Sam and Dean need to be more aware of their surroundings.  What would have happened if the trio of college students hadn't just left the video equipment lying around in the end?  Hunters can't let themselves be filmed, especially not when they're saying things like "Mayan god."

I was done with Lord of the Flies by the time I entered high school.  I teach literature in college, and I don't ever assign Lord of the Flies or see it as required reading.  (It's not in the anthologies.)  That said, the information the episode contains about Golding's novel seems correct: Piggy embodies rational…

I was done with Lord of the Flies by the time I entered high school.  I teach literature in college, and I don't ever assign Lord of the Flies or see it as required reading.  (It's not in the anthologies.)  That said, the information the episode contains about Golding's novel seems correct: Piggy embodies rational…

Yes.  We really get the point of view of the people involved in getting turned into monsters instead of just the monster hunters.

Yes.  We really get the point of view of the people involved in getting turned into monsters instead of just the monster hunters.

Before tonight's episode, I thought that Regina and Rumpelstiltskin might be able to leave for that very reason (knowing who they really were before the curse was broken), but this episode seems to be saying that if you leave, you will lose all memory of the ones you loved in the fairy-tale world.

Before tonight's episode, I thought that Regina and Rumpelstiltskin might be able to leave for that very reason (knowing who they really were before the curse was broken), but this episode seems to be saying that if you leave, you will lose all memory of the ones you loved in the fairy-tale world.

I thought Once upon a Time was the new Lost, but the smoke monster seems to have followed Terry O'Quinn to 666 Park Ave.

I thought Once upon a Time was the new Lost, but the smoke monster seems to have followed Terry O'Quinn to 666 Park Ave.

Hook and Cora plotting together reminded me of Kingdom Hearts.  I would be totally fine with Once upon a Time becoming KH.

Hook and Cora plotting together reminded me of Kingdom Hearts.  I would be totally fine with Once upon a Time becoming KH.

I agree.  We need to find out more about the curse and the lands.

I agree.  We need to find out more about the curse and the lands.

Make her hate puppies, and you've got Cruella de Vil.

Make her hate puppies, and you've got Cruella de Vil.

I was very surprised when that happened.  The mightily magical Rumpelstiltskin made a deal and then broke it.

I was very surprised when that happened.  The mightily magical Rumpelstiltskin made a deal and then broke it.

I’m all for sexy men, but a sexy Captain Hook seems strange to me.  Still, yum!

I’m all for sexy men, but a sexy Captain Hook seems strange to me.  Still, yum!

"It was mentioned way back that Rumple set up Henry's adoption, which I always thought implied he was the only townsperson to have ever left Storybrooke. Looks more and more like I was wrong, as he's acting like he never had any chance to search for Bael."
I think he somehow has influence outside of the town but hasn't…