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One of my fav episodes so far. I loved it. It was defo emotional and had me reaching for my tissues and I dont agree with the retcon complaints as it seemed to fi the established timeline quite well. I liked the pixie flower and that it is only grown in the presence of great evil. Just goes to show how evil the black fairy is. Regina created one to grow through the crack in concrete of a pavement she and rumple may have created a few in the forest during the dark curse that nobody ever noticed. so i think it works quite well.

Loved the falshbacks in Storybrook, its nice that we have flashback in Storybrook, it sets a new tone for them and I always love Snowing and they delivered. When they finally see Emma through that door it was beautiful to see the pair and their sacrifice.

Tiger Lilly was a bit strange as it almost felt like the writers completely forgot about Tinkerbell's origin but as D.Prince pointed out there were a few differences between their stories, but it still seemed a little strange. I did think she may have been established as another savior, so this fairy thing kinda felt an odd explanation of her history as the one who could have stopped the BF turning evil. Two lost fairies in Neverland, no wings, no magic, both with lost souls they could have helped, both attempting to help Hook return home just seems weird. I mean did the two know each other in Neverland, did they share stories of how mean Blue Fairy was? But saying that I thought the actress playing Tigar Lilly did a great job and I guess it was nice that the character showed up.

Hook returning home was great, the Hook and Charming exchane was nice and i love the way the sleeping curse was cured. I loved the minimal time Zelena was onscreen, I loved the BF and Jamie Murrey's portryal was epic again. (I love this actress)

My only real issue was bloody Henry! OMG can we please just skip to season 7 and have an adult play Henry. No offence but Jared is useless. He reminds me too much of Daniel Radcliff in the HP films. Totally wooden. I know he is only a child actor and it may seem mean to insult his acting ability (if one could argue he has any to begin with) but I am so sick of hearing him say "Everything is going to be ok mom!" He said it twice this episode and that was all he said all epsiode and he said that with such woodeness it i just want to scream. I also know that I may feel differently if he was actually given a proper storyline and that a lot of fault may be with te writers themselves but given he did have a larger role in the the finale of season 5 he just did not deliver his material in anyway that could be considered acting. I mean the actress playing Violet did her role brilliantly especially in comparrison to Jared.

Anyway rant over, can not wait to see how the final battle plays out and I defo can not wait till the next episode. :) :)