#OUaTrevisit: S7:E1/2

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Instead of ending on a triumphant note with the season six finale, we’re heading into the “AfterMASH” era of OUaT where we’re in a different setting, with mostly different characters (but a few cameos from the old days) and having to explain literally everything.

Based on the first two episodes, I’m not sorry we’re in the final season.

S7:E1 Hyperion Heights

“Henry Mills leaves Storybrooke on a new journey.”
Airdate: October 6, 2017

• Storybrooke-Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) is just completely grown now.
• And has August’s motorcycle and a portal bean.
• The portal looked like a Doctor Strange spell! #synergy
• “A new realm, years later…” and a new actor playing Adult Henry. But poor motorcycling skills.
• In the opening: Seattle, where Adult Henry is driving for “Swyft”.
• (This is the scene from the end of S6:E22.)
• Her mom is Cinderella! But a different one than we know.
• Cindy’s stepmom is Lady Tremaine, yes?
• Jacinda works for a jerk.
• The troll under the bridge does exist, I’ve been there.

Me at the Seattle Troll, June 8, 2019.

• Uh, Roni is Regina? With a fantastic hairdo.
• Cindy’s dress is going to burn up on the exhaust pipes.
• 👊🏽🤷‍♂️🏍️
• Jacinda’s roommate is played by Mekia Cox, of The Rookie.
• And Victoria Belfrey is played by the amazing Gabrielle Anwar (“Burn Notice”).

“Where am I?” “Seattle.”

• If Fiona NoLastName could use a stolen wand to turn herself into the Black Fairy, I guess Lady Tremaine can use one to straight-up murder a fairy godmother. Seems like you’d want biometric authentication on those things.
• Looks like the old Storybrooke wishing well.
• That’s a pretty great line, Henry.
• “Oh, frog legs, no thank you.” Could this be Tiana?
• Revenge is a dish best-served cold. Like frog legs.
• That was the girl from the rooftop earlier, and it’s Alice. Interesting.
• “Weaver” as in Rumplestiltskin, who famously spins straw into gold.
• Relationships: Jacinda is Lucy’s mother. Victoria is Jacinda’s stepmother.
• How does Victoria know Henry? Presumably, because she cast the curse, and is therefore in the Regina role of being the only one “awake” in the resulting timeline.
• Officer Killian!
• Alice from Wonderland, and other places!
• It’s hard to see Henry in the role of the one not believing. But it’s also kind of obvious.
• Bainbridge Island is not a bad choice, as long as you have a boat.

• “Officer Rogers” as in Jolly.
• That is absolutely a Doctor Strange portal. I bet the OUaT crew borrowed it from the MCU production team (Doctor Strange: 2016).

Raising many more questions about the source of OUaT magic.

• Go, Roni! Maybe a bit too much monologuing though. Reminds me of another overlong Regina voiceover monologue from an earlier season.
• Emma!
• Are you going to start your second book just like your first? I guess that’s a choice.
• “Regret’s not really my thing.”

S7:E2 A Pirate’s Life

“Henry calls upon his Storybrooke family for help.”
Airdate: October 13, 2017

• Hey, it’s a flashback, with teen Henry, Killian, and Emma.
• Adult Henry was easily captured. The little bottle seemed kind of a silly way out.
• Not a great dress on Lady Tremaine.
• “You seem a lot nicer than she is.” “I’m not.”
• Why didn’t Emma show up though?
• Robert Carlyle has a different accent.
• “WorkBunny” which is definitely not TaskRabbit.
• “I’ve gotta hop,” says Jacinda’s friend who I think is Tiana.
• Drunken fool version of Killian. Multiverse!
• Creepy plan by fake Killian.
• I’m kinda into the detective team-up.
• “Granny’s added poke.”
• What is going on with Emma??
• A little bit of Captain Hook music.
• I figured fake Killian wasn’t going to be into being a dad, but it turns out he’s a good guy.
• Detective Weaver is totally corrupt. Surprise.
• Family lines getting awfully complex around the Killian Jones family. Multiverse Hook has a daughter!
• Emma has healed people worse off than fake Killian. No reason to doubt herself.
• I don’t really get the Weaver/Victoria dynamic yet.
• I see, Regina stays here with Henry and Other Hook, and they are eventually cursed to live in Seattle. At least we seem to be filming in the actual location.
• This episode is mostly people explaining things to each other.
• So it’s “Operation Take Down Victoria”.