Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20170508011247/@comment-25926288-20170511144259

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.)