Daniel Shaw is an old villain in Once Upon A Time? I'm so confused.

I hope it's a small-r relationship too.

Is it just me or does this look like Transformers at sea?

I'm not sure I even had what you call the "Christmas spirit" when I was a kid. Maybe when I was real young but definitely not by age twelve. I certainly never had it as an adult.

The sense of fun is what made it work and allowed me to get through it. And it was a lot less relentlessly Christmasy than last year's "very special Christmas" episode.

"relying on the viewer's Christmas cheer and the infectious fun of the episode itself to paper over the fact that the story doesn't really make any sense."

I would guess the McCain thing has to do with Pete's mom. If Pete wasn't born, then Jane(way) did or didn't do something, probably artifact related, that led to the McCain presidency.

Is Michael Bay available?

Yikes! That first image is serious nightmare fuel. If someone gave me a stuffed two-headed creature there will be harsh language to say the least.

I really wish they could have found a way to keep Number One. There was a lot of potential for the character and I wonder how her relationship with Captain Womanizer would have worked.

You mean a show like Special Unit 2? [en.wikipedia.org]

Judging from the top image I'd say bringing lots of makeup seems to be on the list as well.

You forgot a new episode of Sanctuary Friday night. But at least you mentioned Haven's Christmas episode.

"George Lucas commissioned a final set of storyboards, storyboards likely residing in a Lucasfilm vault behind more metal and lasers than Walt Disney's frozen head, with the final documents protected by guards from THX 1138. "

I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering this.

As others have mentioned, the end seemed rushed but overall I liked it. I have an interest in history so the story motivated me to look up the Decembrists, the Chinese situation and Spring Heeled Jack among other things. I think the story works better if you have a grasp of the bigger picture of what's going on (and…

From that set photo I expect Emilie de Ravin will be screaming "My babeee!" at Robert Carlyle. I will be really disappointed if that doesn't happen.

If he's a member of Q section and not The Q as in head of the Quartermaster section or a brilliant engineering whiz kid who earned the top Q job then I'm fine with it. He just looks young to be running the Quartermaster section.

Sorry, even with a coat and tie he just doesn't look right as Q, the chief gadgeteer and head of the gadget section, unless he's supposed to be a tech prodigy.