SOL: 22.3.12

Once upon a time first featured on the 9^th February.  I had watched the shorts of the first episode and I thought it would a good series to watch.  I love fairy-tales.  The sentence beginner, “Once upon a time,” has always captivated my imagination.  I loved fairy-tales as a child and my interest was sparked because I wanted to know how a modern day TV program would portray characters I loved as a child.  In the first episode it featured Snow White, The Evil Queen and Rumplestiltskin.

This is the episode I liked the best so far, the first.  I thought oh-my-gosh (they're alive) and I was hooked.  The scenes flick between the present and the past. I liked seeing the familiar characters of snow white and the prince.  The pages of my favourite fairy-tales were coming to life.  The Evil queen I thought was Maleficent but she is not (I wish I kept that little golden book so I could check).  I remember reading this story to my daughter and we loved the dramatic pictures inside her little golden books.  Then the storyline flashes back to present day Once Upon a Time and we meet the grandchild, Henry, of snow white and the prince.  Henry’s birth mother, Emma, is snow white and the prince’s child.  Confused?  

I love the intricate weaving of the story-line.  Henry is special because he is the only one that understands that his favourite fairy-tale is actually a chronicle of his life.  The person who has the ability to break the spell of The Evil Queen is Emma but she is unaware of family history.  This I suppose is the key for me even though I’m an oldie I still believe in the power of the fairy-tale. Love and family will overcome evil. 


Half a slice tonight...guess why?  In 20 minutes my favouite TV show is on!