@Schmacky wrote:
There’s so much stuff going on in this episode I’m slightly nervous that it’s all going to go too fast.
This show really loves to plow through plot and breakthroughs without pausing for character moments.
However, this makes me feel better and I’m really excited about it:
This has been my only complaint this season…they went much more slowly last season in relation to character development. And this episode sounds slam packed full of stuff…better not blink our eyes or we’re liable to miss something.
One of the things she said that intrigued me was that the nature versus nurture issue would be heavy in this episode and with Rumple/Neal/Henry and a flashback of Rumple’s dad being involved I’m wondering just how all that will play out. We pretty much know Neal is Bae so Henry is Rumple’s grandson and was raised by Regina for 10 years yet he seems like a sweet kid. So I would say nature won out since Bae was sweet natured.
Yet for all that Regina came across as a loving person that was turned by the nurturing(if you can look at it like that…his influence at the very least and manipulation) of Rumple (her being his apprentice) and became like her mother and now is with her mother. I’m not convinced that nurturing has won out here quite yet though…I still have hope that Regina will find her real self again…the one that Daniel knew…never the less I do like having evil Regina back again at least for a while…she’s great either way.
I do wonder if Neal and Emma will even get the chance to iron out any of their issues…the comment she gave that their reunion was interesting didn’t sound all that encouraging…I think most of it might focus on the Bae side of things rather than Neal and turning her in to the cops 11 years ago. Looking forward to the Neal/Gold interaction though.