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I think Belle would be more than willing to accept being tied for first place in Rumple’s heart if the other object of affection was a child. No doubt her heart would be equally split between husband and offspring. But if she does accept that the power/drug holds equal weight in Rumple’s heart and stays with him, I don’t know that it’s healthy. Yes, she’s accepted the man he is, but the man she is accepting is a dangerous drug addict who has shown that when push comes to shove, he’ll do what he thinks is necessary (up to and including murder). So what does that say about Belle’s character that she’ll take him back, love him, and accept him knowing that there is a very real chance that he’ll go all hat-sucky (or the equivalent) again. At what point does she become hopelessly naivee and frankly dumb?
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Is anyone else bothered by Fictional Kansas? How many fictional lands are there? When it was lands like Wonderland, Oz, and Neverland, it made a lot of sense (those are actual fictional worlds) but Kansas, London–Victorian and Jazz Age–and it’s getting extremely silly.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Has anyone suggested that baby Pistachio’s real name is gonna end up being Robin, named after her father when he dies? If they have, I agree, if not, I’m saying it now. All the talk in this recent ep about, “I have to get to know who she is before I can decide what her name’s gonna be,” and I’m sitting here thinking, “They’re gonna do it again, they’re gonna kill off the decent guy and then name a newborn after him”. His name is conveniently unisex.
I think @onceaholic said it in another thread but I totally agree. They’re naming that baby Robin when Adult! Robin dies.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"To clarify in case anyone wasn’t sure
@WilliamShatner In OUAT, Dorothy exists in a "fictional Kansas" realm, like we've seen w/other stories. Need slippers to get there and back
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) April 4, 2016
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Some things I’m thinking about today
–Was anyone else super annoyed at Hook’s impatience with Henry and the stories Henry was writing? Like it wasn’t good enough that the newly minted Author and 13 yr old couldn’t zap them out of the Underworld already?
–To add insult to injury, Emma doesn’t even rebuff Hook’s meanness to her son, but instead makes Henry out to be a sullen teenager when Henry gets upset and walks out. I mean, geez, Swan. You’re asking your 13 yr old to do something that no one has ever done before and he’s doing his best and he clearly doesn’t have control over this power yet and all you’re doing is sitting around the Death Apartment fretting with your boy toy. Maybe you cut the kid some slack????
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Ratings are in for episode 5×16 “Our Decay”
Total Eyeballs: 3.78 million
Demo: 1.1
That is a .1 increase over last week, as expected given that last week was Easter and numbers were down across the board.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I agree that it’s been mainly treated as a drug/addiction in the show, but in this particular case I was reading it as more like someone who loves both her career and her spouse and is being asked to choose between the two.
Isn’t that rather cherry picking though? This isn’t a career in the sense that Rumple has an obligation to be the Dark One for his own self fulfillment or the fulfillment of the town/universe. Rumple actually wasn’t the DO for an entire arc and still he took back on that dark mantel because it means more to him than anything else. It’s like a heroin addict giving up heroin for a brief bought of sobriety and then falling off the wagon because he remembered how good heroin feels.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"She may have to accept not being his sole top priority (she was willing to accept that his child came first, actually, so she is capable of that).
I was with you until this. I think there’s a world a difference between accepting that your husband is going to put their child first (and I’d argue that most married couples would agree that’s perfectly in line with reality) and making power (the drug on this show) a top priority. I don’t know that Belle should have to compromise that/accept that. Even if the power doesn’t make Rumple hurt people and is being used for something more altruistic, it’s still power (read: drug) over her. And that’s where I’m struggling to find this middle ground because I don’t know how a human being accepts being a tied number one in the heart of their significant other when the thing you’re tied with is a drug.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I’ve had a night to think about this episode and I think my stance is going to change a bit. I think it’s better than I originally thought. I still think the Hades/Zelena backstory was warp speed and under-developed but the actors know how to sell the limited material and god knows there were a lot of fun lines when you have such over the top characters interacting.
And while anything to do with Hook/Emma/Snow/Charming fell flat and boring (seriously, they are just sitting around fretting!) the final scene between Hades and Zelena was actually really good and powerful and almost (almost!) made up for the faster than lightening romance of the past. It helped sell the need for present day drama instead of spending an entire episode developing the past relationship which would have been good in this case. I also thought a lot of truth bombs Zelena gave to Robin were spot on (love the saving the pirate line vs being a father) though @Onceaholic is right that Zelena’s magic was *super* convenient.
There are some meaty ideas with Rumple and Belle and even with whatever is being done wit Henry (the blackouts feel too intentional to not be something).
In short, this episode goes to show that a good (great) performance or two can trump a story line that would fall flat otherwise. Still not my favorite of the season (Devil’s Due) but it’s a good second, tied with Souls of the Departed.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"The HH numbers are in for 5×16 “Our Decay;” the demo numbers will be out in another hour or two.
It looks like the HH numbers did rise from last week’s Easter viewing (as expected) so it’s possible that our all important demo numbers will either stay steady or even slightly tick up.
HH analysis from Marc Berman: Elsewhere, ABC could not compete with its Sunday combination of veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#3: 2.9/ 5), “Once Upon a Time” (#3: 2.5/ 4)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
