‘Once Upon A Time’ 6.02 “A Bitter Draught” Review: How To Exact Revenge

Elsewhere in Storybrooke

What was the rest of the bunch up to this week? We see Emma Swan’s story take a bit of a back seat, she is now in therapy to try to deal with the visions.  She confides in Archie about her tremors and recounts her vision, finally admitting she dies out loud.  He tells her that the “more you talk about it the less it will haunt you”. Unfortunately, Archie tries to use too much psychology on her and she quickly shuts down and says she is not there for an identity crisis. I am now fairly certain the hooded figure is Emma herself.

Meanwhile, the other half of Captain Swan, Hook, is harboring Belle at his ship. It gives him some karma points and -bonus- Rumple will be mad as hell if he finds out.  Hook feels like he has a lot to repay, he is trying to make up for his past and has a long way to go before he is can be at peace with it.

I have to thrown in the strange scene between Rumple and the Evil Queen at his shop. She basically tries to seduce him over a coin (?) and Rumple states she can have it as long as she won’t hurt Belle and their unborn son.

She gets very close to him and plays with his tie (yuck) and says he will eventually get sick of the book worm. Yikes, folks.

Verdict: If we only saw Regina and the Evil Queen scenes, then this episode gets an A+. Lana Parrilla is a gift to this earth and her acting has been outstanding. I think the season is off to a good start but some of the other storylines are a bit weak. There is plenty of material to work with; which can be a blessing and a curse (no pun intended). Hopefully as we progress we will get a taste of some of the more interesting stories from the Land of Untold Stories, and less Henry please.

Grade: B

Join us again next week as we review episode 3!

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