After the breakneck momentum of the past few episodes, the pace slows down as loose threads are tied up, setting up a showdown between Regina/Evil Queen and Emma/The Savior in the penultimate episode of Season 1.
Author Archives: Ava DiGioia
Two of Ava’s earliest memories are hiding behind the sofa watching Dark Shadows and seeing the Apollo 11 moon landing live on a tiny B&W television. She was a girl destined for a life of geekiness and TV addiction. Her fate was sealed a few years later when she developed her first major fan girl obsession with John-Boy Walton. While Ava’s love for him was unrequited and doomed, it did inspire her to become a writer.Along her journey, she discovered a fascination with fantastical worlds and creatures which influenced her writing, reading, television and movie viewing. Having been a teen during the 80s, (when it was cool to be a geek), Ava has never been ashamed to let her inner geek come out and play.
If there’s a book, film or series about outer space, other planets, dragons, time travel, alternate or medieval worlds, Ava has probably watched or read it. She has been accused of having an unwholesome fondness for British sci-fi and comedy. She's convinced Tolkien wrote the true history of the Earth. Her true guilty pleasures beyond science fiction and fantasy are musical theater and General Hospital.
Ava is glad she lives on Earth, as it is the only planet with chocolate.
A true G.R.I.T.S. from Georgia, Ava holds a B.A. in Journalism and wrote for various newspapers and television stations for almost 10 years. When she became a mom, she left the daily grind, and has been a freelance writer since. In 2008, she was exiled to Texas where she currently resides near Dallas with her computer whiz husband who for fun solves quadratic equations in his head and her two beautiful, proudly geek teen daughters. Her boarders include two hefty tomcats, one of whom was raised by dogs and thinks he is one, and a neurotic dog that only weighs four pounds more than the cat and thinks the definition of apocalypse is thunderstorm.
Once Upon A Time 1.21 – “An Apple as Red as Blood” Review
Once Upon A Time 1.20 – “The Stranger” Review
August’s true identity and purpose is revealed in “The Stranger”. Were you surprised or not? This episode of Once Upon A Time should have taken us by surprise considering its revelations, but the creators didn’t keep the bombshells under wraps. Everyone I know who watches the show on a regular basis had figured it out.
Once Upon A Time 1.19 – “The Return” Review
Once Upon A Time returns from its mini-hiatus with “The Return” and the promise to unveil August’s true identity. The episode has tight, tense storytelling and just when you think everything is coming together the way you knew it would, another twist is added.
Once Upon A Time 1.18 – “The Stable Boy” Review
A desperate Emma searches for last-minute evidence that will clear Mary Margaret. A young Regina must choose between marrying for true love and defying her mother or marrying for money and privilege. The reason Regina hates Snow White is revealed in this episode of Once Upon a Time, “The Stable Boy”.
Once Upon A Time 1.17 – “Hat Trick” Review
In the episode “Hat Trick”, Once Upon A Time journeys through the looking glass to Wonderland for a tea party with the Mad Hatter. Emma searches for the escaped Mary Margaret before she misses her arraignment and is declared a fugitive.
Once Upon A Time 1.16 – “Heart of Darkness” Review
Based on the evidence, Emma is forced to arrest and detain Mary Margaret for murder. On the fairy tale side, Snow White plots to murder the Evil Queen. Intrigue abounds in this week’s Once Upon a Time episode, “Heart of Darkness.”
Once Upon A Time 1.15 – “Red-Handed” Review
Ruby quits the diner and is hired by Emma at the Sheriff’s office. The fairy tale for this week’s Once Upon a Time, “Red-Handed”, spins the story of Red Riding Hood.
Once Upon A Time 1.14 – “Dreamy” Review
Mary Margaret and Leroy become unlikely allies for a charity fundraiser, and viewers dig into the tale of Grumpy and the seven dwarves in the Once Upon A Time episode “Dreamy”.
Once Upon A Time 1.13 – “What Happened to Frederick?” Review
David promises he will tell Kathryn about his relationship with Mary Margaret and Prince Charming risks his life on a mission for Abigail in this week’s Once Upon A Time episode, “What Happened to Frederick”.
Once Upon A Time 1.12 – “Skin Deep” Review
Emma investigates the robbery of Mr. Gold’s house while the other “princesses”, Mary Margaret, Ruby, and Ashley, hold a “Girls Night Out” in an effort to forget their relationship troubles. The fairy tale world tackles the classic story Beauty and the Beast with a Once Upon a Time twist in the episode “Skin Deep”.
