Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9541778-20131021145043/@comment-5715047-20131022004016

GothicNarcissus wrote: It was one of those "much ado, then right back to the initial situation" episodes, which kind of frustrated me. The flashbacks, too, didn't add anything really interesting to the known situations, nor did they explain enough about situations yet to know. It's one of thos "transition" episoded that makes you wish the week passes quickly.

On a side note, at first I was going to really be pissed off at Neal for the way he treated Rumple. Then I realised that oh, wow, I'm pretty much the same situation myself, so how could I blame him. On that side I totally empathise with him, so yep, the episode had some emotional depth after all... Although I can totally  relate to how Neal is feeling, it doesn't mean I agree with his actions. I think the major problem with their relationship is that they both have major trust issues which does affect not only their relationship with each other, but other as well. Although this episode acknowledges that Neal hasn't really forgiven Rumple, I was never really convince that he did forgive him. Come on what kind of person tells his  dieing father that he is angry with him while they are hugging. At the same time Rumple needs to be honest with Neal about his past,and to stop letting the habit of self preservation control all his actions. If not Neal will never be able to trust him, and  his enemies  will use  it in order to cause some tention between these two characters, just like Pan did. I hope the two are able to talk things out, and moved passed these issue, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen for while.

All around episode depressed the living dates lights out of me, but I still like it.