the Charmings realize there are “consequences to their headstrong jump to the Underworld, leaving a child behind
One would think they would already realize that….but okay
Agreed. You would think they would’ve thought about their son, the baby Snow was so desperate to have because she missed out on Emma’s childhood, but nope, they just jumped headfirst into this new quest.
The main issue here is that the story is now plot driven rather than character driven. It makes no sense character wise for Snowing to just up and abandon their young child for the sake of Hook. However plot wise A&E need them in the underworld so they make Snowing and other characters do stupid things just to get them from point A to point B instead of letting the characters direct the journey.
and Regina and her mom have an “interesting” reunion, given Cora’s dying words
This I believe is going to be a heartfelt reunion, and if anything, Cora will try and help Regina I suspect. Because Cora never kept her heart in her body, she never could truly love her daughter like she should have. We saw her dying words and her face when she looked upon her daughter for the first time with her heart inside her…….Regina will finally be able to spend some time with the mother she never got and vice versa. This I am looking forward to seeing, assuming that’s what happens.
Cora’s ghost wasn’t exactly the most friendly with Regina and that was after her death where she had her heart put back into her body.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix