(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Sunday’s episode of ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” entitled” Sympathy for the De Vil.”)
“101 Dalmations” favorite bad girl Cruella De Vil took center stage in the latest hour of “Once Upon a Time.” Portrayed by Victoria Smurfit, “Sympathy for the De Vil” took viewers into the early years of the notorious dog-napper, showing how the loss of her father and the cruelty of her mother helped shape her into the twisted, classic villain she became.
Or perhaps things aren’t always as they seem at first.
The episode also marked a surprisingly dark turn for another character — one who has come to personify the potential for purity and goodness within all of us, no matter our shortcomings and challenges in life.