Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141006180403/@comment-5106672-20141013030443

Great, great, great episode! It had a few minor flaws, but overall... amazing!

So, the flaws.

1) Granny, the hell has gotten into you? Ready to shot a crossbow when a mob tried to kill Ruby for a murder there was little to no evidence for, and now you're almost leading one? Seriously? But overall, I don't like how her character has been reduced, she's mostly on the sidelines and almost comic relief.

2) Archie, just pick the damn stroll up. She's a woman with a baby, help her!

3) Will Scarlet was kind of useless. I mean, you needed someone to give the Snow Queen away, fine, but that's kind of a weak reason to bring him back to Storybrooke and screw his happy ending with Anastasia. If they don't give him a storyline and explain why he left Anastasia behind in Wonderland, I won't swallow it that easily.

4) Come on, Marian, die already. (Okay, that's not a flaw of the episode, I just wanted to say it.)

The great things.

1) Regina said it at last: Emma's a lousy saviour. Regina has been saving the day since Season Two, Emma helped her at best. Basically, the one time Emma saved the day all by herself was when she was up against Regina, who brought it upon herself.

2) Of freaking course True Love's Kiss didn't work on Marian. HA HA HA. And Roland's "Regina let me" line made me evil-laugh like a maniac. It was a very fulfilling episode for an Outlaw Queen shipper.

3) I'm kinda getting over Rumbelle, so yeah, he lied to her, whatever. But it's great to have a mystery-hiding, free-willed villainous Mr. Gold back!

4) Hans surprised me. In the photos the costume looked awful, but he was every bit as hot as in the Frozen movie. (Sorry, I'm in fangirl mode right now).

5) The Snow Queen is amazing. And so far she also seems Cora-level evil. She's probably one of those villains not even a hearwrecking backstory (which I kind of see coming) could possibly redeem for the audience. Yeah!

6) SEASON ONE IS BACK! As much as I loved the Oz arc, it lacked what made Season One so special: a huge mystery to uncover. Zelena was a great character and her storyline too, there were a few mysteries about the missing year, but the only big question was what she was going to do. Engaging, especially since it involved a constant showdown with Regina, but not Season One-level. Now we have tons of questions about the past that need to be addressed, lots of theories, lots of questions, as well as what's coming in the future and why the Snow Queen is doing what she's doing. In the Oz arc we knew what happened from the start, we just needed to learn how. Here, short of spoilers, we have no clue.

Way to go, OUAT!