The first time I read a OUAT article here, it had at least 16 glaring errors, all of which I meticulously posted here, and all of which were corrected in a days' time. At least someone's listening, which is great, and irrelevant posts should absolutely be removed from show discussion. Gotta say, though— Spell Check is…

SO good to see Zelena in her native Munchkin Land! Little-people abuse, bicycle romance, and uber-Dorothy, oh my! Plus a CGI Scarecrow whose only character choice was to spaz out and get brain-plucked.

When Milah and Killian meet for the first time, I saw shades of Joanna Gleason meeting Cinderella's Prince in the OBC filmed stage version of Into the Woods:

*Sigh* You might be right, maybe Cora just doesn't want to wander the streets of Hell alone— I guess the idea of Zelena sailing into Hades' lair on that yellow-brick river must've blinded me to Cora's inevitable potential for evil. Time will tell…

Agreed. Flaming blue hair is zany, odd and over-the-top— qualities that this particular Hades doesn't exude. Why did he flip his butane switch in that moment, anyway? NOT feeling the burn.

There's nothing she can't cook— except for bunnies.

Cora shows a marvelous vulnerability that suggests redemption in her future; her adult persona has never had such depth, and Barbara Hershey deserves applause. Hades brings up the child she abandoned— maybe this leaves the proverbial plot door open for Zelena to come down to the depths of Hell to take care of some…

I love your babbling-brook-of-consciousness. It's as if William Faulkner and the girl from the "Lemme Take a Selfie" song had a baby. In fact, everyone should listen to that song while reading this. Then read it aloud, with proper inflection. Not to say that's what I did. Um— yeah.

The Swan Song (note-by-bloody-note)
1. Parental abandonment is the root of ALL evil. Literally.
2. Dark Killian needed a more dramatic Dark Makeover, like every other character's evil version. Hell, I bet Lacey (Belle's doppelganger) could kick his ass.
3. No hug for Emma from Papa Charming?
4. "Kelly, Hunter, Pistachio…"…

Ain't it the twuth.

When Hook first started bleeding profusely, Emma said she'd release Merlin's tether to the sword. Then they showed the dark influence leaving Merlin's body as she released him. Merlin's alive— he has to be, in order to leave that "voicemail".

I suppose True Love's Kiss has other magical applications… and apparently memories fully define a person, b/c Hook's been a Dark One all this time with absolutely NO indications of it… and YES to your point about Hook turning evil b/c of this, LOL… eh, the rest is silence…

Excalibur's enchanted blade— it was powerless before this episode. All of a sudden, it can kill a man with a scratch? Zelena's tethering spell didn't do that.

I'm guessing it's the whole "magic comes at a price" logic— when Emma used dark magic to save Robin, it triggered a Fury to take a life in trade. Emma's tethering spell saves Killian's life, and presumably allows the darkness to take him as a permanent vessel. Kinda shaky, but whatever.

Killian lay near death in a field of roses, pale and drained of blood
from a mortal neck wound. Emma, unable to bear the thought of walking the
Earth immortal and alone, uses her Dark power to turn him, and he
rises again, imbued with evil, bonded to her will forever.

Agreed. I really miss spry, ninja-esque Bandit Snow. She and Charming should've stayed in Storybrooke with the baby (and the dwarfs). The last good Snow we've had was when she and Regina slugged it out during the spell of Shattered Sight. How long ago was that? It's hard watching an action hero slip into frumpy,…

"Artie may have a shorter sword than a man would like…"

When the Grail turned that slave into ashes, was I the only one thinking:

It hadn't bothered me, either, up until this episode. It's looking REAL thirsty!

Yup! It happens as Belle casts the cauldron spell that shows the Weasleys in peril.