Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9541778-20131021145043/@comment-2157876-20131022053001

GothicNarcissus wrote: LarytheCucumber wrote: GothicNarcissus wrote: The flashbacks, too, didn't add anything really interesting to the known situations, nor did they explain enough about situations yet to know. Though, it did show the parallel of Rumple not trusting Bae in EF, to Neal not trusting Rumple in Neverland. And we saw a tad bit more of Peter's power (withstanding the sleeping spell, lighting the bonfire and the torch with a wave of his hand, his enchanted pan flute...), as well as learning that Peter and Rumple actually grew up together. Yes, but as I said it just set the grounds for future flashbacks which will explain the relationship between Rumple and Peter Pan in much more detail, it was more than a "teaser" flashback. Which, combined with a "nothing really happened" plotline in present day, left me very frustrated,

Besides, those flashbacks somewhat contradict what we already know: how did Baelfire end up from wanting to flee from his father to wanting to be with him so badly that he tried to bring him to the LWM just and only to do that, and subsequently spending all his life holding grudge towards Rumple for abandoning him?

I know what you feel,  I felt the same about the Lost Girl episode, which was even more frustrating because flashback and present day didn't match at all. But I really like how writers handled this episode. I agreed with you, this flashback was more like a teaser (but still was cool), but this episode is really good, because this is an Episode Rumple and Bae need it. They are alone for the first time since they reunited without interference of other people like Emma, Belle, Tamara, Henry etc. Bae's anger wasn't just for the prophecy, his actions was more like his way to show Rumple how much he hurt Bae.

I don't think it contradict previous flashbacks, Bae said he would've returned with his Papa, although Rumple failed the test, he was still Bae's only reason to return. Rumple's failing was just another reason for Bae to think that it's all magic's fault.