Overall a pretty entertaining episode. I give it a 7.5/10
Liked:
Snow and Charming. I liked that Snow wanted a normal life where she is a teacher and he is a sheriff and they are parents. I loved the conversation between them about what is important versus what is “epic” and I love the fact that Charming recognizes him being a father was the most important job to do.
I liked Rumple sending Belle a poem that she can play for his child. I thought it was sweet and very well done. I like that Belle was at least willing to listen to the tape to find out what was on it. A step forward for Belle.
I liked the back story of the step sister even if we are not invested in her story I still liked it.
I continue to like Mr. Hyde and continue to be intrigued by him. He kind of reminds me of Rumple in the fact that he is a opportunist.
Lana as the Evil Queen is really fun to watch
Archie’s advice of living each day for its full worth. Yet again Charming tells Emma this exact same thing in Season 2 but maybe she is just like every other child and needs to hear it from someone else.
Zelena telling Regina that instead of blaming her maybe she should look at herself and the fact that she ripped herself in two. YES, Regina the evil queen does not need to be killed she needs to be accepted as part of you. We may not like every part of our past, but our past makes us who we are today and accepting and forgiving ourselves for our past mistakes helps us grow as people.
Disliked:
Where did Emma get Ashley’s shoe and why does she have it? I assuming that was a locator spell?
Why did we need a completely paralleled scene of Hook playing swords with Henry. Guess what writers we know that scene which was in Season 2 with Neal playing swords with Henry. Badly Done
So was there a third step-sister, Anastasia? I am going to assume that there was and Anastasia has already run off to Wonderland with Will.
I have never liked Ashley as a character and I continue not to. I have always found her selfish, inconsiderate, and a “princess” This episode did not change my opinion of her at all. What exactly did she do to help out this episode? All I saw happen is she put her self in danger (just like I would say with Snow, Emma, Regina, Robin, David, etc. you are a parent first and you can’t be that if you are dead) and then Emma swooped in used magic that did not come with any price (what happened to ALL magic comes with a price) and healed her.