Mathius

OK, the second video with the hug is clearly between the cast, it's not the characters hugging Emma. She gets stabbed, filming stopped. If we get proof of a scene filmed where Regina is on the ground, I will officially eat every hat I own. I'm not sure about that. TLK breaks curses, it doesn't cure mortal wounds. Unless the stab is somehow a curse. And again, JMO/Emma getting up doesn't seem to be part of the episode filming. We know Emma survives due to the daytime filming and the fact that there is still more filming to go tonight, but I don't think she just gets back up immediately after being stabbed. Something else happens first.

Well, tonight there's supposed to be "lighting effects" in addition to "atmospheric smoke", so we're probably getting some magic thrown around.

That's already obvious from the daytime filming they did, which is clearly for the day after the battle in the episode, which transpires at night. Also, it was obvious due to common logic: these writers are bad, but even they won't write a story where it's hyped up "Emma is fated to die!" and then...she dies at the end. No twist, no changing her fate, she just dies. Even for them, that would be atrocious storytelling.

Ah, OK. That was a few days ago, and she would have had the 6x22 script by then since they were filming the episode... But again, I'm going to need hard, solid proof before I even begin to entertain the notion of Regina dying.

I don't see it. Is this something she put up but then deleted? AGAIN?

A&E wrote both parts of the finale as one big movie, so I think it's the 53rd scene of the entire thing, which would put it toward the start of 6x22.

No, it's apparently an early scene of 6x22, plus Emma is wearing a different jacket and Henry doesn't have a cast. I think it's related to Henry being in a hospitalized state, like a flashback or a fantasy he's having. While a TLK from Henry would be a good call-back in reverse to 1x22, it would only be needed if Emma was cursed, not just gone down. Also, we have no idea at this point how much kissing and hugging is the characters, and how much is the actors.

Nope. Not going to believe it until I see it. Killing off Rumple is one thing, but Regina? A&E would never do that. Unless of course not getting a S7 made them change things just to give Regina one last super-duper-awesome-heroic-sacrificial moment. But again, I'll only believe it when I see it, or see actual visible proof. And if Lana films today for the ending sequence, we'll know for certain. Also, if Robert Carlyle does NOT show up tonight, then I'm assuming that Gideon did indeed kill Rumple and he's now the new Dark One.

We don't need to know where Jefferson is, he's one of the few characters who had a perfectly good wrap-up, reuniting with his daughter. Whether he's still in Storybrooke or if the second Dark Curse left him behind in the EF, we know he and Grace are back together and happy.

I would be surprised if I ever heard someone say otherwise. The animated film is a masterpiece, this one is just OK.

No, the Black Fairy is the Big Bad. Gideon's just a tool, in all senses of the word. Hey, this is the town that still allows a genocidal war criminal to be their mayor, who granted amnesty to her previously incarcerated murderous sister just because they made up. Corruption seems to be just the way things go there. No wonder Storybrooke seems emptier than it did in the first few seasons, most of its sensible citizens probably ran away across the town line whenever they had the chance. Snowing seems to be getting a new house/farm, at least. Rumbelle...yeah, I got nothing. It's obvious that Rumple's going to die in place of his son, who will probably get de-aged, and Belle having her child back to raise will be her happy ending. They might show up tonight, since they'll still be filming it then.

But that makes no sense since, again, it's been said multiple times now that they are wrapping up the narrative here regardless of renewal. S7 does not need a cliffhanger to make happen, if it happens it will be a reboot that starts an entirely new narrative as if it were a new show. Basically, this was always going to be written like a close-ended series finale. If there's a renewal, they start a new story. If not, no big loss.

I actually liked Merida in "The Bear King", for some reason she was actually likable there. It was every other episode where I had problems with her.

We don't have to rule that one out just yet, since it would be interior filming that wouldn't be reported on. Also, given Emma's classic red jacket being used and Henry in a sling, then this means the Emma/Regina/Henry scene was early in the episode and was either a flashback or some sort of fantasy Henry was having in his hospitalized state. I'm personally betting on the latter given the timing.

Ditto. This is the kind of payoff Emma and Hook should have gotten then. Them getting it now feels hollow. It should not be so surprising, what did people think "wrapping up the narrative" meant? If a S7 happens (which I highly doubt at this point), it was always going to start up almost like a whole new show with a new beginning mainly focused on those two characters we'll meet in the S6 finale. Remember, Channing Dungey didn't let them kill Charming, she's not going to let them end on an unhappy not for the finale.

As I recall, the town line still had Snow and Charming in their EF uniforms.

Are we sure it's sad and angsty? I thought the filming just said "emotional", which doesn't necessarily mean sad.

Emma had luggage in the car, so I still think they are - as I said, for the honeymoon. Obviously, despite my jokes, they're actually still living there.

While it's probably just gonna be for their honeymoon, I wish it was because Emma realizes Regina has made her redundant (Regina's always saving the day, she's more of Henry's mother now, she's more of Snow and David's daughter now), and so somehow Emma passes the Savior role onto Regina and leaves town with Hook under the mindset of "You wanted to be the Savior? Fine, be the Savior! Enjoy the crappy life of angst, people taking advantage of you, and being fated to die that comes with it, bitch! I'm FREEEEEEEEEEE!" That would be a more honest ending at this point.

And just an hour later, we've got Colin - Hook and Emma driving out of Storybrooke, presumably for a honeymoon? YES PLEASE. This also confirms my suspicion that the Snowing scene is also part of the happy ending. They're filming that at day, and the preceding battle at night.

But it's not sustaining a 0.9-1.0. It will probably drop back down to 0.8 soon, and possibly end the season at 0.7. Why renew the show when they know that a S7 would only get lower number? The widespread audience numbers just ain't there anymore. And if the Sunday schedule is completely changed to a comedy / game-show night, then there's no reason to keep OUAT going.

Probably happy ending. I think the SwanMills family scene was also part of it, there's likely a montage.

Seriously, how CAN she defeat the Darkness? She literally IS the Darkness. Maybe the original plan behind the whole "Find Nimue" line was that they could overcome the Darkness by reaching the humanity of Nimue still buried within, but instead they decided it was best to keep the Darkness around and give it back to Rumple, since they had written themselves into a corner with the dumbass "hero Rumple" plot as they can't write him heroically.

Regina also was shocked that Tink was no longer a fairy...but that fact seemed pretty obvious during this retconned flashback.

Indeed. Now it's just a matter of when they make the announcement. I suspect some time within the next month.