Like:
Belle standing up for Rumple against the group- Good for Belle! Once again the “heroes” do their “screw anyone we don’t care about, so long as we’re okay” routine. I just want to slap the whole lot of them across the face.
Rumple breaking the cup to use it to cut the rope- Whilst it’s sad to see Chip get broken, at the same time the symbolism that the cup represents the RumBelle relationship, basically Rumple’s love for Belle is saving him.
Belle’s snark- We need more snarky Belle.
The Merida/Belle friendship- Unfortunately we know it’s not going to last beyond this half of the season.
Belle still loves and cares for Rumple despite everything and vice versa- RumBelle Rules!
Emma as Dark Swan- Jmo is really good. I wish they’d have Emma kill Hook and show how really dark she’s become.
RC and EdR- These two deserve to be at the forefront more together. It’s a shame that they only seem to get one episode per season before they are pushed back into the background in favour of less well-written ships. They deserve more!
Zelena- The more Regina, Hook and Snowing, get uppity and self-centred, the more I root for Zelena.I like her snark.
Belle reinforcing to Rumple that he’s not a coward for wanting to be a father to his son- Belle and Rumple deserve a happy ending together.
“I should’ve known better than to argue with you by now”- That sounds like such a husband/wife conversation. Domestic RumBelle is the best RumBelle.
Belle pulling the rug out from Merida’s feet- In general, Belle was great this episode. It’s a shame that the show wastes EdR’s talents.
Belle not wanting to leave town because their was people she still cared about there- A shame the “heroes” don’t take a leaf out of Belle’s book and care about people other than themselves.
The RumBelle hug!
Rumple making a deal with Emma- Rumple has brains, it was about time he started using them.
Rumple apologising to Belle for his past behaviour- It’s a shame the writers don’t think a certain pirate should apologise for his past behaviour.
Mixed:
Emma heart controlling Merida- This only makes Hook’s actions during 4A all the more questionable. We see Emma having to hold Merida’s heart to get her to do the questionable things that Merida doesn’t want to do. Hook protested against the things Rumple wanted him to do but Rumple wasn’t holding Hook’s heart and Hook still did the things. Rumple made no illusion about the fact he intended to kill Hook when the time was right, and Rumple couldn’t kill Hook before that time, so why didn’t Hook try and put up more of a fight at least to the point where Rumple had to physically control him via heart. Hook cared more about self-preservation is what happened.
Dislike:
The “heroes” willing to throw Rumple under a bus- I’m glad Belle walked out on them. Whilst you could understand Snowing’s motivation to save their daughter first and foremost (S5 Snowing are too selfish to do what S1 Snowing did though), Regina and Hook are just stuck up hypocrites. Hook especially. He rejected Emma because of the darkness but now he’s all for trying to save her. Hook becomes more and more unlikeable with each passing episode. CS are not true love, true love does not reject somebody just because they have an affliction. Belle and Rumple are true love because Belle loves ALL of Rumple “even the parts that belong to the darkness”, Hook only wants Emma when she’s a prize to be won. Hook rejected Emma now he’s trying to crawl his way back into her affections. I hope Hook takes a short walk off a very high plank. I feel sorry for Colin, he seems like a nice guy, but Hook is such an arsehole.
The group of blokes not noticing as Merida kidnaps Belle- Merida hit Belle really hard, as in if this was real life, Belle could actually have died from the blow. Why were the guys not keeping an eye on Belle? Her small stature would make her the most vulnerable out of the group and instead it looks like they’re just walking ahead an leaving Belle to trail behind them.
The library lift- I thought it had to be operated by two people, one in the lift, one to lower and raise it. At least that was how it was in season 1 without magic. However neither Rumple or Belle have magic and yet Rumple still managed to use the lift without assistance.
Regina still trying to control Zelena’s pregnancy- Regina has no right to take the baby from Zelena, I hope Zelena gets to keep the baby. Robin should have access as the father, but that baby should not grow up thinking Regina is its mother.
OQ Regina- Regina’s character seems so stilted now that she’s playing on the side of good rather than being morally ambiguous. This has occurred since OQ came about.
The writers changing Rumple’s reasoning for crippling himself during the ogre war- It WAS for Bae, so that Bae didn’t have to grow up without a father to be exact. Rumple wanted to avoid what happened between himself and his father from happening to himself and his son. It’s as if the writers are taking their best characters then bit by bit destroying them in order to make other characters look better by comparison.
Some of the cutting between the Storybrooke scenes and the Camelot/Brave land scenes seemed a bit choppy at times. It didn’t flow right.
Overall I enjoyed this episode. I would give it an 8/10.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix