why does no one talk about how sad it was when cora got her heart back and happiness instantly took over her and while she was dying she realized that just regina alone without power would've been enough for her?? like it just sucks so much bc cora finally really felt what it's like to truly love regina and regina finally felt truly loved by her mother only to have her die seconds later
I actually agree with you. Yes Cora was a terrible person, pure evil, she did horrible things, but that moment when she was dying and got her heart back was so so sad, I actually cried. Especially now that we know Cora's backstory and what made her become evil.
that look on Cora's face at 1:19 makes me think of how a mother looks when she see's their baby for the very first time, and in a way Cora IS seeing her daughter for the first time, the first time FEELING; and Regina is definitely seeing love form her mom for the first time also. this scene is without a doubt one of the best moments in the OUAT series (and its competing with quite a few beauties)
Lana’s performance here when she breaks down and sounds like she’s a baby is so good I legitimately forgot she was an actress for a moment. Truly heart wrenching.
It's scenes like this that makes this series so special at times. The writers took a huge risk having Snow do something so manipulative and malicious, BUT it wasn't some out-of-left-field nonsense like that Season 4 subplot of Snowing sacrificing Maleficent's baby to darkness for Emma's lightness, which the writers basically saw they bit off more than they could chew. Here, Snow was channeling the history of abuse by both Regina and Cora and she basically stuck it to both of them in one fell swoop! This felt like a genuine character moment based on what we've seen throughout the show. It shows that even the purest of hearts can only take so much! And in the succeeding episodes, Snow felt conflict for being compelled to perform an evil act, but also not having regret.
"This would've been enough....you would've been enough" that just broke my heart. All Regina ever wanted was her mother's love, and she final got only to have it ripped away from her.
Nah. Let's be real if cora had lived she'd probably have just ripped out her heart again and make another grab for power. I think it was a last ditch attempt to manipulate Regina and further turn her against the heros
She literally was the most terrifying villain this show had ever produced. The writing on Seasons 1, 2 & some of 3 was amazing till it went all downhill. Truly a great show. It was.
AllyEvilRegal Yerkes I have no idea why many people (or OUAT fans) are feeling sorry for Regina and hating Snow. They feel sorry because Regina has suffered from much pain. Regina has killed many innocent people. Imagine if someone kills the people you love and he/she has a bitter experience that led to being evil, would you forgive him/her? Try to put yourself in Snow's position too, if you're a kid and telling someone's secret to others.
It's so ironic how Rumplestiltskin replies with "I did nothing" when Regina blames him for Cora's death. He technically caused all of this. The entire show & especially the villains like Regina & Cora are based on the fact that Rumple needed to create a curse powerful enough to get him to our world, and needed the right people to do it.
It's not rumples fault cora sent hook after him with a poison with no antidote. Man just did what he needed to survive and the town was saved as a bonus
did anyone else have a break down when regina cries and says dont leave me mother, please :( thats the saddest most cutest thing in the world i love regina. she didnt deserve this
Ashlyn Spence No not even a little bit. They’ve both done terrible things. Just because something bad happened to them as a result of their actions, doesn’t mean I have sympathy for them.
@@gnatmalzahar8452 I love Regina. She is my favorite character, even though I don't understand why she got accepted by the charmings. I totally agree with you @King She murdered, ripped hearts out and let many people suffer. And after everything that happened she still gets her happy ending? That's kind of messed up. I mean the whole show was messed up since season 3B but you know...
Oh my god that darn smile. When Cora finally is able to love Regina, the love she should've felt. And the smile on Regina's face as well! Oh my god. Right in my heart. Then those words, "This would've been love. You would've been enough" those words broke me! Damn you Snow White!
Ultimately, it came down to Rumple's life or Cora's; and Rumple is definitely the lesser of two evils. Snow did the right thing. I only wish she wasn't so wishy-washy over the whole matter. I gotta laugh at all these posters crying over Cora and Regina. These two threw an innocent woman out of a window to her death in the previous episode.
To be fair, Cora did the throwing. Regina gladly put her heart back into Johanna. She flinched away from the flying body and debris. Of course, Regina is also at fault because she did nothing to stop it but there might not be a spell in OUAT land that has anything to do with preventing a fall or a magical tossing of a person. Surely if they did, Rumple and Regina would have done it earlier on in the show because let's face it, that looks painful as hell.
"She flinched away from the flying body and debris." "…..there might not be a spell…preventing a fall or a magical tossing of a person." "…..Rumple and Regina would have done it earlier on in the show….." Getting technical, don't you think?
She did the right thing, but she did for the wrong reasons. She said it was to protect her family, but that wasn't the ONLY reason. Snow also wanted revenge for all the pain Cora caused her. For example, killing her mother.
She was great villain, that's why that LOSER got what she deserved. The Old Bag finally got her comeuppance, after everything she's wrought in her life
Okay, it's sad that after Regina FINALLY got something she really wanted she had to lose it within seconds... but hey, it saved Mr Gold, the most badass character on the show! For Gold/Rumpelstiltskin to be saved, Cora, Charming, and various other characters all dying at once would still be more than worth it, dearies! Bwahahaha! To hell with the "true love" shite, Rumpelstiltskin rulesssssssss! :D
It was hook's poison. He's got to have the antidote as an incentive for people he's interrogating. Also there must be other magic to heal stuff. The writers could have gone any way they wanted but killing Cora was a good scene and plot device to keep Regina a villain for a while longer.
see this right here shows that regina isn't evil, i mean yeah she murdered countless innocents and there's no defending that, however she was manipulated into becoming the person she is, by her mother, by gold, even the charmings (and i mean all them--snow, the prince, emma, and henry) to be pulled by that many strings in that many directions must be so overwhelming i can't imagine the stress and loniless she must go through no wonder she snaps and lashes out
calisa14 In what way did they make her do all the things she’s done? She chose to do those evil things. I would agree that Cora pushed her in that direction, but she definitely chose to do everything she’s done. No one controlled her and no one forced her.
I think that's wrong. Humans, including us, are born with sinful natures. We have tendencies to make sins and Regina is triggered by Cora. What matters is how we respond towards hard times and pain.
Silly comment. Regina was definitely evil for most of her adult life. You cannot deny that. Just because there were people even worse than her (Cora, Pan, etc) does not make her a good person in the slightest.
No, That's nonsense regina slaughtered an entire village just because they helped Snow White find shelter. She was a fully grown adult when that happened you can't always blame your mom and dad for every decision especially when you're an adult.
Oh so now big bad loser of hearts finally understands that love is strength. Too late to realize truth that king Xavier was fool 3000 for teaching her that in 1st place & now cora’s Paying dearly
to me this is just sad... the second Cora feels love from her heart and Regina was so happy, then Cora just dies like that. I mostly feel bad for Regina, especially the fact that everyone in her life has died and all she has left is Henry who Emma is keeping away from her
It's either Rumple or Cora, & Rumple surviving is better than Cora any day, especially with who knows what kind of monster Henry would've been twisted into had Cora survived
Love this scene. Great job from Barbara and Lana. Poor Regina, finally gets to feel love from her mother that she has worked so hard her whole life to achieve, only for it to end 30 seconds later.
I don't care what anyone says, Snow was WRONG! You do not trick someone into killing their own mom. That's just evil and cowardish. Cora gave Snow a chance to save her mom it would have been evil but she gave her chance. Cora didn't give Snow the poison to give to her mom. I love Regina and Snow but Snow was definitely in the wrong.
Cora gave Snow a chance to save her mom it would have been evil but she gave her chance. Cora didn't give Snow the poison to give to her mom. Yes. In the most twisted lawyer contract type of way she did. But she was A LITTLE GIRL.
Except that Cora killed her mother and even if Snow saved her then, she would've just killed her at another time since she wanted Regina to be queen. Then Regina orchestrated her father's death, tried to have her killed and now Cora and Regina were trying to kill the last of her family, her husband and daughter. When it comes to protecting your child, the gloves are off.
she can't be that wrong. why because she is the hero? she was someone who always played by the rules, and people close to her got hurt because of it. this was the breaking point for her but even then she still feels guilt
well first cora posined her mother also cora was trying to kill which means cora would become the dark one which would mean that cora would come after snow charming emma so in a way snow did the right thing she was trying to project her own family snow was just trying to project her own family is that really wrong? projecting your family because than I would be evil and she regreted it when she saw cora dead I think her actions were justified and also nobody perfect so don't blame snow when she was just trying to project her family
I will say that in Snows situation if she wanted to off Cora she should've done it herself by her own hand. At least that way it wouldn't have been such a cowardly act. I can't say that Cora didn't have it coming in the long run, but I do agree that Snow shouldn't have tricked and used Regina into killing her own mother.
Omg this was the nth time I've seen this and it keeps breaking my heart for Regina specially how Lana portrayed the "little helpless girl" but then the sudden snapping at Rumple for his "sympathy" wanting to still show strength (as adult) shifting to emotional then going into a state of blank and then back to the raging Evil Queen...in roughly less than a minute....this was brilliantly played...love it...well I have been a fan of the Badass Queen, so this would be very interesting....
I thought I'd never say this as I hated Cora but I had tears in my eyes when she died especially when she says "You would've been enough". It's just like Graham's episode, the character realizes the truth too late and then they're gone.
Rumple made some terrible mistakes out of fear which led him down a very dark path. The same could be said of Regina, Zelena and Hook. Cora never gave up baby Z. Cora dumped baby Z and left her to the mercies of the wild forest. This was Cora long before she tore out her own heart for Power. Shame didn't do this to Cora. Cora did this to herself. What a monster.
Power is nothing. Love is all there is. If you're ever doing anything and you're not doing it with Love then you aren't doing it right and you're not getting the full experience of it. Cora's lust for power could have grown from the pain of whatever it was that happened to her mother (could Cora's mother have died in childbirth, Cora never had a mother, Cora's father lost his One True Love?) that was never explored, combined with Cora's pain at seeing her father suffer and her feeling so alone in her trouble, so out if her depth and feeling unable to do anything about it. Did Cora never have at least one friend? Cora was a very intelligent woman but she always held so much fear, pain and anger in her heart that she was the architect of her own demise. Hold fear, pain and anger in your heart and act on it and it will eat you alive and destroy you. Or, do the opposite, Love, and you get to help make the world a better place. Power for its own ignorant and selfish sake is meaningless. Love, on the other hand, rocks like the Stone Age. Even with her heart back in her body there was no initial hint of remorse from Cora. There was still only selfishness. And yes, Snow did do a bad thing when she chose to seek and take revenge. On the other hand, Cora did kill her mother, did kill Daniel, did terrorise Regina and Henry Senior and did screw over Rumplestiltskin. Cora coveted, guarded and nurtured her pain and her anger as though it was the most precious thing in the world. She made that her world. She tore out her own heart. Snow killing Cora the way that she did was very wrong but you could argue that it was her job to do whatever it took, no matter the cost, because that is what is expected of Royalty. Hence why Monarchy is a very bad system of government. She took her own revenge but in a way she also, unconsciously, took revenge for Daniel's murder, for abuse of Regina and revenge on behalf of all those hearts that Cora removed from their owners and boxed up. By the way, could Regina please ask Blue with help on returning those hearts, any still beating at least, to their rightful owners? Power is nothing and Love is all that there is.
Do you know what's really beautiful about this death? The fact that despite everything Cora has done in the past, this goes back to one single act: Killing Johanna. There's evil and there's sadism. Using Johanna's life as leverage to get the Dark One's dagger is evil. Getting the dagger and then killing her anyway is sadism. And this completely needless act of sadism is exactly what drove Snow to kill. Take that one act away and I guarantee that Snow would not have had the conviction to do this. Cora would have gotten her true heart back, would have realized how fulfilling the love for her daughter actually is and both her and Regina could have had their happy ending right then and there. But because of their needless ruthlessness and sadism, they are denied all of it and they 100% both deserve it. It's truly beautiful how a life they both viewed as insignificant came back to haunt them. I'm glad Regina found healing and redemption later on, but she fully deserved this at this point in the story
Underappreciated is how they tell us the candle worked, that Rumplestiltskin will live and Cora will die, by zooming in on the dagger, revealing the letters that had faded away have returned. That was so awesome.
Cora: “You would have been enough … oh and you have an older sister out there who probably hates you because I didn’t get rid you like I got rid of her” *croak* Regina: “Mother! Wait what? What do you mean I have a sister that you got rid of?”
What's ridiculous, is when Cora gave up Zelena. She said: I haft to give you up to give me MY best chance. Compared to how Snow send Emma, it sounds a smidge selfish, cause Snow sent Emma to give HER her best chance.
Regina's actions through this entire scene are so childlike. For in this part it doesn't matter what she's done in the past, future, or present. In this scene shes not evil, she's not cruel, she's just like a small child who's lost without her mother..No one deserves be tricked into killing their own mother, no matter how bad or evil they are
Even though it was touching to see Cora being able to love again, I still say good riddance to her after all the pain, darkness & corrupting of Regina she's sowed. If she hadn't done all those things in Enchanted Forest, maybe she would've had a chance to start over like regina could've. Cora was supposed to have been killed in "Queen of Hearts" & now she's finally staying DEAD FOREVER1
See, that's where you misunderstand; Henry isn't saying Regina has to earn him, all he's saying is that, despite being his mother, while she is evil, he wants nothing to do with her. He wants her to be the person she was before Cora's intereference.
Snow was 100% right, and Cora deserved to die. Cora is directly responsible for creating the Evil Queen and the Wicked Witch, and personally killed countless ppl. Sometimes a hero has to do what is necessary
I hate how everyone forgave snow so easily after this , how cruel that she used Regina s love to make her do it , how can I believe Regina is the evil one!!!
ARE YOU SERIOUS? Regina terrorized the entire kingdom for years, killed countless amount of people for absolutely no reason other than being evil. She made her life goal to ruin not only Snow's life, but everyone's Snow killed Cora to save her loved ones (not to mention that Cora KILLED HER MOTHER and made her think she was sick) and that makes her the cruel one? Please check your facts.
Snow killed Cora to protect her family and keep her from killing more innocents. Plus Snow has credited her name with defeating the Evil Queen, protecting civilians from her harm, and being kind and gentle to all. So yeah, of course people are going to trust that she's generally a good person and forgive her. Funny thing about forgiveness is that it's much easier to forgive when the person has never done you wrong. Regina on the other hand, has murdered, hurt, and devastated tons of people. She's slaughtered entire villages for not sharing her feelings of vengeance. There may be a reason why she did all that, but it's not justified. So it kind of makes sense that no one was able to forgive the Evil Queen when she suddenly wanted her son and decided to be good on his behalf. I don't believe anyone is truly evil. What Snow did was wrong, but what Regina did in the long run was far more damaging.
ale vega I have no idea why many people (or OUAT fans) are feeling sorry for Regina and hating Snow. They feel sorry because Regina has suffered from much pain. Regina has killed many innocent people. Imagine if someone kills the people you love and he/she has a bitter experience that led to being evil, would you forgive him/her? Try to put yourself in Snow's position too, if you're a kid and telling someone's secret to others
Cora: 'This would have been enough.' Even with her heart and on her deathbed she thinks only of herself and what she life she might have had. No awareness and no recognition of all the pain she inflicted. I'd love for the writers to explore more of Cora's history. What sort of person was Cora's mother and what happened to her? Cora's father and Charming's father were both depicted as alcoholics. I would love it if these avenues could be explored.
It's the craziest thing, the heroes always get their true love, and the villain's always realize that it's love that they always wanted. Cora, Regina and Rumple all demonstrating in one single scene how much they desperately just wanted to be loved.
@@soixsantes I wonder tho, because Cora was bloodthirsty from the beginning, and because Cora's kiss wasn't the True Love's kiss that would have broken Rumple's Dark One powers. I feel like Cora wasn't quite the true love that Rumple needed.
@@soixsantes Well... I mean she was _an_ evil queen, she was the Queen of Hearts after all, that was a pretty evil character in and of itself. I rather like the interconnections between all the characters, and I really love the fact that the entire show demonstrates time and time again, that evil isn't born, it's made.
Regina has killed people that snow loved so Regina has no right to get mad at snow because regina completely deserved and she got a taste of her own medicine.
Sarahi Martinez she didn’t snitch she was a child that was manipulative by a woman who was nice to her. Daniels days were numbered anyway because Cora would of find out without snow
I feel horrified for Regina but still sympathetic towards Snow. What she did was most certainly wrong and she deserved what came after. But still, people are simply too harsh on Snow White. She is the representation of good, not perfection. And just like evil is made, not born, so is good. Poor Regina can't get a break either. Every time something good happens for her, it goes wrong once again.
That was a good line from the show because comparatively no one is evil when put against Regina, Cora, and Rumplestiltskin. However irl evil is born, but good is made. The lost boys in OUAT or the Lord of the Flies is exactly what would happen if a bunch of 5-10 year olds managed to survive in a harsh environment. For most of human history, human sacrifice has been the norm until those who spread Christianity banished their false gods so to speak.
Ripping your heart out, doesn't make your emotions disappear ;-). As Rumpel explained, magic comes from emotions, so Cora still had emotions; she maybe not have that much love in her anymore, but she still had some. Besides in the first season, when the Sheriff kissed Emma, weren't there emotions involved?
I've just realized one thing. Regina was enough for her because when Cora had her, she had also a castle of her own. If she had Regina on the same conditions as she got Zelena, she would have just been another obstacle in her way to the top.
Is anyone going to comment on how chilling the music is when Regina looks up? At 2:53. It ran chills down my spine and told me that this wasn't over. It's so powerful!
I loved that they make them all look so human... with an inspiration of love... with a feeling of pain... that's why they're all bad guys... they once loved so much it hurted... and some hearts are not able to heal themselves...
I was thinking the same exact way. How she said "Oh you foolish girl" when she tried to rip Emma's heart out. I was expecting Cora to do something crazy too. I think she's coming back though. Cora was the best villian to happen to this show other then Regina.
I believe she said "This would have been enough. You would have been enough." Meaning now with her heart, that power doesn't matter just being with her daughter.
I think...if she put her mind to it, Snow could be really really bad. I mean, Regina has done some horrible HORRIBLE stuff in the past, but this- holy crap, and yeah, she MEANT to do it but at the last minute she changed her mind, she just had a moment of weakness. A totally awesome, Evil Snow, most WTF moment ever moment of weakness.
Damn it, why did they have to make my second favourite character in the whole series cry?! DX My 3 favourite characters in order of prefference are as follows: Rumple Regina Belle WHY?! DX Everyone I love is getting hurt!
Rumple only taught Cora magic, it was Xavier that told her "love is weakness" thus she removed her heart, which is where her true evil came from. Sure if she ran off with Rumple like she intended to she may have still committed evil, but nowhere near as much as she ended up committing, ripping out her heart took away her emotions and remorse.
Henry's emotional manipulation is disgusting. It'll never be addressed though. Emma didn't show up wanting to be in Henry's life, Henry dragged her into his. In the first season, Henry honestly believed that Regina was an Evil Queen from a magical land, and was holding everyone under a spell. If I truly, honestly believed my mother was doing that, I'd do my utmost best to stop her even though she's my mom and I love her.
Did you miss the part of the episode where Cora wanted people necks to break, simply because they were mean to her. People have bullied me my entire life. I don't want them to die, because I'm not a sociopath. Regina, while she had a heart, killed her own father. So don't give me the crap that not have a heart is what makes you evil. Rumple's the Dark One. If he didn't have the magic to save himself, I doubt Cora would.
Diana K I have no idea why many people (or OUAT fans) are feeling sorry for Regina and hating Snow. They feel sorry because Regina has suffered from much pain. Regina has killed many innocent people. Imagine if someone kills the people you love and he/she has a bitter experience that led to being evil, would you forgive him/her? Try to put yourself in Snow's position too, if you're a kid and telling someone's secret to others
Actually, while it is true he is cursed, he still made his own decisions and is still responsible for his actions. In a single instant, he became the most powerful and dangerous being in the realm, and could suddenly and easily get revenge on the Duke and his soldiers. He is always planning and manipulating people and events to suit his own benefit and he is in full control of his actions. That is part of what makes him the best damn character on the show.
this is just so tragic - what snow did was horrible, manipulating regina like that and then killing her, regina's character development has been saved as a result of this episode imo...
Hmm lets see. Cora killed her mother and Johanna for no reason and almost tried convince 10 year to kill someone. Regina killed her father, Snow's father, caused the the curse that send everyone to Storybrooke in the visit which resulted in Emma growing up alone. Henry is Rumple grandfather. Regina and Cora had it coming
@@soixsantes Sorry, that's only partly true. Yes, Cora really loved Rumple. But she gave him up to achieve her goal of becoming a princess or maybe even a queen. Not for any revenge...
Snow was so wrong for this. Honestly, one of the most heartbreaking things in the show. To trick someone into killing their own mother. It’s truly wicked and she is supposed to be one of the good guys lol
Both Regina and Cora should have thought about that before breaking their word and tossing Johanna out of the window even though they got the dagger. I understand the kind of evil that does whatever is necessary, but completely uncalled for acts like that are exactly what drives people like Snow to change. They both reaped what they sowed
