This was an epic episode! I knew the basic gist of it- read enough spoilers to conclude that Cora had murdered Eva, but I didn’t put two and two together that Cora was posing as Blue Fairy! In hindsight, there was something fishy about how the fairy appeared before Snow made her wish and then how in Storybrooke, Blue didn’t know what Snow was talking about. It also seemed strange that the fairy would seem so heartless about death or offer Snow such an awful solution.
I knew Johannah was likely to die, but they way she was forced out the window was shocking- and that they even showed her body on the pavement! I thought she was just going to get her heart crushed.
Now we know why Snow is always so insistant that she is good. How sad that her birthday is so tainted.
In NY, boy were they a tease with Neal! They have only hinted so far about his past when I thought they would confirm it when I saw that brief clip in the Canadian promo. Season 2 has had such a divided narrative that they aren’t having enough time to focus on any particular part of it. Wow, how strange to see Rumple deathly injured like that…I believe he will live (It's confirmed by photos of him on set for future episodes) but I wonder how.