The implication that the Glee Writers ever actually planned anything on this show is kind of ridiculous.

Yeah, I actually liked the Red Queen a lot more in this episode than the last (particularly her final scene with Jafar). Still feels a little too… Paris Hilton-esque in a lot of ways, but I'm hoping she gets some solid depth to her in coming episodes.

I felt similarly. I really liked last week's ep and laughed a lot, and yet this supposedly better ep only got a few smiles out of me and largely just felt… eh… =/

The thing I'm getting from this episode, is that this place feels less like Wonderland and more just like another area of the Enchanted Forest from the flagship show. With the exception of a few obviously Wonderlandian locations, most of this was set in like, the same Canadian forest as the original and it's just…

It makes sense for a lot of the Fairytale locations to be CGI, due to how little it's likely many of them will be used again. But the Red Queen's throne room seems to be the kind of the set that we would see again and again (it's getting a lot of mileage in these two episodes anyway) so it definitely would've made a…

Wonderland looks a lot like Canada, with the exception of a handful of oversized mushrooms here and there (this is far more noticeable in this episode than the pilot).

It's still pretty brave, considering that it is something noticeably Disney, aimed at the family on primetime. Could it be better? Of course, and hopefully this isn't the lone gay character the show explores. But unrequited love has been a part of a lot of characters stories, and the writers said they have a major arc…

There's apparently an arc for them within the first eleven episodes. So I don't think this will be seen as the end.

HIS FACE AND HAIR EARNED IT. HE EARNED IT HARD.

Kinda sad that Mulan loving a girl is seen as "awkward talk" and the Queen's obsession with killing Snow isn't.

It's pretty official. Disney gave them permission to use their characters and iconography (ex. Belle and her trademark dress, which are both things unique to Disney's take on Beauty and the Beast). Neal also referenced Mulan (the movie) when talking to her.  At the same time though, they are obviously also new…

Well she made the assumption that pixie dust and fairy dust were the same thing and she DID know who Tinkerbell was. I can't imagine Emma being someone who paid too much attention to those kinds of things enough to know the difference between fairy and pixie dust.

Jim and Ryan? Your girlfriend's tastes in gay ships are weird.

Was it just me or did some of the actors seem… off in this episode? For some reason Aurora and the Blue Fairy felt really different to me to the point I was convinced they had been recast.

Shang from Mulan seemed pretty bi, given how his love blossomed for Ping before Mulan.

That is probably it. Also having a clear focus for the story seems to help as well. I also think the writing feels tighter in a lot of these scenes. I'm pleased anyway, I hope it only continues to get better.

The development of Patrick/Nolan is what I find most gripping so far. That better go someplace gay.

I don't know what it is, but I'm really liking this season a lot more than the last. Something about it just feels stronger to me. Could be just a feeling, but it definitely makes it more enjoyable to me. Though this flashback was kinda meh (I'm really not at all interested in Robin Macklehood and his supposed…

I think it's just for the first few episodes. I read an interview with the showrunners that said the season will focus on Belle in Storybrooke in addition to Neverland.

"In this episode’s most tacked-on subplot, the Mulan-Philip-Aurora love triangle is briefly revisited when Mulan is offered a spot in Robin Hood’s Merry Man. (The only man among the group…a role she’s familiar with.) When Mulan goes to tell Philip about her feelings, Aurora tells her that she’s pregnant with his…