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ONCE - Once Upon a Time podcast

“A Bitter Draught” initial reactions – ONCE259

ONCE - Once Upon a Time podcast

Daniel J. Lewis, Jeremy Laughlin, Erin, Hunter Hathaway, Jacquelyn, and Dan Flynn

Arts, Books, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, After Shows

4.4589 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We have just seen the episode, "A Bitter Draught" and are ready to share some of our initial reactions about what stands out to us about tonight's episode. In tonight's episode, Zelena gets a private graveyard tour from the unrelenting Evil Queen, while Henry gets an invitation from a mysterious man who shares a past with the Evil Queen. In the past, however, the Evil Queen hires a man who badly wants his revenge.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Once, episode 259, A unofficial podcast for ABC's TV show Once Upon a Time.

0:35.5

I'm Daniel J. Lewis.

0:36.6

I'm Aaron.

0:37.3

And we just finished watching this episode, a bitter draft. And we are ready with some initial reactions. These are only our initial thoughts. So we might be a bit all over the place. We will leave some things out because we're only talking about what stands out to us. We want your feedback for our upcoming full discussion. So you can email us, feedback at oncepodcast.com, call and leave a voicemail at 903-231,

1:00.0

221, or send a voice message through the website.

1:02.8

And all of that and more will be in the show notes for this episode at oncepodcast.com

1:07.8

slash 259.

1:09.9

Let's get into this. Operation Cobra part two. Okay, I feel like they're

1:16.4

out of names. I thought it was kind of cute because Operation Cobra originally was helping the

1:24.3

people from Storybrook find out who they were and remember. And now it's like helping the people from Storybrook find out who they were and remember. And now it's like

1:30.0

helping the next generation of people curse to find out who they are or what their story is.

1:37.5

And also, interestingly, Henry's book that he's holding is Once Upon a Time, Part 2.

1:47.5

Right. I feel like Henry is a little bit too old to be making up operation names and walking around with storybooks. Is that just me?

1:52.6

Well, he did have his first profanity in this episode. I shouldn't even notice. I guess he feels

1:59.8

like he's growing up, but though, a little tip here, you don't have to use

2:03.5

profanity when you grow up.

2:05.2

Completely optional.

2:06.0

This is true.

2:07.0

Definitely optional.

2:08.2

I like the little discussion about sequels.

2:10.5

And I think that puts in mind for us that of all of these stories that we're going to see,

2:19.8

possibly the Three Musketeers and the Count of Monte Cristo and Aladdin and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and all of this stuff that we know

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