Favorite Moments:
Ariel. She’s just so funny and bright.
Belle finally being an actual thing in this season. I also loved the slightly lusty look she was giving Pandora’s Box. Hint of power hungry, loose Lacey still lingering in her?
Belle and Ariel have girl power. Yaaaaay!
Hook seemed sincere. I first did not like Hook at all when he was introduced. He just seemed like the average “womanizing” character put in there for fan service, but now he seems at least like he is becoming an actual person. It’s interesting. I like it.
Rumpel taunting Regina about her significant lack of booty as of late. I dunno. I’m just terrible, I guess.
The Darling Boys are the outsiders. Nice twist.
Dwarves are cool. Like fezzes.
Felix. The way that he spoke and acted was really annoying at first, but in short scenes with little dialogue, he’s actually a pleasantly creepy henchmen to have around. I’m starting to like him more and more, really. I now look forward to him.
Dark Hollow is a pretty scary place. I enjoy that. When A and E were talking about this season, I was expecting something a bit grittier and mind manipulating. They did an awesome job of surprising me with the darkness of the tone the first few epsiodes, but hadn’t really delivered with that the last few episodes, (choosing to go back to the standard season 2 formatting) until Emma and the other two idiots went to Dark Hollow…Speaking of–
Least Favorite Moments:
I hate the love triangle. I don’t think it’s necessary here, especially if the life of the child of two of the people having this love triangle is in danger. They nearly sabotage the entire plan by being idiots so–
Hook and Neal being jealous children and nearly getting themselves killed for stupid reasons- is my second on the least he should have had more respect for the groups goals and worried more about finding his child than his relationship status. Speaking of (again)–
Neal still forgets that Tamara existed. Yes, she was not a “good guy”, but she showed that she had goodness in her heart, a want to protect Henry, an actual past and true remorse. Also, she was Neal’s Fiancee. He was going to marry her, and yet there has been no mention of her, no hint of sadness at her betrayal. Nothing. That really ruins this whole true love fight with Hook nonsense even more, because every time Neal has a “touching” moment with Emma, I am thinking: You just run through chicks like nothing don’t you? It’s fairly agitating. Greg and Tamara were kind of cool characters who presented an interesting idea of how our world views magic, but were given no point and really didn’t deserve to die with little (Greg) or no (Tamara) exploration of why they were even there in the first place.
Nitpick:
Wendy is not dirty. This is a nitpick, but it has been happening since season 2. This show is sometimes afraid to muck people up or make them look less than impeccable even when they are obviously supposed to. I am talking about Wendy (in this episode specifically). She has been imprisoned and yet looks as if she just came from the salon. It is an extreme nitpick, I know, but seeing Wendy come out of the cage, looking perfectly fine as if she just decided a few minutes ago take a nap in there is slightly annoying. Maybe Pan took care of her, but I honestly doubt it. So, for now, it’s a nitpick. You have been living in the wilderness for a century, imprisoned by a childish overlord who has little to no conscience. Look like it.