Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-413929-20151029063935/@comment-26159109-20160221204157

♦ The premiere kicks off with one of the series’ most emotional cold opens ever.

The grave scene. Meh.

♦ The episode is quite Regina-centric, from both her current-day conundrum in the Underworld (Mayor Cora lays out a rather grim ground rule) to flashbacks of one of her birthdays, where a surprising someone sets out to gift-wrap for the Evil Queen the only thing she desires.

"The only thing she desires". The apple? So much for trading the curse with Maleficent...

♦ A case of mistaken identity leaves one of the heroes a bit flustered.

So James is going to appear and he's going to succeed fooling the heroes. Snow is going to drop into new levels of dumb.

♦ Fitting for the milestone episode, a character whom we first met in the series pilot and who has not been seen in a while resurfaces when you last expect — to great comedic effect.

Ryan?!?

♦ Under the oversight of the Blind Witch, the menu at Underworld Granny’s now offers gingerbread… and children :-O

😨😨

♦ A first meeting between two characters just may leave you a bit misty.

Emma and Hades...

♦ Seeing the key to Room 8 tees up a sweet moment between Henry and Emma.

They better mention his father and actually mourn him.

♦ Freshly deceased Hook has seen better days.

Don't care.

<p style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeue,HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);">♦ “Chip” puts in an appearance, sparking a flashback to a “lost” scene between Rumple and Belle.

<p style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeue,HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);">So things that were destroyed are in the underworld as well?!? Or is it someone whose name is cheap?!

<p style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeue,HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);">♦ By the end of the hour, one character will experience an extreme reversal of fortune.

<p style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeue,HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);">No Kidding...

<p style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeue,HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);">♦ From the first moment Underworld’s pampered overlord is revealed, it’s clear thatAlly McBeal alum Greg Germann is having a helluva good time playing Hades.

<p style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeue,HelveticaNeue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Good for him.