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My daffodils have come up. In December. Ugh, this weather!

It's hard to know if the Savior Regina thing was mostly: 1) typical for the show in blowing a small thing out of proportion in promotion; 2) based only on the first couple of episodes, since that's all the cast really knew about; 3) typical Lana overstating Regina's importance; or 4) something that was actually going to go somewhere but was changed because of the significant negative fan reaction. Probably some combination of all of them.

I hope everybody who celebrates had a merry Christmas! It felt more like Memorial Day than Christmas here -- I had to turn on the freaking air conditioner!

Very. It's such a shame that EW's TV reporter is so biased, because they have to deal with her since EW is such a big dog in entertainment media. I loved that they saw through the "make magic" wording and were having none of it. I saw a glorious idea that James and Liam should be buddies in the Underworld -- wouldn't that be a hoot? Of course, since it would be so fun, the show won't do it. But I'm so happy we're gonna see James again. I very much hope that everyone gets to meet him.

That sounds awesome! I probably won't get to see Star Wars until next weekend. I'm doing my annual cookie-baking for work this weekend. Six kinds of cookies!

They are still following the formula from S4 to a T. x15 is a Hook ep. I know people on set said it's a flashback, but I don't think I trust anything we see in the UW. I think it could be a fake construct. Maybe Killian is living through all these "flashbacks" where he's trying to keep Liam from dying -- but he dies every time. That would be hellish for him! Excited about Buckley being onscreen! Look out, Pongo, you've got competition now!

Colin & his dog Buckley on set. Colin's stuff apparently didn't involve Henry & Cruella.

In one of the post-finale interviews, A&E said we'd see Liam 1.0 again. THR seems to have a tenuous grasp of the show. They're the same ones who speculated a triangle with Dark Swan, Dark Hook & Zelena, so….

I think the UW is going to be a like a magical construct, so it doesn't have to fit logical reality. Anything & everything could be there. Given that our group isn't supposed to be there, I think somebody (Cora? Hades?) may have tailored its appearance based on them.

I wonder if it's actually a chase scene or just a one-car scene? JMo posted a photo from a plane over Utah, so she's done filming for the weekend.

Sounds like this scene maybe! A chase scene with Hook & Cruella is … odd. ETA: And apparently Henry was filming too. Did your friend see anything? It definitely seems like they should have moved onto 5x15 by now.

Hook & Cruella apparently filmed some sort of chase scene today. Jared also filmed with Victoria. Unsure if same/different scenes. Half-car or bits of car after.

Once filming on the roof of a parking garage. Possibly. Conflicting reports about whether it is/isn't Once.

I think that they mean that in their usual fashion, all of 5B will take place in a short amount of time. So it's not physically possible for Snow to progress through a pregnancy in four days or however long 5B is supposed to take in the UW. They do love to repeat themselves, but it would be pretty egregious to do a sped-up pregnancy like Zelena again in the same season. Now, I could see them returning to a heavily pregnant Belle in SB, though, because it's possible that time moves differently in the UW compared to SB. Yes! If only because it's so much a part of the show's DNA, that CS NOT getting one would omit one of the love story "steps" of the show and leave fans frustrated and hanging. It's been teased for them so many times that NOT having one ever would be bad storytelling (I know, TSTW) and flat-out cruel.

I suspect there may have been more in the loft scene with some dialogue about the others volunteering to go with her, but it fell victim to the time guillotine.

I'm not betting my house on the TLK being CS, but it had damn well better be after all the teases & failed ones this season. "A lot of Regina." Not that it wasn't 100% expected, but blech.

A&E to EW on what to expect in 5B.

Once's ratings took a drop in December last year, too. That happens. It's the normal ratings pattern for a season premiere to have the season's highest ratings, then they tail off. Once didn't get the usual bump from the S4 finale to the S5 premiere, so the normal in-season decline has left it with series lows.

Sheesh. Resume normal fandom toxicity levels.

Adam's mentions were INSANE the past two days, and he truthfully fed it by responding to them. That made them send even more hate. I believe Adam has 30 days to reactivate his twitter if he chooses to. I suspect he will be back after the holidays. But he should stay off. I don't think he is cut out for the Twitter insanity. He made things worse at times. Good job, SQ! You harassed yet another Once cast/crew member off Twitter! First Meghan, then Ginny, now Adam.

You know what story I want to see but the show will never do? How Killian & Liam 1.0 worked their way from servitude to officers in the Royal Navy. That sounds like it would be a great story!

So has Liam 2.0 changed his name to Inigo? Season 6:

I really wished she'd have called him Killian instead, too. Hook felt jarring. But I figure they wanted to brand the #FindHook. There was a scene filmed, but it apparently got cut for time. Not surprising given how much was crammed in. If something had to be cut, better the guest characters than the regulars. Snowflake is now with Blue learning to be Shady. Roland too, I guess, unless he's with his adoptive father, Little John. As others mentioned, she RT'd some tweets dissing the show. I understand being upset that your stuff was cut, but regulars have to come before guests. That was hella unprofessional. OMG, BWAHAHAHA! It was exactly that Monica scene! Hell no. That can never be undone.

Yes, it is -- and Sean randomly reposted it today, which is the point. Combined with the fact that MRJ finished with his show yesterday, it seems like quite the coinky-dink.