Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170515015929/@comment-31231929-20170515200305

As an episode whose goal was to function as both a season and a series finale, it did a pretty good job. I loved the majority of it, however, it wasn’t without faults.

6x21: I honestly thought new guy and new girl were brand new characters and wondered how they had the book, the reveal at the end of 6x22 made this scene make a whole lot more sense. The Final Battle was not what I was expecting it to be. I did like how it was Emma’s belief vs The Realms of Story since that goes back to the fact that the show is centered around belief and hope. One thing that bothered me about this episode was how long Emma didn’t remember/believe. I loved Killian’s determination to get back to Emma and how he went straight to their beanstalk to retrieve a magic bean. David followed him and we got Beanstalk Adventure Part 2 Featuring Captain Charming. I loved how Killian referred to Emma as his wife and how he described his and Emma’s story. This was one of my favorite parts of this episode. I loved how Killian was the one to get the bean and that that the dragon chased them. Another one of my favorite parts of this episode was the rooftop scene with Henry. I loved how Emma remembered her wedding and that she said, “I married Captain Hook?” Yes, Emma, you did. I didn’t like that Emma wanted to leave Storybrooke, though. I liked Regina’s and The EQ’s banter. Fiona pushing Henry down the stairs was interesting. When Emma was burning the book, I thought that her looking at the picture of her husband would jog or memory, but I guess not. The burning of the book catalyzed the dark clouds of destruction to roll in, which was a nice touch.



6x22: When Killian fell of the beanstalk, I got really scared. I knew he was going to be okay based on spoilers, but still. I liked how Snow found Killian and he said “Hello there mummy.” I really wished Killian had gone to Emma. I was surprised that Emma’s apartment was exactly as she left it. I didn’t mind that Henry’s homemade storybook was what made her believe. I loved the Snowing parallel to the first scene in the series. I wasn’t surprised at Rumple being awake under the curse or that he didn’t want to help Henry. Henry’s take on the Black Fairy monologue to the magic mirror was annoying (was his arm magically healed?). When the EQ stayed behind to hold off the magic, I couldn’t tell if it was her or Regina, their costumes were to similar. I loved how Emma wanted to be the Savior before she remembered anything. Cursed Belle ran away from Rumple apparently. Henry’s scribbles held the key to winning the final battle. I liked how high the stakes were if Emma lost the final battle. I thought Fiona’s destruction was very underwhelming, but I wasn’t surprised Rumple did her in. The reunion in Main Street was also underwhelming. I was expecting a CS kiss, but we didn’t get one. They were holding onto each other for basically the entire time after they were reunited, though. I really enjoyed Emma’s fight with Gideon and her “I am the Savior” monologue. The visual of Emma’s magic bursting out of her is probably one of my favorite visuals of the entire series. I was disappointed that Henry TLKed Emma instead of Killian. The time being 8:15 PM was a nice parallel. I liked that Gideon was de-aged, but I hated that Belle took Rumple back. I loved the happy ending/beginning montage (minus the RB stuff) and the book closing on the OUAT reenactment of The Last Supper would have been the perfect way to end the series. But it’s not the end and we learn that new guy is Adult Henry (not surprising) and that his daughter is named Lucy. And that something bad happened and his family needs him. If you take away the scenes of Adult Henry and Lucy, this episode would have functioned perfectly as a series finale, but since those scenes exist, I am considering this a half-series/half-season finale and will definitely be watching Season 7.



