Once Upon a Podcast: a Once Upon a Time Podcast

It's the end of an era for both Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Podcast. Join us to discuss the series finale.

Hey, Oncers! Let's chat about Once Upon a Podcast. We have felt like we're repeating ourselves too much lately and we're getting a little too negative about the series. So much of what Once Upon a Time is doing with episodes right now involves characters that the series failed to get us to care about, and we find the storyline and characters' behaviors to be nonsensical and not even worth trying to sort out. Since we don't want to end a really wonderful 4 years of podcasting with several repetitive, negative episodes in a row, we have come up with a new game plan: we are going to do a massive episode following the Once Upon a Time series finale later this month. In that episode, we will cover everything from "Flower Child" onwards, with a focus on the finale and reflecting upon the series as a whole. Plus, as a bonus for you, we plan to do a livestream right after the finale episode on May 18th at 9pm Eastern time on Facebook. We can't wait to talk about the finale with everyone in just a couple of weeks! In the meantime, stay in touch with us on social media, and subscribe to our podcast so you won't miss out on an episode. - Brittany and Amanda

In the latest Once Upon a Time episode, Rumplestiltskin proved that he was a changed man when he made an executive decision about who the Guardian should (or rather, shouldn't) be, ultimately delaying his return to Belle. And Tilly and Robin's romance is becoming one of the sweetest storylines of the season. Once again, this OUAT season is all about hits or misses, and this episode had both. Listen to this week's podcast episode to find out what we liked and disliked about one of the final episodes ever of this television series.

Zelena gets chosen... finally! Who knew that someone would be up for handling her brand of crazy, but there's someone for everyone, as they say. Once Upon a Time continues to give us mysteries... sort of. We are wondering what Facilier is all about. And while many people in Hyperion Heights wake up, Henry remains asleep, so we can't help but wonder what exactly will finally trigger his memories, and what the consequences will be once they are triggered. 

First of all, there goes the bromance between Henry and Nick aka. Hansel, right?! This week we seriously question Henry's judgement and general life skills and wonder whether it's truly in character based on the Henry we knew as a kid. With that said, our kudos to Henry for being way more professionally successful with podcasting than we have been so far! This Once Upon a Time episode really only gave us a few "crumbs" to discuss, since we don't see the Serial Killer Hansel storyline going very far - and we don't exactly hide our frustrations with that fact - but it's also worth focusing on the fact that this season has gotten a few things right (namely, the Tilly/Nook father-daughter story, which is still very cute)!

Ivy (and her sister who we barely knew) made a quick and perplexing exit on this week's Once Upon a Time episode. "Once Upon a Wrap-Up," anyone? The show is also trying to unveil some answers to the mystery of the witch-killer (it's not too difficult to figure out). Luckily, there's still some tension in the series, in the form of how Regina is going to go about breaking the curse, how Rumple is going to still get his happy ending in the afterlife with Belle, and whether or not Henry and Cinderella are ever going to realize that, yes, true love really does exist.

In Once Upon a Time's fourteenth episode of season 7, we learned more about Alice's troubled past and finally got a glimpse at her early friendship with Robin Hood (his daughter, that is). The episode also cleared up the fact that she is not the witch murderer (phew!) even though Alice herself was beginning to have doubts. The episode also had some interesting foreshadowing in the form of intriguing tarot reading by Facilier for Regina, which we debate.

"Don't call me grandma." Who thought the Evil Queen would ever utter those words? At last, Lucy has figured out her family tie with Roni/Regina. We also flashed back to Nook on an adventure (involving a hook, no less), as more of his backstory with Alice unfolded, and this week featured more of the unfolding mystery about all of the resident Hyperion Heights witches who are dropping like flies. PLUS, we just learned which members of the original Once Upon a Time cast are returning for the finale episode of the series and discuss all of our theories on how the end could unfold for all of our original favorites. 

A campy date that was straight out of Snow and Charming's playbook, our "Princess and the Frog" love story finally unfolds, a murder-mystery that finally gives us fodder to debate, and just a few minor developments in Regina's love life. This week's episode gave us a lot to discuss (and laugh about). Although Once Upon a Time season 7 is ambitious as far as all of the stories they're "rollin' on Bayou", at least we have plenty to talk about as the season continues its rapid-paced march towards the series finale. 

Once Upon a Time returned last week after a winter hiatus with a shocking (or... not?) death, and a romp through the Haunted Mansion. Over the past few months, ABC announced that the back half of season 7 will be the show's last, so we talk about what we want to see OUAT wrap up in the next few weeks after seven years on television. As for this season, we come to terms with a few of the new storylines while gently critiquing a few others. This episode had a few highs and lows - and no doubt the remainder of the show's run will be more or less the same - so sit down, relax and enjoy the home stretch with us!

Episode 141: The Eighth Witch – Once Upon a Podcast (Once Upon a Time 7×10)

Episode 140: One Little Tear – Once Upon a Podcast (Once Upon a Time 7×09)

Episode 139: Eloise Gardener & Pretty in Blue – Once Upon a Podcast (Once Upon a Time 7×07, 7×08)

Episode 138: Wake Up Call – Once Upon a Podcast (Once Upon a Time 7×06)

Episode 137: Greenbacks – Once Upon a Podcast (Once Upon a Time 7×05)