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Time is going slowly in these episodes. Hasnt Tink had that same outfit on for a few weeks? Which would mean several episodes represent events of the same day?
I think that photo of Rose and Jennifer is from 3×16.
[adrotate group="5"]"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
You know, this overall story of Neal and Emma really goes back all the way to the pilot. Remember the opening title scene shots:
“Once Upon a Time, there was an enchanted forest filled with all the classic character we know. Or think we know. One day they found themselves trapped in a place where all their happy endings were stollen. Our world. This is how it happened….”
At first glance, that suggests the story is really about Snow White and Prince Charming. Yet, they were cursed not to remember their old lives, so they never really knew what they were missing. By contrast, Emma, Baelfire and Pinocchio are all children who grew up in this world without parents. The only one of those characters who has gotten his “redo” with his father is Pinocchio. That leaves Emma and Neal, two lost children, who’re still searching for the same thing in our world: a home.
Charming suggested in S2 that Emma return to the Enchanted Forest with him and Snow, because this world had been nothing but cruel to her. And yet, as we’ve seen in the episode “Going Home” Regina gave Emma and Henry happy memories in our world. And the setting for that happy narrative just happens to be New York, which was most recently Neal’s home. The song “Charley’s Girl” was playing when Emma woke up at 8:15, linking her to when we first saw Nealfire in “Broken.” We caught a glimpse of Emma’s idea of a happy life: cooking a meal for her son, going about a normal, happy routine. The only missing ingredient is Neal. The only reason Emma, Neal and Henry aren’t together today is because of two horrible curses. This idea of “going home” I believe is at the heart of Neal, Emma and Henry’s journey to find one another. They’ve all been alone and now it’s time for them to find hope that they could indeed find a happy ending in our world; that is the heart of this modern-day, real-life fairytale I believe that’s unfolding before our eyes. Emma doesn’t have to return to a mythical land that she never really called home; rather, Emma could be happy in our word, because she really grew up her, just like Neal did, if only she could learn to incorporate some of the important lessons Snow and Charming have together taught her: happy endings always start with hope.
"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
Did you see Adam’s tweet about Hook?
This one?
“@jessicab8597: @AdamHorowitzLA When did you decide to make Hook 1 of Emma's love interests?” Who said we did?
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) February 4, 2014
To me, the term “love interest” can be used interchangeably with “suitor” but perhaps it’s better to call Hook a “potential love interest” since it was never actually established that Emma was seriously interested in him. Sure, Hook is infatuated with her, and there was the kiss. Yet, Emma has repeatedly stated that kiss was just a kiss. It doesn’t mean Emma reciprocates his feelings or interest in any serious way.
"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
“I wanted to look for you, but I was afraid you’d never forgive me.”
“You make me want to go back, back to the best version of me, and that never happened 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
Emma + Neal | Say Something"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
*sigh* Can we get this twitter bug fixed please?
"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
x Not strictly SF, but still, family feels!
"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
LOL! Gotta love Will Smith in that scene and it’s so accurate about what happens when brushfires start to go up in smoke.
Anyway, these latest tweets have so renewed my spirits that I’m reposting them for the positive effect that they have:
"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
This article confuses me since in one sentence it says we’ll see the WWW’s backstory in 3×16 but in another sentence claims we’ll have to wait until 3×21 to find out the backstory between Regina and WWW. Maybe the WWW has two backstories? Not sure.
"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
Considering they would have had a year together without Emma nor Rumple being used as a block towards their development. We ought to see a positive shift in their relationship (knocks on wood).
I hope so. The main thing that frustrated me about S3a wasn’t just Hook trying to insert himself between Emma and Neal; it was the way that the writers just glossed over the history between Hook and Neal that we learned about in 2×22. It seemed like they passed the buck on that one, but maybe they did so for a very good reason: the story between Hook and Neal is a driving point in both of their stories that may culminate in a way that is driving force behind S3b.
"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
