Once Upon a Time...

I think I may have been the last person to jump on the "Once Upon a Time" bandwagon. I saw the first couple of episodes back in October, but I was pretty bad about watching regularly. Or ever, really. I was working two jobs while going to school full time... I always forgot. Anyways. We recently got the Hulu Plus hookup, and my hubs has enjoyed the show, but couldn't keep up with it either. Therefore, we were both incredibly behind. Lo and behold, Hulu has all the shows available for streaming. Woo! So a marathon began. For those of you who haven't seen it, stop reading if you're not a fan of spoilers. If you continued reading and haven't heard of the show, here's the basic idea: Fairy tale characters have been pelted into a modern setting in Storybrook, Maine because of a curse set by the evil queen. The characters have no recollection of their fairy tale pasts and have spent the past 28 years living in a haze where they do not age and have no memories of how they met one another or came to be in this town. They just accept it and go about their new lives as pawn shop brokers, teachers, policemen, etc. That's the simple not so exciting explanation. The thing about this show is, EVERYTHING connects. The story line is so intricate and elaborate that even after 22 episodes or so, I haven't been left wondering where something came from or why they went that route. Each episode connects with the next and all the ones that came before. The stories of Snow White, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Red Riding Hood, the Mad Hatter all combine with even more fairy tales to make one ginormous connecting dialogue. It's amazing. The writers are brilliant. The show hosts flashbacks each episode to show the fairy tale world's occurrences to the audience and show why the characters keep getting deja vu type feelings in the present. While I'm not a huge fan of the man playing Prince Charming, or of his cheating ways in the modern story, the chemistry between him and Snow White is great. And her constant wanting him alongside her simplistic, open way of seeing things. She truly is the fairest in the land. Plus, the explanation of why the queen hates Snow so much is very intricate and interesting. I highly recommend basically everyone watch it. It's got a spectacular plot and even though the main conflict of the first season has been solved, the cliffhanger for season two was crazy awesome. I can't wait to see the new episodes. You should be excited, too. ~Jasmine~