Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170410010002/@comment-31564770-20170411160459

For the first time in a few weeks, I don't have any major complaints about this episode. Nothing felt like too much of a stretch, and I thoroughly enjoyed the plot development. The whole spider thing was an interesting device to carry the BF and Gideon's deal, and I do like that she's controlling him and no one knows it yet- which will probably make for interesting scenes when they do find out. But, my favorite part of the episode was Henry's thing, for several reasons:

- The fact that the author powers are overriding Henry's free will gives them a sense of danger that there never was before. Earlier, it seemed like the Author was nigh-omnipotent, and now there's the threat to the Author himself by those very same powers. That line where Isaac said Henry could end up in the insane asylum, presumably in a constant trance scribbling weird symbols in a notebook, really summarizes the whole situation.

- Going off the above, there doesn't seem to be anything anyone can do to help Henry at the moment, and the way Lana portrayed that in Regina was in my opinion perfect. I mean, her son is going to be taken over by a powerful quill and there's nothing she can do? That's some scary stuff, and Lana made sure we all know it.

- The way they played Henry's condition into the appearance of the final chapter is amazing. There's a real sense of apprehension and a bit of fear there, especially in that shot where we see there are only a few more pages of the book to go. It really feels like the show is coming full circle, with the Savior- the lightest soul- facing off against the darkest soul, the one who you could even say began this whole thing by creating the dark curse, the Black Fairy. The show began with the curse, and may end with it. Even if we do get s7, A&E have said that this season wraps the current storyline.

Overall, I think this was one of the best episodes of the season, hands down. I 100% enjoyed it. It was really down to earth and a bit sobering, and gave new depth to a lot of the storyline.