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My God!! What was this absolutely incredible episode???

Let me start by saying "things, they don't grow here, they decay... but it's our decay'' its possibly one of the best lines this show has delivered. I cried of course. The whole Hades / Zelena moment in the end got me crying.

Rebecca Mader was remarkable, I don't even know how to describe her. I thought the intro was great but the whole episode turned out to be a diamond. I felt so bad for Zelena and what she's been through and her relationship with Hades was good and nicely done. Rushed, but still good. Dorothy was good. Rebecca was hands down the gem of the episode. I loved that they revisited the cottage and her scene with Robin and Regina got me to tears again.

The scene in the convent was refreshing. Belle was great and that fight would've been nice. Also nice to see Blue included.

Also, Rumple basically saying you love me, I love you, I'm the Dark One, get over it was amazing. You didn't love the man behind the beast, you loved the man and the beast is also a great line and Belle being quite skeptical made me love the scene even more. I'm happy we didn't get a tearful apology again and I can see Belle finally accepting that she's Mrs. Dark One.

Snow etc were good. Nice impactful scenes, of course they didn't steal from Zelena but it was a great way to show the rest of the characters.

Robin was good and I love Sean, I wish he didn't a bit more.

Another bit I loved was the unusal Belle / Zelena interaction and Steve Pearlman turned out to be a great director.

Amazing, incredible episode overall possibly up there with my all time favorites.