Once Upon a Time Reaction 7x05 - Greenbacks

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[caiovini]

Dr. Facilier and Tiana... They are from the movie Princess and the Frog, a great movie 😍

[NycLavoisier]

Tiana and Dr Facilier are from Disney's The Princess and The Frog. I never watched the movie in its entirety but I got the gist of it, you'll have to watch it to understand the characters. Yea the storylines get confusing but at the same time they were really good and kept you guessing where it was gonna go, thats why I enjoyed this season.

[timelord]

The voodoo guy and tiana are both from princess and the frog

[heidimarcum]

Hello! Thank you again, so much for another fun episode reaction! I'm really happy you enjoyed this episode so much. I liked it. It wasn't by any means one of my favorites, but it was interesting enough and it definitely had its many twists and turns that you didn't really see coming.


Greenbacks is such a strange name for an episode of Once Upon a Time. Honestly, since the first time I heard it, I thought this title referred to dollar bills like you did. Money... and in a strange way, I suppose it did, at least in the present day storyline within Hyperion Heights. Although, it actually refers to the frogs who Robert and his girlfriend turned out to be instead within the Enchanted Forest storyline.



After my first impressions of this episode, I liked it as I hoped I would. I started watching it with no expectations, other than with the hope that it would be really good, especially knowing that the main arc of this episode would center on Princess Tiana/Sabine. I really like Tiana/Sabine very much. She's a great addition to the cast. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised.



I really like Tiana's character, especially because she is the leader of the resistance formed to bring down Lady Tremaine. I have just been far more intrigued by the storylines for our three main characters, Rogers, Roni, and Weaver, who is now awake, though we didn't actually see him at all in this episode.



I really liked the opening scene between Victoria and the Witch. This witch is really creepy and I like her a lot. And I love how she's not afraid of Lady Tremaine at all. If anything, Lady Tremaine is more afraid of her and it's great.



And I loved the big twist in the end that Drizella is the real threat, not Lady Tremaine. Ivy is awake and has everyone fooled as to how big her role in all this is. Even her own mother. Ha! I am not really liking the storyline between Henry and Ivy though. I mean, I'm was happy that Ivy wanted to be of help to him in bringing down her mother, or so we thought, but I always knew she would return to being the stuck up snob she is. I just didn't suspect it was more than that though. I appreciated that Roni kept trying to talk Henry out of falling for Ivy. She isn't good for Henry, as she's keeping him distracted from writing and their plan for the three of them (Roni, Henry, and Rogers) to bring down Victoria. Which I feared is exactly what Ivy's role in this season is, to be a distraction for Henry's character so that he won't fulfill his destiny.



I really enjoyed seeing Sabine stand up to Victoria in the office when Victoria raised the rent on her place Sabine shares with Jacinda. She isn't going to take Victoria's crap and I love it. And I loved the first scene we saw of Tiana with Drizella, as well as Tiana's mother in the backstory. It's the beginning of what appears to be a very promising storyline for this great character, whose Disney movie I didn't really enjoy much despite liking the story. And I also liked seeing her stand up for Lucy when she spoke to Jacinda in the kitchen Jacinda works in. But I hated how harshly Jacinda treated her after Victoria's goon tried to burn the kitchen down and that she basically kicked Sabine out of her life for offering her dreams and hope.



Once again, I went back to disliking Jacinda and feeling sorry for Lucy, but far more so for Sabine. She may have apologized for acting out, but I had a feeling when I watched this season as it aired that throughout it, Jacinda would be a very wishy washy character throughout the entire season, which is what I disliked about Belle in the end of season four and seasons five and six. Ugh...



Don't get me wrong about Belle. I love Belle very much and always have. I just frustrated by her character in these later seasons because of her feelings towards Rumple being so back and forth. It really annoyed me a lot.



I loved the scenes between Tiana and Dr. Facilier, or the Shadow Man. He turned out to be quite a cool villain in this episode, and very mysterious. I enjoyed the remaining backstory for Tiana in this episode, but I really hated the Prince, Prince Marius right from the beginning. I found him boring and very unattractive. I hoped that she wouldn't fall for him by the end and thankfully she didn't.



I didn't care that Marius' love turned out to be the frog and that Facilier had him try to steal Tiana's father's metal to try to free this woman. It is a real twist of the Princess and the Frog story, but I still just didn't care for it at all. I didn't like him and therefore I had already lost interest in his story. But it was nice to see Tiana return to the Shadow Man to save the woman because she is a strong hero. He managed to escape, and freed himself from his own prison within the mysterious world he spoke of thanks to the medallion and the red stone inside of it, but she won the battle nonetheless and the Prince and his love got their happy endings as frogs. Good for Tiana.



I loved Rogers' storyline throughout this episode. I liked the brief scene between him, Roni, and Henry. I thought it was funny how Roni told him he should get a hobby. I also liked how his missing girl case took a new turn. And we now have a name for this missing girl, Eloise Gardener. I liked him punching the criminal, his interrogation of the prisoner, and the guy's warning to him about what Rogers will find when pursuing the tattoo. But then the guy called someone in the end to warn the mystery person, either Victoria or Weaver I'm guessing, that Rogers has begun looking for the girl. Boo! But yay!!! I was very excited for more!



I loved how protective of Henry Roni was. I loved how she found the picture of her and Henry and then talked with Henry in the end, as he tells her that the boy was him and that Roni didn't know Storybrooke or why she was wearing clothes like she wore in the photo. Like she always wore in Storybrooke. But oh... stupid Drizella is going to get in her way.



And lastly... I loved the end scene between Drizella and this mysterious witch locked in her mother's tower. Clearly, they are both playing Victoria/Lady Tremaine, but to what end? And this witch is so creepy. Loved it.



Overall... this was just an okay episode for me, but I still liked it. I look forward to what's to come and seeing you react to more. So... thank you again, so much! I hope you have a wonderful week and I look forward to your next reaction, hopefully this Friday! Until next time...

[ryugalaw]

Ralph! Wreck it. More like Wreck It Ralph...

From now expect a swarm of twists and villains coming your way.

[heidimarcum]

Will you be posting your full reaction for this episode on Patreon soon?

[DarthRushy]

Crikey, those headphones have seen some days...

[DarthRushy]

I wonder if you're a fan of Highlander 2...