Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Once Upon A Time Discussion #4: When you see the good in someone, you don't give up on them, especially if they don't see it themselves. - Page 10

**Meliana** · 04-12-2022, 11:58 AM

They are like several parts that's true.

I never would have guessed that the plot was the same.

DigificWriter · 04-12-2022, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Meliana (View Post)

I never would have guessed that the plot was the same.

It isn't the plots of the cliffhangers that are the same; it's the narrative structure of the two scenes and what they're intended to do for and with the story of the series going forward.

**Meliana** · 04-13-2022, 07:34 AM

Which two scenes are you comparing?

DigificWriter · 04-13-2022, 08:05 AM

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Which two scenes are you comparing?

The cliffhangers of Going Home (Season 3, Episode 11) and The Final Battle (Season 6, Episode 22).

**Meliana** · 04-13-2022, 11:08 AM

So basically Emma being separated from everyone else apart from Henry? I'm finding it hard to remember the scene in season 6, to be honest.

DigificWriter · 04-25-2022, 09:53 AM

Both Going Home (which I'm just about to finish) and The Final Battle end with characters having their lives disrupted by characters they don't recognize (in Going Home, the scenario is Emma and Henry having Hook disrupt their lives, and in The Final Battle, the scenario is Henry having Lucy disrupt his life).

The two scenarios also mirror the scene in the Pilot of Henry showing up in Boston to find Emma, but they more closely echo each other because they are both structurally designed to directly set up overarching storylines and are similarly shot.

I also just realized that the cliffhanger scene in Going Home additionally calls back to the opening scene sequence of the Season 2 premiere, Broken, by including a snippet of the song Charley's Girl and being set in New York.

The fact that there's all this symmetry is proof of how great the writing of the series was and why it holds up as one of the best TV shows of all time..

**Meliana** · 04-25-2022, 12:48 PM

Ah ok. I wasn't thinking about the right episodes at all. Thanks for the clarification.

You're right there are so many symmetries throughout the show. I love how it brings it all together, and joins it up.

**Come What May** · 05-31-2022, 07:33 AM

I never ended up watching the last season of this show...

DigificWriter · 05-31-2022, 09:10 PM

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I never ended up watching the last season of this show...

You should.

Yes, the show is different without Emma, Snow, and Charming, but where Season 7 goes and the stories it tells are still among the best the show ever delivered, IMO, and it ends very, very satisfyingly.

**Come What May** · 06-01-2022, 02:28 PM

I might binge-watch the whole series sometime.

**Meliana** · 06-02-2022, 05:42 AM

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I never ended up watching the last season of this show...

I really enjoyed the final season.

^ Always good to have a good binge-watch!

obisgirl · 06-15-2022, 10:57 AM

A Real Prince Charming: Why Josh Dallas is the best and hottest TV dad (Interview)

**Meliana** · 06-15-2022, 12:15 PM

Thanks for the interview!

obisgirl · 06-16-2022, 08:09 AM

**Meliana** · 06-16-2022, 11:31 AM

That's really sweet!

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