TV commentary:
OUAT- 2nd part. I enjoyed this episode, though its odd they paired these two eps together. As someone said, its like the first ep was all A plot and the second ep was all B plot. Like maybe they should've made it one long ep, but I'm not sure how you'd break it down. Because the first one did the parallels between then and now well. The second ep was also good with parallels, it just starred secondary (tertiary?) characters and didn't really affect the overall plot. Which could be frustrating since the first one ended on a cliffhanger.
But they really couldn't put the second ep before the first one, because it mostly takes place after the Camelot events in the first ep, but still before the gang returned to Storybrooke. Heh, though I guess it was better they paired them, because if the second ep came out next week, I'm sure people would be frustrated the first cliffhanger wasn't resolved. I mean, there is no new ep next week, so they have to wait at least two weeks regardless. But I think people are fine with that if they know beforehand, as opposed to if they watched next week and still don't know what happens after this week. I think they would be more frustrated.
But I digress. As I said, I enjoyed this ep because it brought back characters that were sorely missed.
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