It's ironic, because I originally had no intention of watching this show. Usually what happens is I see a preview for something and I'm all about it until it airs or is released in theatres such as Pitch Perfect 2, Maleficent, or Think Like a Man 2, whichever. Can't say that I remember ever seeing a trailer for this show, or even hearing about it before the night it aired.
My C6 housemates Kevin and Jimmy, along with our friend Maria are to blame for my obsession with this show.
It was Sunday October 23rd, 2011; senior year of college. I was up in my room writing a paper - the kind of writing I had nodded to in my first post that I don't enjoy doing, assigned writing. Anyway, I was upstairs writing the paper and I get called down by these three to watch the show with them (bet they wish now that they hadn't done that). I said "it sounds so dumb, I don't want to watch this, I need to write my paper". They told me to sit down with my friends and enjoy a TV night with them and to write my paper while I watch the show.
So the show starts, and we're watching, I'm confused as to who's who, they had to lay it all out during the commercials for me.
Now, the concept after viewing and seeing it play out was awesome to me. All the stories I knew and grew up with mashed together in one plot; I loved it. It's essentially what the Avengers does with super hero's but in Disney form; or movies that have multiple story lines that all come together in the end such as Valentines Day, Think Like a Man, and New Years Eve. And as the series continues more and more characters get added. On top of that, there are two plot lines going on at the same time, present day and flashback.
Quote of the episode: "Mary Margaret: What do you think these stories are for? These stories - the classics. There's a reason we all know them. They're a way for us to deal with our world. A world that doesn't always make sense."
Not only was it those stories put together, but it was also the fact that it was a continuation of these stories, the "What happens after 'The End'?" question is answered, along with giving each of these characters an even more complex background than we originally know them to have. It shows how they became the way they are ("evil isn't born, it's made", not everything is as black and white as we know it, and that there are two or more sides to every story), how different relationships are formed, and I love and hate the fact that basically every character is part of the same family or related in some way shape or form.
What's funny is I'm watching this first episode with my friends thinking it was a movie. So when it had ended. I was flipping out. I said "What!? You can't end a movie like that!" (there was a cliffhanger, as every episode to follow has). They said "Toine...it's a series" I'm like "and..." they replied "so its on again next week..and the week after that..every week.." I was just like "Yes!! This is awesome!"
I've never followed a show from Pilot to finish before and 5 seasons in I'm still as into it and intrigued as I was from the first day.
So this post didn't go into so much about what the episode was about, the theme, or anything specific like that as other posts will be, but it's more of the story of how I got sucked into it, that experience, and that every episode to follow has a theme that I can relate to, all of these components to the show are why I love it
I've never followed a show from Pilot to finish before and 5 seasons in I'm still as into it and intrigued as I was from the first day.
So this post didn't go into so much about what the episode was about, the theme, or anything specific like that as other posts will be, but it's more of the story of how I got sucked into it, that experience, and that every episode to follow has a theme that I can relate to, all of these components to the show are why I love it
