Posting this without reading other’s responses.
Overall score: 8/10. Finally, a passing score! A point lost for potential plot holes/confusions. The score will go up if they can be resolved here or later on in the show.
My apologies in advance for the length.
LIKES
-Ursula’s singing…beautiful yet chilling. The switch to adult Ursula listening to opera in SB. Also I love the twist that it is Ursula who has the beautiful singing voice rather than Ariel.
-The girl who plays Ursula, perfectly cast, good actress and cute. Loved her eyes! Also her facial expressions matched adult Ursula’s pretty closely.
-Hook’s acting, especially in the flashback. I usually find him very bland even in his other centrics, but he was great in this episode.
-Ernie Hudson as Poseidon…haha, nice cameo.
-Eion Bailey again.
-Mention of the dragon in Hong Kong
-Rumple in all his evil glory (no whimpering)…oh how I have missed you!
-Loved Regina taking through Snow….never knew she could do that! I love it when new magic ideas appear on the show!
-Emilie De Ravin’s acting was up to standard.
-Ursula can open up portals. Squid ink for paralysis. Nice continuity. *Slow hand clap*
-The Jolly Roger as a ship in a bottle hahaha And yes, it most definitely unwise to insult the size of a pirate’s ‘’ship.’’ Lol
-Adult Human Pinocchio’s nose getting longer. Haha. Always wanted to see that!
-The music sounding like the soundtrack to the movie ‘’Hook’’ when the ship became full-sized again.
-Interesting Ariel cameo. And finally we got hear about what happened to the ship after Hook traded it.
-Snow smacking Cruella over the head with the frying pan. Haha. Go, Bandit Snow, go!
-The reunion between Ursula and Poseidon made me cry.
-Hook and Emma scene when Hook reveals his fears about losing her. He wasn’t slimy in this scene, he was tender instead, so I was able to enjoy it.
-The illustration on the page is the door, not just an image of the door! And the author is actually trapped inside the book!!!! OOOOh!
OOOH + THEORIES
-So the sorcerer trapped the author behind a door. Last week on a different thread I suggested that the sorcerer was trying to sabotage the author’s work (so that it benefits the author). I will now take this theory further and say that that maybe the sorcerer is forcing the author to write/produce the stories in a certain way that benefits the sorcerer.
-Interesting to learn that as long as there is a savior the villains can’t get what they want….or at least in our world as Ursula said. (I was unsure of this rule at first, but for some people to triumph and be happy, this naturally means that some people need to lose and be unhappy).Would this mean a final trip back to FTL for everyone? It appears that FTL is the land of happy endings, afterall, the land where there is an increased chance of everyone getting a happy ending? How would this affect Henry, would he be left alone in our world?
DISLIKES
-Oh so there are two Ursulas. One is the sea goddess of old, the other is the sea god’s daughter? This was probably done to avoid timeline issues, but I would have preferred if young Ursula was THE Ursula before losing her status and aging. I also don’t understand how tenticles make her more powerful than her father but okay.
NITPICK
-Ursula’s very plastic looking bracelet that lets her walk on land. It is not the first time plastic has been used inappropriately, but this one irked me.
QUESTIONS
‘’Glorhaven?’’ Is that right? And where is that? EF? Where was the tavern?
CONFUSION/POTENTIAL PLOT HOLES
-Why do the fairies have an ample supply of magic? I thought all the fairy dust/diamond dust in EF had been stolen in season 2? So not all of their magic requires fairydust? Or did they create a lot of potions before the fairydust disappeared?
-Poseidon could have used magic to take the shell from Hook’s hand. He is deity, afterall.
-The sea god Poseidon needs Ariel to cross worlds? I don’t find this believable. He must be a very weak god!
-EDIT: Why was Hook worried about getting his HE as a reformed villian (in other words being worried about splitting up from Emma or concerned about her safety) if he has just witnessed Ursula, who does not appear reformed, get hers? I appreciate that it was foreshadowing, but it just didn’t make sense. Not only that but she got it without Emma going dark!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO
@RumplesGirl. It was indeed the EQ that Regina saw in her dream.
Keeper of Regina's bravery