Manhattan : epi 14 Favorite and Least Favorite Moments

1. Hook is still my favorite (I still hope they keep him for a good while), but Neal is growing on me.
2. Not enough of Captain Hook (barely any screen time the last few episodes)
3. The story is breaking my heart, but I still find it hard to feel sorry for Rumple. I did before he killed
Milah, but that event changed how I feel about the character.
4. With how this episode was talked about being so huge, I really felt the “big surprise”, while intriguing, had less of an impact than I would have expected
5. Waaaaay to many commercials (can anything be done about that?). I think we might have gotten 30 minutes of program time, minus advertising.
6. I’m a little disappointed, but still excited about next week’s episode. It looks like Hook is going to actually hurt Rumple, and it looks like it’ll be in New York. If he’s going to hurt him, I’d think Emma’s seeing him do that would probably omit any possibilities for those who hope for a Hook/Emma relationship. If I’m right, I’ll be really disappointed; with that, and if we won’t get to keep looking forward to more of Captain Hook on the show.
7. I hope Neal goes to Storybrooke. Based on spoilers, it looks like he will. Whether his relationship (if there is one) is with Emma or not, I’m looking forward to seeing more of what they’ll do with him. He’s another one who after tonight, I hope we’ll see around for a long time to come. I like him!

Favorite Moments

First, I think that MRJ and Jennifer Morrison and Robert Carlyle deserve praise. Their scenes were the best in the whole episode. 😀

Emma and Neal having their face-to-face talk. I am a bit upset that Neal is not that guilt-ridden about what he had done to her, but I do like how Emma had a bit of a chance to let out some of her pain and frustration.

Rumpelstiltskin injuring his own leg–I sorta figured he would soon find a way to leave, but it was still heartbreaking to see him have to do the deed.

Snow White and Prince Charming talking about their family–it was cute and funny and it actually eased the tension a bit in the episode.

The whole family reunion–Neal seeing Henry, Henry learning Emma lied, Rumpelstiltskin realizing who Henry really is, Emma having to tell she lied, and Henry hurt by it all.

I really loved Neal telling it straight–his father abandoned him in a world alone, with no one. And what was even worse was that his father still didn’t learn his lesson–he actually talked again about magic (loved how exaserated Neal looked) and how he could turn the clock back until his son is fourteen. Neal was right–his father still didn’t learn his lesson. He was still using magic for everything.

Leave Favorite Moments

Greg spying. Seriously, why is he so interested? I get that he was freaked out about it, but it just seems forced.

Regina pretending to be nice to Belle and then knocking her out cold and then checking her purse with magic. She really couldn’t bother to use her hands. It was reckless and dumb.

Seeing Regina all happy with her mom. She had been so firm in wanting her mother to not come to Storybrooke. She had worked with Rumpelstiltskin. She knew her mother framed her. She knew her mother wanted her broken, and yet she still works with her.

Also, I didn’t really care so much for Rumpelstiltskin’s flashbacks. Some were good, but some didn’t really add much other than what we already know.

I thought in the preview that Emma lifted the cover of the cage to Seer.

As for Snow and PC, I really didn’t think that was cute maybe because we all knew the blood line thing. I did like Snow’s advice to Emma about protecting Henry or is it Emma.

I was also disappointed that Emma didn’t tell Neil that her family was threaten back home. To be honest this was kind of another let down for me after all that build up stuff.

Yea, how did August know about Belfire that was weird and why didn’t Emma tell Snow about August?

Favorite:
Rumple and Bae finally meeting and talking. I love both actors and think they nailed it! Very emotional, and no matter how many times Rumple has rehearsed what he would say it was still difficult and filled with desperate, stumbling attempts from him. Neal’s anger and disbelief felt extremely natural.

Emma/Neal/Henry/Rumple interaction. Every combination of those characters together in this ep was brilliant. Even the little touches like Neal telling Emma that she could keep yelling at him in the bar, Gold getting suspicious over the dreamcatcher, Neal putting his arm around his son for the first time… just amazing work.

The Seer. So creepy looking, and the prophecy info was great and filled with plenty to speculate on. And Rumple smashing his leg was cringeworthy in the good way.

Snow and David discussing the family tree and sucky Thanksgivings. lol

Least Favorite:

Greg spying with his phone.

The map location being in Belle’s purse.

I’d have liked something a bit more in the box reveal with August, but it worked well enough to get the job done.