So I like fairy tales.Follow

Grimm seemed more like just another detective show with a fairy-tale twist.

Both shows have started up again, in case anyone missed it.

I think Once Upon a Time has shown two episodes so far. One on 1/8 and one on 1/15. I watched them both On Demand today, since I didn't even realize it started on 1/8. I don't watch many shows on ABC or NBC, so I miss when these shows start up since I don't ever see ads for them on other networks. I was happy with the episodes though, but there was one little bit near the end of the last episode that confused me: SpoilerMary and Emma were talking on the bed about Emma's parents. Emma mentions Henry's crazy ideas about her parents. Mary asks what they are, and is surprised when she is told Henry thinks Snow White (Mary) is Emma's mother. Didn't this already come up between the two of them before Emma moved in with Mary? Or was that a conversation with someone else, maybe between Emma and Graham? For some reason I remember Mary being involved in the talk though... I could be (probably) wrong.

Grimm started up on Friday, with an episode featuring an Ogre. I thought it was pretty good. I do like the character Monroe. It'll be interesting to see what the next episode does with him, the preview said something about some creatures showing up with a warning for Monroe (He's getting too 'Buddy Buddy' with that Grimm). I think Grimm's overall story is definitely moving slower than Once Upon a Time, and is stuck in the "Let's make interesting things to do with the fairy tale creatures."-mode rather than "Let's explore the boss and his role in all of this."-mode.

The Queen and Rump finally Spoileracknowledging their knowledge of the past life makes a pretty interesting direction. I liked the twist on Beauty and the Beast.

I want to like Once upon a time, heck it's filmed in the next town over but everytime i sit down to watch it, I keep thinking this would be so much better if it was Fables by Bill Willingham.

I've not been watching Grimm, but Once Upon A Time is dropping in my ratings too. It seems like they're now just attempting to stretch the storyline to get more episodes out of it.

Emma has probably been my least favorite character from the start and that's not really changed with time. Her circumstances are just so unbelievable - even for a fairytale.

It's time to finish the story.

SpoilerBut how did Monroe and Nick know what address to send the package to?

I discovered Once Upon a Time a few weeks ago, and Grimm just a few days ago. I've just watched the one Grimm so far. I've watched maybe 14-18 Once Upon a Times. I don't mind them stretching the story. I like Emma the central character a lot. But there have been so many depressing episodes in a row I'm on a break. At the start there were rewards from the story as the curse had tiny breaks in it, like the very first flowers after snow. But at the moment the Evil Queen is just winning again and again and again with no further little rewards to balance the depressing.

They could go forever if there was just more itty bitty happy things happening along side the defeats.

Season finale of Grimm is next week Friday. SpoilerNick tells his girlfriend the truth. I miss Monroe's girlfriend, she hasn't been in the last few episodes. I thought he would have contacted her about his bigfoot friend before Nick. Unless I missed something in the last few episodes and they had a falling out?

Once Upon a Time has become a bit more interesting. SpoilerHenry eating the apple, I'm curious if they are going to keep him in a near-death coma at the end of the season, or if they are going to wake him up. I'm sure the Queen knows the secret to waking him, but being as it's magical, she probably won't have access to it in this world. If they do wake him up, I'm curious how they are going to keep Emma from believing. I don't imagine they will make her believe 100% this season. Seems like having her believe will equal the end of the story.

SpoilerI don't think the Queen's love for Henry is true. She loved her father, Henry. She sacrificed him, and now her son Henry is merely something to fill that void. What she has for him may be love, but I don't think it'd count as a "true love" for the whole fairy tale curse thing, even if Henry didn't hate her.

I still don't think they'll end this season with her believing. I do think if he does wake this season, it will be Emma's doing, but I can't see her going "omg, it's all true" in this one episode. She will hate the Queen even more, but will probably just assume non-magical poisoning because the Queen hates her as well.

Of course, I think that is more logical given her current state of mind, but the writers have been known to swing her attitude and actions one way or the other to fit the whims of where they want to bring the story rather than stay with a consistent character. I still don't care for Emma's character too much. She seems to be the wild card that the writers can do anything they want with to put the story where they want it. Henry I like, and the Queen does a good job, Rump and Pinocchio are good. Emma just isn't a very well written character.

Damn, I wasn't actually expecting to be that right lol. SpoilerI'm not a fan of how the curse got broken. Really? All she had to do was believe and tell Henry she loved him? That seems way too easy. Maybe killing Maleficent had something to do with it too, who knows? Even still though. I figured there'd be some trick to it. Oh well, other than that I really liked how the episode went (aside from August/Pinocchio dying. Sad face). I wasn't expecting the magic thing either. That really blew me out of the water.

Actually, maybe Emma only broke the curse half way. I figured that once the curse was broken, everyone would be back in fairy tale land, not stuck here in the real world. So maybe there is something more that has to be done for Storybrooke to turn back into the magical world. That'd be a neat plot twist. And having magic being brought into the real world, gives both Rumpy and the Queen a lot more power than they had before, which will make it even more difficult for them to get the rest of the curse broken.

SpoilerI was wondering when they were going to bring the blonde witch back.

Ultimately unnecessary spoiler:SpoilerThe main character from Grimm.