Quiet Minds
- Episode aired Mar 30, 2014
- TV-PG
- 44m
Neal finds himself back in Storybrooke, as flashbacks show Baelfire and Belle attempt to bring Rumplestiltskin back from the dead.Neal finds himself back in Storybrooke, as flashbacks show Baelfire and Belle attempt to bring Rumplestiltskin back from the dead.Neal finds himself back in Storybrooke, as flashbacks show Baelfire and Belle attempt to bring Rumplestiltskin back from the dead.
- Henry Mills
- (as Jared S. Gilmore)
- Tinker Bell
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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[Belle is to search Mr. Gold's shop to find clues about his whereabouts]
Hook: I will stay here with you. I'm surprisingly good at research.
Belle: *You* will stay with *me*?
Emma Swan: He'll protect you if the Witch comes.
Belle: You do know he tried to kill me.
Hook: Well, there were... extenuating circumstances.
Belle: Twice.
Hook: [testing] Sorry?
Emma Swan: You really know how to charm a girl, don't you?
Hook: This will be my way of making it up to you, hm?
Belle: Fine.
- Crazy creditsThe opening sequence shows Lumiere's lit candle stick.
"Quiet Minds" is one of the mixed to positive 'Once Upon a Time' episodes, but one that sees me on the positive side. It is not quite one of my favourite episodes of Season 3, a season where for me (not an opinion everybody is going to share) all the previous episodes were decent to wonderful. Am liking where the Zelena character and storyline, admiring filling Peter Pan's big shoes on villain duty, though it is not as prominent here as in the previous episodes since being introduced in "New York City Serenade".
The big emotional scene between Neal and Emma (won't spoil it, know how people feel about plot points being spoiled despite a lot of reviewers doing it) is poignant and beautifully acted, but feels a little like it was not focused on in the writing stages as much as the rest of the episodes.
Love the character relationships here in "Quiet Minds", with the one with the most heart being Neal and Emma and the most interesting and wittiest being between Robin Hood and Regina. Hook is always cool as well. New ideas keep being introduced with much promise and interest, the major revelations surprise and intrigue and characters and plot lines have forward momentum.
Acting throughout is very good, with the best performances coming from Michael Raymond-James, Lana Parrilla and Sean Maguire.
Furthermore, "Quiet Minds" is a very handsomely mounted episode visually, the settings and costumes are both colourful and atmospheric, not too dark or garish and never cookie-cutter. It is photographed beautifully too. The music is haunting, ethereal and cleverly used with a memorable main theme. Writing has the right balance of humour, pathos, mystery and intrigue. Regina here has the best lines, especially in her interplay with Robin Hood.
Summing up, excellent. 9/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Apr 2, 2018