I did notice a slight misconception on your part during this episode, that i hope you don’t mind me mentioning now. During the podcast you spoke about the twin brothers James and David and weather or not both will be part of the real life segment. I do not believe them both to be part of story brook main because the twin was brought in as a replacement for the one that died, and he died before the curse was cast, so i do not believe that there will be the twins.
Also you was talking about James and David being engaged to either Midas’s daughter or Snow White, it was James who was involved with Midas’s daughter as part of the merger of the kingdoms and the whole reason why they had to get the brother to kill the dragon. He somehow chose not to marry Midas’s daughter and instead chose to follow his heart and marry Snow White. I believe that the entrance of the wife after he wakes up is just another ploy by the major to keep Snow White and the Prince apart.
Sorry about the lack of names and places here – been a few weeks since i have seen the show because it has been on a holiday break.

True, I didn’t mention it in the podcast, but I wrote them in my first thoughts post in my A Closer Look at Once Upon a Time Blog: http://acloserlookouat.roneyzone.com . I try to write some first thoughts right after I watch the episode in the blog. Thanks so much for the comment. Have a great day! 🙂

Going back even earlier to the end of The Empire Strikes Back, when Vader tells Luke that he is his father and when Luke is on in the Millennium Falcon, Luke whispers or cries to himself, “Ben, why didn’t you tell me?” That’s almost exactly what James says to his mother after he learns about his now-dead twin brother.

Maybe i see what you are saying. I still don’t think they should go there just because of the complication of a religious vocation. It is not the normal complication that something like being in a relationship can be. I do think that they would hold out on Snow and Charming being together for a long time though.

I think they will also wait on Charming and Kathryn breaking up for awhile because there is a lot they can do there, but i don’t really think it is necessary to go into the complicated issues of the religious vocation. I personally don’t want them to go there either which is probably why i am so against it.

I think the show can go somewhere completely different once people start remembering and then they have to keep it from the Evil Queen. I mean once Henry convinces one person or one person remembers and is able to convince someone else that is just a whole new place to go with the show. Right now Emma does not believe him so once someone convinces her and they are actively trying to stop the curse that will be great. Right now we are just doing back story, which i am enjoying very much, but right now they are in no way trying to end the curse because no one believes, besides Henry, that there is a curse.

There are just a lot of steps that they can take over the next few seasons without resorting to the issues of religious vocation. I mean they could go there, but i hope not.

Great thoughts!
One of the annoying things about TV writing – especially romances – is the writers do not want to move the characters together until the series is near its conclusion. The feeling is that the ratings will go down because their story has been resolved. So I could certainly see David working through his relationship with Katherine and then deciding once again to pursue Mary Margaret, only to have MM decide to consider the convent. Thus, adding another obstacle for the lovers to overcome and more story ideas for episodes….

Thanks for the podcast. I have enjoyed listening to it.

Also i don’t think that Mary Margaret is going to be a nun. She even said in episode 2, i think it was, that she’s a teacher not a nun. Maybe they thought when they first did the pilot that they would make her a nun and then realized that would be way too complicated. That would mean that she would have a religious vocation and they would have to find a way for her to get out of that. And that could be very complicated. It is complicated enough that they put Charming in a marriage that he is going to have to get out of.