I know I missed a week of reviewing, but I was super busy last week with uni stuff which is why I didn't post anything. So quick thing about last week: I loved all the Neal mentions, Emma caring so much about Henry even as the Dark One and Emma using magic to get Merlin out of his tree. I disliked Emma taking Violet's heart (obviously) and I felt so bad for Henry.
Onto this week's episode though. I personally felt it was a weaker episode than last week, but still pretty decent. Merida is not exactly top of my Disney Princess list anyway, so her presence in the show is a bit meh for me personally (although I do think the actress is great). Also, are the writers just assuming that their whole audience has seen Brave? Because it certainly feels like they're throwing on things that people who haven't seen the movie would not understand. (The bear thing for a start and also the witches house). But maybe that's just me being pedantic.
Anyway, I really liked Belle this episode. She's usually a little in the background for a regular so it was nice to see her doing stuff again! I love her line 'I'm glad you noticed' when Merlin said she was clever. It is true that the people of Storybrooke take Belle for granted a little. I'm a bit annoyed that Merida attacked her in Camelot. Why does Belle need to be hit every season? But no, she was great. I'm glad she stood up for herself and walked away from Rumple. I'm also glad she's not immediately saying that she loves him and going straight back to him. Yes, she hugged him and had some cute lines towards him, but I feel like she is justified in not being Rumple's biggest fan and I'm glad she's acting that way.
Another person I enjoyed this episode, strangely enough was Zelena. Now, I'm sure I've made my opinion on Zelena clear, but I'm not her biggest fan (and I'm so angry that she brought up killing Neal and Emma didn't even react) but I thought she was pretty funny in this episode. Rebecca Mader is great and although I don't like the character, she had some witty lines and I'm actually glad she didn't immediately team up with Emma since that would be the obvious thing for her to do. Feeding her green food though was genuinely hilarious; I'll give Regina that one.
I'm really happy that everyone in Storybrooke has found out about Arthur being shady. They dragged it out five episodes, so it's good that they know now. I laughed at the 'Merlin's voicemail' line. Another point to Regina. Merlin is a strange one too. I like him at the moment but I'm wary. His magic is the strongest we've ever seen by the looks of things. His explanation of how he appeared to Emma as a child was weak though.
It was nice to see Henry, albeit very briefly, this episode and how him being the Author still grants him 'power' (I use that term loosely) despite him breaking the pen. I'm glad he hasn't given up on Emma. She needs him now more than ever.
Which brings me to my last point of Emma. I do love her as the Dark One (I know there's been a bit of a debate about that in the fandom, but I do actually enjoy the whole Dark Swan thing). I am genuinely curious what she did to Merlin considering he seems to be very powerful. Although a Dark One did trap him in the tree so I do have to wonder if his magic and the Dark One magic are equally matched. As much as I'm not really a fan of Merida, glad that Emma didn't kill her (although I'm not sure the writers would be allowed to kill her off to be honest).
Overall this episode was pretty decent. The CGI on the bear wasn't completely terrible (I'm used to not great CGI on this show though) which was nice. Interesting things, questions raised, but a bit too much Merida for me. I would really like the focus to be on our main cast of characters and not all the new ones but still, excited to see more Dark Swan next week!
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