In an effort to give Mary Margaret and David’s forbidden romance a chance to develop, there’s been a lot of delaying tactics at work in the Once Upon a Time universe but, after weeks of never ending tension and upset, everything finally fell into place in one of the most rewarding episodes to date.
In ‘7:15am’ Mary Margaret and David continue to hide their true feelings for one another. Snow attempts to return to Prince Charming’s castle to let him know her true feelings but when she’s captured she must make a painful decision to save his life.
One of my favourite aspects of this show has been the writers’ ability to flesh out the central story of Snow White and Prince Charming into something worthy of long-term story telling. Take last week’s all too standard interpretation for example; a side step into predictability can be a dangerous thing but the new and innovative ways in which the love story is being tacked have simultaneously stepped out of the box, and stayed true to the foundations of its source material. All of the different blockades to their reunion are set up in spectacular fashion, with a waiting fiancée and a lot to lose if they give in to temptation and break the rules.
Mary Margaret spends a lot of this week being the over slightly over bearing do- gooder that she is, attempting to reunite a lost pigeon with its flock. The episode made it clear in all-too-certain terms that that both Mary Margaret and David are incomplete and lost without each other, just like Mary’s newfound pet is without its flock. That satisfying kiss we ended this week’s chapter on was one that came at the right time and in the right way. They’ve tried to fight their feelings for each other, they’ve tried avoiding each other, and nothing’s worked. So what else could they do? There’s so much to lose, but with a love like theirs it’s all just semantics.
The timing between all of this week’s interweaving scenes was the best it’s ever been, with a lost Snow making her way back to Charming, and breaking his heart, just as she attempts to do the same in the real world. Pairing the scene of Snow’s decision forget about her heart-break with Mary and David’s big kiss created a strange blend of two completely different emotions but somehow, it just worked.
Of course, it wasn’t all perfect this week. The mysterious visitor’s ominous ideas were unbelievably frustrating. I wish there was a greater way of getting a story that’s obviously meant for another time to still be rewarding as it progresses. There’s a way to build up tension and mystique, but a typewriter and promise aren’t enough to keep me satisfied.
8.5/10
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