Thanks @surayya for all the great gifs. Got to say, this one is my favorite:
I think poor Colin completely forgot to button up his shirt under that vest 🙂
Rocky Road is my favorite episode this season so far, for completely non-shipping reasons. I think Goodman and Schwartz hit that good balance between witty dialogue and character interaction. Everyone got some important screen time this episode which is good to see. Can’t wait for these two writers to collaborate again.
So, I’ve been reading quite a few reviews from different source,s some of which were posted on this site. I can’t believe how polarizing this show has become, even among journalists. Reviews ran the gamut from complete hate and ridicule of the show to fawning over it. The complaints varied from not enough screen time for Rumple and Regina and too much screen time for Hook, to hating on Emma and/or the Frozen storyline and-“how DARE they mention NEAL after they killed him”. I have yet to read a completely unbiased review. HOWEVER since this is the CS thread, I feel obliged to post the link to Nerdy Girl Notes review, which gave me the feels in its utter love for our ship.
At first, Emma’s interactions with Hook in this episode might have given you a sense of tonal whiplash after how open and vulnerable she was with him at the end of “White Out.” But I think between her own brush with death and seeing Robin struggling with Marian’s curse, Emma had mortality on the brain. This made her suddenly very forceful in her attempts to keep Hook safe and in her frustration with him when he ended up in a life-threatening situation. However, Hook did what he does so wonderfully where Emma is concerned: He made her stop running (literally and figuratively). He voiced the same concern we saw him state in the first episode of the season: She’s avoiding him, and he wants to know why. And this time, she actually told him. In the course of two episodes, their relationship has grown so much, and I loved that the physical intimacy shown in their closeness in “White Out” gave way to the emotional intimacy of Emma finally being honest about why she’s been holding back with Hook. I adore when characters are allowed to talk through their issues like real adults, and that’s one of my favorite things about Hook and Emma’s dynamic: He makes her feel safe enough to open up to him about emotional things she probably wouldn’t share with anyone else.
As good as the episode was, it just didn’t give me the unabashed “SQUEEEEEE!” effect of the previous “White Out” episode. I love spoilers (my fault, I know), but knowing that the kiss was coming kind of took the excitement out of the it (yes, I was HOT, but a surprise kiss would have really knocked my socks off). What went on between them before the kiss was the best though- her tears, that little smile of his, ugh! I was a puddle of emotional goo.
The Hook and Rumple scene got me really excited for what’s to come and I bet you anything that Colin and Bobby are having a blast working together. @rumplegoldfan, @surayya et al, I agree with you 100% that this show as come full circle, back to S1 standards. Hope the writers keep up the momentum, cause its getting good!