Once Upon a Time "Eloise Gardener" 7x7 Reaction
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And just to help clarify the timeline, given how old Eloise appears to be... Rogers tells Henry and Regina early on in this season that he has been searching for this runaway girl for years now. And I believe that he mentioned that she was a young woman, or perhaps about Alice's age when he believes she disappeared because of the curse. The actress who plays Eloise/Gothel is older than the characters she plays. At least the Eloise side of her character. So, yes... she definitely looks older than she really should, but she is playing a young woman of the proper age that fits the timeline. I hope this makes sense. And there's so much more to come in this story, and more that will help to explain things that might be confusing you right now. Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2022-03-07 04:28:58 +0000 UTCEloise Gardener- Yay!! Thank you so much for another fantastic reaction for another one of my favorite episodes from season seven. I absolutely love, love, love this episode! It's so good and I love Hook's/Rogers' storyline both in the past and in the present! In my opinion, this episode shows the best parallel throughout season seven. In the past, Hook... like he reveals to Killian and Emma back in A Pirate's Life, is obsessed with finding a way to save his daughter from the tower and in the present. And Rogers has been cursed with an obsession to find Eloise Gardener, and Gothel cruelly has cursed Hook/Rogers with this obsession so that Hook/Rogers would become obsessed with finding and protecting her so that he won't discover the truth that Alice, or Tilly is his daughter. This is why Gold/Weaver says to Rogers what he did in the evidence locker. That Eloise Gardener isn't the girl Rogers believes he is looking for. Gothel has cursed Hook/Rogers in hope of keeping him from growing close with Tilly, who we know is really Alice and who we now know is really Hook's daughter and the real girl he's been searching for. And this witch has done this to him so that Rogers and Tilly won’t ever come to learn the truth about them being father and daughter. Hook shuns Gothel in the tower when he refuses her and chooses to stay to protect his daughter. And now Gothel wants Hook and therefore Rogers to suffer during the curse as well. She wants to keep Rogers and Tilly apart. And Tilly was awake briefly in the previous episode... Beauty, when she started to ween herself off of her pills, but because she's back on her medication, she's no longer awake and therefore she doesn't know that Rogers is really her father. However, despite Gothel's efforts to try to keep them from growing close, both Rogers and Tilly have begun to feel a connection to one another. This is why Rogers feels so betrayed and disappointed by her, and why Tilly is so sad that she had hurt him by lying to him and helping Weaver to deceive him. And Gothel... yes, I definitely feel she could have easily broken free from her prison where Victoria was keeping her and escaped anytime she wanted to. However, part of Rogers' punishment is for him to be thrown off from finding his daughter by having him become obsessed with finding her instead. So, Gothel has waited by for hers and Ivy's plan to play out so that Rogers would save her from Victoria. Very clever, and very cruel. And I feel so badly for Rogers/Wish Hook. Now... we get to see Wish Hook, act more like our Hook of seasons two through six and season seven's episode, A Pirate's Life. And wow... he is brilliant!!! Not that he hasn't been fantastic in the last six episodes, because I absolutely have loved his overall story arc so far. We just have finally gotten to see a lot more of Detective Rogers' storyline unfold. And I love both of his storylines from his past and present! I really love Wish Hook/Rogers a lot and this episode is absolutely exciting!!! And we also get to see the Evil Queen again, but from the Wish Realm. And we haven't seen this version of her before. She is marvelous as Regina always is. I also love seeing her playing dice with Smee and the other pirates. Next... I really love seeing Hook and Smee again years ago in the Wish Realm, along with the Evil Queen who has been rendered powerless by Snow White and Prince Charming. We knew from season six's episode... Wish You Were Here, that the Charmings had managed to defeat Regina somehow, but they never did say how. It's funny how they stole her magic, making it impossible for her to cast the dark curse and it's great! It also makes it so that Wish Hook can't have his revenge, which eventually leads to him becoming the old drunkard we also know he had become years later. However, she of course has a new idea to try to regain a way for her to get her own vengeance and Hook his, which leads to the tower where he finds Rapunzel. But I will get back to this shortly... I really love the first scene in the present storyline between Rogers and Rumple. It is very interesting to see Rumple warn Rogers about what an obsession can do, and to think of this case as being this Hook's obsession, and not revenge on Rumplestiltskin as it was for Killian. I couldn't necessarily tell if Rumple was warning him out of genuine concern, or if he had ulterior motives for doing so. But I do believe he does appear genuine to some degree. However, he goes to Victoria with the news that Rogers isn't backing down. And I like how Victoria tells 'Weaver' she would deal with Rogers permanently if he doesn't take care of Rogers for her. It is later revealed that despite him going to Victoria, Rumple is actually trying to keep Rogers from the truth, even by going as far as to faking those pictures given to Rogers by Tilly, in order to protect Rogers. Of course Rogers doesn't trust him. I absolutely love this second confrontation between them in the evidence locker after this is revealed. Also... I really love the scene between Rogers and Henry, as Rogers tells Henry that he feels a connection to Eloise Gardner because she feels like family to him. It is touching and I really felt so badly for Rogers, because he's being manipulated by the curse that is forcing him to believe he's looking for someone else... the very woman who has cursed him. And I love how Henry offers to actually join Rogers in his search. Well done Henry. :) And then Rogers confesses he had been drinking the night she disappeared, which makes me feel even more bad for him because he blames himself for her disappearance. Especially after Tilly tells him the news that Eloise is supposedly dead. We get to see the raw sadness in his eyes again, that Colin is wonderfully phenomenal at showing and I absolutely love it!! :) Now... I have to admit I was surprised to see how far the flashback for Wish Hook this episode goes, as I was expecting it to take place sometime after Wish Hook teams up with Henry and Regina. But it is wonderful to see go much further back. Also, Hook's past storyline and the storyline he shares with this witch, Gothel... it comes from the Disney movie, Tangled. Gothel is the villain from that movie and Wish Hook's character is taken from Flynn Rider, Rapunzel's hero from the movie. However, the twist upon Rapunzel actually being Gothel... this comes solely from Once Upon a Time and it's brilliant! And I caught the Rapunzel references from Tangled in this episode... the frying pan, her wanting Hook to go out looking for a magical golden flower, and there seemingly being a witch we believed to be Mother Gothel somewhere out in the dark. Her sending Hook after the flower is different than in the movie storyline, and I absolutely love this. It is very interesting to hear Wish Hook sing again, and kind of funny. The pirate song and the lullaby aren't as good as "Revenge Is Gonna Be Mine" or his duet with Emma in "A Happy Beginning" from the musical episode, but it is nice to hear him sing again and it is exciting to see him and Smee work together to get the flower while fighting the evil gnome statue. Oh my gosh... I absolutely love the twists from this episode. Rapunzel and Mother Gothel turn out to be one in the same. I expected Rapunzel to be the witch when it is revealed that a witch was guarding the golden flower. But I didn't expect Rapunzel to turn out to be Gothel too. Nor did I expect Gothel to turn out to be the mother of Hook's daughter. Absolutely fantastic! This storyline has turned out to be even better than I imagined and hoped for. And then surprise again... Eloise turns out to be Gothel and not his daughter as everyone expected. And she's not family to Rogers, simply a woman who abandoned him and their daughter the morning after the daughter was magically conceived after one night of passion thanks to the flower. Also... I love that Hook hands over the Jolly Roger to Mr. Smee, and calls him Captain Smee so that he can remain behind to care for his daughter. It's very noble of him and it's beautiful that this Hook is willing to let go of his revenge on Rumplestiltskin, like Killian in seasons two through seven's episode... A Pirate's Life, did for Emma. I also really love that Rogers is able to take down Victoria at last for Drizella because she set everything up to get her revenge on her mother at last. Victoria's character started out strong, but her storyline really faded after it was revealed that Drizella was the stronger villain. Not that I was disappointed in any way because I like this twist. But I am disappointed that Victoria has become so much weaker. And of course Ivy has made it impossible for Jacinda to take back custody of Lucy. However, we now know that Mother Gothel is the true villain in this season. And boy is she ever. :) All I can say to summon up my thoughts... I love, love, love this episode! Thank you very much once more, Steven!!! I can't wait for your next reaction!!! So, until next time... Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2022-03-06 05:17:09 +0000 UTC
