# Once Upon A Time - the rest of Season Two **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955 "2013-03-04T01:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/61 "2013-03-26T06:53:15Z")
On the one hand having the two outsiders working together simplifies things, but on the other hand, it’s pretty convoluted. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/62 "2013-03-26T07:20:38Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > On the one hand having the two outsiders working together simplifies things, but on the other hand, it’s pretty convoluted. That’s the thing - all that coincidence is somehow less believable than a completely magical fairy tale town. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/63 "2013-03-26T07:47:38Z")
> [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](#): > > That’s the thing - all that coincidence is somehow less believable than a completely magical fairy tale town. My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/64 "2013-03-27T05:42:21Z")
My mother loves this show, but I have one thought on my mind… …How many more seasons do you think there’s left in OUAT? I was surprised that this series is still going on since she is complaining that they are stretching out this season with a few breaks. Don’t get me wrong-- I don’t hate the show, but I felt this series could’ve been made as a mini-series. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/65 "2013-03-27T15:16:54Z")
It is seeming more and more that Once Upon a Time really really wants to be Lost. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/66 "2013-03-27T17:58:54Z")
Quimby, If “Once Upon A Time” has a better ending than “Lost” did, I’m fine with that. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/67 "2013-04-14T23:59:02Z")
Looks like tonight’s show is a retrospective of this season with some creator interviews and previews for the remaining episodes. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/68 "2013-04-15T21:44:02Z")
Really feel like I need to go read a re-cap of some of the backstories. Not sure how Snow White and her mother (Ava?) tie in with the Prince Henry and Cora stories – which is my biggest confusion right now. Rewatched the candle episode and caught what I missed earlier, so that is cleared up. Still loving the show, but it definitely needs to weed out some characters and tie up some ends. (I started Lost once, made it half-way through the first season. I started Heroes once and made it through 2 seasons, but got so confused I gave up. We will see how long this show goes.) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/69 "2013-04-21T23:13:41Z")
Just a reminder that there’s a new episode tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/70 "2013-04-21T23:30:57Z")
I hope it will be a good one. My feelings on this show have been waxing and waning. I know it’s been stated before, but I do feel that they’re adding too many new plots into the mix while dropping older ones that haven’t been wrapped up yet. It seems like the producers of a few shows recently (Fringe, for example) have the attitude, “Hey, this will be cool. Huh? In universe explanation? Continuity? People care about that?” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/71 "2013-04-22T04:52:20Z")
What did you guys think? I wasn’t too happy with this episode. They’re setting up a lot of problems to solve with only two episodes left to go. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/72 "2013-04-22T05:26:46Z")
I adore Rumple/Gold, and Belle, so I was happy with it! Actually I found it kind of comical in a sick way, that Gold gave up trying to be ‘good’ since Belle/Lacey is presently ‘bad’ - so he’s like, the hell with it, and keeps on thrashing that poor guy in the alley with his walking stick. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/73 "2013-04-22T06:38:40Z")
Yeah, that part was pretty dark. I liked seeing the Rumple/Belle flashback, and the introduction of Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Seems strange that Belle’s alter-ego in Storybrooke is so different from her true self. > [@Nobody](#): > > They’re setting up a lot of problems to solve with only two episodes left to go. Well, I wouldn’t count on them trying to solve many of these problems this season. I think the writers have actually set themselves up pretty well to end the season with rising tension, perhaps a crisis, or a cliffhanger event (like a bunch of them going back to Storybrooke?) and they’ll pick it up there next season. The major “Cora” story arc is resolved, and so they can spend some time resetting the players and expanding on their conflicts. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/74 "2013-04-22T07:31:38Z")
I guess I’m just worried that just like in Fringe, or from what I’ve heard about Lost (I never watched it) that the writers aren’t thinking things through and that they’re going to write themselves into corners. Everything is getting so dark. Regina and now Gold have given up on trying to reform. Belle/Lacey is evil in this world. Tamara want’s power and will kill anyone who gets in her way. Regina knows about the magic bean field. Captain hook will be back. And we don’t know if Owen/Greg has any motives beyond finding his father. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/75 "2013-04-22T08:41:39Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I adore Rumple/Gold, and Belle, so I was happy with it! Actually I found it kind of comical in a sick way, that Gold gave up trying to be ‘good’ since Belle/Lacey is presently ‘bad’ - so he’s like, the hell with it, and keeps on thrashing that poor guy in the alley with his walking stick. I loved it too. Anything that gets them back together works for me, especially if it’s a little twisted, which always seemed more up Rumple’s alley. > [@Tangent](#): > > Seems strange that Belle’s alter-ego in Storybrooke is so different from her true self. Lacey’s not just different - she seems to be the mirror opposite of Belle, right down to employing the same words in the opposite context. I wonder if the implication is that she’s like that by Regina’s design, because she wanted to mess with Rumple. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/76 "2013-04-22T12:40:06Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I adore Rumple/Gold, and Belle, so I was happy with it! Actually I found it kind of comical in a sick way, that Gold gave up trying to be ‘good’ since Belle/Lacey is presently ‘bad’ - so he’s like, the hell with it, and keeps on thrashing that poor guy in the alley with his walking stick. The ‘guy in the alley’ - was the Sherrif of NottingHam - the one that wanted her for like “20 minutes” during the flashback… Belle/Lacey didn’t have a Storybrooke set of memories - she was locked in the mental hospital/dungeon with no memories/story whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/77 "2013-04-22T15:05:54Z")
I liked watching David/Charming give dating advice to Mr. Gold. Cute and funny. StG ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/78 "2013-04-22T18:09:33Z")
> [@simster](#): > > The ‘guy in the alley’ - was the Sherrif of NottingHam - the one that wanted her for like “20 minutes” during the flashback… > > Belle/Lacey didn’t have a Storybrooke set of memories - she was locked in the mental hospital/dungeon with no memories/story whatsoever. Yeah–I’m thinking that Regina threw some little spell/curse on Belle with that matchbook that has nothing to do with who she was before in Storybrooke (if that’s who Belle had been before the curse broke, that’s who she would’ve reverted to from the time she crossed the town line). I believe she did it so that “Lacey” would be attracted to the darkness in Gold. Then he would quit fighting it, and end up screwing things up with Bae–and Henry–for good. Plus, she just likes making Rumple miserable. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/79 "2013-04-22T18:24:34Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > Yeah–I’m thinking that Regina threw some little spell/curse on Belle with that matchbook that has nothing to do with who she was before in Storybrooke (if that’s who Belle had been before the curse broke, that’s who she would’ve reverted to from the time she crossed the town line). I believe she did it so that “Lacey” would be attracted to the darkness in Gold. Then he would quit fighting it, and end up screwing things up with Bae–and Henry–for good. Plus, she just likes making Rumple miserable. absotively. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955/80 "2013-04-22T21:30:50Z")
And I think Regina does not belive that Gold didn’t know that Henry was Emma’s son. I certainly don’t. Did they change the enire staff fo writers between season one and two? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955.md?page=5)