“The Thing You Love Most” felt like a very good continuation to what happened in the pilot episode. It really felt like the second hour of what could have been a two-hour pilot. The pacing wasn’t really to my liking, however.
With so many characters to cover, Once Upon a Time is in a bit of a tough spot. It’s an enormous thing to take on but it felt like a good idea to start with the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) and go on from there. She is the prime villain, after all.
The back-and-forth storytelling got a little problematic for me because in the scenes of the past, we kept hearing the Evil Queen talk about how terrible Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) was to her but we never had those things discussed in depth. I think it’s safe to assume we’ll see more of that covered when Snow White’s episode comes along, but for the time being, it left me with a dissatisfied feeling.
I suspect the writers are only interested in showing the Evil Queen in a negative light. If they were to show the bad things that Snow White may have done, then maybe we’d see that the Evil Queen wasn’t so bad after all.
Lana Parrilla, Jennifer Morrison
You really have to admire Emma Swan’s (Jennifer Morrison) determination through all of the things Regina, or the Evil Queen, if you like, did to her. I really liked her spirit. Taking a chainsaw to Regina’s prized apple tree was a clever way of getting back at her but it only seemed to encourage Regina.
The meetings between Emma and Mary Margaret (Snow White) were really interesting to me. I’m intrigued to see what sort of bond these two form. They both care for Henry, but as we (and Emma) know, Emma and Mary have a different relationship that Mary won’t likely be aware of for some time: daughter/mother.
Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) is hands-down the most interesting character on the show. His only allegiance is to himself by the looks of it. He’s just out for himself.
However, the news that he may have been responsible for bringing Henry and Emma to Storybrooke does make your mind wander. Is he trying to bring down Regina? From what we’ve seen thus far, he’s got a pretty nice life. No major complaints. And aside from Henry, no one else seems unhappy about Storybrooke. Why set things into motion?
“The Thing You Love Most” definitely shed light on a few subjects but it moved too slowly for my liking. We learned more about people but nothing major really happened. This sort of thing worked on Lost because there was always some crazy fight or action sequence that kept you on the edge of your seat. Once Upon a Time can’t afford to take things too slowly. It doesn’t give me that “must watch” feeling.
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