After everything that had gone before, this twist felt awkward and unearned.
These limited appearances left Cora’s return feeling very rushed.
Either way, none of these were actually seen on the show.
As well as this, we saw her threaten Hades to leave Regina alone.
We have never seen Cora this weak before and it almost makes us feel sorry for the character.
However, having her heart inside her chest wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
Once Upon a Time is an adventure fantasy-drama series created for ABC that features fairy tale characters and their Disney incarnations in a modern setting. When Emma Swan and her son Henry accidentally drive into the town of Storybrooke, they soon discover the inhabitants are those from fairy tales, and they have no knowledge of the modern world inhabited by Emma and Henry. Robbed of their pasts and given new identities by the Evil Queen known as Regina, the hope of the town’s residents lie solely in the hands of Emma, who has stronger connections to the town than she knows.
Cora’s heightened emotional state also made her weaker.
We have never seen Cora this weak before, and it almost makes us feel sorry for the character.
While we saw a different side of her character, it didn’t always help the story.
Once Upon a Time is an adventure fantasy-drama series created for ABC that features fairy tale characters and their Disney incarnations in a modern setting. When Emma Swan and her son Henry accidentally drive into the town of Storybrooke, they soon discover the inhabitants are those from fairy tales, and they have no knowledge of the modern world inhabited by Emma and Henry. Robbed of their pasts and given new identities by the Evil Queen known as Regina, the hope of the town’s residents lie solely in the hands of Emma, who has stronger connections to the town than she knows.
This would have made me more inclined to believe her redemption story a bit more.
In the end, her redemption felt at odds with the character with whom we had become familiar.
