Other Side of the Mirror: A Once Upon a Time fan podcast

This is our instant reaction to Kansas. Once again this episode reminded us that we are really spoiled as Regina fans.

Likes:

1. Regina's confidence was inspired by Henry with an assist from Emma and a nod from Robin Hood.

2. Regina's decision to not kill Zelena.

3. Oz and the Divine Secrets of the Ta-Ta Sisterhood.

4. The Charming Family scenes.

5. The proposal – when in doubt, forget the ring, propose with a knife!

6. Continuity. They're sure consistent with Regina but see #5 below.

Dislikes:

1. Emma keeps talking only to Hook about Henry's future. We cannot sit through one more scene between Hook and Emma about taking Henry to New York. Hook is right every time, but where is Regina?

2. We've had enough of Mixed Message Emma. And so has Hook. And so has Regina.

3. Emma not getting her magic back. Unless she's lying about that...

4. Rumple's betrayal.

5. Continuity. They're inconsistent with the plot points. Remember the Black Fairy's wand?

Our Questions for You:

1. Where is Dorothy now?

2. Where are we going next?

3. Does Emma really have no more magic?

Show Notes:

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This is our full late recap of Jolly Roger. We found this Hook-centric episode just so-so, but it featured some really nice moments and we had a blast recapping it.

This Week in Belle the Cat: Yes, Alex did call her Rumple-Bumple and she steals things from the cabinets.

This Week on House Hunters: Snow and Prince Charming are shopping for an abode fit for a future king, but will it work for their adult, same-age daughter Emma, her son Henry AND Snow's ex-wicked step-mother Regina, who happens to be Henry's other mom?

This Week in Captain Swan: Hook has feelings for Emma and Emma has feelings for Hook and they include yes, no and maybe. If there are problems with the relationship so far, we feel they are caused by the confusing and inconsistent characterization of Emma rather than Hook.

This Week in Swan Queen: Regina re-indoctrinates Emma into the Magical Lifestyle, complete with the Magic Tackle Box, Vault, Clawed Gloves, and the Kabbalah.

This Week in Happy Endings: Ariel and Prince Eric actually get one.

Listener Feedback really rounded out this episode and we greatly appreciate your contributions to this one.

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE

This is our instant reaction to the episode A Curious Thing. We watched this episode after visiting Chicago’s “big comic thingy,” as Alex calls it (also known as c2e2), which is also why we’re behind on our recaps. We appreciate your feedback and will get to all of it!

Our likes and dislikes include:

Likes:

1. Regina broke the curse by kissing Henry!

2. Snow White and Prince Charming were great together! Charming was self-sacrificing and Snow was on point tonight.

3. Lana’s acting in those scenes with Snow and Charming was just exquisite.

4. The ways Emma and Regina have changed places was underscored nicely by Emma’s desire to keep the truth from Henry while Regina wanted him to just believe and break the curse.

5. It makes sense to us that Regina is trying to find ways to be happy and move forward even though her future with Henry was over or ambiguous. That’s character growth.

Dislikes:

1. Swapping out the magical necklace from Clare’s Jewelry at the Fairytale Land Mall will defeat Zelena? Regina can just split the hearts? Everyone is a monkey? Feels like sloppy and random plotting.

2. If you are a person who struggles with liking Emma, then tonight was probably fuel for your fire. Even though we can reconcile it by saying she’s understandably conflicted, she needs to learn to appreciate what is in front of her including that family she fought so hard to get.

3. Disappointed that Robin Hood and Regina didn’t fall in love in the Enchanted Forest. Alex really wanted to see them flesh out Robin’s character, especially after Bleeding Through, which had nice moments for the couple.

4. The way we’re skipping over the missing year is beyond disappointing! So nothing happened between Snow finding out she was pregnant and when they found Galinda?

5. Nothing happened to Emma during the missing year, including her memories of Henry that Regina gave her, that are worth portraying on the show???

Show Notes

Special appearances by Stacy Q, Warehouse 13, Clint Eastwood’s Monkey, Mad Men’s Magical Cigarettes and more!

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE!

This is our instant reaction to Bleeding Through. As usual, here are our five likes and dislikes:

Likes

Belle calling out Regina for holding her captive and ruining her life, and Regina's response.

Regina and Snow For the Win!

Everything Young Cora including her mad Applebees waitressing skills and her milkshake.

Emma embracing her magical lifestyle.

The show hasn't given Regina a substitute family.

Dislikes

King Leopold: Sleazy Bill Wyman of Once.

The route traveled to get Regina and Robin Hood together was way too basic; but we didn't dislike the result of this episode.

Emo Hook.

So that Rumple and Zelena kiss happened (but we still like Zelena)

Alex goes on about Mulan (again) while discussing gross Leopold and monkey boyfriends.

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE!

This is our instant reaction to Jolly Roger. We had likes and dislikes, including:

Likes

Regina, Emma and Magic

The Adorable Charmings

Regina and Snow

One Big Happy Family

Ariel and Eric's Happy Ending

Dislikes

Blackbeard made us Black-Bored. Meh.

Emma doesn't even care about Hook lying about the last year. Nope.

No Rumple, No Robin.

We want the backstory of the missing year in the Enchanted Forest!

Smee. Meh.

Notes

End song by Dido, White Flag.

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE!

This is our full recap of It's Not Easy Being Green. The major revelations in the episode were that the Wizard is Walsh and Zelena really is Regina's sister. Our observations include:

This Week in Captain Hook: Hook invades Emma's personal space but we can't disagree with his assessment of Henry.... or his acumen with eyeliner.

This Week in Questions: The Walsh reveal gave us so many questions! Will we get answers, or are these just plot holes?

This Week in The-Plot-Thickens: Did Regina decide to trust Robin with her heart? Is she testing him with a fake heart? Is he playing her? Is she playing him? Or is this just true love? We dive in with help from listener feedback.

This Week in Frozen Analogies: Zelena is born with magic but can't control it and grows up ashamed of her powers.

This Week in Father Figures: Regina's big emotional moment had more to do with her relationship with Rumple than it did any displacement from discovering Cora had another child.

Notes:

Regina wore Victoria Beckham during the diner scene. You can find out where they got the clothes for Belle, Regina, Emma and Snow on WornOnTV.net.

Our review of Sebastian Stan on Broadway was episode #23, This Hiatus is No Picnic.

This is our instant reaction to It's Not Easy Being Green. In this episode you learn what we would do if we found a baby in a basket on our front door step, which show runner from the past we throw shade on and you find out which pickup lines do not work on Bri. Our various likes and dislikes include:

Likes

1. Neal actually had a funeral and we PRESUME the ramifications of his death will continue to be felt.

2. Belle was part of the group.

3. Regina vs. Zelena lived up to its billing

4. Wardrobe and set design were great.

5. The Rumple/Regina dynamic

6. The references to The Wizard of Oz movie were well done.

Neutral

Alex's lucky guess Oz was Walsh came true, but we're still a little disppointed nobody ever turns out to be just a normal guy. It's a good twist but what about Dr. Whale?

Dislikes

1. The trust between Regina and Robin wasn't earned and that made it feel out of character.

2. More backstory for Zelena is needed.

3. The theories from season 1 about Dr. Whale aren't true.

4. Alex wonders about the sustainability of the show's patterns long-term.

Feedback

We thank Michael for his good catch on the scenes between Regina/Snow and Zelena/Regina and play two voicemails from Christopher and Nonnie.

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE!

This is our full recap of Quiet Minds, the episode that sunk SwanFire/SwanThief. The parallels between Emma and Regina are at full throttle in this episode, as both have now used magic to help their first loves die after they were suffering from a dual or confused selfhoods.

This Week in Bri & Alex – Bri DID NOT LIKE the How I Met Your Mother Series Finale.

This Week in Other Episodes – Regina uses magic to kill Daniel, who is not himself, in The Doctor; while Emma sees Graham crumple up and die in front of her in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

This Week in Belle – We give Belle the awards for Most Mentally Healthy Citizen of Storybrooke, Smartest Person in Storybrooke, Best at Drawing Moral Lines in the Sand, Best at Reading, and Most Like Henry!

This Week in Quit Treating me Like a Child, 'Cause I am a Grown Ass Woman – Belle! Boom!

This Week in Extraneous References – There's Into the Woods, How I Met Your Mother, West Wing, Dynasty, e.e. Cummings, Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Rosemary's Baby, Craigslist, and I've Got the Power.

This Week in Bad Storybrooke Pickup Lines – Robin says We are in the Wicked Witch's House and *I have an enchanted bow*

This Week in Feedback -Swan Queen Hearts SwanThief and more.

After the Feedback, we discuss the following topics:

• Did Neal, as Adam Horowitz said on Twitter, get everything he wanted????

• Will you miss Neal?

• Did the show need a real death to stick for its credibility?

• Should the triangle have featured Emma/Neal/Regina?

Show Notes:

Alan Sepinwall's Critique of How I Met Your Mother

Fanmix by Frostopher.

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE!

In this instant reaction to Quiet Minds, we express condolences to Nealfire and Swan Fire fans and discuss why we think they killed Neal, and compare how Once handled this death to what happened on the Good Wife when a character suddenly died. Likes and dislikes include:

Likes

Neal and Belle

Neal turning to the dark side

Parallels between Regina and Emma and their first loves

Parallels between Graham's death and Neal's death

Hook and Neal's scene

Regina wants to be known as Regina

Emma and Henry and Manhattan parallel

Dislikes

They killed Neal when he had interesting motives

Robin Hood just happens to be in the right place at the right time again

The Zelena reveal may have happened too fast

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE!

This is our full recap of The Tower, featuring your feedback, voicemails, tweets and a new Unified Theory of Robin Hood! The Tower was about facing your fears and keeping up appearances. Charming and Rapunzel faced their fears, and we think Zelena, Robin Hood and Hook are very concerned with keeping up appearances.

This Week in Fairytale Land: Charming and Emma had a Daddy/Daughter dance and Emma said Yes to the Dress.

This Week on Nancy Drew: Henry starts to suspect Emma is hiding something and Charming, Emma, Hook and Regina play CSI.

This Week on Filler: We meet Rapunzel and she gets a happy ending for once.

This Week in Your Feedback: We get a rundown on the characters' Patronuses, we hear about unhappy Rumbellers and fans less than thrilled with Captain Swan, we get a great theory about Regina's father, we get great feedback about the Scarecrow/Lion/Tin Man and much, much more.

Our Unified Theory of Robin Hood, which Bri also called Hook and Hood and It's Not Good, originated from several viewers on Twitter and by Email:

• Fennec Wolf
• Heck L 45
• Myrealname
• 25ka253
• Hellebette
• Andiluvs Jelly
• Stashia R.

Other Side of the Mirror is a Once Upon a Time podcast with an emphasis on Regina Mills/Evil Queen. We focus on the show, theories, fandom and more. Suggest a topic for an upcoming fan episode and more. Call our voicemail line at (970) 510-6623, email feedback to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @othersideONCE!