#OUaTrevisit: S7:E13/14

This will be posted to my Mastodon account; don’t forget to read my fellow Revisitors Katie’s and Cindy’s posts too!

We’re well into the back half of the final season and … we’re still introducing new random characters instead of using the literal pantheon of established ones?

Note: We’ll be taking next week off and will resume Revisiting in two weeks, on July 19.

S7:E13 Knightfall

“Hook confronts Captain Ahab over a magical talisman.”
Airdate: March 16, 2018

• Oh good, another one-off character.
• altHook is visiting his daughter in captivity, that’s nice.
• I don’t like sand.

It’s gritty and it totally gets in your swimsuit.

• The ceremonial exchange of chess pieces.
• Roni was doing the walk of shame back to her place after her night with Facilier.
• WeaverRumple gives EloiseGothel the stare of death.
• Wait, why is primeRumple locked up in the altRealm? Is there more than one Rumple?
• “One small thing”, sure.
• (Already bored with Captain Ahab)
• “Maui’s Fishhook”?? Do we get to learn how Ahab acquired this?

We know the way.

• Surprising no one, Hook wins the dice roll.
• Hey, it’s Sera the Romulan spy.

Headcanon: Sera is actually IvyDrizella, and JTK and La’an popped in to visit the Cursed Realm.

• Henry is trying so hard to get through to Ivy and she’s just not interested.
• Is Tilly off her meds?
• Creepy Gothel waving at the camera.
• “Are you challenging me to a duel?”

Yes, if you have the courage!

• altHook is super easily manipulated by any rando who walks past. Sad, really.
• This episode is a backdoor pilot for “Gothel, She Wrote.”
• This is a rare moment of honesty from Ivy.
• “I’m the damn fool that shot him.”

Got milk?

• Tilly didn’t kill the baker, but it looks bad.
• And now Gothel has Maui’s Fishhook. That can’t be good.
• Tilly lives in a cargo container.
• Mochi, from Lucky Cat.
• Hmm, not sure I’m buying Ivy’s good turn now. Is she trying to break her own curse?
• Aww, I like Team Regina and Lucy.

S7:E14 The Girl in the Tower

“Ivy attempts to make amends with Anastasia.”
Air date: March 23, 2018

• How exactly does Alice survive all alone in her tower? Who brings her food? TowerDash?
• She’s being rescued by a giant troll!
• Is this the meet-cute of Alice and Robin? ❤️
• Nobin 😂
• Gotta have the walkies. Or just iPhones.

I had these in the early 80s.

• Why can’t KellyZelena know about SamirFacilier? I wonder if there’s some dumb love triangle backstory.
• It does seem like Ivy is turning over a new leaf, so to speak.
• “I ran track for three years” in Storybrooke, I guess. Raise your hand if you’d rather have seen “what happened next” in Storybrooke instead of rebooting into a new curse, a new fantasy realm, and new characters.
• “Two jigsaw puzzles in one box” is an insightful way to describe TillyAlice’s mental difficulties. Might start using that one myself.

Something about Tilly’s character is really reaching me.

• The old “tape the lock” trick, though very poorly executed.
• Produce code 4152: McIntosh apples, small.
• The people at the grocery don’t remember her (anymore?). How sad.
• “Hippie troll-hugger”
• Robin stole Emma’s bug! I want to see more of the missing years.
• I wonder how the 5G coverage is in this realm.
• Oof. Never leave them in the cell.
• “I usually get the pizza at Belle Notte…”
• Why was Tilly’s backpack in the trash? Did she somehow think it would remain safely there?
• “I say we kill the Beast!”

Does Gaston have a lightsaber?

• Huh. How did Alice do that?? Emma’s bug just shows up like Herbie.
• “Should’ve used walkie-talkies.”
• Oh dear, Tilly has the locks of hair from the victims. Is she being framed?
• The daughter of the Wicked Witch wanted to be Popular. I see what they did there.

(shrug)

• Ah, this is how the tower came to be wrecked when Regina and Ivy get there later.
• This version of Alice is quite powerful.
• Too bad, we could have used the car here in the trackless wilderness.
• It’s hipster Robin, back from Tibet.
• Oops, Lucy left her hat. What does Facilier want withRumple’s dagger?
• The red glow in the troll becomes a security camera. See, kids, omnipresent surveillance is *good*!
• “Margot” looks like the REI catalog brought to life.