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So… I was pretty impressed with this episode, especially considering David-centrics usually bore me to tears, but then… did we really need that final twist and all the drama that will ensue? Couldn't we just do without it? I don't know, it feels cheap and forced. I'm waiting to see how it turns out, but for now that's one of the worst contrivances the've pulled off.

Same goes with Dark Robin: it was very interesting right until the end, when it went right astray. It was nice to see Regina kissing him and feeling nothing, it felt like she could finally rationalise she did everything, everything in her power and could finally get some closure over Robin. But nope, surprise! They've really overdone it with plot twists this episode.

On a side note, I absolutely loved the Pleasure Island tie-in. That's the Once Upon A Time I loved back in the day: you follow one fairy tale and you stumble upon another one because they're all mashed up together. And by “stumble upon another one” I mean not “and then they went to Rumplestiltskin and that's how we tie that in”, that's some really cool, S1 style narration, with Snow White fading into King Midas and then into Little Red Riding Hood. Glad they still know how to do it.

So yeah, the episode was pretty impressive… right until the plot twist. I just hope someone's gonna smack some sense into Hook and David and all the drama will boil down to “Yeah, so, Snow did Regina's mom in, her mom did Snow's, so what if Hook did David's dad in, 70% of peeps in the room have been ripping hearts right left and center anyway but past's in the past and we're still here sipping champagne together”. (Please note: I'm not justifying Hook's past actions, that's horrible and needs to be addressed. Just… rationally, without that much drama. We've had six seasons of "second chances" and "people change", let's not do it all over again, yes?)