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Good episode. I'll admit I was bored at times, but overall it was a pretty strong premiere. I'm not a fan of Outlaw Queen in the slightest, so it's not like that plot did anything at all for me. However, as for the rest of the Wish Realm, Wish!Hook was hilarious and I enjoyed Emma and August for the most part. Wish!Belle being reduced to bones was pretty offensive though, and there being no Zelena at all in this episode or the last was annoying.

As for Storybrooke, I love the Rumbelle/Gideon story. There was a lot of good scenes that came from it, and I'm really excited to see where it goes. I don't really buy the savior mythology (kill a savior to become a savior??), but I felt for Gideon just based on the few snippets of his past that we were shown. Also the well scene between Belle and Rumple was just amazingly written. There was great character development there for Rumple and Rumbelle, and I'm having hope that they're headed in a good direction.

David refusing to wake Snow is pretty frustrating, and I don't really care for his relationship with Hook all that much. I also didn't like how everyone was being so quick to just wanna kill/harm Gideon. What Belle was asking from them in the loft scene wasn't unreasonable, and I also felt for Rumple when he begged Emma to not kill Gideon because it's his son. Only a single Emma flashback this week, which I'm glad they finally gave us. Pretty well done, I'd say. Could've been better, could've been worse.

Overall, I might give the episode a 7/10.