I was really bored with this episode. Rapunzel wasn’t just a filler character–she FELT like one. Red’s mom? She was filler but she felt like she mattered in that tale, that it was her, not some random person. Rapunzel in this one? Not so much as she had no history with David. I understand they can’t always have a huge story for every character they introduce, but for a Disney princess like Rapunzel, at least I’d want there to be hinted at more to come even if they never decide to do it. When she mentioned a brother, I was hoping it would turn out to be Lancelot and we’d find out he wasn’t dead, and….you know, easter eggs for some future plot down the line leading to Camelot or a hint to the past. Lancelot mattered to David, to have saved his sister and help give her courage to lead their people? Wouldn’t that have made it more touching? Instead we got a potential plot hole + a character that we’ll probably never see again. Maybe the kingdom and that part of the forest was in Cora’s bubble (and it was much bigger than it looked) but still it all just seemed wonky.
Other than that, Zelena is a good villain, creepy and psychological.
The only scene I really enjoyed was Regina and Henry in the park.
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass