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*reads latest low ratings*

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Bless you, Will Scarlet.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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Ratings: ‘POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUL’ – INITIAL RATINGS – Once Upon A Time earned a 1.8 (and 5.69 million viewers), staying steady from last week’s 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, only slightly down from last week’s 5.89 million viewers.

Even though the key demo stayed steady at 1.8 (which is still low compared to 4a, only being beaten by series low of 1.7 in S3b), it’s actually not a good thing that overall viewership is falling. That means the General Audience (those older and younger than the key demo) are tuning out. And when the GA isn’t happy, it’s never “good news.”

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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Lily Sparks’ review for 4×15 is up. Snark away.

Highlights:

“And then we learned that we can now add “tentacle penetration” to the growing list of things that open a portal.”

Ursula retrieved his boat, it was tiny and in a glass bottle. I don’t remember how this happened, but of course it was quickly reversed. And then Hook gave the voice shell back to Ursula, or tried to, but it didn’t take, so he pulled a longarm on her. Yes, Hook pulled a gun on a woman who’d never hurt him. He’s pretty gallant, that Hook. Ursula threw him overboard and I was like, “Finally. I knew I liked you, Ursula.”

And

Meanwhile Rumple returned with some Fairy BS that sort of returned August to Wooden Man status, but then he was back to normal but then also his nose grew whenever he told lies? To be clear, I loved this part. I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard while feeling so unsettled. That was a very sexually aggressive nose; I think Freud would agree. I mean, I know I used this image above but honestly I cannot get over it. Look how happy Robert Carlyle is!

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And I had to contemplate once again: HOW CRAZY EASY IS IT TO CROSS WORLDS WITH MERMAIDS?! Why in the NAME OF HE!! did Rumple have to wait for a woman with exactly the right temperament and talent… then slowly train and corrupt her… and then manipulate her into casting a curse to cross over to Earth to get to Baelfire… when he could’ve accomplished the exact same thing by befriending a mermaid? I beg of you, do not spend precious energy considering that question. You could be learning Latin root nouns in those precious, finite seconds instead.

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“I’m just the messenger,” Ursula sighed heavily. “Look at my plotline as an example and ask yourself: Are you really expecting some Tolstoy to unfold at this point? Are you expecting to be bowled away by some intricate explanation of a larger arc that ties together the last four seasons, the most recent half of which was based on a movie that didn’t come out until this show was halfway through its run? Yeah, manage your expectations. We’re all here for these awesome actors, the insane Disney references, and the shipping fandoms. TTYL.”

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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Snow – Anything from Hook? Think he’s managed to turn Ursula yet?
Charming – If she doesn’t turn him.
Emma – Really, we’re thinking that now?
Charming – Well he kinda went to a dark place this morning.
Emma – Do you blame him? If Gold did to me what he did to Hook, I’d wanna shove that dagger through his heart, too.
Snow – Emma, that’s not you, you’re not –
Emma – It’s also not Hook. Relax, I’m just saying I understand where he was coming from.

So, the big deal about this storyline is that Rumple wants to turn Emma dark, right? And in this scene, it seems like the cracks are starting to show and her potential for dark thoughts are being vocalised, especially in the enthusiastic way she says “shove” when talking about stabbing Rumple to death. So her potential for darkness is starting to seep out…in a moment when she’s empathising with Hook. She’s starting to think like the guy who she keeps blindly insisting isn’t bad any more, when even the guy himself can see that he’s not an angel. Now, I’m not convinced that the writers even realise how they’re writing this stuff, so I’m not convinced that it’ll be followed through in a way that makes sense…but I’m just sayin’.

Yeah, I picked up on that, too. Hook isn’t a good influence on Emma, and doesn’t bring out her best. If anything Emma dating a villain like Hook isn’t exactly a good thing, now is it? Someone with the potential for darkness really ought not to be dating someone like Hook with a strong proclivity for darkness. Back in 4a, Emma was blowing off her sheriff duties because she was on a date with Hook. The next day, she acted completely unprofessionally towards Will, holding him on a trumped up change of “crashing her date” and giving him a half-eaten pop-tart. I’m not saying those things are inherently or fully “bad,” but they’re questionable. Now she’s letting Regina kidnap Pinocchio, blindly excusing Hook lying to her face, saying his sketchy past doesn’t matter because “he’s not a villain anymore” and now justifying Hook’s inclination towards revenge and hate.

Also, I’m just going to throw this out there. Hook saying he’d like to plunge the dark one’s dagger into Rumple’s heart sounded very ominous to me. It also signified to me that Ursula was right that Hook is still a selfish pirate, and that he’s still bent on revenge against the dark one. He pulled a gun on Ursula, who was unarmed. That is not something a reformed person does. Hook also called himself a pirate in the present day, and he has his pirate ship back. Plus, Hook called himself a villain and admitted he’s afraid of losing his own happy ending as a result. Sounds very ominous to me. #JustSaying #WishfulThinkigIKnow

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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Because I’m a sucker for pain:

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"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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^ The ratings were low at just 1.8, with a dip in overall viewership. Too bad (not).

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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I realized this as I was typing a reply about the Author being trapped behind the door.

Potential plot hole: Why doesn’t Henry remember the picture of the Author’s door being in his book? August said he’d removed the page from Henry’s book, which sequentially, would’ve been after Henry had already read the book cover to cover at least a dozen times. Unless August was lying again about where he got the illustration of the door, it stands to reason that Henry should’ve seen that image before.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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My guess is that the image of the door was never in Henry’s book. (Also the other images of inside the hat may only show some of the wall, not the whole wall). There is a reason why August and it wasn’t in Henry’s book…because August didn’t put it in, maybe. Or maybe the page appeared to August/boy Pinocchio after he fixed Henry’s book.

But August said he had removed the picture from Henry’s book. So unless he was lying again, it really was bound in the storybook before August ever came to SB, met Henry, “borrowed” the book, or tampered with it.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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ah you beat me. I edit my post above while you posted this. Anyway, what do you think?

It’s possible I guess, but it would depend in which realm the Author is trapped, seeing how there aren’t telegrams in the Enchanted Forest.

I also wonder if it goes both ways…if it is possible to use August’s typewriter to contact the author.

It would depend on whether the Author has a corresponding typewriter wherever he currently is trapped. If he does, I’d think the chances are good that is how he communicated with August about Neal being Baelfire.

Potential plot hole: Why doesn’t Henry remember the picture of the Author’s door being in his book? He had read the book many times before August came to town, tampered with the book, and removed the picture of the door.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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