I also disliked the flashbacks as unnecessary rather than present day development of those same points, which would have been more meaningful. Why did we need to see Smee, only to make it seem confusing as if Hook and Smee just got off the boat, even though we know Tink arrived hundreds of years later timeline wise?
That flashback made me hit my head over and over. It totally screws the tword
Now reading through all the observations I realize there were more SF things than I thought the first time round, but it still read very much ‘CS is on deck” to me, which I knew they wouldn’t tilt the score all the way to one ship or the other. They want to have people return in the spring, but I almost felt they’d gone so far CS that it was whiplash from the episode before.
Agreed. I feel better now than I did last night after a lot of people posted things. But….yeah. Hunker down guys.
If you haven’t figured it out yet, this ship is angsty and is not meant for a weak-hearted shipper. So do not worry people. This separation, the fact that it’s not Neal at Emma’s door is once again… a good thing.
No white flag. Now or ever. I’m here on this ship forever.
#HopeForSwanFire
EDIT
yeah as someone who ships Rumbelle devastatingly hard, I was not happy with that flashback. It could have been different or like KFC suggested. The only flashback that felt worthy was the book one.