Could not stand Henry this episode.

[obisgirl]

Well, at least the describing the pizza and ending it with, the pizza doesn’t lie. I get that he’s upset that Emma lied but now, it’s getting old. I almost wish Neal would sit him down and explain to him that Emma didn’t lie to him on purpose and he needs to apologize to her.

[rcz]

Totally agree. I always found Henry a bit too much of a grudge-holding kid, (he actually exaggerated).

[HappyEndings]

@obisgirl wrote:

Well, at least the describing the pizza and ending it with, the pizza doesn’t lie. I get that he’s upset that Emma lied but now, it’s getting old. I almost wish Neal would sit him down and explain to him that Emma didn’t lie to him on purpose and he needs to apologize to her.

I agree, I thought Beal should have said something.

[antbee]

While I do think it was awkward that he said that because he appeared to be okay by the end of last week’s episode, since only a day at most has passed since he first found out about Neal, I give him a pass for now.

I know the timing with this show is weird because things happen so quickly for the characters on the show, but we don’t really get a sense of that too often imo. Like with Regina’s attempt at redeeming herself, although it lasted a good part of this season, it actually only lasted a very short time in Storybrooke time, definitely no more than two months.

So I give him a break for now since he’s only had a short amount of time to adjust, and Neal hasn’t had any time to adjust at all to being a father figure yet either to correct him. Right now he’s more of a cool uncle type, and while I think he wants to be a father in Henry’s life, it’s hard for him to do that right away. Plus, he’s still mad at Emma for keeping Henry a secret from him. She should be mad at him, but emotions aren’t rational, so for now I cut father and son slack.

Plus, going by spoilers, I think that they set this whole thing up moreso to show that Regina actually could have had a chance to get closer to Henry if she would have kept to the path of good and been there for Henry right now when Emma let him down so badly. However, she chose another path again, and it's going to cost her again.

[elle]

Part of the blame, I think, should go to Neal/Baelfire. He knows he hurt Emma and he knows why she lied. He should sit Henry down and talk to him, tell him what really happened and why Emma is hurt and angry and uncomfortable around him. Instead, he just stood there and let Henry talk down to his mother.

[RumplesGirl]

I think my problem was more with the line than with Henry. The line was just terrible and while I think Henry is well within his right to be hurt and upset with Emma, the line came across as awkward, especially since seconds before he was excited about going to the museum and getting his camera. I feel like the writers could have done something else to make it clear that Henry is still upset without an awkward line like the pizza one.

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[obisgirl]

@Elle wrote:

Part of the blame, I think, should go to Neal/Baelfire. He knows he hurt Emma and he knows why she lied. He should sit Henry down and talk to him, tell him what really happened and why Emma is hurt and angry and uncomfortable around him. Instead, he just stood there and let Henry talk down to his mother.

I agree.

[antbee]

@RumplesGirl wrote:

I think my problem was more with the line than with Henry. The line was just terrible and while I think Henry is well within his right to be hurt and upset with Emma, the line came across as awkward, especially since seconds before he was excited about going to the museum and getting his camera. I feel like the writers could have done something else to make it clear that Henry is still upset without an awkward line like the pizza one.

Yes, I think it was mostly the writing.

Part of the blame, I think, should go to Neal/Baelfire. He knows he hurt Emma and he knows why she lied. He should sit Henry down and talk to him, tell him what really happened and why Emma is hurt and angry and uncomfortable around him. Instead, he just stood there and let Henry talk down to his mother.

He should, but again I think he doesn’t know how to handle anything yet. Plus, it’s the writing again. They wanted to create drama with the Rumple emergency situation first, and then do another whammy when Emma finds out about Tamara, so they sacrificed Emma and Neal having any talks about anything else.

[Gaultheria]

I think the actor hasn’t been given a chance to shine this season. Part of what made season one simply so fun was that Henry was the central figure for so much of it, and that we got to see the modern-day fairy tale of Operation Cobra through his eyes.

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[obisgirl]

Henry was great last season. This season, he seems kind of flip-floppy to me. He wanted Regina to stop using magic and she did that, going cold turkey until Cora popped up in Storybrooke and she was forced to use magic. And he was like, so this is magic, cool.

And now, he’s mad at Emma for lying. The thing that really gets me is comparing Emma lying to Regina because I know they’re not the same. I’m still waiting for him to have a mini meltdown and reveal how lost he felt about believing in his fairytales and hearing how Regina treated him like he was crazy but actually he wasn’t. Maybe then, he’ll see the difference and forgive Emma.

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