Is it just me or is anyone else wondering why ghost Cora was played by McGowan and not Hershey? That made about as much sense to me as George Lucas replacing the older (Sebastian Shaw) ghost Anakin Skywalker with Hayden Christensen at the end of the reworked Return of the Jedi.

That's what I said in my comment below, all she did was reveal a fraud. At least in my opinion :-)

I really liked this episode! The interaction between Snow and Regina, Belle and Regina…so good. I think it had that intensity and drama since "The Stable Boy".

"convoluted" - what a great word to describe the goings on in OUaT :-D I also didn't even understand the whole thing about selfishly redeeming himself and revealing and something or other. I suppose these convoluted spells are in the Elfish-Spanish spellbooks in the Enchanted Forest and Oz? :-D

I've always sensed a bit of flirtation between Hook and David, especially in Neverland. But I'd rather see Hook and Robin Hood together though ;-)

Heh! Never thought of that. Wouldn't then "true love's kiss" neutralise the glowing lip gloss spell? :-P

Of course, how silly of me to forget! :-D

So this was a pretty good episode, except for the fact I really can't stand Ariel (real or Zelena).

I personally am not a fan of the hat ;-)

If Zelena, like Regina, can teleport, what's the broom for???

I was thinking that good thing they didn't bury Blue and had her conveniently in a an open casket at the church, cause when they defeated the shadow, she would've woken up and suffocated! :-D

Pace-wise, I'm happy things are moving much faster than it did in Never Land. So in that sense, the episode was good. Plot-wise, I'm tired of sibling rivalry motivation - and as everyone else says…does everyone have to be related? If Zelena was so desperate to find her family, wouldn't the logical thing be that she…

Of course the answer to all these excellent and logical questions is simple: it's magic.

3) I hear the Hudson has some interesting, radioactively toxic catch!

That Lumiere nonsense was utterly ridiculous. And again with the linguistic license: a random French guy trapped in a candelabra from Little France in the EF?

I'm a guy, by the way :-)

And did you notice that Peter Pan as an adult had a Scottish-type accent and when he turned into Pan he got an English-type accent - not being British I couldn't say where in the UK, but definitely not Northern or Scottish! So yeah, they do take a lot of linguistic license when it comes to this show! I guess it's just…

I agree! Speaking of accents, please explain to me (going back to season 1) how Gepetto had no Italian accent as a boy, had no Italian parents nor was there any Italian community in the EF, and all of a sudden he's Italian with an Italian accent as an adult? I'm a linguist (BA and MA) and I always think of these…

Question: why in the world, after fighting your fear, would your courage leave you to empower some symbol? What if David would have killed his fear with his bare hands, would his hands have disappeared???

You know, I am confused as to whose castle is whose cause I always thought Regina and the Charmings lived in separate castles. I thought they went to the Rapunzeland and Snow just "happened" to be there. But in my opinion anyway, the whole Rapunzel story was pointless anyway!