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I couldn't get this video to play past nine seconds, even trying three different browsers, but others who did get it to play tell me it looks like everybody is frozen until Emma stabs Morpheus/the hooded figure, and then they run to her.

I'm one who doesn't feel that Regina has shown real remorse for her previous actions. I need that spoken, heartfelt "I'm sorry" to Snow, David & Emma. The words ARE important. I feel like Regina still mostly sees her crimes through the lens of how it affected HER rather than how it affected her victims; she's more concerned with how her dark side makes HER feel now (which is why she tried to kill the EQ). ITA with Shanna about Graham being a huge, glaring sticking point in any relationship between Emma & Regina. She put it perfectly.

Video of scene last night.

There were some spoilers that Robin interacted only with Regina. So people were speculating he wasn't really there. What if Robin is like Regina's "Ghost of Christmas Past/Present/Future" in an A Christmas Carol type thing? (Of course, it's not like Robin interacted with many people when he was alive, so it may mean nothing.) Also, final scene of the night was a Hook/Charming talk.

Emma and a hooded Morpheus with swords.

It's in June, well after Trainspotting's release (February).

So pretty much everybody but Ginny is filming tonight. Now I'm bouncing around a theory that EQ has done something to Snow, perhaps as part of some spell to bring Robin back. The EQ does still want her heart. So that would be a BIG reason why Robin would have to ultimately "die" again, in order to save Snow. (As a friend pointed out, this would mean this time hero Regina would choose Snow when faced with her love's death, not blame her for it.) I'm not sure how that would work with Charming still walking around fine. Maybe they both grew whole hearts from each half of Snow's, like lizards can regrow their tails, LOL!

The thought crossed my mind that it could be a sort of "goodbye," because he's certainly not prone to doing cons!

This entire page of stuff belongs in the Relationship thread, not the Fandom thread.

This tumblr has the most spoilers about what's going on. According to the site's sources, a crew member said it's a "twisted" AU. Regina & Emma have filmed both in SB clothes and EF clothes (the EQ is also there), so that's pretty confusing. I wonder if Emma & Regina are somehow observers of this AU, or only those two have been transported to this AU, which also contains their EF counterparts. I'm not excited about this AU because it'll almost assuredly be used to show that Regina's curse was actually a blessing for everybody, not a curse, and they should all get down on their knees and thank her. And "twisted" does not inspire confidence in the hands of these writers. Watch it be like Emma is marrying August, Snowing hate each other, crap like that.

That's part of why I think a dream is more likely than an AU. Of course, it's not like the show pays much attention to things like timelines and chronology....

I think it's more likely to be some sort of dream rather than an actual AU. Maybe Emma will come through the Savior "death fever" because she's "Tougher Than the Rest." It sounds like 6x12 will deal with David's father's murder, so that suggests to me that things are back to normal then. Not sure how that would fit with Robin being back for multiple episodes, though.

JMo, Colin & Eion filmed together. Outfits were apparently "too spoilery" to take pictures of.

I don't think we ever had any confirmation that Hook slept with or kissed Cora, unless I'm forgetting something.

That was my first thought as well!

LOL. It didn't take a lot of prescience! But thank you!

Absolutely spot-on. The most important thing for A&E is "shocking" the audience. For them, that comes before telling a story that makes sense or that delivers emotional payoff. They deliberately avoid doing things that fans expect or want to see, even if it means omitting really important and necessary things (such as Emma & Hook talking about her vision of death). That gimmicky method of story-telling is very devoid of emotional resonance -- and it does tend to drive away audience in the end, because it is ultimately unsatisfying. But they seem to be PROUD of their method of storytelling, when they really shouldn't be. They are terrible writers.

Emma looks ill in that pic Jen posted, so I doubt it's a sleeping curse. Maybe effects of the Savior illness. Unless they put her in a sleeping curse to stave off the effects of the Savior illness. But it also looks like an EF-style single bed, plus there's green screen, so that makes me wonder if it's in the EF. Or perhaps some sort of dream world courtesy of Morpheus.

Our office was remodeled, and I now sit near some new co-workers. Some of us got talking about TV shows today. One of my co-workers mentioned (without me bringing up the show) that she needed to get caught up on Once. She said she used to watch it all the time but fell out of the habit partway through last season. She said it's just not as good as it used to be and they've gotten lazy in the storytelling. She said she loves Hook and is still upset they killed Graham. So there's an anecdote about a total GA and her viewing.

Focus for this ep will likely be on Hook/Henry coming to some sort of understanding. Emma will be off with Aladdin the whole time except for perhaps a short scene in the beginning. Hook/Emma will NEVER get to have the conversation about her vision/dying.

LOL, the whole egg baby joke made me wonder if they could cut the Savior part out of Emma with the shears and it winds up in Damien in utero. And he's pissed about it so comes back in time to kill her over it. Hahahaha!

The Magical Orb of MacGuffin.

Is there a helpful egg lying around they could stick his badness into? If it's RB baby vs. CS baby, it'd be like this show to make the RB baby good & the CS baby evil.

Emma is probably misguided & will be shown as foolish for trying to stab the EQ. Hook did yell "Emma, no!" at her. I sense something akin to 3B where Regina was able to TLK Henry without her heart and pulled light magic out of her ass.

If Morpheus is under the hood and stabs Emma, but he's also fighting the EQ ... does that mean the EQ is now good?? They're going to turn the EQ good to really hammer home how good and blameless Regina is, aren't they? I weep.