Once Upon A Time: Labor Of Love Review

            So after last week's episode with the revelation of Hades as the main villain for the rest of this season, I was pretty interested in seeing where this was going to go and how the stakes might be raised.  After all, the last episode had our heroes discovering that they could assist the souls currently dwelling in the Underworld by helping them accomplish their unfinished business, therefore allowing them to move on to a better place.  And after seeing last night's episode, boy did they ever raise the stakes in the last few minutes.  But, before I get to that, let's talk about the plot.



            So this episode centers around our heroes still searching for Hook, but coming across trouble when they discover he's being guarded by Hades' 3-headed hell hound, Cerberus (or Fluffy for those Harry Potter fans out there.  XD  ).  They then seek the help of young demigod Hercules, whose unfinished business was failing to kill Cerberus as the last of his 12 labors, to rise up and finally slay Cerberus.



            Now anyone who saw my list of the Top 12 Movies I Dislike, But Everyone Else Loves will probably remember that I wasn't particularly fond of Disney's version of Hercules as I felt that there were far too many moments where it strayed from original Greek Mythology.  Fortunately, the same does not apply here.



            I absolutely loved the fact that this version of Hercules remained faithful to its roots by stating that he was a demigod whose mother was a mere mortal and even incorporating the 12 labors he was tasked with accomplishing before he could join the other gods on Mount Olympus.  Even when they incorporated Megara into the story, she wasn't entirely the same damsel-in-distress character from the movie as she actually assisted Hercules with slaying Cerberus.



            Also worth mentioning is that there continues to be temptations from some of the Underworld's residents directed towards out heroes.  This episode's particular moment of that is also used to suggest that, even though Henry destroyed the Author's pen which was his, the power of the Author is far from gone and a certain black and white haired devil woman is milking that fact for all it's worth.



            But now getting to the raised stakes I mentioned earlier.  So after Hercules and Meg move on to Mount Olympus, Hades is fucking pissed.  He hates the fact that all these souls that he's been keeping down there have been getting happy endings thanks to our heroes so he decides to link the fates of the Underworlders with the fates of our heroes, choosing Hook as the deciding factor of which hero becomes the Underworld's newest permanent resident when a soul goes on to that better place.



            This particularly has me interested as there's currently no way for Hook to tell any of them about this so how will things turn out?  All I know is that I'm fully invested and waiting very impatiently for the next episodes to come out.






            And that was my review of Labor Of Love and I'd like to know did any of you guys see it and if so what were your thoughts?  Feel free to comment below, keep loving Movies and TV Shows, and I'll see y'all on my Gotham review come tomorrow.  Take care.