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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Based on Brave, Elinor is too strong a leader and character to put with up this nonsense. The idea of her handing over her family's position to the Macintosh clan if they solved the problem first made me roll my eyes. However, it's like she's looking for reasons to give up the crown. Ruling a kingdom has to come with an incredible amount of pressure. Is DunBroch always endangered? The stakes weren't there, Merida's chemistry with her father wasn't there - it felt like a rehash of what we saw a few episodes ago with Merida and Belle. Plus, it was weird to go from the key topic of how Emma became Dark Swan to a flat, boring race to save Merida's kingdom. The story suffered from following the intense and well-written events of "Birth." Arthur and Zelena searching for an enchanted helm was the connecting thread between the two hours, and it wasn't strong enough. Instead of lingering on Merida's doubt and dull family interactions, they should have found a way for the three ladies to cross paths and start their quest earlier. We got to watch Ruby track the mysterious knight that killed Fergus (and duh, it was Arthur) and then the trio fought Arthur and Zelena together. In "The Bear King," Merida, Mulan, and Ruby didn't come together until three quarters of the way through the episode. "The Bear King" was the second installment in a night of two Once Upon a Time episodes, and since it's so different and unconnected to the first part, "Birth," we're reviewing them separately. ![]() For an episode that teased an adventure with Merida, Mulan, and Ruby, we didn't get much of the trio in action. ![]()
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