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Once Upon a Time seventh season unboxing [video]

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Your and our favorite and least favorite moments, how the show has impacted us, and one last crackpot theory in this hour-long cryfest of "Farewell, Once Upon a Time" podcast!

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Our favorite and least favorite moments of the series, YOUR favorite and least favorite moments, the history of the podcast, how the show has impacted us, some fun moments from the podcast, and one last crackpot theory as we relive the best moments of the show in this hour-long cryfest of &#8220;Farewell, Once Upon a Time&#8221; podcast! 
Favorite and Least Favorite Moments from Fans 
It has been seven years since the show started and we&#8217;ve got a lot of feedback about your favorite and least favorite moments from the the Once Upon a Time community. Starting off the portal of feedback is one of Melanie&#8217;s top three moments: 
Snow and Charming&#8217;s story of how they met &#8211; the original one not the one changed by time travel. Emma believing, fighting with Regina and kissing Henry to break the curse. Charming&#8217;s line about Thanksgiving because it shows how everyone is connected and acknowledges that yes it is a little crazy how we are all connected. 
— Melanie 
We loved the Thanksgiving line because it&#8217;s so spot on; it&#8217;s fortunate that they don&#8217;t have Thanksgiving because it will be chaotic. 
If I had to go with one, probably <a href="https://oncepodcast.com/once082">2X14, Manhattan</a>. To me that episode was borderline flawless. 
— Brian 
This episode certainly remains one of our favorite episodes, as well. However, Brian also shared one of the show&#8217;s biggest mistake, which we also shared: 
No doubt, killing off Neal. Especially when I read it wasn&#8217;t because the actor wanted out of the show, it was just a boneheaded decision made by the show-runners. 
— Brian 
That said, 3&#215;11 &#8220;<a href="https://oncepodcast.com/once129">Going Home</a>&#8221; have some of the best moments of the series. 
Overall moment; Season 3, Episode 11 &#8211; Going Home (the Season 3 mid-season finale): As Pan&#8217;s Curse descends upon Storybrooke, Emma and Henry bid a tearful farewell to their family and friends at the town line as they leave Storybrooke for New York. Regina reveals they will lose their memories of Storybrooke but gifts them new memories of Emma raising Henry. Two and a half seasons in and the cast had built up such strong relationships, everything about this scene resonated. If Once had ended there and then, I would have been satisfied. I&#8217;m glad it didn&#8217;t as there was much more to come but honestly, that Neverland arc was brilliant and this moment encapsulated the character relationships perfectly. 
— Matthew R 
For all those reasons, season 3 finale will also go down as one of our favorite moments of the series. That would&#8217;ve been a really good series finale which, in a way, it kind of was. So what is the show&#8217;s legacy? 
1) Mark Isham&#8217;s soundtrack for the series 
2) People still need and want a happy ending 
3) Why you need #Hire_the_Nerd obsessed fans and a good podcast to support a tv show 
4) Why networks should not change a show&#8217;s time slot 
5) If you plan to do a reboot &#8212; choose wisely &#8212; the timelines alone would make one head&#8217;s spin! 
— Keeper of Squid Ink 
Speaking of Mark Isham, <a href="https://isham.com/">he did released the series finale&#8217;s score, which everyone can listen to in his website</a>. On the other hand, it was amazing how some of the series&#8217; fans continued to tune in because they want to keep tuning to our podcast, and for that we are grateful. For a time, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE1nj-2yzee2F_IrZUQUQfXvK8rpAIwuv">Alie Ward even recorded several recaps of the series</a>; the show even had their own Once Upon a Time podcast for a while. 
Mine is probably the Belle &amp; Rumple wedding, and the dance in the episode after. The best!

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<description>What stood out? Where did they fall short? All these plus some timeline issues, parallels, and Once Upon a Time's biggest success story in this full-discussion of "Leaving Storybrooke"!</description>

What stood out? Where did they fall short? All these plus some timeline issues, parallels, and Once Upon a Time's biggest success story in this full-discussion of "Leaving Storybrooke"!

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What stood out? Where did they fall short? All these plus some timeline issues, parallels, and Once Upon a Time&#8217;s biggest success story in this full-discussion of &#8220;Leaving Storybrooke&#8221;! 
Timeline Issues 
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We&#8217;ve already said a lot during our <a href="https://oncepodcast.com/once347">&#8220;Leaving Storybrooke&#8221; initial reactions</a>, but there are so much more to say about the series finale. There&#8217;s clearly not enough magic in Rumplestiltskin&#8217;s castle to fix the timeline, but did the finale broke the time loop when Regina united the realms? What about the other Zelena in San Francisco? Is she not going to see her daughter and family ever again? 
Young Henry is seen wearing a Sheriff badge by the end of the episode, but which Henry is it? Wish Henry or the Young Henry in Storybrooke? Did Wish Henry find a place in Storybrooke, after all? Why didn&#8217;t Regina just have them all go back in their appropriate times before uniting the realms? Then we wouldn&#8217;t have a problem seeing multiple versions of the characters. 
Where are the duplicates? Which Regina is Queen? If all the realms were brought back together, shouldn&#8217;t it include Anastasia and Drizella? Storybrooke is not that big, where are they all going to live in now? <a href="https://oncepodcast.com/forums/topic/final-timeline-and-ages/">DeAndre shared a long post at the forum about the final timeline and ages of our beloved characters</a>. 
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If the troll is there, does that mean that Hyperion Heights is also in Storybrooke? The troll is certainly there, as well as the tower, did Regina bring it to Storybrooke, as well? 
This finale should not been so rushed. The show really should have given us a 2 hr episode. In the end we should be lucky to get an end, unlike other shows. Everyone did get their happy ending. Wow. Just wow. Seven years gone so fast. We got lots of story. We fell in love with our heroes. I will treasure this show in my heart. I will rewatch many times over. Thank you Once Podcast for the amazing dedication to the podcast. I will also re listen to the podcast. This show had such an impact in my life and heart I did the front of my house in an Enchanted Forest fairytale design. Check out my wishing well directly inspired from the show. Thank you all for your hard work. I wish everyone the best and for God to bless you all. 
— Annamaria 
We wish &#8220;Leaving Storybrooke&#8221; could&#8217;ve been extended so they could&#8217;ve done more justice to the story if the network gave the show another hour. Once Upon a Time may not have the same ratings as the Shonda Rhimes&#8217; shows, but they could&#8217;ve given it one more hour to fix everything up. 
Operation: We Are Both 
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Seeing Alice and Robin in Storybrooke feels like visiting both a flashback and a present-day story all in one. It was nice seeing Granny and a few of the dwarfs including Grumpy, Sleepy and Sneezy, but when did the Storybrooke residents get so murdery? That being said, it was nice to see a montage of the seven dwarfs, as well as people that they couldn&#8217;t include in the episode in the montage. 
We loved that Zelena had gone Hollywood when Alice and Robin walked up to her. It was cute for Robin to talk to her and making her believe that she was indeed her daughter while young Robin was sitting in the car and sticking out her tongue a...

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Hunter and Jacquelyn's final podcast together sharing thoughts about "Leaving Storybrooke", including some insights as they look back at the series as a whole!

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Join Hunter and Jacquelyn in their final podcast together as they share their initial reactions about the series finale, &#8220;Leaving Storybrooke&#8221;, talking about one last magical mcguffin to solve the problem, some timeline confusion, and their favorite and least moments of the episode. Plus, some insights as they look back at the series as a whole! 
These are our first thoughts about this Once Upon a Time episode. We’ll share more about “Leaving Storybrooke” in our upcoming full discussion (usually <a href="http://ONCEpodcast.com/live">live on Wednesdays</a> at 7:00 p.m., USA Eastern Time). 
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Initial Reactions 
On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being &#8216;Oh my God, best episode ever!&#8217;, &#8220;Leaving Storybrooke&#8221; is probably a 6 or 7, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we didn&#8217;t like it. There are some things we liked and loved, but it&#8217;s not the best episode of the series. That being said, it&#8217;s definitely better than other episodes in the past. Plot-wise, it&#8217;s all nonsense. It&#8217;s the typical Once Upon a Time &#8216;let&#8217;s throw spaghetti on the wall and see what sticks&#8217;, which is not great but one we&#8217;ve gotten used to. The emotional stuff particularly the endings for two characters that we have watched since the very first moment of the show, however, just hit out of the park; we loved Regina and Rumplestiltskin&#8217;s wedding! It was so sweet, especially Regina&#8217;s line, &#8220;the darkness can always find the light.&#8221; 
The final episode definitely had a lot of nostalgia, and complicated feelings wrapped up in the series finale and as long as we don&#8217;t get our heads around the plot, it was a solid 8. 
Favorite and Least Favorite Moments 
It was nice seeing the dwarfs in the beginning of the episode whistling as they go to work, but where are the other 4 dwarfs? Perhaps the other actors weren&#8217;t available for filming during this time or there just aren&#8217;t enough budget to bring them all in for the final episode? That said, it was great to see Storybrooke for one last time. The fact that the opening shot was the clock tower and that it was on 8:15, which is a number that&#8217;s been around the show and was carried over from Lost was so great. Hyperion Heights never really felt like a real place and lived in; it didn&#8217;t quite have the same nostalgia of Storybrooke. It was great to open inside Storybrooke, and that the final shots of the entire show were these beautiful camera pans down the streets of Storybrooke. As much as we loved the characters, and we&#8217;ve always loved the characters, that small, quaint town has been as much of a character in Once Upon a Time as Emma or Regina. Opening up in this city that we all loved and seen familiar shots was a nice homecoming. 
Another favorite moments from the series was seeing Granny with her crossbow; it was funny how she was just carrying it around. Plus, how very Once Upon a Time to have Leroy give some sort of big shout and causing panic and alarm. It was also hilarious seeing Robin and Alice running for the hills; very good pitch perfect opening scene. 
On the other hand, as we moved to the Wish Realm where majority of the plot happens, we know in the previous episode &#8220;<a href="https://oncepodcast.com/once345">Homecoming</a>&#8221; that Wish Henry wrote the Guardian out of the existence and everything that he did. How did everything he did made Rumplestiltskin mortal? We&#8217;ve watched Rumplestiltskin really struggle with the idea of being immortal, and for him to face the consequences of what that really means....

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Some rants, more raves, a couple of questions that are now pointless, Operation: We Are Both, and more in our "Leaving Storybrooke" initial reactions!

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Some rants, more raves, a couple of questions that are now pointless, Operation: We Are Both, and more in our &#8220;Leaving Storybrooke&#8221; initial reactions! 
Wish Rumple&#8217;s evil plan is revealed and Regina realizes the only hope to stop him is by turning Wish Henry from his path for vengeance. Meanwhile, Tilly and Margot try to get help in Storybrooke. With his hope of ever being reunited with Belle fading, Weaver struggles to find a way to defeat his evil alter ego; and when Rogers&#8217; life is threatened, he is faced with the ultimate sacrifice. 
These are our first thoughts about this Once Upon a Time episode. We’ll share more about “Leaving Storybrooke” in our upcoming full discussion (usually <a href="http://ONCEpodcast.com/live">live on Wednesdays</a> at 7:00 p.m., USA Eastern Time). 
Initial Reactions 
Remember, these are only our initial reactions regarding tonight&#8217;s episode so please bear with us if we&#8217;re a bit all over the place. If you have your own thoughts, feedbacks, or theories regarding tonight&#8217;s episode, however, send them over to us and join our upcoming full discussion! 
&#8220;Leaving Storybrooke&#8221; was fun to watch. It was exciting and the story especially separated from last week was kind of just so-so, but we knew that whatever plot there was, was going to be mostly a vehicle for doing character stuff they wanted to do. The series finale had so many amazing character moments and reveals. It was so fun to watch, and there were so many things we liked. However, we were slightly convinced that they eventually listened to us and made sure that Rumple pulled one last vial of magic to use in the final episode of the series. 
We definitely had some mixed reactions to some of what happened in the finale. Rumplestiltskin&#8217;s exit could&#8217;ve been more if they had more time, but the way that it happened also was all that could&#8217;ve happened because we&#8217;ve already had big epic moments that should&#8217;ve probably his end and weren&#8217;t. So it was no less meaningful, but it was not a repeat of something that they&#8217;ve already done. Plus, the fact that Hook started out as his nemesis, and then to end up sacrificing his life not just for him but also his daughter was one of the most beautiful moments of the series finale. That being said, everything would still work without the involvement of the Wish Realm. 
The end was beautiful, but seeing two Henry&#8217;s was weird and messed up. Furthermore, Emma and Hook&#8217;s baby also shouldn&#8217;t be a baby. When Hook and Emma came to help Henry earlier in the season, Henry was grown and she was just expecting then, and that was before Lucy was born. Then again, as the Apprentice said, the timelines alone would make one&#8217;s head spin, and it certainly did ours. On the other hand, it was funny when Alice and Robin show up in Storybrooke out loud. So much for &#8220;they can&#8217;t know we&#8217;re here&#8221;. 
The very end of the episode was cute in a way, but it also didn&#8217;t make a lot of sense in another. It&#8217;s like Disney World, as well as Operation: We Are Both. Somehow, the whole ceremony for Regina being the Queen of all the kingdoms was kind of amazing, but does Tiana still get to be Queen in her own kingdom? And did anyone expect Emma to come in and say &#8220;Sorry, I&#8217;m late&#8221; during Regina&#8217;s coronation? The best reveal of the show, however, was seeing Snow White and Prince Charming back. It was nice to see them again, what with Charming giving a sword twirl, as well as Snow with a bow and arrow. We also liked Regina&#8217;s dream about Robin Hood and the feather in her hands when she wakes up.

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