3X16 It’s Not Easy Being Green – First Thoughts – Envy, Vader and Sibling Rivalry, Oh my!

Date: 4/6/14 Episode Title: It’s Not Easy Being Green Podcast Number: 215 Shownotes can be found at: Onceuponatimepodcast.com/215 Cyclone dropped a baby. Some similarities, but differences to Emma. Baby blanket. Basket (Like Moses?). Green ribbon instead of purple. Zelena’s blanket is purple. Where did she drop? The couple that found her mentioned wolves. Is that important? Is it a shout out to American Werewolf in London? Stay out of the Moors. Magical as a baby. Mother covered for her. Is she in on it? What does she know? We’re going to Oz, Baby! Another funeral scene. 2nd outside. Who’s the blonde kid? Lost boy? Nice cut to Rumpel. Rumpel can feel the funeral and the dirt tossing? Lots of new boys. Lost boys? Each person tossing dirt upon Neal’s casket. Nice shot of Emma’s final toss. Rumpel confirms that even the trouble about Neal was worth it, “Every bit if it” because he was family. Rumpel isn’t Zelena’s father. Zelena’s mother died previously. Zelena had no family. Who sent her to near Oz. “Put on a good face” spoken by her father. Alluding to the Wizard of Oz? Zelena’s skin color? Wicked, Magical Zelena. She was going to heal her father’s cut. Her father said he became a drunk because of her. Because of her magic? Dropped out of a Tornado. Emma playing darts, like Graham was in Season 1. Emma is afraid to tell Henry the truth, because he will think she’s lying or making it up to make him feel better. Hook trying to help Emma and Henry, and himself make peace with Neal’s passing. Tell Henry what Bae was like when he was Henry’s age. Leather Conditioner and eyeliner. Tink! Lion tattoo. Prophesized? Gossip about boys. Classic. Clue trial? Come on, girl. Robin – green scarf. Ozian much? Whoa, back up Tink! Didn’t you learn anything from the last time you screwed this up? Turned out so… Camera swings are like a tornado spinning around. Many dutch angles, too. Everyone wants to kill the witch, but she is control of the Dark One. Is that the Cap Man in the background when Zelena says “Little Sister”? Cora lied to you. Similar lines from the Pilot Evil Queen: Oh, I haven’t come here to ruin anything. On the contrary, dear, I’ve come to give you a gift. Snow White: We want nothing from you. Evil Queen: But you shall have it! My gift to you is this happy, happy day. But tomorrow, my real work begins. You’ve made your vows, now I make mine. Soon, everything you love, everything all of you love, will be taken from you. Forever. And out of your suffering, will rise my victory. I shall destroy your happiness, if it is the last thing I do. —- Zelena: Which is why I’ve brought a gift to help Regina: I don’t want a gift from you. Zelna: But you shall have it. See, My gift to you is this sad, sad day. Use it to dig into our past, Regina. Meet me on Main Street tonight, say sundown…and then I’ll destroy you. I don’t lose, like Peter Pan. Bullies and fights after school. Regina looks a bit flustered. Hook and Henry boat ride. Love child with a Scarecrow. Everyone was ganging up on Regina. Stick to the Lasagna, lady. Classic Oz look. To find out exactly what this Wicked Witch thinks I did to her. Green liquid? Anti Freeze? Great and Terrible. Oz. Cora gave her up, because she could not be Queen. Is the Wizard Lying? Magic is a gift. Silver Slippers. Clicking them 3 times is a portal. It is one thing to wonder about your past, it is another to be envious of things you cannot have.