ONCE UPON A TIME 4/1/12: 1.18 “The Stable Boy”

• Barbara Hershey as Regina’s mother?!  Talk about PERFECT casting!  So good.  And why was she so good?  She actually LOOKS like Lana Parilla a little bit…they look like they could be mother/daughter.  And she was GOSH DARN SCARY.  So intimidating.
• Felt bad for Regina.  At least we know that she STARTED OUT as a GOOD GIRL.  She WASN’T at all into power and money.  Too bad her mom was so controlling about what kind of life she was going to live.
• OK…what is the AGE DIFFERENCE between Regina & Snow?!  My gosh…Snow seems SO YOUNG!  My guess is that Snow was supposed to be around 12, and Regina was more like 18?  The fact that the King actually PROPOSED to Regina means she can’t be TOO YOUNG…you would HOPE.   I thought his proposal was a bit ridiculous.  JUST because Regina saved Snow from that runaway horse?!
• At least now we know the REAL STORY behind Regina’s hatred for Snow/Mary Margaret.  While I felt bad for Regina because of her mother’s control over her relationship with the stable boy, I also felt bad for Mary Margaret/Snow.  YES, Snow BLABBED to Regina’s mother about her love for the stable boy, MOTHER was the one who KILLED the guy!  Not Snow!  Plus Snow was a KID!  Gotta cut her a LITTLE slack.  But of course, it’s hard for her to just look past that because her heart was broken.  Lost the love of her life.
• Now it’s unfortunate for Mary Margaret…She has to pay for something she doesn’t even remember doing!

• The question still remains — Can we TRUST August?  Right now I think he’s good…But yet he’s so closed off as to who he is/where he’s from…Hard to fully trust him.
• Once Emma figured out that Sydney was bugging her office, August was basically off the hook.  But whose to say they BOTH couldn’t be after her?  You NEVER know.
• Umm…that ENDING?!  Awesome.  Kathryn is ALIVE?!  WTH?!  I thought they said that the heart they found in the box matched Kathryn’s DNA?  And now she’s ALIVE?  How?  Can’t be Regina…that would ruin her plan.  Must be Mr. Gold!

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES 4/2/12: 8.19 “With So Little To Be Sure Of”

• Poor Bree…That detective guy is totally out to get her.  Ugh.  Was he REALLY that close to Chuck?  Enough to basically FRAME Bree for something she didn’t actually do?!  Altho it doesn’t look good that her fingerprints were on the dead body…
• I’m glad Scott Bakula’s character (can’t think of his name) finally took on Bree’s case.  I think she’ll need him…

• Wow.  So Mike has a sister?!  And a sister with special needs?  Man, that came outta nowhere.  Sad to think that Susan never knew about her…

• Poor Lynette.  That must’ve KILLED her to find out that Tom signed the divorce papers.
• Jane is SO irritating.  To hand the papers to Lynette IN PERSON…Tom’s NEW GIRLFRIEND?!  Come on.  That’s just LOW.  He has GOT to get rid of her.  Glad to see them kinda fighting at the end there…There’s still hope of Lynette & Tom getting back together!

• I understand that Carlos is having a hard time with the fact that Gaby is “schmoozing” with all these single rich guys…But on the other hand, HE decided that he wanted to quit his job.  And they do NEED MONEY…

Can’t believe there’s only like 3 more eps before the series finale!  Right now sure seems like they still have a lot to tie up…