And while it makes sense that one pep talk from Snow wasn’t enough to shake off her sadness about Henry (and really, Regina is the only one who seems affected by being torn away from Storybrooke), what’s equally perfect is that it’s the prospect of having a foe to vanquish that puts a spring back in Regina’s step.
The chemistry and rapport between Regina and Robin is percolating nicely (I’m anxious to see what happens when they encounter each other again in the real world). I loved her rescuing Robin Hood’s son from a flying monkey by turning the beast into an adorable toy. In fact, the flashbacks to the Enchanted Forest had a lot of quality Regina. And just like Robert Carlyle and Robbie Kay, Lana Parrilla and Rebecca Mader had fantastic antagonistic chemistry as they traded zingers about Regina’s wardrobe and Zelena’s emerald skin. That said, the Wicked Witch is a great choice for a Big Bad in this world. Now, it’s a little lazy that the show is reusing the basic narrative formula from the first half of the season – a relative with a nefarious agenda from an untapped mythos comes out of the woodwork to target one of the show’s anti-heroes and the rest of the extended family ends up in the crosshairs as well. As is typical in stories like these, Zelena is jealous that Regina was the daughter Cora kept and raised, even if she was a controlling monster, and wants to take everything away from Regina as revenge.
During the first of what I’m sure will be several face-offs, Zelena claims that she is Regina’s older half-sister via Cora (and are we to assume that Rumplestiltskin is the proud papa?). Turns out the Wicked Witch of the West’s reasons for targeting Regina (despite the Evil Queen’s earlier belief, to Charming’s sarcastic surprise, that there was no blood vendetta in play) are quite personal. “Witch Hunt” has our heroes searching for answers about the town’s missing memories while, back in the year they’ve forgotten, their new nemesis is more than happy to make her wickedness known.
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