Also, I think that alcohol in that area would BURN. I winced the instant Xo suggested it.

Because that's not Petra's unknown twin sister. It is actually Sin Rostro (the reports of her death have been greatly exaggerated) who got plastic surgery to look like Petra in order to get back into the Marbella. She dyed her hair in a grimy bus station bathroom halfway through her journey in order to further obscure…

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but I loved Hook as the deckhand! Sometimes, an attractive, kind man who lacks confidence in his abilities is 10 times hotter than an attractive, cocky pirate captain.

That actually happens a lot in this show. Remember how Regina redeemed herself and became "good" yet still secretly kept Maleficent locked up in a dungeon under the library for a year or two? Basically, everyone forgets about characters who were left suffering and/or trapped until they need that character's help. (I…

I actually wonder how that works. Can the essential "goodness" of her sacrifice cancel out the Darkness, or give her greater control over it?

Well, the therapist (Archie aka Jiminy Cricket) was killed by one of the Big Bads, although I don't remember which one. I really miss Red though, and the Giant definitely should have visibly stuck around.

I'm replying to comment from 10 months ago, so you'll probably never see this (unless your discus account works much better than mine does), but I'm so glad somebody else commented on the geography issues. I had to look up where Setauket was on a map and then spent the next 5 episodes puzzling over how the characters…

Well, now that Nostradamus is gone, the castle's a bit short-staffed in the medicine and poisons department.

Ugh. Discus is giving me problems. I never intended to post that, and was trying to delete it. Although now that I'm stuck with it out there, the link to the comment is here (if it works): http://www.avclub.com/tvclu….

One of the very first TVD comments I ever saw on a Reign review was, "Can we get TVD recaps instead of Reign? No one even watches Reign."

I associate that constant screwing up with them being young rulers lacking trustworthy guidance. At least Francis isn't 'disciplining' Mary for operating independently from him. He seems to include her in important court matters, and to genuinely listen to what she has to say even if he doesn't always agree with it.…

Pet peeve: As happy as I am about the Greer Castleroy reunion (and I'M THRILLED), they needed to discuss the possibility of children before getting busy. They're both smart and practical enough to anticipate the problem had they discovered a lack of passion (god forbid!) yet conceived a child. Would Castleroy marry…

Oh good, I'm not the only one who doesn't eagerly anticipate Francis' death by ear.

My fingers are routinely as cold as ice. It's why I'm always the first person to start wearing gloves (WITH fingertips - otherwise what's the point) in fall and the last person to take them off come spring. How come nobody told me that my icy fingertips mean I'm the spawn of hell?

Wait, Castleroy is a secret Protestant? How did I miss that scene?

Maybe I'm just ignorant of how court-infighting works, but why couldn't Mary explain what really happened to the nobles that Narcisse whipped into an anti-monarch frenzy? "I defended the nobility by having a noble killed after he MURDERED OTHER NOBLES, an entire noble family/lineage in fact." sounds very different…

That final scene with the nursemaid creeped me out enough that I'm now worried I'm going to have nightmares. However, I expected a quick twist of the baby's neck rather than a stabbing to be the method of infanticide.

Can Greer join him after about 5 episodes? I love him, but I also love the two of them together. Then again, if this actually happened Reign would be forced to play a distant second fiddle to my love for awesome 16th century feminist Lord Castleroy show.

Hmm, I also wonder about the dialogue in Francis and Mary's fight. It sounded a little too on point for them just to kiss and be happy together directly afterwards. However, it definitely sounded much more like Francis than like Mary. I wonder if he appeased her about the "You are not king either" line by pointing out…

Oooh…maybe his younger brother has been murdering his wives every time it looks like they've produced an heir, but nobody in the family believes Julien about younger brother's murderous nature. Or, maybe Julien IS the younger brother, and he's penniless because of primogeniture issues, so he's been impersonating his…