Souris

FWIW, the characters filming in SB today seem to be wearing the same outfits they had on in the Gold/cut hand with dagger scene from 5x11. But Emma no longer has the ring on a chain.

Cruella's car has been on set before during this season with a "for sale" sign.

I don't think everybody is off to save Hook in the scenes today. Hell has already come to SB and Hook is nowhere to be seen. So they either are coming back from Hell to destruction & they failed to save Hook, or he's lost his memories of Emma and is hanging with the Undead Villain Crew. Or it's that "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario and Emma is seeing what would happen if they open the door to Hell or what would've happened if she didn't take on the Darkness.

Exactly. It's a celebration of their favorites! Seems clear they're only bringing back villains. They could stick Neal in there since he was absorbed by the Dark One for a time there. Toasted Bagel in hell!

Very random returnee for the 100th ep.

Now that is initiative! They may have turned Lillian into Killian with props for the shoot, and that's why the headstone is weathered. OK, how random is it that the Hansel & Gretel witch is returning for the 100th ep??

Ah, yes! Think of it as a reminder of Neal being torched. It's less sad that way. Robbie Kay is in Vancouver, so I bet we see him filming in Steveston tomorrow.

So based on the pics posted in the Spoilers thread, it definitely looks like Hell has come to SB! Poor Emma's bug.

Burned bug & clock tower on the ground. Another pic of clock tower.

As much as they've been mentioning Neal, I think it's inevitable he'll return for a cameo. They could stick him in Hell because he was one with the Dark One for awhile. (And also because he was a giant douchecanoe.)

Yeah, given that 5x05 was supposed to break/explode Twitter & it was met with mostly a collective shrug, her predictions are suspect at best.

LOL. Very apt, given that the new writer today tweeted: "Watched a super juicy episode at lunch today. There will be lots of exclamation points flying around twitter in a few Sundays. #ouat"

I would agree with that, Mathius, except ABC is hurting so badly, Once is still likely to be one of their better-rated shows even at that point!

Ooh, thanks for the report! Are you going back for filming tomorrow? Now there's a mortuary. I wonder why they'd build a clocktower instead of usual CGI? If it's too long a jump, they will jump past Zelena's baby's birth. Would they do that? I guess they could show it in flashbacks.

It definitely sounds like Hades is coming to them, rather than vice versa. I'm seriously doubting a trip to the Underworld at all. Maybe Hook will appear only as a ghost/vision or in flashbacks until the season finale, when Emma will finally go after him in the Underworld. Big CS moments tend to happen in the season finales. ETA: I'm with Shanna Marie. I seriously doubt they'd kill Hook for good, but if they actually did, I would be done with the show so fast I'd sprain my fingers deleting it from my DVR scheduling. Absolutely zero chance I'd keep watching.

Hades cast.

Once's ratings stayed the same in the adjusted ratings.

I'm not too fussed about the wear on the gravestone. It could be one that Emma magically created, so it could be any size, shape & patina.

It's definitely the right length for first and last names. I am not prepared for this level of angst. Poor Emma. Poor us! There's clearly been a time jump if he has a gravestone. Probably the spring premiere will open X months after the winter finale. I don't think I trust that spoiler about Colin filming with Sean & Lana at a vault. One of the people on set said she didn't see a vault. And they're not going to film inside a REAL vault anyway, so it would either be in studio or at a separate location where they filmed outside a vault. So I side-eye the specifics of that spoiler.

They are filming the 100th ep, the spring premiere.

Another spot-on Word of the Nerd review of an ep. (Not sure if it should go here or the ep thread.)

Filming notice for Wednesday in Steveston.

We had fewer trick or treaters than usual. We expected more because it was a Saturday, but we got fewer -- maybe they were at parties. We had a TON of candy left over, most of which went to a friend who throws out candy from a holiday parade float.

Actually barely any drop in the half-hour breakdown: 4.85M to 4.79M.

Early ratings: 1.5 18-49, 4.82M viewers. A bit of a drop and the lowest of the season, but not too bad considering the heavy sports competition. I'll be curious about the half-hour breakdown when it comes out.