hairdo straight from iZombie.

• He bravely ran away.
• Let’s blow this thing and go home.
• Regina’s outfit, the cloak over the dress, is amazing.

• Brave enough? Where’s Merida hiding?
• Aw, poor Whale.
• Emma wanted Zelena?
• Uh, we’re going to make Zelena the new Dark One? Seems bad.
• The future’s nothing to be afraid of, they said in 2015.
• Did the real estate listing mention the catacombs under the house?
• What happened to Killian that getting stabbed didn’t hurt?
• Today’s Special at Granny’s… Flaming swords?
• Let’s maybe not make Killian another Dark One.

• The Dark Couple. Captain and Mrs. Dark.