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Great episode! It raised a lot of questions and thoughts.

David's father was actually a good father and died trying to save his son. David spent his entire life hating his father, not knowing the truth. So sad.

James tried to run away from King George and witnessed him ordering the execution of his birth father. For some reason, James becomes loyal to King George when he gets older and doesn't try to find his real family. I know a lot of time passes in between, but I would like to see some more backstory.

Pinocchio was a puppet for over 20 years. There's nothing confusing about that since puppets don't age, but I'm having trouble tracing it back to the traditional story. For over 20 years, Pinocchio continued to make bad choices and not learn from them. He must have gone to Pleasure Island many times without Gepetto finding out. The whole reason Gepetto got swallowed by Monstro was because he was looking for Pinocchio, who was on Pleasure Island. This didn't happen until right before the curse. When Pinocchio came to our world, why did he have the mental capacity of a 7 year old boy? I get that he was in the body of one, but he has had over 20 years of life experience.

I was hoping David and Hook would finally become friends and Hook would propose to Emma in this episode. I thought David was being a real jerk, ignoring the end reveal of the episode. Hook has been dating Emma for almost 3 seasons as has shown nothing but kindness. David, being the honorable hero he claims to be, should have forgiven him for his past a long time ago. Hook is given no credit for saving David's life in NL and helping Snow and Charming meet in There's No Place Like Home. Not to mention he literally died for Emma last season. Why are there still doubts about who he has become. David was also about to kill a man out of vengence? Doesn't this go against everything he has been saying for the past 6 seasons?

I was completely shocked by the ending. How do you propose to someone after finding out you killed her grandfather?

There is a lot I would like to say in Hook's defense. He had no idea who David's father was and believed him to be another man loyal to King George. He had no impact on David's father's fate. He killed a man who was about to be executed and also killed the executioners. So technically, Hook avenged David's father's almost murder. Hook knows he has killed many innocent people and lives with the guilt everyday. He tries to do whatever he can to make up for his past. Hook didn't find out the man he killed was David's father until August showed him the pictures. This means everything that happened between him and David was sencere. Hook should just tell David and Emma the truth. After everything he's done, he should be forgiven. After all, Regina has been forgiven. She also murdered Emma's other grandfather and a lot of people close to Emma's parents and somehow they became best friends.

King George is not any less guitly because of the reveal. He still ordered the murder of David's father and the murder still happened.