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8Rob wrote: It was not just bad writing. The whole Dark Hook thing was totally rushed.

That's why I ask what in the world were they thinking when they decided to make 5x09. 509 isn't the problem, per say, but where it was placed was a problem. As far as the actual elements of the episode, those were all okay. Sense they brought Merida and Brave onto the show, they might as well give it a centric or two, so it's not a waste. It also allowed for us to more Arthur and Zelena, which was good. Finally, it answered questions about what's been up with Red/Ruby and Mulan. So like I said, the episode and what it was doing wasn't so much the problem as how they stuck it randomly in the middle of the arc climax.