Why couldn't BELLE be the hero to pluck the sword from the stone? After all, she's the one coaching her boyfriend AND her assassin on how to be "brave"!

Anyone else catch Merida scratching her head and THE ENTIRE WIG MOVING??!!

Emma's first magic was Dreamcatcher magic (with Rumple's dark coaching, she saw the dog's memories of Cora framing Regina), and the Dreamcatcher is a symbol for her late love, Neal. She began fiercely crafting them in Camelot (to stay sane, perhaps, or to deliberately build a massive memory net), and now she has a…

Concerning the pink roses, the pink Sands of Avalon, etc— the episode aired on Sweetest Day weekend, maybe that was part of it?