Has the same problems as the pilot, but still delivers!

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C. Ernst Harth, Patti Allan, Lana Parrilla, Tony Perez, and Layton Keely in Once Upon a Time (2011)

Giancarlo Esposito and Lana Parrilla in Once Upon a Time (2011)

Jennifer Morrison and Lana Parrilla in Once Upon a Time (2011)

Giancarlo Esposito, Jennifer Morrison, and Lana Parrilla in Once Upon a Time (2011)

Lana Parrilla and Jamie Dornan in Once Upon a Time (2011)

Jennifer Morrison in Once Upon a Time (2011)

Ginnifer Goodwin

Jennifer Morrison

Lana Parrilla

Edward Kitsis

Adam Horowitz

Regina tries to get Emma out of Henry&apos;s life and out of the town of Storybrooke, while flashbacks detail information about the Evil Queen&apos;s curse.

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The Thing You Love Most

The Evil Queen&apos;s curse

When &apos;Once Upon a Time&apos; first started it was highly addictive and made the most of a truly great and creative premise. Really loved the idea of turning familiar fairy tales on their heads and putting own interpretations on them and the show early on clearly had clearly had a ball. Watched it without fail every time it came on and it was often a highlight of the week. Which was why it was sad when it ran out of ideas and lost its magic in the later seasons.

After a very promising, if slightly patchy in a couple of areas, pilot, the promising standard continues with &apos;Once Upon a Time&apos;s&apos; second ever episode &quot;The Thing You Love Most&quot;. The same problems with &quot;Pilot&quot; still stand, but the quality has certainly not gone down. The writing and acting did get better later, which again is understandable as a lot of shows don&apos;t fully settle straight away and have elements that get much stronger later. Mostly neither are not bad at all but occasionally the writing is still a touch cheesy and the acting does try too hard or doesn&apos;t look entirely comfortable.

However, &quot;The Thing You Love Most&quot; is a very handsomely mounted episode, with settings and costumes that are both colourful and atmospheric, not too dark or garish and never cookie-cutter. It is photographed beautifully and there were some make-up that suited the characters perfectly and pretty good effects work. The music is haunting, ethereal and cleverly used with a memorable main theme.

Much of the writing is humorous and engaging and the story establishes the concept and intertwines and mirrors the real and fantasy worlds very well. That is an asset that is stronger here, and it is less clichéd. The characters are interesting and showing promising signs of development, Regina/The Evil Queen in particular.

Not all the acting is great as said, but there are certainly strong performances here. The acting honours going to Lana Parilla, a consistent acting highlight, and to Robert Carlyle, with Rumpelstiltskin and the character&apos;s contribution being one of the episode&apos;s best assets.

In summation, very strong and promising continuation. 8/10 Bethany Cox

When 'Once Upon a Time' first started it was highly addictive and made the most of a truly great and creative premise. Really loved the idea of turning familiar fairy tales on their heads and putting own interpretations on them and the show early on clearly had clearly had a ball. Watched it without fail every time it came on and it was often a highlight of the week. Which was why it was sad when it ran out of ideas and lost its magic in the later seasons.

After a very promising, if slightly patchy in a couple of areas, pilot, the promising standard continues with 'Once Upon a Time's' second ever episode "The Thing You Love Most". The same problems with "Pilot" still stand, but the quality has certainly not gone down. The writing and acting did get better later, which again is understandable as a lot of shows don't fully settle straight away and have elements that get much stronger later. Mostly neither are not bad at all but occasionally the writing is still a touch cheesy and the acting does try too hard or doesn't look entirely comfortable.

However, "The Thing You Love Most" is a very handsomely mounted episode, with settings and costumes that are both colourful and atmospheric, not too dark or garish and never cookie-cutter. It is photographed beautifully and there were some make-up that suited the characters perfectly and pretty good effects work. The music is haunting, ethereal and cleverly used with a memorable main theme.

Much of the writing is humorous and engaging and the story establishes the concept and intertwines and mirrors the real and fantasy worlds very well. That is an asset that is stronger here, and it is less clichéd. The characters are interesting and showing promising signs of development, Regina/The Evil Queen in particular.

Not all the acting is great as said, but there are certainly strong performances here. The acting honours going to Lana Parilla, a consistent acting highlight, and to Robert Carlyle, with Rumpelstiltskin and the character's contribution being one of the episode's best assets.

In summation, very strong and promising continuation. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Regina tries to get Emma out of Henry's life and out of the town of Storybrooke, while flashbacks detail information about the Evil Queen's curse.

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