GENERAL: Sooooo. I’m not sure about this one. There are a lot of callbacks and fun characters coming back to our screen. But it also feels very fan-servicey. Like the writers couldn’t think of a really good reason to bring everyone back except because it’s part one of the series finale. Pan, Ariel, Cruella, ect don’t actually serve a major purpose except to wink at the audience before going back to forgotten character island. It’s…not enough to warrant them.
Still, it’s a decent episode and there’s some good family stuff, some good plot, and some answered questions.
Rating: 7/10
LIKED
–Nook and Alice talking on the phone but not being able to be any closer was really heartbreaking. I can’t believe there’s a version of Hook I genuinely like and am rooting for.
–“This whole thing started years ago with a wish on a cupcake.”
–“We don’t negotiate with villains! We kick [butt] and protect the people we love.”
–“I know it’s a bit cluttered; but it’s beach front property.” “All I see is a cave where booze goes to perish.”
–Bobby Carlyle is a gift, be it Human!Rumple or Crazy!DarkOne!Rumple. We’ve been blessed to have him on our screens for seven years.
–Wow, it took us five years but the biggest and ambiguous prophecy in the show’s history finally comes back full circle. I don’t know if the writers intended this all along or they realized that the prophecy never really got resolved so they decided to bring it back now but at least it’s fully answered.
–“The timelines alone would make one’s head spin.” LOL!
–“If it comes in with a built-in Margo, then I’m all in.”
MIXED
–Tiana’s crisis would be interesting if we had spent any time with her over the last year. She’s been such a background character that I honestly forget she exists half the time.
–It’s always good to see Peter Pan, Cruella, Ariel, Blue, ect again even if the Wish Realm is weird and the only reason it’s being featured now is because the writers want to trot out the fan favorites before the end.
–“None of my wishes ever came true” is sad but…I will continue to believe that the Wish Realm is mostly nonsense and just an excuse for the writers to trot out long long characters.
DISLIKED
–Horrible CGI dragon is horrible.
–Mirrors now take you to the Wish Realm. Because, of course they do.
–It wouldn’t be the end of OUAT without some Magical MacGuffins! A glass ball that won’t break, a seashell that holds the key to defeating Rumple.
–One last time for Jeremy: SQUID INK!
–Doesn’t Wish Henry know that Dark One Rumple is his grandfather? And doesn’t Dark One Rumple know that Wish Henry is his grandson?