Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20160314010238/@comment-1894786-20160314054118

SnowKingTE wrote: I thought this episode was slightly better than the 100th episode, despite that one having Robbie Kay and Barbara Hershey in it.

Liked
 * CRUELLA!! I completely forgot about her upcoming appearances so I was surprised to see her. So now her and Henry have this dynamic duo subplot going now that I suppose will mostly happen off-screen like Peter Pan's.
 * The Blind Witch is actually extremely enjoyable. Who knew cannibals can be so funny? I really, really liked that they brought up True North and Hansel and Gretel because the writers probably forgot about everything in that episode.
 * I liked Hercules in the episode, more in the present day than flashback though. I didn't want to get too attached because I knew he would be gone by the end but he served his purpose and it was great while it lasted.
 * It took 3 seasons for them to drop Mary Margaret? I know Snow wasn't around for David's "we are both" speech but it could have happened a lot sooner.
 * Out of everyone to teach Snow archery, it was Hercules which was a surprise. I was happy to see young Snow again and it felt kind of weird seeing her land Hercules when it was the same actress playing ten-year old Snow.

Disliked I believe someone tweeted out they heard Regina call Hades wonder boy, so the nod to the movie was there... Just not with Herc and Meg... And honestly, I would've loved to have Meg and Hercules be closer to their movie counterparts in personality. Meg was a whimpering coward until killing Cerberus, then she kinda became like her movie self, and Hercules was better, but still could've been... I don't know... The actors did a great job, and I wish we'd gotten more of Meg's EF gear (though I assume it was another straight Disney rip, since her hair was in a ponytail and her dress was purple), but the writing for them was... Eh.
 * I am for not having Meg be a copy of the Disney version but I thought the character was a bit bland with nothing to replace her snark.
 * So the pen was alive and now it is in the underworld? Will there be a filler episode where they save magic objects from their unfinished business (Ingrid's ribbons or Chip?).
 * A small nit-pick but Meg didn't call Herc "wonder boy".
 * Is every episode going to end with Hades being like "I'll get you next time Gadget!"? I guess we'll have to wait a few more episodes before his plan is revealed.

As for the True North reference... I would assume that since the writers brought it up, they have not in fact forgotten the episode...