Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171021005812/@comment-32051879-20171022092956

I have to admit, so far this was the best episode of the season seven, the story didn't seem forced or rushed like the other two.

From what I've seen in the interviews, Dania Ramirez is a wonderful woman, but she was better as Jacinda than Cinderella, or Ella now. As Cinderella, the writers were trying too hard to make her the "badass princess" cliche, to the point in which the character became unlikable and exaggerated. Cinderella was too impulsive and aggressive, it was almost a fusion between a Mary Sue and an angsty teenager. The writers seemed that they were trying to push her as some kind of feminist icon, but forgetting to give any other personality trait to her. Jacinda was more realistic, she was just a single mother trying to take care of her daughter and find a way in life. One of the most positive points of this episode is that Cinderella is finally showing off other traits of her personality, finally being developed and ceasing to be just the "badass princess". I loved Jacinda's speech about how important it is to believe.

I really don't like the plot of the resistance against Lady Tremaine and the royal family, the Prince Charming as a villain would be far more interesting and relevant to this plot than Tremaine, which still looks like a rip-off from the Evil Queen. Finally she has an ultimate goal, to bring Anastasia back to life, but her personality and goals still seem very random.

Lady Tremaine's encounter with the witch was the best scene of the episode, I start to think that Lady Tremaine really could be Rapunzel.