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This was a polarizing episode. Ok overall I guess.

I Pinnochio'd a bit. I actually really liked the present day events. I thought it was an excellent balance of MadArcher, GoldenBeliever (that was quite the surprise for me), *familial name for Hook and Alice*,   Kelly and Lucy (surprise?), Kelly and Margot, and Sabine and Rogers. Jacinda was there too (was tolerable).

The tension building up to Nick's kidnapping of Henry was great. Just nitpicking though, they could have closed out the possibility of Henry discovering the chocolates in the trunk, if they made it so Henry put his bag in the trunk in the first place, but the trunk was chocolateless.

MadArcher's scene was cute too, just the direction felt a bit off  (I can't put my finger on it, but it just felt a bit fast). Either way, I like to see them taking their relationship at a far better pace than Jacinda and Henry. Probably the best new couples we've had in a long time, IMO.

Weaver and Henry was a definite standout for me. It always bothered me how their relationship has been nearly non-extistent since 4A.

In terms of the flashback, it wasn't bad...but it didn't contribute to the plot very much (as others mentioned). They could have fought in a sea witch, which could have lead up to the proposal... or just had a different adventure in general. Nonetheless, the acting was fine, and the proposal was more than tolerable. Also, Nook wanting to help Henry was great; he showed this guilt for...well we don't know because he didn't finish his sentence! My headcanon is that he regrets trying to steal Emma from Killian still. I also appreciated the nods to the Charming family (take that vocal minority! Henry did NOT forget Emma existed!).

Kelly "West" receiving would have been a great twist (for spoiler-y reasons, it wasn't). It was oddly hilarious nonetheless. "Targo" looked so excited to hand that box over!