Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-5679696-20151208181023

Haters gonna hate, but I loved the episode. I missed Evil Queen flashbacks (although the sleeping curse thing was kind of wut). I missed Gold as the Dark One and I am very please he got his power back.

If he was truly a hero now that the darkness was gone, it would mean that rumple was never really corrupted, but was instead possessed by the darkness like a demon's victim. Now they showed it is really who he is. They reinforced the fact that losing Bae all those years ago was truly his fault and not the Darkness', and I also think that after this episode Rumbelle will not be endgame.

I also loved that Emma quoted Snow White and Charming, meaning that she's back on track after over a month of being the Dark One.