I've been wondering... knowing what we know now, how does what happened in the first episode make any sense?

My guess is that the mystery aliens are the threat mentioned at the beginning of the season. But I'm not sure I want to give the writers that much credit. Given the show's history it is more likely they've forgotten about that and this is something completely new.

Not Alien but...

I made the mistake of thinking about the plot of the last two episodes.

I was thinking this is the first time Nora hasn't checked the "Yes" box anyway.

The Pigeonhole Principle is the reason it is impossible to create a compression algorithm that always results in a reduction in size. No matter what you do, there will always be at least one pattern of data that actually gets larger when you try to compress it.

Mine is the Swan station orientation film from Lost (season 2 episode Orientation).

That's the sign of a pilot that wasn't picked up as a series, where they have to air it one time, but don't really want anyone to know about it.

2 possible explanations for the seemingly irrational behavior of the base scientists:

The show makes it clear that reusing these synthetic organs is illegal, but when Kennex and Dorian first meet the mortician, he explains that the only reason these perfectly fine organs are being destroyed is because the companies that make them want to keep them limited so that prices remain high.

You get to the end of the book, and not only are none of the plot mysteries addressed, it throws in a new mystery on the very last page.

Pan wanted Emma to admit/accept that she is an orphan "Lost Girl". The question is, are there consequences to being an orphan in Neverland? Does it give Pan more magical control over her?

Except they didn't air the first future episode; it was only on DVD. So the series finale made no sense.

What happened to Emma's ability to tell if someone is lying? She should have known that Regina was telling the truth.