Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26198810-20150902175918/@comment-6175354-20151027202152

FrancisPaul wrote: I hope I'm wrong, but this could be one of the worst episodes. Much likely a huge filler Trust me, you are going to be correct.

This could be why ABC decided to air 5.08 and 5.09 together. They were probably scared, no one would watch The Bear King otherwise. Merida's inclusion into the storyline, just reeks of marketing ploy. Her character and storyline are just filler. Even if Gold just miraculously become couragous, it is so obvious that he is not going to pull Excalibur from the stone. Of all the storylines in the Camelot arc, why is OUaT dragging this one out so long?