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GothicNarcissus wrote: Nice episode overall.

The bad:

- Five years. Of course that discounts the Curse, but that might be confusing to the casual viewer. Please show, remember your past seasons.

- News spreads pretty quickly in the Fairy Tale Land, now, don't they? Camelot was clearly outside of reach of both Dark Curses, yet Lancelot was already legendary by the time Snow and David met him. Well, then again, Jack (and the Beanstalk) became a legend quite quickly too, so I'll roll with that.

- Do roses spring from the grass in Camelot?

- What's with the free-floating Darkness in the vault? If we needed an excuse for Guinevere to kiss Lancelot, it could have been whatever magical trap they wanted. -.-

- Okay, it was nice to include Granny, the dwarves and everyone in the trip, but what about showing them, giving them something to do, stuff like that?

The good.

- That's some interesting family dynamics for the Charmings. Snow clearly wears the trouses (well, there hasn't been much doubt about that), and it was interesting to see them apparently drift apart only for it to turn out to be a well-thought plan (until magic). They've also confirmed themselves as the most selfish characters in the show: hey buddy, screw your kingdom and your subjects, our family always comes first!

- I like how fairytale-like Hook and Emma's ride felt. I'm glad they could catch a breath before everything goes downhill.

- Arthur showed himself as a really terrible husband and friend, but confirmed to be the only competent ruler and politician in Fairy Tale Land. It was good to see him snap out of his self-centered quest and actually start thinking about the good of his people. Of course his kingdom is built on a pile of lies, but that's what politics is about, isn't it? I really like him as a character (and he's a total hottie).

- Granny's in the forest and a bunch of knights storming it was amazing, period. I think the Darkness simply exists there. In the portal place, it looks like there was a wterfall of darkness behind them, but that could just be bad CGI. Lumiere did describe it as a well of Darkness. It would still beg the Question why didn't Merlin just trap it down there with the rest of it, or was that just RUmple (which I totally doubt).