Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171216015812/@comment-1295345-20171217132158

Eskaver wrote:

Anonymius wrote:

Eskaver wrote:

Chameleon-Guy wrote: So, I can't read all the comments, did people like this episode in general? I really didn't, sadly, left me disappointed, most of the twists were from the Dark Swan arc, including Henry's situation = how Hook became a Dark One, the hooded figures, etc. Plus they shouldn't have already had Robin and Alice kiss but slowly build their relationship since they have more episodes this time than they did with Red.

Is this post allowed here? I'm not hating on the episode or the season. It’s okay to be disappointed. But I don’t get your post. This episode was nothing like 5A. Hooded figures happen all the time across all media, which just means “You’ll find out later”.

Robin and Alice is doing a reversal so that it creates a need for flashbacks. Get the hurrah/audience on board to some degree and then tell the story. See Ella and Henry’s relationship of the slow build in flashbacks. I think he was also talking about the whole 'loved one dying so have to do something to save his life'. Thanks. I can see that, but it’s pretty common all over Once, just that this one involved a Dark Curse. It’s a typical hostage negotiation/ manipulation thing. It’s a minor aspect in the larger scheme of things like a villain monologue by their evil plan to the heroes. I mean with the whole 'hero had to do something distasteful in order to save character's life which we didn't know at the beginning.'