Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-5817180-20151207051718

Not horrible, but I was expecting better. The fight against the dark ones was underwhelming, Zelena may or may not return, and now we're back to the status quo, except now Rumple is even more powerful so now the only way to stop him is to somehow get the dagger, or hope Emma is now the light one and just as powerful as him. Plus, Merlin, my 3rd favorite character (after Neal/Baelfire and Henry) is now dead. Ultimately pretty underwhelming, and pretty predictable. I theorized that Emma would try to do it all alone, that she'd try to sacrifice herself, and that then ultimately Hook would do it instead at the last minute, and die, and that then Emma would go to the underworld and try to get Hook back. Oh, and I even considered the idea that Rumple wouldn't be able to live without his power, and that he'd do something to get it back! Figures, because he's one of the writer's favorites. They can't do the show without him, in their opinion. Oh, and the Dark Ones had no real plan other than 'run around the small town of storybrooke, wreaking havoc on them all'. And now, assuming that Rumple isn't going with them, he's now free to get back to what he set out to do in the first place, what put them all in that big mess; use the hat to cleave himself from the dagger. And how did the sword get destroyed (which should be indestructible) and how did the dagger return?