instead of catching up on TV, let's throw some other shows into the mix?

I keep being tempted by Once Upon a Time, even though I gave up in vague disinterest and frustration midway through season one. But there are fairy tales being retold, and I love that stuff! And apparently there's a v. cute Lancelot, and Mu-lan was there at some point, right? (My main frustration: no characters had any real agency other than Emma, Regina and Mr. Gold. And I wasn't very fond of Rumpelstiltskin. So I gave up in the middle of the episode about the magic mirror. I tried the werewolf episode later on and it wasn't enough to tempt me back.)

sabaceanbabe says the special that aired before season two would probably be enough to catch up, but if you had a favorite episode from the second half of season one, maybe you could let me know? And then I could decide if cute Lancelot would be enough to try season two...

Here's a list of the second half of season one:
12 Skin Deep
13 What Happened to Frederick
14 Dreamy
15 Red-Handed (already watched)
16 Heart of Darkness
17 Hat Trick
18 The Stable Boy
19 The Return
20 The Stranger
21 An Apple Red as Blood
22 A Land Without Magic

In entirely unrelated news, the Oklahoma Sooners beat the Texas Longhorns (American football) this weekend. And I was quite content.