3X13 Witch Hunt – First Thoughts – Star Wars, CSI and TeleGrumpy, Oh My!

Podcast episode 209 Shownotes can be found at onceuponatimepodcast.com/209 Witch Hunt The victor enjoying the spoils Zelena mentioned a family living on the worth of the gems. I wondered if they were retrieved by the seven dwarves for her? Zelena mentioned that Regina just left them all behind, so Zelena is an opportunist. Maybe Regina will use an opportunity when Zelena is not expecting it to win her kingdom back. Such pretty things. Wasted on her. Reminds me of a cutting joke women have said “That’s a pretty dress, too bad it’s on you”. Women can be mean. We know what Regina thinks about sitting on her chair, but what about throwing her things on the floor. Heck, what would Eduardo Castro say? It seems as if she hadn’t been in the castle very long and she is looking over everything for the first time. A flashback scene maybe? Zelena brings green smoke with her. Zelena like gray on her. I wonder what Season that is. I wonder if Walsh is a bit like The Mirror/Genie/Sydney Glass and is in love with Zelena. Is that why he was chosen to be the right hand flying monkey? Ruby!! She is not too trusting of Regina. Robin’s son, Roland. So cute. Tunnels to the castle. Under the spell. Like the old border Lower the shield. Star Wars reference. Regina can turn an impish flying monkey into a grey Teddy Bear or Teddy Monkey that look’s like he could be cast in a Toy Story movie. Regina’s action begin to build a bridge of friendship in contrast to her comment to Snow about the “forest smelling” Robin Hood. Robin saved Regina from the Flying Monkey, and Regina saved Robin Hood’s son from the next Flying Monkey. 2 misunderstood heroes. A sweet moment. Emma, the police detective begins her questioning, except about “the obvious” condition *wink* of Snow. Snow, “Then everything went black” or green, maybe? Charming, “Waking up in our beds, like it was any other morning in Storybrooke”. It sounds a bit like the Storybrooke time “record skipping” in Season 1 and highlighted in Season 2’s episode “Welcome to Storybrooke” “Almost Harvest time, but can’t remember the planting. It’s bad luck, mate” Kinda naughty, Hook. Emma and Hook, the good cop/investigator (Emma) and the bad cop/investigator (Hook). Hook fills in more of the gaps. Snow stands up for Regina. Emma’s demeanor reminds me of he during the disappearance and alleged death of Kathryn. How Hook knew about the curse and how to find Emma. As he was sailing the realms (portal usage?), a bird landed on his ship’s wheel with a note (Exactly like it happened to Neal in “Broken”) and a vial of Memory potion tied to its leg. Jokes in Monty Python come to mind about Swallows, but how big was this bird? But Hook said he “gathered the parts” for the potion… Message by bird is one of Snow’s method of communicating with Charming, but also August to Neal. Down to Four. Bashful’s not answering. Maybe Sleepy is… Team Seven need to be quicker texting Happy back. Storybrooke folks are disappearing. That would give A&E an opportunity to have Meghan a part of the show for Season 3B, but not all the time. Hook’s look when Neal was mentioned. “He’ll turn up, he always does” Dangit!!! Neal may have left to find Rumpel’s estate. A Blood Magic cure for Zelena’s curse? A way to find/communicate with Rumpel? What about the enchanted Sand Dollar? Some folks set up camp near the edge of town. Why a camp? To get their memories back, Emma needs to find out who took them in the first place....