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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlrighty then

I wasn't emotionally prepared.

Okay okay let's see

Alice is gay. Let's get that one out of the way first. (she referred to her ex-girlfriend)

Belle is DEAD AND THAT'S NOT-- I mean. It was very beautifully done. And I wasn't emotionally prepared.

I'm glad she got a fairly proper send-off. I'm guessing Rumple exits at the end of the season just as Alice starts embracing her role as the "Guardian" (????????) so one of the last scenes will be Rumple dying and then being reunited with Belle (and inevitably dancing to Beauty and the Beast on Mount Olympus).

I'm uncomfortable with whatever's going on with Henry and Ivy. Jacinda finally seems to like Henry and I feel like their chemistry was stronger in this episode because of it. Ivy and Henry don't really have chemistry but Ivy was being very weird around him. That combined with Adelaide calling her wicked and awful and all those things... I wonder what was in that drink.

Lucy's a brat. I love her.

Rumple's awake! Dun dun dunnnn. Now we have at least three people awake in Hyperion Heights, plus Tilly if she ever stops taking her pills again (but I doubt Rumple will let her do that). Unfortunately, Victoria didn't actually seem to understand what Rumple was saying. I guess they don't have a history since she didn't recognize the "dearie". (The subtitles kind of spoiled that one for me, lol.)

And, here's the big one: Alice is Whook's daughter! Not Rapunzel. So there's credence to the Tremaine-is-Rapunzel theory. No, it wasn't said out loud, but they played chess together and the camera got a shot of the black rook and the white knight -- the two pieces Whook referred to. It's fairly explicit.

This was an excellent episode overall. I liked episodes 1-3, too, but this episode was significantly stronger. I'm excited to see where the season goes from here!