Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160307020620/@comment-32390199-20160307212136

Eskaver wrote: From around the web, I've gathered this feeling:

The episode seems to be 7/10, good but lackluster. Yet the main issues they tend to have had were:

- CGI looks bad (which can't be a real complaint because it has always been that way, so that can't always be a negative for every episode).

- Using SB as the Underworld is DUMB and lazy (even though you just critiqued their bad CGI and green screen effects AND that we saw a portion of the traditional Underworld with Hades).

- Hades wasn't played by James Woods (I think they should stop doing mental gymnastics and realized that JW would be expensive (and remember those effects you keep whining about) and the fact that he's tremendously old, plus this show isn't your live action Disney)

- Hook wasn't saved yet. (This one is the real kicker. WHy would any reviewer think that Hook would be found in the first episode).

- Everything else is filler. (Yeah, but I don't need a one episode season.)

- Neal was in the episode too long. Not enough Hook. Too many cameos. (Yeah, I don't know what they expected.)

- And lastly, The emotional moments in the episode weren't earned.

Yeah, I guess I'll have to give up on humanity. This episode easily tops the end of 5a, the middle of 4b, and the filler episodes combined. Sadly the ratings don't show it, but most of these common complaints were, in their words, lackluster. And to imagine that none of the reasons listed her are mentioned in this thread with die-hard OUaT fans. This episode was very good, one of the better ones of the show.

And I for one am glad Hook didn't get much screentime, because now I'm still guessing where he could be. I am a fan of Hook (although season 2 Hook is the best) but didn't long for him to appear. Plus the cameo's were good in this episode, the main focus was Cora and Henry Sr. while also showing who else is here and who might get more depht in later episodes (mainly Pan, Cruella and James, although I hope BW will too)