Emerald City Episode 7 ' They Came First' Review

Hey guys, welcome back to the channel, and today we're going to be reviewing Emerald City episode 7, They Came First. And we open up this week with Dorothy and Scarecrow and Sylvie headed to see Glinda. And we know part of the deal that the Wizard cut with Dorothy was for her to go with the Scarecrow and Sylvie to see Glinda, and her plan is to kill Glinda in exchange for a way back home, as the Wizard has a way to reproduce the vortex or tornado to get her back home. So she hasn't revealed this information to Scarecrow, uh, as of yet. So he doesn't really know what's going on, and we're kind of like in this situation of, is Dorothy going to go through with that? And so we get Naaman Uh, in this scene, and Naaman's been tasked, uh, by the Wizard with seeking out and destroying, uh, witches. You know, these little witch armies that Glinda has been preparing to go to war with the Wizard in Emerald City. And Naaman, or who I believe is going to end up being, uh, you know, the lion or the the Cowardly Lion from the other interpretations. I believe, you know, Naaman is— or you can pretty much tell he's a bit conflicted. You know, he doesn't want to go seek out these witches because he's been instrumental in helping the Scarecrow and Dorothy, and, uh, it seems he's more on their side than the Wizard's side. So he's definitely in opposition to the Wizard. So this is, you know, Scarecrow. He arrives at the halfway— the, um, safe house rather, that was, uh, set up by Glinda, you know, en route to get to see Glinda. And so Scarecrow and Dorothy, they're kind of, um, you know, stopped there at this point. And they have this conversation where Dorothy basically does end up revealing to Scarecrow that she's gonna have to leave because she planned on taking Glinda out so she could go home. And Scarecrow is, uh, you know, he's not very happy about that because he understands now he's supposed to go back with Glinda and, um, meet with them. But Dorothy, uh, is kind of conflicted with her plan, so she kind of comes up with this, uh, with this plan where they all should just forget, just leave and go off on their own together. But we also get this very interesting scene where Sylvie, uh, as we know she's a witch. When Dorothy's trying to leave, she's just flipping the safe house over and over again. They don't know what's going on. Then they feel— they find it's Sylvie using her great power. And Sylvie's doing this because she's grown quite fond of Dorothy, and that's her way of letting Dorothy know, hey, uh, I don't want you to leave, and I'm going to keep you here. And so, you know, in this scene we got the Witch of the West, and the Witch of the West, uh, after she revealed the plan to the Wizard what Glinda's plan was, how she was going to create this army of witches. The Wizard needs her to pick out and to determine who are the witches inside Emerald City, as he's— he has, uh, literally a witch hunt going on. Um, and we, we get a little bit more information why The Witch of the West is, is helping the, uh, the Wizard because in the last battle when the witches went out to fight with the bees, um, a lot of them were sent to their death. A lot of them died. And the Witch of the West kind of blames Glinda, um, you know, for this, you know, for their deaths and things of this nature. So this is why the Witch of the West is working with the Wizard because she doesn't like how these witches were created to go off to war, in which this case the same thing is happening, and, and a lot of them end up dead. So this is the motivation behind the Witch of the West not to be on the side of Glinda, but she's also put in a really tough situation as she doesn't want to give up the witches because she knows that the Wizard will kill them. So she's in bad situations on both ends. If she allows the witches, or she doesn't identify them, then Glinda sends them off to war. If she tells the Wizard which ones are which, then he gets rid of them. So she's able to cut a deal with the Wizard, and the deal is that she will take care of the witches. And keep them from going off to battle. But things don't go as planned during the witch hunt. Uh, the witches start to fight back with their, you know, immense powers and things of that nature. And, uh, one of the witches who's, um, uh, you know, captured, uh, the wizard doesn't really honor his bargain. The townspeople go crazy trying to kill the witch. She's trapped in, uh, in this pit, so to speak, and she's, um— I'm not sure if it's magic or she tries to use her powers and she dies in this pit, but she actually, um, ends up, uh, while she's trying to use her powers and she's trapped in this pit that the, the Witch of the West used originally to protect her, I believe. She ends up dead, and the Witch of the West blames herself for this. She blames the Wizard for not keeping his bargain as well. So she's now in this place where she really doesn't trust anybody. And this is interesting, we got the Tin Man, or Tin Man and, um, Lady L, or the princess. And she's, after the death of her father being killed by a witch, uh, she's, she's, she's now become the queen. Uh, so she's taken on a lot of responsibility, and it's very stressful for her. So her and Jack have this scene while they're headed back to the palace where Uh, he's trying to comfort her. It's not working. She doesn't like his attempts, and she just puts him out. She just puts him out in the middle of these, um, woods. And I forgot the, the name of these woods, but they're like these dangerous woods, and he's just left there. And, uh, it gets worse. He's, you know, as his parts are mechanical, as he's trying, as he's trying to get away from whatever dangers lurking in these, uh, these dangerous woods Um, he, uh, he starts to rust out and he can't even move to get away. So he's in really bad shape. And just when, uh, you know, he thinks he's not going to get any help, uh, she comes back. And she comes back with oil to, to help him, you know, as if she known he was going to have this issue. And, uh, you know, they have this kind of romantic slash erotic seen first in the woods where she's oiling him up, you know. And, um, you know, then they get back to the palace and, uh, you know, their relationship really gets, um, you know, a lot better. Now she goes to reveal to him what she looks like behind that mask, and I really wanted to see that. I was hoping that, uh, we would get that scene, but he stopped her and said it doesn't matter what you look like. He sees her as the person she is on the inside. And so they just have this romantic moment. And, um, so, um, don't know how that's gonna play out. I don't know if Jack's still interested in Tip, or if that's just gonna be a friend thing, or if Tip's gonna somehow get back in the picture and, uh, it's gonna create an issue for him and now the queen. And so just a scene with Tip, uh, you know, in this scene it seems as if, uh, you know, the crowd's getting a little bit crazy after this witch situation, and the wizard ends up making this decree. And the decree goes something like he's tried to live alongside magic, to suppress it. But now with all this happening, it's become so dangerous that he feels it's a mistake, and now his plan is just to destroy all the witches and destroy everything to do with magic. So, you know, he's, he's going for a total wipeout. And Tip gets wind of this. She's headed back to, uh let the Witch of the West know that, you know, it's time for them to get out of there. You know, that, you know, this thing is really going bad and that the Wizard's really, you know, going, you know, going all the way, um, you know, over the edge now. And he wants to just rid himself of all magic and witches and everything that comes with it. So this is very interesting. This kind of— this really was shocking because, um, really shocking because you— at the safe house, you know, Lucas or Scarecrow and Dorothy, you know, uh, Scarecrow decides to, to let Dorothy, uh, you know, to accept her idea of you know, we should just abandon this entire thing, or we should— uh, I'm sorry, kill Glenda. They actually decided to kill Glenda, and they were all going to go back to, uh, you know, Dorothy's world, you know, go back, you know, to our world. And so Scarecrow seemingly agreed with this, uh, everybody seemed on the same page, and, you know, they had their very romantic moment back at the safe house. And, you know, we're thinking everything is, you know, uh, is going great and that they're going to go through with this plan. They finally arrive at, uh, Glenda's, uh, palace or home or whatever she calls it. And, you know, it's just this all white, it looks like marble, you know, place she lives at. And You know, they're basically saying, well, you know, you weren't supposed to bring Dorothy, you know, some of her witches or aides. And they're saying that, you know, and Scarecrow's letting her know, oh, she's okay, and this and that. And so Glinda finally comes out. And so we're looking to get this story about what's Scarecrow's involvement with this, what's he to Glinda, and this and that. And Glinda walks right up to Scarecrow and she kisses him. And we find out they have this, you know, they have this romantic relationship and that they, they were both in love. And it's so crazy that then the Scarecrow, you know, he basically turns to Dorothy and says, I'm sorry, Dorothy. He tells Glenda that Dorothy planned to kill her, but as Dorothy's helped him along the way so long that, you know, he's hoping that, you know, she has some type of clemency, that she has, uh, you know, that she's pardoned in this situation. And it seems like Glenda is on board with that. And, uh, you know, so we just don't know, you know, we don't know. I don't, you know, I don't know what to make of this because At one end, I'm going, now, is the Scarecrow playing Glinda? And does he really, uh, you know, um, you know, is he really on Dorothy's side? You know, has their relationship had that much time to progress? But what's been interesting, stories I've been hearing around the internet and, and things like that, is, you know, a lot of people just aren't shipping, weren't shipping the relationship between Dorothy and Scarecrow or Lucas. You know, they felt that it was kind of rushed, that it was, uh, you know, too bending too fast. And that's what's concerning about it, the situation with Glenda after he got his memories back. That seems to be a lot more, you know, uh, there's a lot more history in there and connection there, it would seem, than the little time he's had to develop with Dorothy. So I don't know how this is going to play out, but it sure, uh, you know, you know, left that kind of cliffhanger. So, you know, we can try to figure out what's going to happen on the next episode. Um, you know, just another scene with, uh, the wizard and Naaman, and, uh, you know, uh, him coming to the conclusion that he's going to destroy all the witches. Scene with Jack, and this is where Jack is dropped off in these dangerous woods, and his, uh, he doesn't have any oil and he's beginning to rust. And you know, this was Scarecrow and Dorothy at the safe house, and you know, basically having their romantic moment, which just made it so much more, uh, confusing. Um, you know, when he finally gets to Glenda and we find out that him and Glenda were an item, or are an item. And you know, this was, you know, Lucas, you know, begging, you know, for Dorothy to be pardoned, you know, um, at Glenda's, uh, palace. This is where the queen now returns to oil up Jack because she had, uh, basically put him out of the carriage because he really wasn't being comforting to her while she was mourning the loss of her father. Just another scene with Scarecrow and Lucas on route to Glinda. Wizard and Dorothy. Them back at the safe house again. Them on route. So I guess I'll get my final thoughts on this week's episode and see what, uh, what we can expect. So Still didn't get the lion, you know, becoming a lion. You know, I, again, I, you know, as I mentioned in earlier episodes, we have seen, um, you know, uh, this figure with this lion head dress. I really think because of the title of next week's episode, we're going to get the— we're probably going to get the lion in that because I've just seen uh, what is, what is entitled. I believe it's entitled something like The Lion in Winter or something like that. So I think he's gonna go full circle, you know, by next week. So I think we will get the lion in his story because I don't think there's many episodes left. I don't think it's only about, uh, maybe about 10. So we're down to the like last 2, I believe, right? Um, But didn't get that yet. Uh, you know, again, the most, uh, uh, concerning, uh, you know, thing on my mind is Glinda and the Scarecrow. That just came out of, you know, that came totally out of nowhere. I wasn't expecting that, and I wasn't expecting, uh, the Scarecrow's reaction the way the show set it up with them. I guess my prediction would be that the Scarecrow is playing Glinda at this point. I think they're going to try to ship us that, you know, that throughout the, uh, relationship he's had with Dorothy throughout the show, which I still think has been very short, you know, uh, but maybe it's something else going on with him and Glinda. I don't know, but I think the way the show's presenting this to us, I do feel that, uh, he might be playing— he might be playing Glenda, but at the— but at the same time, uh, you know, maybe, maybe, maybe they're trying to do something else with it. I don't know. I'm kind of— I'm kind of, uh, you know, a bit, uh, vexed, you know, on this week's episode. That came out of, um, out of nowhere, and it did, you know, kind of, uh, throw me off. But I like it, I like it, I, I, I like it. There's something unpredictable like that, and I like the story has another place, you know, to go, um, you know, especially as we get up to the point where they're gonna wage this large war with the witches against Emerald City. But, uh, guys, uh, that's this week's episode. Uh, feel free to leave your comments, um, you know, what you think is gonna happen with, um Emerald City. And let us know if you like the show, you know, if you, you know, if you enjoy watching it, if you think it's, uh, lived up to your expectations, or, you know, of the next level of Wizard of Oz stories. Um, don't forget to like and subscribe, and take care, guys.