Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20170508011247/@comment-5679696-20170511223552

Eskaver wrote: There's not a separate thread for this yet, but it's just what happens, especially in recent seasons. It's the "where ever did you find this" macguffin-plot device. Instead of foreshadowing or using what has been established, there's some reason (unknown to us) that the writers create something new, mostly just for that episode, to resolve the plot.

This episode simply had Emma's hidden song as a never-mentioned, only for this episode kind of thing. (Not really a Big-Lipped Alligator moment as it was essential to the plot. More like...contrived.) I disagree actually. They managed to make it so that, even if there was clearly no intentional foreshadowing, the hidden song in Emma's heart didn't come across as a "just for this episode" thing.

I've been rewatching season one, and it fills me with happiness to hear Emma's Theme, even in flashbacks prior to the singing spell. This melody has always been around. It's always followed our heroes, even if they couldn't hear it. Besides, there was no point in showing us flashbacks related to the song before the actual song would become relevant.