According to some commenters below, Gabriel never actually appeared on the show (apparently he was the spies' handler).  No wonder we don't remember him!  Though I thought maybe he was the Soviet agent we saw last episode who was pushing the idea of planting a bug in the clock, even though it would be dangerous…

Did Tim get his own storyline this week? I couldn't tell because every time he was on screen I passed out from pleasure.

I hadn't even thought of that. Now that you mention it, it makes more sense that the curse worked in ways she couldn't control and just gave people personalities that semi-fit their situations in the original fairy-tale land. As Red/Ruby pointed out, some of them even ended up with better lives than what they left…

Even though she might kill you at any time, it would totally be worth it.

Did we get any scene last week revealing why Gabriel would be replaced?  I'm not sure I even remember who Gabriel is.  Of course I missed the first few minutes of this episode, maybe they explained it then.

I always hear it as "Ella May."  Love the way Colt said it when he lost her…like she was just his poor lost puppy, teehee. What about how Wynn Duffy's name always sounds like "Wayne" Duffy?

I think Arlo got Waldo's license because Drew had it with him in the bag with the cocaine (which he gave to Arlo and Bo).

I love Ava.  I'm really glad she's showing guilt over Ellen May's supposed death, too; I was worried she was getting too hardened.  I hope the writers develop this tension some more and have her start questioning Boyd's methods, even now that she's discovered this plan that he has for them.

Yeah I thought the same thing—I thought it was in poor taste of Boyd to propose to Ava right after she confessed she was having trouble dealing with Ellen May's death, but then I realized that he was just answering her question: where is all this heading?  In that light, it's a pretty damn good answer.

"I'm gonna shoot you. Dummy."

ohh you're right. It seems like the only reason we have for empathizing with her is because we see so much of the show through Geoffrey's eyes, and he loves her so we feel there must be some good in her.  And because she's in the same situation as Geoffrey, Oliver, and the Festival itself, of feeling like her best…

curses. WHY did I decide now would be a good time to forcibly loan my Slings & Arrows season 1 DVDs to a co-worker? Now I can't think of anything to add, other than that reading these reviews gives me a warm fuzzy glow inside.

What bothers me is that I didn't even think about what memories Rump would have if he returned to his "cursed" self until he seemed to imply that he would turn back into The Dark One ("it would be very bad for all of us"), which makes no sense at all. But maybe that's not what the writers meant to suggest. Hopefully,…

Aw. No love for Jennifer Morrison from anyone? I know Emma can be an irritating/inconsistent character, but I think Morrison pulls off being both bad-ass and vulnerable very well. 'Course, I still need to work out my resentment over how everyone hated Zoey on HIMYM.

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But it was a great comedic moment.

I guess this means Belle's Earth personality really IS crazy. So Regina wasn't being cruel by keeping her locked up all those years! She even went to visit her and everything (and she was the only one)! How sweet.

Ah yes, thank you for giving me words to describe how I felt when I heard THAT casting news.

Watched episodes 3, 4, and 5 of the third season of The Wire. I'm taking this season slow after inhaling the second season over three days last weekend and realizing afterwards that it was becoming very hard to downshift back to regular TV, with all the dramatic act breaks and obvious plotting and clearly enunciated…

YES. Normally I like to read nineteenth-century books before seeing the movie adaptations, but I stumbled on the movie North and South first and became obsessed with Richard Armitage's Mr. Thornton for several weeks—ok, months. I've gathered that this is a very common affliction.