As an individual episode I liked it well enough, but I feel like the underbrook arc is dragging on a bit with little suspense. I think I would have enjoyed this episode a lot more if it had happened earlier in the season perhaps.
Likes:
young Zelena and young Regina meeting. This was done much better than I had anticipated even if the setup was a bit wonky. It was especially fun to see young zelena practicing magic and also seeing them playing dress up.
The Hook and Cora reunion. I didn’t realize I needed this until it happened. I think my favorite part of the episode was Cora calling hook her fairy godmother.
the return of Robbie Kay! I’m really not sure what Rumple is up to, but if it involves my favorite villain I will play along for a bit. He does evil so so well.
Dislikes:
James and David encounter…. eh. I wish this had happened earlier in the season and the switcheroo lasted a bit longer with Emma sensing something was off similar to how she sensed something was off about Liam. It seems soo unlikely that Emma wouldn’t have picked up on it back at the loft when he awkwardly couldn’t remember that photo. (although I did enjoy Emma’s line about all the curses and time jumps – I think they wrote that for us fans.)
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