Once Upon A Time - 4x22 “Operation Mongoose, Part 2” FULL REACTION
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Wow, until season 5! :)
Miguelito
2020-09-15 22:08:58 +0000 UTCOperation Mongoose Part Two- Thank once more for this phenomenal reaction from you, Liam!! I really loved watching this beautiful two part finale again with you. And Part Two of Operation Mongoose is among my favorite episodes within this arc, as well as throughout the entire show. I absolutely love this second half of the finale, and I was so excited to watch your reaction for it. You certainly didn't disappoint me. I really, really had a lot of fun watching it. :) As for my favorite moments throughout this episode... First, I love, love, love the beautiful scene between a powerless, Saviorless Emma and the cowardly Deckhand Hook. I love that Emma has her memories of who she really is intact, yet that she is no longer the Savior so that she wouldn't have the power to save everyone. And I love that Killian has become Deckhand Hook like Black Beard calls him, and that he has become a coward like Rumplestiltskin has always been known to be. It's so very sad to see him the polar opposite of who he really is. A man who is confident in his fighting skills and more so... who is a hero unafraid to face the dangers they come against head on. However, I really love seeing Emma teaching Killian how to fight with a sword, like I'm certain Killian in their true reality must have taught her during their time together. Absolutely beautiful. But more so... I absolutely love that Emma does for him, as Killian has done for her, as she works to remind him of the strong and loving man she knows he truly is, as she gives Killian the courage to be more than just a cowardly deckhand. I love seeing how close they are to one another, and the look they show as they stare into one another's eyes. Beautiful. :) Another of my favorite scenes... I love, love, love the battle that takes place between Killian and Evil Charming and Evil Snow, after Killian finds the courage to fight for Emma and Henry. I love Killian's words to Emma... "If I can help return things to how they were meant to be, then what happens to me here won't matter, will it? Now go. Save your boy." Tragically, this battle between them ends with Killian's death as Evil Charming stabs him in the back while David states, "I never did like pirates". This phrase is perfect for David to say and perfectly in character with who David would be if he were evil, given that he has always hated pirates, especially Hook back when they started getting to know one another throughout season two and throughout the first half of the Neverland arc. Until of course David and Hook now have come to be really close friends. And I love the look of sheer fear and despair on Emma's face upon seeing Killian die right in front of her, and her being powerless to save him just before Henry urges Emma to run off with him so they can escape. My heart completely shatters in this moment when Killian is killed. I suspected that somehow everything would be righted and that Killian would come back somehow, but this moment still really scared me when I first watched it, and I cried like Emma did. I cry every time I watch this moment. I absolutely love that Killian makes the ultimate sacrifice to protect Emma and Henry. It's really beautiful, and it shows just how much Killian truly does love Emma, as well as Henry very deeply no matter how his memories might be twisted and no matter what world he finds himself in. Fabulous! :) Another favorite moment... I love when Emma and Killian are first brought together inside the tower after Henry frees his mother, and seeing Killian completely in awe of Emma's beauty and at a loss for words when Henry introduces them. So adorable! They are so adorable!!! :) And my last favorite moment... is after everyone returns to their true selves once they are freed from the storybook thanks to Henry, I love seeing Emma run back to her parents' loft to make sure Killian is alive again, then seeing her run into Killian's arms with so much relief upon seeing him alive. This moment between them is so beautiful. My only disappointment with it... is that Emma still isn't able to bring herself to tell Killian she loves him in spite of her words earlier to Regina, because her fear once again gets the better of her. And you can see when Killian's smile drops a little, that he knew what she was about to say to him, only to feel crushed a little when she fails to be able to do so. Like he's afraid maybe she doesn't love him as he deeply longs for her to. Nonetheless... this moment is still beautiful and I love it!! :) Now... I love the scene when Henry boards the Jolly Roger to find Killian so he can enlist him to help him save his mother from the tower across the ocean. I love seeing Killian as Deckhand Hook, as he acts cowardly especially upon Black Beard's arrival, who happens to be Killian's Captain, much like the real Black Beard would love. And because of this... I love that Henry uses the skills he's learned about sailing, the Jolly Roger, and swordfighting, all from Killian in order to knock Black Beard unconscious for Killian. Next... I love that Hook and Henry use the Wookie Prisoner gag... an idea Henry takes from Star Wars in order to break into Emma's prison so they can save her. Brilliant and just like Henry to do. And it's just like Hook to be confused by the movie references too. :) I love their fight to escape from the tower aboard the Jolly Roger, as they escape from the guard that guarded its sole prisoner, who turns out to be Lily as she transforms into a dragon to try to kill them. I love that Emma and Deckhand Hook work together to take her down with a chain shot. And I also really like the small detail that Hook is made allergic to rum too, given that the true Hook loves his rum. Very funny. As for the scenes between Rumple and Isaac, as well as Belle... I like that the Author comes to Rumplestiltskin to try to stop Henry and Regina, after Evil Snow fails to stop them. But I still don't care much for the changes in Rumple's character, and I really don't like the lack of changes in Belle's character aside from her being a mother. She could have been written a little differently I think. Although... she is meant to be a part of Rumple's happy ending. So, it makes sense that she wouldn't be any different. I absolutely love, love, love the scene between Emma and Regina after Killian's death, as Emma finally admits how she loves Killian when she pleads with Regina to help her and Henry break the Author's power so they can return to who they truly are and find her own happy ending with him. I love the tears in Emma's eyes and the heartbreak in her voice as she shows her emotions, allowing herself to be truly vulnerable in a rare moment. This scene is absolutely beautiful. Sadly, like I said above... Emma is still unable to tell Killian how she really feels about him, until the very end. But first... I also love that it's Henry who sets everything right, when he becomes the new Author since Isaac stopped being Author the moment he wrote himself his own happy ending, which is forbidden of the Author's. Henry becoming the Author is very fitting to his character because he's been the protector of the storybook since the beginning of this show in season one, and knows every story written by heart. And I really love seeing him be the hero he has longed to be for so long. This is brilliant! And then... I really enjoy seeing everyone celebrating at Granny's, and I love the moment between Emma, Killian, David, and Mary Margaret, when Emma's parents apologize to Killian for killing him while trapped inside the storybook. And more so... I love that Killian teases them, especially David about holding this over them for years to come. Afterwards, Emma talks with Lily, who tells Emma that she hopes to find her father. It's interesting to learn that Maleficent conceived Lily while she and the father were in dragon form, and therefore doesn't know who he actually is. I like it. Meanwhile... Gold is continuing to die now that he and the Author have failed. And Isaac runs off in order to avoid being arrested and at the Dark One's full wrath should he come out with Gold's death. I like the moment Belle first scolds Gold for his actions, until he collapses. Belle then runs to Granny's to get the heroes for help. And they enlist the Apprentice to help pull the darkness from Rumplestiltskin once and for all. He succeeds in doing so, but unfortunately, the hat is unable to contain such great and dark power, and therefore it nearly consumes the Apprentice until Emma uses her light magic to save him. Unfortunately, without a tether, the darkness escapes out into the night. And lastly... the darkness suddenly attacks Regina and threatens to consume her as it is drawn to the former Evil Queen and her dark heart. Robin attempts to help her, only to be thrown back. Tragically, the only way to save Regina is for Emma to also make the ultimate sacrifice like Killian had done within Isaac's storybook, as she uses the Dark One dagger to draw the darkness away from Regina and into herself. But first... Emma pleads with her parents to save her once more like they had done before, only this time as heroes, which I really love. But more so... I love, love, love the moment between Emma and Killian as he runs up to her and pleads with her not to make this sacrifice, to which Emma finally tells Killian she loves him. This brief moment between them is so beautiful and sadly, it ends in tragedy when Emma at last vanishes along with the darkness, leaving behind only the Dark One dagger now with her name engraved upon it. Amazing! Overall... this episode is phenomenal and I absolutely love it!!! So thank you so much once again for your reaction for it, Liam!!! I really had so much fun watching these episodes with you. I can't wait for your reactions for season five to begin!!! I absolutely love season five so much, and what's to come is absolutely phenomenal. If I absolutely had to choose a favorite season throughout the entire series, which is extremely difficult for me because I love each season so, so much... I would have to say that all of season five would be my choice for reasons you will come to see for yourself. It also has one of this show's biggest twists that no one sees coming, that I feel is the show's biggest and most phenomenal twist ever. It's absolutely brilliant! Thank you! Until season five, my friend... Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2020-09-15 15:19:26 +0000 UTC
