Characters from several different stories thrown together in one curse. Even Alice, when she slipped Henry a mickey in a flashback, mentioned that it wasn’t his story, basically that he shouldn’t be there.

Agreed. I was underwhelmed with the premiere, but OUAT has never been good at delivery special or spectacular premieres, but I certainly didn’t hate it. And they also got rid of my least favorite character, so that alone instantly makes the show better for me. More than anything I’m simply intrigued. If I’m…

I agree that I hope they break the curse sooner than later. I even got a hint of the Huntsman from S1, watching Hook flipping through the storybook. Maybe he’ll start to get memory flashes from his true life? What intrigues me is this: what happens when the curse is broken? Like Storybrooke are they stuck there after…

Ireland has the whiskey.