Well I was pretty shocked when I saw both Regina and Dr.Facilier kissing that was so dang shocking. And the ending scene was kind of weird because, I kind of didn't understand it when Regina went into facilier's apartment?! Wow. Well I guess we only have 10 episode left until the Series Finale.
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Bitter taste
TheLittleSongbird20 April 2020
After five good/great seasons and an inconsistent sixth one, it was a shame that 'Once Upon a Time' ended on the whole ended on an underwhelming note with an opposite in quality last season that generally felt like a different show. Starting off rocky, picking up a little briefly, then being mostly average at best for almost half the season and surprisingly and gratifyingly had a worthy final episode reminiscent of a high-middle episode in the show's prime period.
The worst 'Once Upon a Time' episode since Season 7's first episode "Hyperion Heights", "A Taste of the Heights" was one of the episodes of the season closest to leaving a bitter aftertaste in the mouth. It is one of the season's worst episodes and one of the lesser 'Once Upon a Time' ones in general. Everything that made the worst of Season 7, and the season in general, an inferior one, is here in "A Taste of the Heights". It is episodes like this that are examples of how the show declined.
Visually, "A Taste of the Heights" looks good being beautifully and atmospherically photographed and designed. The music fits well and is well placed, doesn't sound cheap either. There are intriguing moments in the fairytale flashbacks parts, Tiana showing as much promise as she did in "Greenbacks" and this was at a point where Facilier was not annoying and his motivations not vague.
Didn't think any of the character relationships were nailed, but there were brief glimpses such as Roni and Kelly talking about Dr Facilier. Minor glimpses of decent dialogue included an on the nose line regarding hipsters courtesy of Sabine, the only time she made much impression though in the episode. Mekia Cox comes off best of the generally not bad standard of the acting in the fairytale flashbacks scenes.
Such a shame though that pretty much everything in the present day/Heights scenes is an over-stuffed and convoluted mess delivered in a perfunctory way. "A Taste of the Heights" tries to do far too much, or crams too much in, and too much of it doesn't make sense from rushing through it and under-exploring it. There is very little to none in the present days parts of the sporadic intrigue that the flashbacks/Tiana's backstory had and the lack of chemistry between the characters (a few brief glimpses aside) really hurt it.
None of the character relationships grabbed me, with Henry and Jacinda's non-existent one faring worst. Even Regina with Dr Facilier was not that attention-grabbing and saw a sad dumbing down of one of the show's best characters. It was always a major misjudgement when the show sidelined interesting, well developed characters (Weaver's role is wasted in a tired subplot that doesn't go very far) and focused too much on dull and annoying ones like Jacinda. The acting in the flashbacks wasn't bad, strong in the case of Cox, but it was nothing special in the present day ones that dominated more (Robert Carlyle being the best of the bunch).
In summation, disappointing and one of Season 7's worst. 4/10
The worst 'Once Upon a Time' episode since Season 7's first episode "Hyperion Heights", "A Taste of the Heights" was one of the episodes of the season closest to leaving a bitter aftertaste in the mouth. It is one of the season's worst episodes and one of the lesser 'Once Upon a Time' ones in general. Everything that made the worst of Season 7, and the season in general, an inferior one, is here in "A Taste of the Heights". It is episodes like this that are examples of how the show declined.
Visually, "A Taste of the Heights" looks good being beautifully and atmospherically photographed and designed. The music fits well and is well placed, doesn't sound cheap either. There are intriguing moments in the fairytale flashbacks parts, Tiana showing as much promise as she did in "Greenbacks" and this was at a point where Facilier was not annoying and his motivations not vague.
Didn't think any of the character relationships were nailed, but there were brief glimpses such as Roni and Kelly talking about Dr Facilier. Minor glimpses of decent dialogue included an on the nose line regarding hipsters courtesy of Sabine, the only time she made much impression though in the episode. Mekia Cox comes off best of the generally not bad standard of the acting in the fairytale flashbacks scenes.
Such a shame though that pretty much everything in the present day/Heights scenes is an over-stuffed and convoluted mess delivered in a perfunctory way. "A Taste of the Heights" tries to do far too much, or crams too much in, and too much of it doesn't make sense from rushing through it and under-exploring it. There is very little to none in the present days parts of the sporadic intrigue that the flashbacks/Tiana's backstory had and the lack of chemistry between the characters (a few brief glimpses aside) really hurt it.
None of the character relationships grabbed me, with Henry and Jacinda's non-existent one faring worst. Even Regina with Dr Facilier was not that attention-grabbing and saw a sad dumbing down of one of the show's best characters. It was always a major misjudgement when the show sidelined interesting, well developed characters (Weaver's role is wasted in a tired subplot that doesn't go very far) and focused too much on dull and annoying ones like Jacinda. The acting in the flashbacks wasn't bad, strong in the case of Cox, but it was nothing special in the present day ones that dominated more (Robert Carlyle being the best of the bunch).
In summation, disappointing and one of Season 7's worst. 4/10
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