89. Cruella Does Not Need Your Sympathy | OUAT S4E19

Not every villain origin story actually explains anything. Sometimes the person was just already Like That™.On Storybrooke Circus, I'll be breaking down Once Upon a Time Season 4 Episode 19, where Cruella’s past finally comes into focus and somehow only makes her more unsettling. Between animal mind control, deeply concerning childhood behavior, and one of the show’s most aggressively committed villains, the episode raises a bigger question about darkness itself and whether every evil act really needs a tragic justification behind it. Meanwhile, Emma’s descent continues in ways that honestly send me into a full mid-episode rant about how the show absolutely could have explored darker choices for her without compromising the integrity of some of its best characters simply for shock value. Also, because this is still Season 4, Gold continues quietly manipulating everything from the sidelines like the world’s most exhausting chess player.S4E19: Sympathy for the De Vil__________Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fanlist.com/thesbcpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Have something to say? Join the fanlist and send a voice memo or text to be featured in the Storybrooke Daily Mirror!Come join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SBC DISCORD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!! https://discord.com/invite/rbGdThZxUQ ||⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SBC Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - https://www.instagram.com/thesbcpod/ ||⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Show Recording LIVE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - https://twitch.tv/mackeemousemedia ||Email - [email protected]