Okay so now that 5x01 is on UK Netflix, I feel like it's appropriate to share my thoughts. If you haven't seen the episode then SPOILERS AHEAD!! I did watch the episode yesterday online because I can't wait 3 days after it airs in America as a) I'm too impatient and b) I would see far too many spoilers.
The only things I knew before watching the episode were: Merida would be in it, Emma would be 'taught' by Rumple and of course, that Camelot was going to be a big deal this season.
The episode in itself wasn't bad, but it wasn't exactly great either. For a season premiere, I have to say, probably one of the, if not the weakest season premiere. That said, there were some things that I liked. I enjoyed the end. I thought the last few minutes were probably the best part. Although the cliffhanger was Emma saying 'I'm the Dark One' like yeah, we knew that already. I'm incredibly pissed off at the recycled storylines of a time jump (even if it is only six weeks again) and memory loss (Charming: "our memories are gone" Snow: "again?" Me: *rolls eyes*) I really don't think we need more time jumps and memory loss. Yes, it was cool to see the transition of Emma not giving into the darkness to Emma being full on Dark One. But other than that, I really don't think there was a need.
As well as this, I did like Merida. I thought she was very accurate to the Disney (Pixar) version and I really loved her accent. But was she really necessary? I don't know how many episodes she's going to be in so maybe she'll have a bit more of a storyline later on but in this episode it could have been literally anyone and the episode would have been the same. We shall see if she plays a bigger part.
I quite liked the Camelot Bros at the beginning. So nice to see Lancelot again! I'm mildly suspicious of Arthur. And I actually laughed when the dagger was part of Excalibur. I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure that would have been mentioned.
Seeing tiny Emma watching Sword in the Stone was cute. Not sure why she stole an Apollo bar other than the writers being like 'look, we worked on Lost' but sure, I'll go with it. The creepy guy who was like 'don't take Excalibur" was well creepy. Kinda wanna see more of him or some kind of explanation of him.
Don't get me started on the portal (yay look, a new way to travel between worlds. Isn't that supposed to be hard?!) Or Zelena (she's literally insane.)
I know this sounds more negative than positive but I did still like the episode. I just feel like after 5 seasons, they could be doing better. I love the show, it's one of my favourite shows of all time and I'm hugely into the fandom (writing fic, live tweeting, listening & being part of a Once podcast chatroom, hardcore reblogging on tumblr etc) so I feel like I can criticise the show because I do love it so much.
Anyway, the episode was interesting and I am looking forward to season 5, I just hope that they pick up the pace a bit more.
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