‘Once Upon A Time’ 6.01 “The Savior” Review: The Evil Queen Is Back

The Savior Curse

Throughout the episode we see Emma try to figure out what the visions and termors mean. Hyde tells her to follow the Red Bird for answers. This leads Emma to the forest where a young girl (from the beginning scene with Aladdin), reveals she is the Oracle and Emma sees an extended version of the Savior sword fight. She is fighting a cloaked figure, when her hand trembles, she loses her sword and is run through. The vision ends and the Oracle tells Emma that what she saw is a small piece of the end of her story. “You can change the path to your destination, but the destination is the same.” She will die. But really? Is our Emma Swan in mortal danger?

Emma then promptly returns to Hyde demanding the answers we are looking for: Who is the cloaked figure? What else does he know about her “destination”? Hyde explains the Savior concept and he has dealt with other Saviors before her; there is always a villain to bring them down. While he did state that he did not know who her villian is, he did say it could have come with him from The Land of Untold Stories.  Emma, clearly shaken, goes to meet Hook for a drink, where she lies to him once again about being okay.

Verdict:  Once did a great job of bringing back our favorites and giving us a flavor of what life could be like for them in Storybrooke but still acknowledged we have a Big Bad looming, the Evil Queen. Once set up the Land of Untold Stories nicely as well as threw us a curve concerning Emma and her Savior status. The dynamic between the heroes is being fleshed out and the relationships are the focal point of this season. I am especially concerned about Emma but I am very excited to see the new stories that are coming our way from The Land of Untold Stories.

Grade: A

Join us again next week as we review episode 2!

Once Upon A Time airs every Sunday night at 7/8C on ABC.