If there's anything to say about Once Upon A Time it's that it never ceases to amaze me with the ways that it connects and interweaves certain characters together. After last week's reveal that the lord of the Underworld himself had a past connection with Zelena AKA The Wicked Witch Of The West, I was curious to see how that connection would be developed and, for the most part, this episode manages it pretty well.
Through a flashback, we see Zelena in Oz trying to obtain the necessary ingredients to enact the time travel spell we saw her produce back in the latter half of Season 3 in an attempt to prevent her mother, Cora, from abandoning her. As this is happening, Hades shows interest in the same spell as he figures he could use it to overthrow his brother, Zeus, and take over Mount Olympus while at the same time falling for Zelena.
Much of this episode focuses on Hades still trying to bring the spell about, one of the ingredients, the embodiment of Innocence, he tries to obtain in the form of Robin Hood and Zelena's baby, in place of the second born child Rumpelstiltskin owes that Belle is carrying. Additionally, Henry is still discovering his power as the Author as everyone else is continuing their search for a way out of the Underworld.
I was particularly amazed at the development that was given to Zelena when she, her baby, and Belle wind up in the Underworld through a portal Mr. Gold made to obtain the baby. I got to see that, even with someone as wicked as she was, she still cared deeply for her daughter, even going to the point of making a difficult sacrifice in the end for the infant's betterment.
The connection between her and Hades was very interesting as they seemed to have real chemistry in the flashback shown, even though it would be destroyed through Zelena's own fears that Hades is merely using her for his own benefit despite his claims that his feelings for her are genuine.
This also plays out interestingly when the 2 of them meet in the Underworld in the last few minutes where he continues to express that his feelings for her remain the same. Is he being honest? Maybe? Is he merely using her as he stated earlier on in the flashback that he'd make her pay? Who knows? I'm just interested to see how this'll be developed even more in future episodes.
One of the last things that I'll mention is that there's a slight sideplot involving Snow White and Prince Charming discovering a way to communicate with their infant son, Neal. The method is referred to as a "haunting" where residents of the Underworld step into a phone booth to communicate with those who are still living.
This was particularly interesting in the sense that one of the residents they talk to has no idea if anyone even hears the messages from the other end, stating that if they don't he's wasted about 30 years doing this. There's a very sad hopelessness in this character's mindset. But then it's revealed later through Henry that the hauntings do actually work.
If there was any one complaint that I had about this episode, it's that it doesn't really explain how Zelena was still in Storybrooke. The last time I saw her was when Regina summoned another twister to send her back to Oz so what's she still doing here? Hopefully, they'll explain it in an upcoming episode.
Overall, this is still a pretty good episode as it develops the characters even further and even does an interesting bit of world-building with the Underworld. I still remain enthusiastic for what's to come in the following weeks as it looks like Hades' end goal has been revealed within this episode.
And that was my review of the latest Once Upon A Time episode and I'd like to know your thoughts about it if you've seen it. Something that I'll say right now is that I forgot that there's no new episode of Gotham tonight so I won't be getting another review for it until next week. In the meantime, I'll be watching The Voice and Blindspot. Anyhoo, feel free to comment below, keep loving movies and TV Shows, and I'll see you on the next post. Take care.
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