Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151116014923/@comment-5106672-20151117195936

This was one killer episode! Say whatever you want, but except for spoilers from the internet, the writers know how to pull a plot twist – especially the whole Emma is after Zelena not her baby trick.

So, things that meh:


 * Regina was a bit of a huge bitch with the Dagger thing. I mean, yes, she's the “desperate times call for desperate measures” kind of person, and said desperate measures went from heart ripping to magically aided speed-psychotherapy, but that was unnecessarily nasty, especially coming from a friend, and to someone she considers a friend. Of course she ment well, but bad things done with good intentions are still bad things. I guess we got her big misstep for this half season, she has to have one every now and then.


 * I'm not quite getting how Merlin's magic became dark when tranferring to Killian, or whatever the hell happened there. And it's still not explaining what's up with the free-roaming darkness: whas Merlin dark? Did his magic turn to darkness when Emma ripped it out of him? AND WHAT'S WITH THE DARK ONE'S VAULT?

Things that rocked:


 * Conversely, I found weirdly nice the way Regina seemed worried about Zelena. I think deepd down their relationship is much more complex than it would appear, at least from Regina's side. There's hatred, but I guess she somehow still cares for her sister. That's definitely consistent with her personality, a lot of big talk about how tough and evil she is to protect herself and not to seem vulnerable, but deep down she's much more caring than she would admit.


 * Zelena killed this episode. Really, in all the scenes she was in.


 * All the CaptainSwan scenes were incredibly emotional, both in flashbacks and present day.


 * Finally, Emma's actions and her reactions make sense. Why she turned dark all of sudden, why she wiped away everyone's memory but still seemed conflicted about that, all that stuff. They pulled it off better than I expected. Also, it's interesting how vulnerable she seemed at her darkest. JMo was amazing!


 * Whoa, plot twist! I'm really curious to see what will become of Killian now.