New, and this is my first post. Big fan of the show.
There were several lovely moments in this as well as some less than awesome ones. A couple of continuity errors bothered me a bit. The first was small and has already been mentioned before, but it was odd to see Shepherd David without long hair. That took some adjusting. I mean, we know the last wig was terrible, could he have at least gotten a better wig?? The other was about the sleeping curse. While I love the twist on it (ingenious!) it seems to contradict what was already established during S4E17 that once someone is under a sleeping curse they can't go back under again. Both Snow and Charming have been under a previous sleeping curse, so this shouldn't have worked. Maybe that memo didn't get passed down, but I do wish there was a person whose job was just to make sure that kind of stuff doesn't happen.
Um enough, of Gold and the EQ sucking face. Really enough. If Rumple meant what he said to Belle that it didn't mean anything then why is it going on?? Really, what is that whole relationship supposed to accomplish other than making us wish we hadn't seen that? However, Since Robert Carlyle and Lana Parilla are great friends in real life, I have to wonder how much giggling there was between them in filming that scene. LOL
So far we've seen Belle dump Rumple several times. I wonder when she will actually mean it and stop coming back for conversations. That end conversation, by the way, was painful. Belle, you knew what you were getting into long ago. It's like going to the pet store for a puppy and being upset that it's not a cat. So when he told her that he was afraid that should have a) been no news and b) gotten a more sympathetic response since he was actually telling her the truth- just as she's always wanted. Is it bad to say that at this point I really want them to be totally done with each other, Rumple to quietly spin in his shop, and Belle to start dating August- he's layered, wears leather, rides a motorbike, WANTS to be good, is a writer and has layers. Go find him, Belle!
So many lovely, lovely moments between Charming and Snow this episode. They are the reason I fell for the show so having that was beautiful and much appreciated. I couldn't see the point of the sapling though.
The award for best line in the show goes to Hook, hands (and hooks) down. When he mentioned that he didn't trust water and that Rum would never do that kind of thing, I was laughing so hard. Perfect delivery on that, Colin.
