I’ve just seen episode 2x05 of Once Upon a Time and I
needed to write about it. First of all, there are going to be spoilers in this
post so …
SPOILER ALERT!!
The episode was called “The Doctor” and it was mainly
about Regina, who is definitely my favorite character of OUAT; the doctor of
the title was revealed to be Dr. Frankenstein, with a final twist that
(although expected) made us realize that we are no longer “confined” to the
world of fairytales, but that there are many other possible worlds where new
characters could come from.
Frankenstein was present both in the past world than
in Storybrooke, and he was there to help Regina. As we know from Season 1, the
Queen turned into Evil because she lost her true love, Daniel, who was killed
by her mother. She could never really accept the death of his fiancée, and that’s
why she seeks the help of Victor to make him live again. If in the fairytales
world Dr. Frankenstein doesn’t seem (because we’ll find out it’s not like that)
to be able to do that, in Storybrooke his powers make Daniel come back from the
dead.
What isn’t good about it is that Daniel is actually a “monster”
(with a clear reference to the future “creature” made by Victor) and goes
around hurting people. He doesn’t even seem to recognize Regina and, apart from
a few seconds of conscience where he tells her to “let him leave”, he’s a
completely different man from the one the Queen loved. It is then her who has
to let him go, and she finally uses her magic to kill him a second time and “make
his pain stops”.
I really liked this episode, and the reasons are many.
As I said, Regina is my favorite character and since I saw episode 1x18 (“The
Stable Boy”) I had been dying to know whether the authors were going to bring Daniel
back or not. As a “Regina-lover” I was hoping she could have a happy ending and
be reunited with her true love once again, so I was very disappointed when I realized
that was not the case in this episode, and that what I dreamed of was never
going to happen.
However, I thought this episode was very good because
it made me think about how hard it is to let a person go, when this person no
longer is physically with us. The strength with which Regina held on to Daniel
(symbolized by her “freezing his body”) exemplified how hard we try to keep the
people we love with us, especially when they are dead. I think this could be
the case even of a post break-up, or when you fight with someone, but for me
this episode was all about letting our beloved ones go once they die. I
personally still struggle with this, I can’t bear the idea of not seeing the
people I lost anymore: I still think (irrationally) that they will come back
someday, sometimes, so I can totally understand the pain Regina felt when she
had Daniel in front of her and she had to let him go.
This was mentioned even by Rumple when he was teaching
magic to Regina and he told her she was never going to learn because she was
too attached to her past, and that it was her past that was holding her back.
Of course I know that it was meant to make her become “evil”, but I felt the
general idea was closer to what I think. In my opinion we are so attached to
our past that it makes impossible for us to go on, to move on: I sometimes feel I
can’t get rid of previous feelings and that those stop me, they don’t
completely allow me to live my life. On the contrary I also think some of these
feelings are necessary to be who we are, and without the experiences we had we
wouldn’t be the same.
I like OUAT, and even though sometimes you may think
it’s “crazy” or too confused, then it pays with interesting moments that allow
you to think and make realizations. I loved this episode for what it made me
realize and reflect upon, however it also made me very sad about Regina’s
story. I believe in happy endings, I have a need for happy endings and
realizing that this was not going to happen for her hurt me, because it felt
too close to real life (and to what usually happens to people).
Here is a beautiful and very sad video I found about Regina and Daniel (and, as if it wasn't clear already, I think Lana Parrilla is an amazing and very talented actress!!)
I still hope there will be love and happiness in
Regina’s life though!!
What do you think? Do you agree with me or do you I
think I over thought this? J
Have a goodnight!
H.
