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I can’t help but think about how much better this whole plot line would be if Belle was the one who finds Gideon and tries to stop him from killing Emma.
Belle is a true Hero, I think she’d be able to get through to Gideon much more effectively than Rumple “I was good for like 5 minutes that one time” Stiltskin.
What I Say:I'm fine.
What I mean: I am not fine. Captain Swan got engaged and it was the best and worst moment ever. And it's not perfect and yet it's amazing at the same time because of the push and pull of the characters wants and needs. Emma is all primed for her perfect fairytale proposal and all Killian wants is to give her her hearts desire so of course he drops to his knee and says the words and it's wonderful right up until you see him realize and remember that he still has to come clean with her. And it's so reminiscent of The Apprentice where they gave us this perfect date and goodnight kiss but it wasn't perfect because we don't get to have nice things. And I like that they are managing to have this complication even in the midst of their HE because love is complicated (not "I killed your grandfather" complicated but still) I like that Captain Swan is not predictable and that the obstacles always make them stronger. But also I want Killian to do the right thing. And I feel so much for these two and I honestly how could they just sandwich THAT in between everything? I thought we would have some kind of promotion about it. And oh man the Convention next weekend is going to be nuts and will the two of them be telling everyone??? See now I am wondering about all of that. I need sleep.
Bullet Points: This Isn’t What it Looks Like
Ill Boding Patterns–part 6 (part 1-5 here, here, here, here and here)
Bullet points are encapsulated scene analysis from the top of each act to the bottom. (each act is bookended by a commercial break)
1. “The bakers son will think twice about pushing me in the mud now when he sees me carrying this.”
It’s interesting that Bae didn’t recoil from the idea of the darkness, quite the opposite. He immediately began thinking of how he could use it to exact revenge on his enemies.
Like Gideon.
And very much unlike this iteration of Rumple,who apparently wants to do better but keeps getting sucked in deeper by his darkness-craving offspring.
2. “It’s the only way to protect ourselves.”
I can see why Rumple had to take quick action here. At the rate Bae was embracing the power of the dagger he’d have been looting and pillaging by nightfall.
3. Memory potion seems, to me at least, like the easy way out. A way to pretend a pivotal moment that changed the course of one character never occurred for the other one involved. It’s the equivalent of soap opera amnesia.
They’ve got any number of insightful compare/contrasts going with Bae and Gideon but the whole issue of drinking the tea versus not drinking it is one that falls flat. Because it’s weak storytelling that doesn’t translate to another plotline.
YMMV of course.
4. “You killed him. How could you?”
RC’s spectacular and exquisitely subtle acting here brings the viewer right back to the moment when Rumple released his choke hold on Beowulf because he didn’t want his son to see him as a murderer and judge him for it.
Now here he is--having killed Beowulf at Bae’s command, watching his son judge him for being a murderer. The very thing he was trying to avoid.
In lesser hands than RC’s this could could have come off as cheesey but he sells it spectacularly.
OnceABC’s official post on Emma & Hook #CaptainSwan from the episode
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