The Most Insane Show *Once Upon a Time*

[@avarythings]

him not recognizing regina in the real world vs the fairytale one but immediately recognizing rumple is so funny to me

[@bulbasaurusthe7th841]

TBH, that actor has a face with a fuckton of character. I don't know his name or anything, but I would recognize him anywhere.

[@Nicamon]

@@bulbasaurusthe7th841 Yes and Robert Carlyle. He was in"Full Monty"...😏

[@hydrogen3266]

@@bulbasaurusthe7th841 he’s kinda like a ripoff David Tennant to me idk

[@gjm0613]

@@hydrogen3266that’s an insane thing to say 😭

[@RockChick63174]

In what way? And, he's older than Tennant. ​@@hydrogen3266

[@luana_t]

"What a weird pilot" my guy you have no idea how NORMAL this was compared to everything. I hope someone sends him the Once Upon a Time family tree

[@charlsreyn]

I remember explaining the family tree to my brother once and he was so lost.

[@toni_go96]

Exactly what I thought

[@vashsunglasses]

I"m trying to remember off the top of my head... Peter Pan/Malcolm (Great Grandpa)> Rumplestiltskin/The Crocodile/The Beast/Mr. Gold/The Dark One (Grandpa)> Baelfire/Neal (Dad)> Henry, right? That's a small part of it but probably the funniest to me.

[@toni_go96]

@@vashsunglasses lets not forget Henry's mum is Emma who dated Neal but then later ends up with Hook who is Neal's mum's ex

[@reynabaker6483]

@@vashsunglassesdon’t forget Regina and the Wicked Witch are sisters. That the prince isn’t the original prince and Emma was adopted by Anna and Elsa’s aunt 😂

[@fanta3042]

the way he missed out on maleficent having a baby egg, hook dying about 16 times, peter pan being rumple's dad and the whole hades killing robin hood who was in love with the evil queen who's sister is the witch of oz... i can't do this anymore lmao

[@Alihassan9193]

dude it makes sense if you've watched it all😭

[@dominikakratochvil860]

And Wicked Witch having a baby with Robin Hood, who was her sisters Evil Queens Soul-mate. don’t forget about that. An Rumple being grandfather of Henry (which makes Peter Pan his great-grandfather). And his step dad Hook was also in relationship with his grandmother for a while. No surprice Henry became evil, everyone would get crazy with that family tree 😂

[@Chloeyboey217]

This is SO UNHINGED 😂😂😂

[@whatnow3850]

But it’s so good 😂 too me. I love twisted mashed up stories like this. It’s fun

[@elenamarcu5652]

The WHOLE Camelot plot connecting with Hades and the Underworld(Greek Mythology) is also wild AF

[@audreynicoleyoung6920]

Dylan’s face blindness for everyone except rumple is truly incredible

[@kay049]

if dylan thought the pilot was too confusing, the rest of the show would break him i fear

[@ABadostain]

Thinking back on watching it, it kind of feels like a fever dream

[@kay049]

@@ABadostain yes but in the best way lol

[@Ashulovescats]

FR LOL

[@HelloHolaHiHey]

This show uses a lot of common sense but it’s not common sense… it’s weird but I understand

[@AmericaChavez17]

@@ABadostainI mean the story had some problems here and there but it was a good show that helped kept me going through a tough internship. So that show actually means a lot to me

[@jessicaromero8725]

“Baby faced little assholes are the best characters” - Dylan would have loved the guy who played Peter Pan

[@mxndyx2525]

Frr

[@dumindiindivariwimalasiri3433]

IKR 😂😂😂

[@alexawalker3286]

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@Roserae16]

No but legit that kid had some amazing acting skills 😆

[@annabethfavs]

the fact that he missed one of the most crazy family trees in the entirety of television history

[@samanthahimelright7904]

No fr, the whole family tree is CRAZY

[@AyDeeAichDee]

It’s so insane how he can name two random seemingly unrelated characters from the show and we could tell him that somehow both those characters are siblings and cousins at the same time, how one of them is the other’s grandma but also step-aunt…but also baby daddy’s wife…truly the most remarkable family tree in TV history

[@ellachristine2985]

Dylan would eat season three Peter Pan right up

[@lorenzodeangelis8867]

oh no, that's called luck. He wouldn't have survived that i'm afraid

[@lalehiandeity1649]

Nothing beats the Joestar family tree.

[@minime1397]

the amount of hearts that come out is WILD

[@taylormyers3982]

dylan not realizing that henry is the same actor is killing me 💀

[@denanebergall5514]

Same! Lol

[@denanebergall5514]

@@AyDeeAichDee How Rumplestiltskin was in love with his grandson's adoptive grandmother... 😜🤣

[@crowlynna]

I didn't watch all seasons since I stopped watching after Peter Pan story finished. I realized it's the same actor almost at the end of Dylan's video sooo... I think he looks quite different when he's older because I thought it's another actor as well oh well 😂

[@Anonymous-uw4sr]

Yeah

[@AyDeeAichDee]

@@denanebergall5514And how Cora is Rumplestiltskin’s grandson’s adoptive grandma but is also his grandson’s great-great-step-grandma

[@courtneymeese3812]

Him not catching on to all the different characters Rumple actually is, is hilarious. Not only is he Rumple AND The Beast, but he is also The Crocodile from Peter Pan lmao

[@leslieshE]

The crocodile and peter pan's son or grandson

[@mandapanda2847]

He's also the fairy godmother in the first iteration of Cinderella as well

[@charlotterichards8473]

And Carl from UP

[@Victoria-_]

😂😂

[@rebekahseale9445]

@@charlotterichards8473wait WHAT??? 😂😂I stopped watching before that little development apparently lol

[@meaghandrum6050]

I feel like ouat is a show that deserves a first and last of each individual season simply because of how the show worked

[@Jay.T4NA]

Yeah it’s impossible to even get a single SHRED of understanding if you don’t watch the show, I think a first and last of each season would make the most sense. But even then, you’ll be confused

[@mystic9801]

uh i would love that!

[@Princess_Pixie]

I agree as well

[@user-tm2ww8ny6d]

YES

[@xxkaneesxx9304]

Definitely

[@ceciliaamato4707]

i watched this not having finished the series and was so confident i would be able to understand and i was deeply humbled

[@ShayMiW]

I missed one episode when the show was airing and was so confused watching it the next week 😂 I never missed another one

[@quornnugget7799]

Me too, I’ve watched quite a few of the seasons so I know the characters but the storyline ?? I have not a bloody clue

[@agraeyday8117]

oh my god same lol, I think I stopped watching in like season 5 or 6, but knew some of what was still happening through friends who still watched it, I came into this thinking I would understand and ... nah man, humbled indeed lol

[@thechickennugget30]

Season 7 was a planned shift in the storyline from pretty early on, and I have no idea how the ball got dropped so, SO BADLY

[@sthefanyfrare3241]

Right?? I stopped after season five, and I have no idea who are some of these people 😂 and where is Emma? Jesus I was so confused with everything happening lol

[@FrancescaAR16]

love how dylan predicted "this is gonna go one of two ways. either the kid has to come to terms with having 2 moms or the step mom is actually just pretending to be nice and is actually evil" and it's just quite literally BOTH 💀

[@lailawilliams3007]

He said it and I literally was like it’s both😂😂

[@gisela_oliveira]

he being completely unaware about what's going on is so funny

[@Jah_LEASE_yah]

Literally! LOL

[@annylucia9658]

i was literally thinking that

[@Victoria-_]

@@gisela_oliveirahonestly 😂😂

[@amyb0621]

“I don’t wanna hear about your struggles with fertility when I’m in a jail cell woken up from a car crash.” - Dylan 2024

[@soraalexandra4921]

tbf, it is a weird thing to share out of the blue with a complete stranger 😂

[@Mizzhoneyyy]

I call Rumplestiltskin the Poor man’s Willem Dafoe! 😂 Love your reactions! ❤

[@rafaelcruz9973]

This line feels like "he was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died"

[@jeritear3701]

Why is this funnier reading it as a quote than it was when he said it?

[@Lauren-ln5wi]

There's a lot of out-of-place exposition because they're setting up who these characters are. That character is Geppetto from Pinocchio (who built himself a son when he and his wife couldn't have biological kids).

[@CommanderSteelTrap]

“Is that guy not Beast, is he actually a Rumpelstiltskin alternate version?” Yes. And the Crocodile from Peter Pan. And the son of Peter Pan. And the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella. And so many other characters. They made Rumple be the character for all these different stories throughout the show as a way to help connect them.

[@THE_EDGEDAY_WATCHER]

I think the way the StoryWriters handled that Character arc was very lazy. No wonder Dylan got so confused. I get having one person connect all the Fantasy Story lines, but the Writers could've done a better job. On the other hand I really wonder how the Once Upon a Time world fits with the Descendants world. Are they just seperate canons? Or, is there some other connection, besides being Disney IP? 29:29

[@mistyrose7511]

I really like Rumple

[@lauravinambresyague]

@@THE_EDGEDAY_WATCHER its definately different cannons. I do believe OUAT is its own thing while descendants are more linked to the actual cartoon movies... and I take this mainly from HADES and his storyline in both cannons.. hugely different

[@meganmcleod6152]

@@THE_EDGEDAY_WATCHERthey don’t connect at all. also i don’t think it was lazy i think it was clever, rumple was supposed to know everyone so why not have him be. major or small character in everyone’s story

[@CatGold5047]

I think it's mostly because Rumpelstiltskin is OLD and makes a bazillion deals and plans. According to Carlyle, he was the Dark One for 300 years by the time the curse was cast.

[@a_o4551]

dylan i’m begging you watch the entire show, or at least the first and lasts of each season. it is so wild and takes so many different twists and turns with the characters it’s my favourite show despite how absolutely absurd and ridiculous it gets. you’ll love the stupidity and complexity of it i promise

[@shannangatling1328]

I think he needs to watch 1st, mid-season finale, and season finale of each season

[@a_o4551]

@@shannangatling1328 yeah at the very least

[@ShayMiW]

He absolutely has to watch the Peter Pan arc. I feel like Pan would be his favorite character

[@a_o4551]

@@ShayMiW THIS. season 3 was my favourite season bc of the neverland arc he NEEDS to watch it i think he’d like it too

[@whatnow3850]

As a fan of the show I agree really watch it lol you won’t be disappointed 😂 Eve the show not aging well, (green screen) 😅 it’s still really good for what they were trying to do an what the did do

[@audreygroves2353]

The fact it's actually a Monday is crazy

[@lenaaaaaaaa78]

i know right

[@arelysojo7614]

🎉

[@suguclipse]

Wdym? Dylan always uploads on Mondays

[@karenjones9387]

yes but it’s a tv series not a movie😭

[@ChelCM03]

Idk what you're talking about he always posts on Monday

[@margaretbaldwin4416]

dylan’s inability to recognize the actors in the different worlds/timelines is so frustrating and funny at the same time

[@JessFirefox]

That's how good the actors, costume designers, and makeup they have on the show.

[@rachel5399]

It kills me when so many commenters praise him for guessing certain things but then he can't recognize a face that he just saw 10 minutes ago, strictly because the hair is different.😂😂

[@oliverthegorgon5281]

and relateable

[@rehnaanliker5931]

And that’s why we shouldn’t use line-ups to prosecute people

[@novarosa24]

I think he might be face blind tbh the faces stay the same except for 'rumpie' lol​@@JessFirefox

[@hibaalhelal8751]

As a kid i really liked how villians weren't just evil, they had backstories, rumple lost his son because of a broken promise and does everything in his power to find him, the evil queen lost a person she loved and so on, to answer some questions, season 1 and 2 are actually good, in season 1 especially we actually see how brutal and cruel rumple and the evil queen are, they were showing instead of telling which i loved.

[@trebaneconapise7793]

So true. Watching it, I kept thinking "okay, all these concepts are so nuts, why does it make sense??? why is the writing so good???" ...and then stopped mid-season 3 because the writing quality went down significantly with the Zelena plot. (fun fact: I'm czech and watching it, hearing people call her by a name that in my language means "Green" (well it's *zelená* ) was driving me insane. Like. You're not as smart as you think guys.) I watched a lot of scenes on yt before that so I know most of the S4 storyline and have no idea how they made it all happen with Disney's copyright but like. Wow. Also I should pick it up again, I really want to watch the Jekyll/Hyde plot because I really hated the showrunners for doing it when I was 12 and had a Jekyll & Hyde phase. 😅 I'd just like to add - having Mulan be queer pretty early on and then I guess somehow making Ruby/Dorothy happen is so slay of them.

[@pleunieruiters4225]

And she fell in love with his son !!

[@M24071]

yeah but it falls off a cliff in season four and just keeps going down i didn't even bother with seventh

[@kaitlynmorgan4613]

fr i loved the show. but i think i started becoming uninterested around the time ariel was introduced though :/ it was cool seeing emmas(? the mc lol) kid come into play tho lawl!

[@Thunny_]

​@@trebaneconapise7793 OMGGG čecha bych tu nečekala

[@heavenbarras8262]

This is one show that actually needs to be watched from start to finish. There’s so many character arcs/regress that you have to witness for yourself.

[@zoembutlerr]

this show was SO unhinged that it was almost enjoyable… like the family tree was wild. rumple was henry’s grandfather and peter pan’s son and he was married to belle. henry’s adopted mum was the evil queen but she was also his step great-grandmother because she’s snow’s step-mother and snow is henry’s grandmother. captain hook has a kid with snow white and prince charming’s daughter, but captain hook in another universe has alice in wonderland as a kid, alice dates robin hood junior who’s the daughter of robin hood and the wicked witch who’s half sister is the evil queen, they share a mum who is the queen of hearts. the evil queen, the wicked witch AND the queen of hearts all have a romantic connection with rumple at some point in the show. like there is A LOT to unpack

[@isabellascott2512]

I've seen the show several times, and I still got confused by all that. 😂

[@MildlyPerturbed]

It's weird that I haven't seen the show in years, and was able to follow along to this somehow.

[@jaylaanpough5524]

i love the way you made the cycle whole 😂 can't forget that Rumple's son Neal, a lost boy from Neverland for a time, is Henry's father and Neal's mother/ Rumple's ex-wife had an affair with Captain Hook before he married Emma who is Henry's mother 😗 Side quests: Mulan hung out with Phillip and Aurora (whom she's in love with) before running with Robin Hood and the Merry Men BEFORE going to Oz to help Little Red Riding Hood and Dorothy. Red was also besties with Snow White and they became besties after Red ate her first boyfriend🤭 Sadder side note: so many people in this show died/ were killed and it was TRAUMA but I lived for it (ironically).

[@a.r.mproductions5616]

I remember giving up on trying to understand who is related to who

[@hazelwi]

@@jaylaanpough5524 the huntsman dying those first few episodes nearly broke me. NOT TO MENTION PINNOCHIO. That was such a sad beautiful arc. My girl red riding hood who was the wolf. Prince charming not actually Prince Charming but his brother from a village after the real Prince Charming died.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

His definition of OUaT as a "movie" that aired once a week for 8 years is hilarious 😂

[@Valerieg83]

Fr😭

[@tesskomazgeda]

But it´s actually Monday tho!!

[@ottitudes1991]

hear me out! i rarely like "remakes" of the disney stories, but Once Upon a Time is a literal masterpiece! the actors are actually good and the story reinterpretation and intertwining is absolutely genius! its sometimes cringe but even that is made in a purposeful way. i need to rewatch it now :))

[@meghanmcdowell8831]

YES i agree! i would actually love to watch dylan's commentary on every episode! i think he would get down with it just bc half of it is ridiculous but the other half is really well done

[@whatnow3850]

Rewatch it! So worth it. Looking back I missed so much a when I finally got to sit a watch it all. I was happy I did

[@milaninparis9015]

On an actual Monday? I'm living!

[@-maryam_-]

I WAS SHOCKEDDD

[@PlebeianFemale]

I don’t know what you’re implying, his movie commentary Mondays have always aired on Mondays and only Mondays. Are you questioning his time management?

[@cloudyycolfer]

what do you mean he always posts on mondays

[@ExhaustedRaccoon200]

Me too lol

[@humbleguy976]

Popostuous

[@princessjazmin6499]

I love how Dylan *completely* missed that Emma and Hook got together. Not only were they standing together at the end, but she had a whole *baby* in her arms too😂

[@thandoxginindza]

Jesus loves you ❤️

[@agot7fan855]

@@thandoxginindzathanks 💚

[@markslefttoes4456]

​@thandoxginindza well I don't love him ❤️

[@tiggert4002]

Were they actually a good couple? I can't imagine a 'good' guy and what I assume is a 'bad' guy getting together.

[@princessjazmin6499]

@@tiggert4002 yep! They got together. Married, baby, happily ever after. Long story short is that Hook started off as a villain but through the power of love and goodness and blah blah blah he was reformed and became a hero like the rest

[@notthebestasbestos]

“I like his psychopathic energy.” -Me to all my fave characters.

[@vanessaprincesssa]

Same bestie ❤😂😂 At this point it is probably a problem, like all of them are HORRIBLE!! BUT ALSO HOTTT AS FUCKKKKKK 😂😂😂

[@eladcg]

DYLAN HOW COULD YOU NOT RECOGNIZE THE KID, IT WAS ONLY LIKE 8 YEARS

[@serenitymoon825]

LITERALLYYYY HIS FACE NEVER CHANGED AND HIS VOICE IS THE SAME JUST DEEPER

[@eladcg]

@serenitymoon825 😭😭😭 and then bc of it, he was confused as to why he wanted to end regina like he missed such a big part of it. I was like, nooo dylan, you're supposed to be shaken and surprised

[@sarahokotcha4076]

i think he has a condition called "face blindness" where you literally cannot recognize faces, you rely on people's hair, voice, clothes ,etc. to recognize them but not their face.

[@tomatosoup1304]

Someone should've told him that Season 7 is completely disconnected from the main series and to have watched the Season 6 ending 😭

[@meganendeveld]

I came looking for this comment 😂

[@kanekidavis9071]

Wait huh I'm on season 3 wdym it's disconnected 😭😭

[@samanthasummerfield1762]

​@@kanekidavis9071it's a tiny skin off with adult Henry

[@tomatosoup1304]

@@kanekidavis9071 it’s been forever since I watched it but it’s a reboot/sequel to the main storyline and some of the characters are their alternative selves and a lot of the main cast is uninvolved to the point where it feels so disconnected it doesn’t even match the original plot

[@okeadokea]

Came here for this!

[@isabelfortiart]

It would be so cool if first and last had a spicy middle. Most of these shows (especially the ones with a million seasons) have terrible pilots and even worst finales, but the middle is somehow amazing lol. So it would be cool if you watched the shows highest rated episode, to maybe catch a glimpse of the shows prime. You know, so you can enjoy the epic highs and lows of high school football. Loved the reaction as always

[@Kakan_lakan]

I think this would be a great idea!

[@lets.get.intoit.]

Agreed. Plus it would add even more confusion lol

[@kiannamoore5409]

Hell yeah

[@soraalexandra4921]

if this goes to a vote, consider this comment mine!

[@susurravi3898]

agreed!!

[@sagem2661]

20:10 “robin” “HOOD?!” Is killing me lmao

[@youknowlikealiar1300]

"Oh, there's Benny Benjamin! The neglected orphan we just put in our story" Dylan your ability to predict things never fails to amaze me

[@malxnt]

Lmfao literally

[@R2S0725]

are you referring to rumples son?

[@meka94]

No henry ​@@R2S0725

[@m.mallecho]

I was thinking this. XD

[@greasher926]

@@R2S0725Emma is the neglected orphan

[@ruriva4931]

I forgot about this show. Going to rewatch the first couple of seasons because I remember Hook used to have me in a chokehold

[@brynneamcgill5134]

He was my first big crush lmfaoooo. This show was my first ever favorite “big kid” show as a kid, it was my whole personality

[@GhostlyGrimbo]

Oh ABSOLUTELY.

[@nattiemagic2104]

It's the guyliner for me 🫠

[@KatyanneAnissa]

Rumplestilskin is the beast in this show😂

[@OkraDayss]

SAME

[@Cassi0118]

I love how Dylan mocked Charming's haircut, knowing Regina does it too later in the serie. He would have loved her so much

[@Jack-ud9gl]

also the fact that he judged charming for putting emma in the wardrobe when regina calls him out for it in season 2 💀

[@Victoria-_]

YES! He would love Regina 😂

[@kristinabarnes3604]

"The bride should not be holding a sword on her wedding day!.... unless it's her husband's sword 👀" 😂😂😂 Dylan, you crack me up

[@methecat776]

To answer some questions: 1. Heart-ripping is a pretty common spell in the show. Basically someone with magic can reach into someone's chest and rip out their heart, and put it back. Then you can either crush it, killing the person, or use the heart to control them. Some people also collect them. 2. Season 1 is a pretty good season, with some issues. Season 2a is the best the show gets, but season 3a is also rlly good. If you like evil Henry, you'd like 3a bc the villain is Peter Pan (he's evil and loves playing little mind games). 3. They didn't re-cast Jamie Dornan, he actually dies pretty early in season 1. Robin Hood is introduced in season 3 as Regina's (the Evil Queen) true love. 4. The CG settings do not get better, but the costume department was nominated for some Emmy's and the acting in the main cast is really good. The character drama is also absolutely excellent (Red Riding Hood eats her boyfriend).

[@Mike90317]

I remember Red, really liked her story.

[@cricketjuices]

red riding hood does what now

[@danaramand7552]

Robin was recasted though😅 before it was Tom Ellis, the Lucifer actor

[@CommanderSteelTrap]

@@cricketjuices Yeah, Red Riding Hood is The Wolf in that story. She’s a werewolf and accidentally eats her boyfriend. No biggie.

[@gisela_oliveira]

the CG in this show deserves an award for being so bad. Is amazing.

[@ariellelyons]

it really goes to show how great of an actress lana parilla is and how great the costumer and makeup dept is that dylan didn’t even notice she was the same person 😭😭

[@AyDeeAichDee]

OUAT has probably one of the best costume designers I have ever seen. The evil queen’s costumes were always breathtaking and the costumes of characters in the enchanted forest were always out of this world magnificent.

[@soraalexandra4921]

while i agree with both these comments - in regards to how great of an actress lana is and how much effort they put into costumes - we also have to give some credit to dylan's total inability to memorize names/faces lol

[@a.r.mproductions5616]

She was a best part of the show for sure ❤

[@salientspoon]

My step dad didn't notice when I made him watch the pilot but I just assumed that was because he's face blind lmao. Apparently it's common not to recognize her haha

[@AyDeeAichDee]

@@salientspoon I admit I didn’t recognise it either. I was actually shocked when I realised it was the same person!!!

[@ravenclaw1848]

This hurts me on an insane level please go back and watch the entire series🙏💀

[@marianoflibrarian2401]

So addressing your questions because I unfortunately know too much: 1. Ripping out a heart is such a thing in this series. There’s a few times we see murder by heart ripping and crushing. If someone died, you can put in someone else’s heart or half of your own to save them and the “magic” of the sacrifice is enough to bring them back. If you do the half heart though, you’re tied together - if one ship sinks, the other explodes. 2. Rumplestiltskin and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast are the same guy. He’s also called The Dark One. 3. Hook was kind of a bad guy but not The Big Bad of the season. He marries Emma, the blonde from episode 1. 4. I liked the plots right up until Frozen, then I was like “we’re in bullshit and it’s so stupid and complicated and the exact same stuff we’ve seen before”

[@helenavannatter2478]

And Rumple is also the Crocodile from Peter Pan! he has too many roles

[@abbywhite5405]

I agree with all but I like season 4(frozen part) sucked and so did the 7th season but I liked seasons 5 and 6 fairly well! Season 3 will always be the best though!

[@Coilla85]

Yeah, they lost me when the Frozen season came >.

[@the_lucysky]

And then we watched two more seasons, and they did that thing season 7 was and then we were really out

[@marianoflibrarian2401]

@@helenavannatter2478 how did I block a season long plot point from my mind entirely

[@TasnimAhana-vw8ct]

Captain Hook's revenge song lives in my head rent free. "Revenge? On whom? Just wait for the second verse,love."

[@clickbait0351]

That episode was gold. I still listen to the soundtrack to this day

[@emmaaxelsson01]

SAAAMEEE!!!

[@rutepereira7628]

SO META!!!!!

[@lilliemillward263]

I listen listen them songs about 3 or more times a day 😅

[@theonewithtoomanynames]

One of my favorite episodes in the show xD REVENGE REVENGE REVENGE IS GONNA BE MINE!

[@ashleewagner1994]

I need Dylan to do a late night Dylan or beer and a movie on Once Upon a Time. I need him to watch the show and be confused the whole time like everyone else who’s watched the show. The plot, the family tree, it would be so entertaining and hilarious for him to just short circuit everytime it’s revealed they’re related to each other.

[@MariahAlvesCovers]

YES PLEASE, this would be a perfect show to beer and a movie!

[@DorkyGirl710]

I was only ever confused by the last season. It was wild trying to make sense of that.

[@kristing9866]

uhh yes!! I think he would especially love all the villains! Especially neverland!

[@tvojeprezuvky]

Yesssss! 😂

[@janaloff]

YES

[@ivonnedeltoro7371]

The pulling of the heart was a "special move" that, at one point, only Rumplestilskin knew. Then he showed the Red Queen, then she showed the Evil Queen, and then more people knew about it. Some heart manipulation would become a big deal to the plots when the hearts would get cursed or spicific hearts were used for special curses. ❤❤❤ This series was full of hearts and emotions. It was lovely pass time 🥰

[@atasha2928]

please i am begging you to do this per season 😭 everything is just too chaotic to miss out on

[@strangestparticle]

or per arc, since some seasons are two-in-one

[@Samzsocool]

please dylan needs to review this show by season because there are so many arcs he would 100% love

[@user-th1pv6ks5o]

Even if he only did the peter pan arc that would be peak in and of itself.

[@localsgoaway5047]

Don't know if someone already said this, but in the show, Rumplestiltskin is also the Beast in Beauty in the Beast, and also the "croc" that stole Hook's hand. They liked taking Rumplestiltskin and somehow shoving him into other fairytales. Like if I remember correctly he was Cinderella's "fairy godmother" and made a deal with her in season 1. There was probably more but I only watched 3 and a half seasons.

[@AyDeeAichDee]

Yeah Rumple was basically the glue holding all the storylines together. Name a character and we could tell you how Rumple is their grandfather or villain or husband or son or cousin LMAOOOO

[@EmmaKampwirth]

yeah they kinda used the cinderella story as a way to link back to rumples original fairytale where he makes a deal and takes a baby lmao

[@youshimimi]

yea, he was the best actor in there and they were going to milk him for all he's worth

[@nicanproud]

​@@youshimimi truly. He is an INCREDIBLE actor. And was the best TV villain I'd seen at that time.

[@MBGrace1]

He actually kills Cinderella's Fairy Godmother and takes over. He tells Cinderella he'll let her go to the ball, if she gives him her first born after she marries the prince.

[@SpacemanWander]

once upon a time was one of my all time favorite shows growing up. i’d stay up late whenever it aired new episodes, and i’d rewatch old ones almost everyday to keep track of what was happening. it tends to get very, VERY all over the place and the seasons can be really hit or miss, but some go insanely crazy even if they don’t make 100% sense. i’d love to see a reaction season-by-season because this show really is just a chaotic ride, especially with what they do with the dark one’s dagger. they really just threw everything into this show and it has that insane soap opera-y feel to it.

[@gammav3278]

Majority of the characters ended up being multiple fairytale characters hence the confusion around rumple being beast. I'm pretty sure Rumple was like 4 or 5 different fairytale characters which was pretty hard to keep track of but when you watch the show he's pretty much the MVP anyway so you just go with it.

[@pandaatrix711]

From the top of my head; Rumplestiltskin Beauty and the Beast Peter Pan UP i guess there's also Cinderella as well since he's replaced the fairy godmother 😂

[@meganmcleod6152]

@@pandaatrix711crocodile too

[@pandaatrix711]

@@meganmcleod6152 Yep, but crocodile is in the Peter Pan story which I've mentioned.

[@tayloradee3649]

25:43 Ripping hearts out of chests is the most common thing in this series. Taking someone’s heart gives you complete control over their life. You can control them and kill them with a command and a squeeze. You can split a heart to save your one true love. You can give someone else your heart. You can rip out a heart and see how righteous and good or how dark and evil they are. If you took a shot for every heart is ripped from a chest you would die of alcohol poisoning.

[@heitor4832]

Once Upon A Time is actually one of my favorite TV shows of all time, and its pilot is one of my favorite pilots as well. I love the characters, the complicated family tree, the weird storylines, all of it. It does get worse throughout the years, especially after season 5, but I still have very fond memories of it, and I'm actually rewatching it now (currently on season 4). And about "Rumpy": he is Rumplestiltskin at the same time he is the Beast from the Beauty and the Beast AND the Crocodile from Peter Pan (because he is the guy who ripped Captain Hook's hand off and well... has crocodile-ish skin when he is evil). He is also the son of Peter Pan 'cause why not.

[@Idontwannaknowu23]

An explanation of the heart thing: certain characters like Rumple and the Queen had the ability to remove hearts through dark magic, to either control someone or crush it and kill them. Fun fact: The Queen/Regina had a vault full of hearts

[@NeytiriPhoenix]

Inherited talent from her mother The Queen of Hearts 😂😂

[@checksanity]

@@NeytiriPhoenixHow did Rumple get it? Did I miss a weird twist in the family tree that makes them related?

[@camilaself1558]

@@checksanityit’s through practicing dark magic! he taught both Regina and her mother. (He is the Dark One)

[@NeytiriPhoenix]

@@checksanity Rumple was the first. He studied dark magic when he became the Dark One and he taught Cora when she was the millers daughter and bragged that she could turn straw into gold and then Rumple taught her to rip out hearts so she could rip out the kings I believe but she fell in love with Rumple... (another awkward family twist since Rumple also flirted with Regina and Zelena, Regina's half sister) and ripped out her own heart... so yeah... all fun and games really 🤣🤣 But basically if you can do magic you can rip out a heart. Emma can, Hook does at one point when Cora spells his hook, Zelena can too. It's just a magic spell that, if you can do magic, you can learn.

[@danicee]

As ridiculous as this series was I loved Hook & Emma’s romance, that made the entire binge worth it. Their first kiss in Neverland was 🔥

[@tirkdiamond]

same

[@djarinriduur]

Some of the best onscreen chemistry ever

[@giaguu514]

the real ones know theyre the best

[@itsanoformethanks6277]

I think it won a best kiss on TV award even

[@ARSTARLESS]

They're literally gold

[@obsidiantherian219]

Rumpelstiltskin is the beast, but a metaphorical beast, so he was never like an actual beast, but he sort of enslaved Belle but they fell in love. He is also (metaphorically) the crocodile, from Peter Pan. Which is why I think it's a nice touch that he gives his life to save Hook's, because he used to be Hook's greatest enemy.

[@MistySophie]

Rumple is also the beast and also the crocodile that took Hook's hand. Many characters in the show were multiple characters from different stories. And they were all related somehow to each other!

[@mariahcanfield4885]

Dylan if there is any show for you to do a review of the whole series it’s this one. There are so many interesting plot points and the family tree is insane. It’s a must watch

[@arieldurham7712]

Yes!! I feel like he would find the plots so interesting

[@meganelste5410]

I SECOND THIS I NEED HIS PREDICTIONS AND THE WHOLE ENTIRE SHOW REACTIONS

[@Jack-ud9gl]

i fr want him to do a reaction on just the family tree alone bc his reactions would make an explanation on that so funny bro

[@kaijahill3422]

Yes please he needs to watch the entire show 😭 it’s so bad but so goooddd literally my guilty pleasure

[@inbal9743]

I was thinking exactly the same thing even though there is so much craziness, I'd love to see his reaction to all of it. its a great show to react to, not a dull moment

[@briannajazmin7144]

I love how he said he was expecting a different cast which is basically what we had but a lot of the OGs came back just for the finale

[@drakemerwinjr6]

this show was my comfort show for so long i’m so hyped to see his reactions lmao

[@Ziandrea]

It was special for me watching it. The stories were amazing.

[@RoxyBat-KittyCat]

This would be such a fun show for him to do a full review of (not a recommendation, Dylan. Don't hurt me!) It's just soooo convoluted, and I know his jokes would be top tier.

[@anisacares]

THE JOKES DYLAN THINK OF ALL THE JOKES 😭😭😭

[@jasminecoupland9019]

Yes, the jokes and I think he’d be fully confused constantly and it would be so funny also him trying to understand the family tree

[@allisonchao6712]

I would legit sell my first born for that

[@katherinemclean1448]

The musical episode would end him. Lol

[@muggle4real]

Agree!!!

[@FreePalestine825]

"Unless you're a sociopath... Which we haven't determined she's not" Has me CACKLING for no good reason 😭😭😭

[@janaloff]

me too bro 😂😂😂

[@nyalpiers7203]

Once Upon A Time is GOATED watching this out of context is MAD like so much happend between the 7 seasons 😭😭😭😭

[@abbyhassler4539]

9:41 when talking about the transitions between scenes, you also have to remember that this originally streamed on cable so there were ad breaks that also broke apart some of those scenes.

[@itseggnog2077]

Season 7 was its own stand alone season, kind of. For most of the show the blonde girl, Emma, that you saw at the beginning of the show was the main character. Her arc ended with season 6, and then we pick up with 'grown-up' Henry's arc in season 7. Once Upon a Time is actually a really chaotically addicting show. It's 100% cheesy and insane, but in a fun way. The bad CGI and green screen scenes are just a part of that.

[@erickelley1680]

sadly i never saw the last season. we got a few episodes in and was like oh they are rehashing it with only henry as the savior instead of emma. and a new city of memory wipes

[@itseggnog2077]

@@erickelley1680 I watched the first three episodes of season 7 and gave up lol

[@paulbrown9328]

Dang season 7 is in my top 3 in the ranking. It doesn’t feel like an ending, feels more like an epilogue.

[@dylancole1910]

It’s not just standalone it’s a full reboot 😒

[@LucyHabecker-kn2fm]

I love how he kept referring to Rumpelstiltskin as Rumpy 😭

[@FreePalestine825]

The fact that this would all make SO MUCH MORE SENSE (or as much sense as a first and last can make) if Dylan watched the S6 finale instead is so funny, though

[@Alex-ql9pc]

This is one of those shows where you actually need to watch all of it, or you will get lost. Each character ends up being like 5 characters, and everyone is somehow related. It's WILD!

[@marias.wainwright3481]

Dylan uploading every day of the week except a Monday for so long was inevitably gonna lead to him actualy posting on mondays by chance and i think thats beautiful

[@denisemiki]

But this is First and Last and not movie commentary monday

[@larissab.2001]

4:33 I met him on that show. When I saw him in 50 Shades , I was like, "Look. He was on Once Upon a Time."😂😂

[@andreaalfrejd]

The explanations he was searching for... Regina (Evil Queen) she had a back and forth of redeeming herself and joining the good side. She finally became good around the 4th season whereas Rumple was ALWAYS having this internal struggle with good and bad. Rumple is technically the beast because of the darkside within him and he took Belle so she can save her kingdom that was in a war. And they fell in love. But he likes his magic more and refuses to leave his magic. He doesnt really get to the good side until season 6ish.

[@16taysia]

Yeah 6 or 6 1/2 ish season

[@urockgirl]

Don’t forget he’s also the ‘Crocodile’ in the Hook/Peter Pan arc 😅

[@jsiutn5003]

@@urockgirl And Peter Pans son as well

[@christaloudj2400]

@@jsiutn5003 And his also Henry's grandfather on his father's side (Neal/Bealfire)

[@KayCDani]

Dylan there’s so much I wish I could have answered for you while watching this 😂 Jamie Dornan’s character was the huntsman from the Snow White story. He is separate from the Robin Hood character. Kid Henry and Joffrey-Henry are played by the same actor, he just grew up. In the show they mixed Rumplestiltskin and Beast into one person, but he really didn’t have Beast’s story they just made people call him “Beast”. He’s also the “crocodile” who took Hook’s hand. It’s a long story but Hook called him crocodile because he was green and scaly. I’d like to say watching the whole show would solve all the confusion but I cannot promise it still won’t be confusing.

[@sailorcat]

Yes, he did have that part with Belle in his backstory where she was living at his Mansion and he treated her poorly first. There actually we're quite a few Beauty and the Beast elements.

[@alizzev]

This is giving Dylan watching the Vampire Diaries or Supernatural all over again 😂 oh you poor soul, you will never know the sheer chaos you've missed

[@berryonce3067]

Facts he'll never see the messiest parts 😭 like dark Emma

[@skrunklycreationz]

@@berryonce3067this comment intrigues me its so funny

[@Butterfly_inthesky]

Only watching the first an last episode and missing the entire thing is driving me crazy 😂

[@liapania]

rumple ended up being my favourite character when I finished this show lmao this is so funny to watch, i wish you did season by season for this

[@alondratorres1085]

Rumple is basically beast and they be ripping everyone’s heart out all the time in this show lol

[@thomasdunford7122]

Yeah you can’t explain this show to anyone, even people who have seen the entire show get confused over what actually happened 😂😂

[@davidfairweather3301]

@@thomasdunford7122except for the rare few of us who’ve watched it an ungodly amount of times lol. But yes it’s very crazy 😂

[@abhaybehera4464]

This is genuinely the best show for you to actually react to the full thing

[@hinasakukimi]

he won't unfortunately. he doesn't really do that with shows and i get it.

[@pilar8323]

Not gonna lie, I used to watch this show mostly for Hook. He and Emma are one of the few straight couples in media that I genuinely love.

[@livcleopatrakongsberg4803]

Dylan would definitely like this show if he gave it a chance. And he would fall in LOVE with Regina, especially because she also plays Ursula

[@meganmcleod6152]

pretty sure there is a different ursula..

[@olicityfan1150]

​@meganmcleod6152 yea, there was she was pretending to be Ursula

[@livcleopatrakongsberg4803]

@@olicityfan1150 Still, I dont think he would survive that

[@MsJoee21]

"I hate that they're cutting between...there are different worlds? I wish that could be more clear." *the first episode literally has a prologue stating that all the character are stuck in our world and this is their story*

[@abyach62]

You shouldve watched the season 6 finale instead. Season 7 was a soft reboot that kinda flopped so it got the show canceled, but Emma’s arc ends with the season 6

[@RandiHRose]

I havent seen s7 yet i kinda forgot about it tbh haha but i was wondering why I didn’t remember anything from the last episode

[@mckennabush894]

god i’d give anything for you to watch this entire show. it’s so insane

[@arty533]

“Are there different worlds? I wish they were more clear…” - if only he knew, WE ALL WANT TO HAVE MORE CLARITY with OUAT 😂😂😂

[@ariannawilliams6040]

Okay...quick OUAT geneology. Rumple is rumplestiltskin, the beast and the dark one. His father is peter pan. His love interest is Belle. He is Henry's grandfather. His son dated Emma who is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. Important thing about Prince Charming. HE IS NOT THE REAL PRINCE CHARMING. The real prince charming died slaying a dragon but he had a twin brother that grew up poor raising lambs in the countryside. The king took him to play his son since his son died and he succesfully slayed the dragon. Hope I haven't lost you yet. The evil queen ofc married and killed Snow White's father but she's dated the huntsman and some other guy her mother killed which was her villain arc. Her long term love interests is robinhood. And I think her mother was the queen of hearts right? Anyways she adopted henry so she is henry's adoptive mom. Okay so I think thats the full genealogy for Henry but other notable characters in the show. The therapist in Storybrook is Jiminy Cricket. Even though Rumple's son is Henry's father. Emma dates Captain Hook for a long time. The dwarves are close family friends esp grumpy and the diner in town is run by Grandma and Red Ridinghood. *spoiler* Red is the wolf. Other charcaters make an apperamce in this show and fit in the family tree some how. Like the Wicked witch of the west is the evil queen's sister. Elsa makes an appearance at some point. Everyone becomes evil and gets redeemed at one point and there's always some curse

[@acorn0]

Also since the Evil Queen adopted Henry that also technically makes him Emma's uncle😅

[@aneleh6]

what

[@juliasouza8465]

Because he would be Snow's brother

[@andlyz9588]

Thank you very much, I wanted the lore but I have no patience to watch the show. You saved me!

[@Abellegf5ji]

Tell me I'm not the only one who got lost by the fifth sentence so I had to draw up a family tree and connect everyone🤦🏽‍♀️🤣

[@aiyanajohnson5866]

In a season of the show..Aladin came into play as a genie and an alternate version of the evil queen made a wish that Emma was never sent into the wardrobe and trapped her in that world because Emma was "The Savior". The reason she was the Savior explained in the first episode. In order to save Emma from being stuck in the wish realm, the evil queen(aka Regina) killed her parents to prove they weren't real. Well, that made the wish version of Henry very angry and attempt to kill Regina. Then, wish version of Rumpelstiltskin came into play when the original Rumpelstiltskin tried to get rid of his power. Which all explains why killing the original kills the duplicate.

[@liabstrait8306]

I totally forgot they did aladin even tho I remembered the wish 😂

[@M24071]

wow that broke my mind did ABC do a Dark level complicated storyline it's kinda impressive

[@Stefnato]

Yap session😭

[@elenabe4718]

... what

[@CannonRaw]

13:25 "Does he have a shotgun in his boot?" It's certainly louder than his fist.

[@Animeg3030]

Once Upon A Time really carried me throughout late middle school and high school, man. It was the first show I was allowed to watch by myself, which allowed a whole world of fandom that was just for me! It's cheesy and often REALLY visually struggling, but the characters still stay with me. I do really think that seasons one through three were really solid, and then they lost it when they introduced Frozen and things that weren't exactly fairy tales like Frankenstein. Captain Hook, Rumplestiltskin, and Belle and Zelena were my favorite characters, by far.

[@brynneamcgill5134]

I have almost the exact same opinion! It was my first big show too!

[@ShayMiW]

I kinda feel the same. It was cool going with the original Disney characters & Brothers Grimm fairy tale themes, then it was like they expanded to all types of fictional characters

[@ezripotter]

I love once upon a time bc I just know the budget went: 100% costumes, 0% cgi, 0% sets. It’s a shame Dylan didn’t get to see more of the better costumes (not just their normal clothes) bc I would always admire them when I was watching the show

[@thehufflepuffle960]

OUAT is genuinely the most chaotic convoluted show I’ve ever seen I wish Dylan would watch more of it 😂😂

[@spiderpool8634]

27:07 i think that just sums up the timeline perfectly

[@MetisRose95]

I think the most important thing to understand about OUAT is that it is a soap opera. With all the classic tropes that go along with that. Just with fairytale characters.

[@adwoapeprah4061]

The fact that Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas ended up together through the show always fills me with joy

[@JessFirefox]

And she was pregnant when Snow White was in season 3 after the Peter Pan arc

[@lyslegrande9282]

They always find eachother ❤

[@dice_domino]

Captian Swan will always be one of the best on-screen romances in history

[@holl3iemarie]

Preach!!!

[@xitsCASS]

straight people have no standards i fear

[@HeathsHarleyQuinn]

In what world is Captain Swan a healthy - much less good - example of romance. Hook steals every ounce of personality Emma had. He's disgusting and you only like him because Colin is hot.

[@nova3002]

@@HeathsHarleyQuinn When does he do that🤔

[@biankab390]

@@HeathsHarleyQuinnNope!

[@sasahsis]

I used to LOVE this show, it was the first one that I watched when I was a kid, the story was awesome. I never got to finished it, I stopped at season 4, but now this video made me want to rewatch it

[@Sylvia-yp2dx]

lol same. I stopped watching around season 4, never finished it.

[@amornunez6440]

Me screaming “DYLAN THERES AN EXPLANATION” every time he’s confused 😭😭😭

[@tbuckley2031]

Me screaming “DYLAN WHAT WERE YOU DOING FOR 9 YEARS FILM SCHOOL? DID YOU NOT HAVE A CHILDHOOD”

[@YesIlikebananasSo]

He should watch it like it’s Friends 😂

[@dylancole1910]

Kind of useless to try.

[@Victoria-_]

FR 😂

[@jaylaanpough5524]

the whole thing about OUAT is that everything is based on timing, flashbacks, (lost) memories, and overlapping stories. Rumpelstiltskin IS infact himself AND the beast from Belle's story. he trained the queen of hearts who mothers another one of our favorite characters and a bunch more drama that is honestly too complex for this 1 post. I was SO EXCITED watching this video 🤩 i got excited for a second when Dylan said "2 episodes" cus i thought he was gonna do ep.1+2

[@gisela_oliveira]

he is also the chrocodile from peter pan/capitan hook AND he replaced the fairy from Cinderella's sotry

[@emmaahearn4731]

but he is also Henry's grandfather

[@cool_caitlin]

Ccol fact about the apples. The woman with the dark hair (Regina) makes a poisoned apple pie for the woman with blonde hair (Emma) but the kid eats it, so it's funny that you mentioned something about the apples and them being evil😂

[@TheMindofagenius1]

I mean.... it's a no brainer when she's clearly supposed to be the evil queen.

[@jijitters]

? You know these stories are all based on centuries-old fairytales literally everyone knows, right? Everyone knows what the apple represents and the fact that it's poison, and knows she would be the one to use it.

[@Anonymous-uw4sr]

​@@TheMindofagenius1Exactly

[@lanadiamondknight8427]

I freaking SQUEALED when I saw this thumbnail!!!!! I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW!!!!!

[@jackiet820]

I know he doesn't really take show recommendations but I cant help thinking that A series Of unfortunate events and TUA would be so perfect for him

[@Bluetack2019]

Congrats now he will never watch this one especially out of spite

[@bripsetty]

once upon a time is my favourite show ever. i know it doesnt have the greatest production or directional choices, but the plots and the character arcs are so beautiful and the actors do a phenomenal job. this show has inspired me to have hope through all the dark times in my life and i’m just so happy dylan’s given it a watch - regardless of whether he likes it or appreciates it or not.

[@shr00mski]

I’d pay for Dylan to react to the entirety of this insane show 😂

[@SomePersonNamedJay]

FINALLY!!!! OMG YES! I’ve wanted you to watch this for so long!!!!

[@Valerieg83]

Ya same, but I couldn’t say anything 😭😭

[@Rox7ne]

Fr. Just wishing it'd happen bcs if we ever said anything it would've never happened lmaooo

[@sarapathan6063]

my favourite show from when i was younger for you to watch now,, i was not ready to be in my feels this monday.. oh my gosh Dylan posting on a monday

[@xxxxxxx9105]

Same

[@Louhands]

YEEESSS ME TOO!! Ive been rewatching it and my jaw dropped when I saw he uploaded this!!!

[@CassandraMzizi]

Hailey wiplejack is doing a full review / summary of the wholes series

[@xxxxxxx9105]

@@Louhands same best show

[@lexilala]

pleaseee do a first and last with each season of this show There are so many plot changes and new characters it would be Amazing

[@OkraDayss]

YEESSS I LOVE THIS SHOW LOL!! I've rewatched it like four times. The writing is incredible and the storylines and plots are so compelling. The way they entangle all of the fairytale stories is so cool in my opinion. Regina, Pan, and Hook are my fave characters