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I enjoyed the overall feel of this ep. It felt very “fairytale” IMO, and that’s something I haven’t really felt from the show for a while. Maybe it felt that way because it was a throwback in time to the Ogres War and by the end it pretty much connected up to where Skin Deep was about to kick off, so it felt like an actual missing piece in the FTL history we already know. It wasn’t a random Snowing flashback that contributed nothing to the overall history, it was worthwhile in that it showed us why Belle was inspired to step up and sacrifice herself to save everyone. Even Maurice giving Belle the “you’re staying in your room until you come to your senses” punishment felt like a Skin Deep throwback because it’s a (milder) version of the story Regina had Rumple believe about how Maurice had locked Belle in a tower. Skin Deep is one of my favourite eps, so it’s probably not surprising that I enjoyed Family Business because it gave me that old feeling again.
That being said, I wanna slap Rumple upside the head more than ever for how he’s treating Belle and that was a big downer for this ep for me. The scene where she apologised to him for keeping secrets and how she knows he’d never do the same to her, and he let her believe that she was right, made me want to flip all the tables.