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Definitely not what I expected, but then Once has that way sometimes.

Overall a good episode. I particularly liked the way it opened up the show to more stories outside of just fairytales. Nice work. (and making Sir Morgan the Connecticut Yankee was brilliance),

As for the comments about LWC, I actually got the feel that Dr. Jeckyll's lab was very similar to some of Victors lab. The reason we saw it in color is that they are not in the LWC, but in the LUS. I would imagine that there may be a few escapees from the LWC that moved to the LUS.

As for splitting Regina, I'm not quite sure how I feel on that one yet. On one hand it could make for an interesting story, and it might allow for the EQ to be served a huge dose of Justice for her atrocities. But I actually liked Regina as the conflicted character she has become. She knows that she did horrific things, and after the monologue in Neals/Robins apartment, I think that we get a good sense of the guilt and remorse she now feels for what she did. It seems too easy to just seperate the "evil' part. (and from a mental health perspective, I think it sends a very poor message to people that suffer from things like DID, Schizophrenia, BiPolar, etc.)

Still overall a good and enjoyable episode. More to come.

One problem I have is what happened to the townline issues, that Henry, Violet, Gold, Emma, and Regina can all just walk out of town. Did the writers forget that there is a spell on the town line to prevent people from just crossing?