I rarely, if ever, say anything negative about my beloved show.
With that said after last night’s episode there I sat, wine glass in hand, and asked out loud to no one in particular “What the Hades did I just watch??”
I feel like someone swept the floor of the editing department, bagged as much as they could fit into a ForceFlex Hefty bag, sorted through the dropping of every episode they have filmed thus far, and then forcefully created an episode of random subplots that were in no way related.
I don’t even know where to start.
Okay, the first scene. I love Belle and I truly feel the poor girl gets screwed out of screen time, so I surprised even myself when I didn’t understand why the heck she was there – glad to see her but I honestly forgot she wasn’t back in Storybrooke babysitting Neal as usual. Then there’s Merida who, I’m very sorry to any fans, just annoys me because I don’t see any point to her existence on the show in either human or bear form.
Rumple – oh, sweet Jesus. Does Robert Carlyle read his script and just start drinking? Note to writers – when the teacup has already been broken more than once it is no longer dramatic. We get it, Rumple = coward and he doesn’t think he will ever be a hero cause there was that one time he clubbed the holy heck out of his own foot. For clarification sake, thanks for the additional dialogue of exactly why Rumple clubbed himself – that was the point I poured myself a much larger glass of wine. Psychotic-Scottish-arrow-wielding-Dark-One-controlled-plotless-assassin goes after them and Rumple wisely decides leaving Storybrooke sounds like a fine idea. . . until Belle reminds him of the many reasons she has to stay. Please tell me I have missed something. I have watched every episode of this show at least twice and by my calculations Belle should have been telling him to move over because she could drive out of town faster, you know, due to his self-inflicted foot injury and all.
I don’t even know what to say about the hot mess of the “adventure” that Belle and Merida went on to save Merida’s brothers – I was too busy laughing at everyone in that scene. It was the most anti-climactic rescue mission ever.
Thank goodness Rumple had his magic “throw it in Merida’s face and she won’t be a bear anymore” powder after he was tossed like a rag doll across the forest so he could earn the well deserved title of “hero.” I love a good redemption storyline.
Dark One Emma and Zelena bonding over prison maternity stories while munching on onion rings. Just. No.
That mushroom and the Evil Arthur, and everyone in Storybrooke is either stupid or suffering from memory loss or both.
This was such a bizarre episode. Merlin’s mushroom had holographic video capabilities.
The struggle was real.