I for one quite enjoyed this episode. More than last week’s.
Really liked seeing more Regina’s backstory. Kinda filled in the gap between Daniel’s death and her evil reign ten years later. So she really didn’t want to become like her mother right after, but was rather consumed by evil power, kinda like Rumpel. It seems to be a theme/pattern with the villains. Quite tragic. 🙁
One question, though, that I think hasn’t been answered yet (I really didn’t want to start a new thread for it)– Rumpel was planning on leaving, presumably to find his son, right? So , my question is: why was he so hellbent on bringing magic to storybrooke in the first place? If he left, he wouldn’t be bringing the magic with him, naturally…was he planning on returning with Bae? Or staying out for good? And if he was not planning on returning, then again, WHY bring magic and have it be contained in the town? Gah. I’m stumped. Am I missing something? 😆