Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20150309010651/@comment-24950802-20150310001015

I already left my review on SpoilerTV to say how awful I thought this episode was, so I'll just summarize the many problems I had with it here:


 * Maleficent tells Snow: "Hurt you? No. That would be too easy. (...) The only thing I care about is your pain." Ok, great contradiction you got going there.
 * Maleficent also tells Snow, in the flashbacks, that because Emma is the product of true love, she could grow up to be good or evil. So could anyone, genius. Lol the writing in this episode was atrocious.
 * Mary Margaret's last voice-over lasted for like half an hour. What the heck was that all about?
 * All of the potentially good surprises in the episode, like Book Thief (or Scarlet Beauty, whatever) or Maleficent having lost a child were kinda spoiled. Not the show's fault, our own fault, but shame.
 * Speaking of Scarlet Beauty... lol. Just lol.
 * The Charmings spent the ENTIRE episode telling the audience they had a secret. I couldn't take it anymore. Stop saying what we already know, god damn it. Again with the lowsy writing.
 * Regina snapping at a kid was an annoying setback for her. She slips up every now and then but this was just not entertaining at all. Her apology to Marco was also forced and rude.
 * Love Cruella, but I have a hard time making out what she says cos of her accent. :/ Again, not an actual flaw, just a shame. Her lines are quite good and yet I always have to play them back or ask someone what she said.
 * The flashback story was mostly boring and unnecessary. I did enjoy the last flashback though.
 * The resurrection was pretty half-assed. Too easy.
 * They keep treating Granny like a damn extra. Give the woman her own sassy lines!

Good things:
 * The inclusion of more season 1 characters, namely Geppetto and i