Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20151007195419/@comment-25926288-20151128193957

Just realized why the sneak peaks rubbed me the wrong way after a rewatch.

Colin's a decent actor at best but in the first one his Jack Sparrow impression was strong. Not that that is a bad thing, but it doesn't do any positives in my mind. In the second one, I would say that it was a bit lower then typical Colin quality because that direction is off. I don't know if I'm alone on this one, but Rumple seemed more menacing and intimidating (even if it was faking it) than Hook.

Lastly, I realized where the writers should have taken Regina's character. Regina should have been more subtle and more sad-angry as that's when Lana shines and when the EQ is more vicious.Lana does love angry, snarky and OTT and while she does well, it doesn't make much sense in character.

A slight aside, but Regina was raised by Cora and Madam Mayor and sad-angry Regina have always made sense, but then she progressively became more OTT as the show progressed. Zelena being OTT makes sense, but Regina should have been a tad more subtle and that would have improved the character journey, but probably wouldn't be a fun.

Anyhow, that sneak peek was alright, but it feels to me that the writers have dumped the blame of stupid plot on Emma. Emma would never have been this stupid and she would never have saiod a sentence that made the least amount of sense since Emma's "I'll not let this be in vain" (which did not fit Emma's character to say those words). Having Emma say that she didn't have someone to call her out on such a stupid plan and to give her hope literally makes no sense because she isolated herself. This is making MM from season 3b look like a genius.

I look forward to the episode, but it's already cranking up the analytic machine in me.