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This episode was so good! I really enjoyed the focus on Zelena and her relationship with Robin in the flashbacks. I’ve loved what we’ve seen of Robin so far and can’t wait for more. Zelena and Robin had a “child is rebelious because their parent isn’t supportive” and Zelena realizes that she needs to do that. Robin ends up dropping some of the potion she was making, which took her to Gothel so she could teach her magic. Zelena thought Gothel had kidnapped her and went to the NEF to rescue her. One of my favorite things about the flashbacks were Zelena’s interactions with Wish Hook, or Nook (New Hook) as she calls him. Nook joined Zelena on her quest to find Gothel because he wants to “watch Gothel die slowly and painfully.” Him saying that made me pretty happy, tbh. I thought that Nook trying to find Madame Leota’s invisible shop was pretty hilarious. Leota trapped Zelena and Nook in the shop, but Robin freed them and chose to stay behind. I really loved that Nook gave Zelena a pep talk about how her love for her daughter makes her fearless, and that she doesn’t need magic to rescue her. Gothel was planning on sacrificing Robin with the resurrection amulet to bring Madame Leota back to life, but Robin was unaware of this. When Robin is being sacrificed, Zelena and Nook burst in and save the day. Zelena almost ends up being sacrificed, but Robin saves her by shooting the amulet out of Gothel’s hand with an arrow. This makes her realize she’s into archery. I loved that the episode explained Zelena getting her magic back by having Robin give her her magic.

I also loved the Hyperion Heights part of this episode. I liked Regina and Zelena trying to find the amulet and Rogers learning about Eloise/Gothel’s cult. Gothel was willing to save Lucy with the resurrection amulet by sacrificing Drizella. I was a bit confused by that because why would Gothel save Lucy? Tremaine ended up sacrificing her life so that Drizella wouldn’t die and Lucy would live. I’ve never thought of Tremaine as a great character so I don’t really care that she’s dead. I really liked the twist at the end: the doctor who tested Jacinda, Henry, and Nick for a blood match for Lucy discovered that Henry is Lucy’s dad through the test results (which revealed that Jacinda and Lucy’s last name is Vidrio). She then took a sip of her drink, saw what looked like seeds in it and fell over dead. Then a person wearing black gloves stole the test results.

On a couple side notes: when Zelena arrived at Tiana’s Palace, she told Nook she just saw “him” sheriffing with Emma so hooray for a Captain Swan mention! And in the Storybrooke portion of the flashback, Robin said she was 18 and the episode revealed that she went to the NEF at this point. If Robin grew up in Storybrooke and Emma became pregnant a few years after Henry left Storybrooke, would the CS kid be about 10/11? (4+3=7 and 18-7=11)  (4 being the years between the end of S6 and Henry leaving SB and 3 being the approximate amount of years between Henry leaving SB and the 7x02 flashbacks. The CS kid could also be 12/13 if a year or two passed after Henry left).

Anyways, I am pretty excited for the rest of this season, but I kind of don’t want the last 11 episodes to air so that the show won’t end. But they’ll air and it’ll end. I really wish it wouldn’t.