Last night’s “Lady of the Lake” finally gave us a look at how life is treating Emma and Snow White in post-curse Fairytale Land. Throughout their trials, Emma learns how to adapt to a whole new world, realizes the sacrifices her parents truly made, and begins opening up to her mother. Fairytale Land flashbacks provide some back-story…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 3 recap: Mama knows best
Sunday night’s “We Are Both” provided a surprising follow-up to last week’s premier, which left Emma and Snow White stranded in post-curse Fairytale Land. One would think the second episode would begin by picking up where we left off with the mother and daughter duo facing an unwelcoming Mulan and Aurora. As it turns out, ‘Once Upon…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 2 recap: It takes two
“Broken” delivered one invigorating roller coaster ride full of heartwarming reunions, carefully plotted acts of revenge, mind-blowing revelations, and the promise of more great adventures. The second season premiere exemplifies a skill that ‘Once Upon A Time’ mastered last season when each episode would gracefully weave back-and-forth between the fairytale past and Storybrooke’s present. In its…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 premiere recap: While you were sleeping
‘Saving Hope’s’ season finale delivered deeply desired pay-offs, while creating interesting new challenges for the future. In “Pink Clouds,” Charlie is grateful to be alive, but he feels frustrated by the limitations he must learn to overcome as part of his recovery from spending months in a coma. Alex is relieved to have Charlie with…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Saving Hope’ S1 finale recap: Haunted dead or alive
Thursday night’s “Ride Hard or Go Home” concluded with a mind-blowing twist that left fans gasping in awe. Once the final moments sunk in, U.S. fans proceeded to curse at NBC for taking this amazing show off the air just when Charlie’s suspenseful story was reaching its most pivotal point. CAUTION: If you haven’t seen…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Saving Hope’ S1 Ep 12 recap: Bring me to life
Last night’s “The Law of Contagion” revealed shocking truths from the past, when the characters we have come to know over the past ten episodes make bold confessions in the face of danger, unravel intensely repressed trauma, and finally admit how they genuinely feel about each other after overcoming a life-threatening event. Outbreak and heartache…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Saving Hope’ S1 Ep 11 recap: Love lockdown
‘Saving Hope’ delivered another captivating episode with last Thursday’s “A New Beginning” when Charlie and Alex search for the missing piece in his medical puzzle. While Alex explores medical causes, Charlie’s encounter with a recently departed psychiatrist, Dr. Kendra Watts, causes him to face possible psychological and emotional blocks that are keeping him in limbo.…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Saving Hope’ S1 Ep 10 recap: Head games
Two weeks ago, ‘Saving Hope’ left fans with a heartbreaking cliffhanger that kept us anxiously waiting to learn Charlie’s fate. In “Bea, Again,” we finally get our answer to the big question: Can Charlie survive without life-support? While Alex and her friends carefully watch over Charlie’s body for signs of improvement, Charlie encounters his…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Saving Hope’ S1 Ep 9 recap: Harder to breathe
‘Saving Hope’s’ season climaxes with a gut-wrenching episode, “Heartsick,” which leaves fans with a heart-stopping cliffhanger and a two week hiatus (courtesy of the Olympics). The eighth episode tackles all matters of the heart when the doctors of Hope-Zion are pushed to their limits. Alex and Dawn desperately dispute Charlie’s future, Maggie tests Joel’s boundaries…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Saving Hope’ S1 Ep 8 recap: Heart and Souls
Alex enlists the help of a bohemian healer to continue Charlie’s coma arousal therapy and she bends the boundaries of professional ethics when her patient, Sandhya Ahuja, lapses into a coma after complications arise during a surgical procedure. As Charlie befriends Sandhya’s spirit in limbo, Alex tries to find a way to cure her.…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Saving Hope’ S1 Ep 7 recap: Losing my touch
