Once Upon a Time REACTION - S02E04 - The Crocodile

Yay!!!! Thank you so very much for such a fun reaction to one of my favorite episodes from season two!!!!! I absolutely love Killian Jones, also known as Captain Hook!! Yes... I definitely melted every time he was onscreen. :) Hook is my overall favorite character, alongside Emma throughout the series. Colin O'Donoghue is the actor who plays Hook and he's phenomenally amazing... as he only continues to get better and better. I absolutely loved the interactions between Hook and Rumplestiltskin within the flashbacks. Their duel halfway through the episode was a lot of fun, and Hook most certainly can hold his own, even though Rumple is the Dark One and obviously can't be killed. It's an unfair fight really, but Hook doesn't let fear of the Crocodile stand in his way. In fact... he's one of the few characters who isn't ever afraid of Rumplestiltskin in the slightest. He's very smug towards him, and he hates the Dark One with every fiber of his being. I also love Hook, because he has so many sides to his character too, and we slowly get to see more and more revealed about him. It's so much fun. And both Hook and Rumplestiltskin play off of each other so perfectly. And then... Hook loses his hand to the Crocodile when he pretends to be holding the magic bean in it, as Rumplestiltskin cuts it off not just for the bean, but to make Killian suffer even more than just losing his love. So cruel and so perfect. This whole scene between Hook and Rumplestiltskin is my favorite moment from this episode. It's perfect! I also absolutely love that Rumple and the Crocodile from the fairytale and the Disney movie, Peter Pan are one in the same! :) Robert Carlyle is also a brilliant actor, who plays Rumplestiltskin... fabulously. I'm not sure what word can describe his acting in the role, or his character himself. He's brilliant, like so many actors and characters in this show. Like Hook too! I also love seeing Hook brought into the present day storyline when we see him in the end with Cora... as they are now fighting to make their way to Storybrooke, so that Hook can get his revenge against Rumplestiltskin, and Cora can reunite with Regina. It's brilliant. Next... I really love Smee's storyline in the past storyline, as well as seeing him in the present. I love seeing the interactions between Hook and Smee in the end as the two characters are brought together. As for Milah... she's a terrible character, because she's so cruel to Rumple, especially back when he was a good man before he became the Dark One. She also abandoned her son too. I do not like her at all, or her and Hook together. I didn't feel bad that she died, although... I felt so badly for Hook because he lost her and he did love her very much. And I could definitely feel his emotion upon being forced to watch her die. I also loved Ruby's and Belle's friendship development in the present storyline, and I really loved the scene between Belle and Gold in the end in the library when Gold breaks down and finally admits to her the truth about Bae and his true reasons for bringing magic back to Storybrooke. The line when Gold states that magic has become a crutch he can no longer walk without... is amazing and one of the best lines in this episode. It's very symbolic of him needing to walk with a cane. And the parallels in this episode were amazing like always. Belle's nightmare in the very beginning was horrifying too. And lastly... I like that David has now become the acting sheriff, and seeing Gold come to him for help to find Belle, as well as for dating advice. Sadly... there was no Emma, Mary Margaret, or Regina in this episode, but there just wasn't room because there was far too much else going on. But in all honesty, I didn't really miss them either because I loved seeing so much with Hook. And with all that is going on, it flowed very well. Overall... I loved, loved, loved this episode... like I've already said. I'm sure I could say more, but these comments are probably far too long as it is. So I will end it here. Thank you so much for another fabulous reaction!

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum