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“The Black Fairy” was an interesting episode, and that’s
really all there is to say there. There were some good moments, some bad moments,
and some shocking moments which ended up not even mattering in the long run.
The stakes are definitely higher and it’s obvious the season is so close to
being done.
I still hate the Black Fairy, or Fiona, since I guess we now
know her name. For some reason, as a villain she was never very believable, and
as a human she was even more intolerable. A lot of what happened in the dream sequences/flashbacks
was just weird. So Rumple was originally a Savior, literally the subject of the
prophecy Emma is part of right now, but his mother used those stupid shears and
cut away that fate once she thought it would cause him to die and she couldn’t
find the person who was supposed to it…promptly poofing from yellow to black
and magically finding a cresent-shaped scar on her wrist. It’s one of those
classic, in avoiding something, you make it happen, instances when it comes to
seeing the future. I was reminded of Rumple and Bae a little bit (I literally
just rewatched the Rumple in the war episode). The thing I believed the least
was how easy it was for Fiona to turn into a fairy; was she already a fairy? It
just wasn’t very clear.
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| Gideon doesn't know where his heart is. |
There’s three episodes left! Why can’t Rumple just be good
already, or redeemed? I definitely saw the ending coming. There was no way it
was going to be that easy, that he destroyed her and everything would be happy
and wonderful. They gave us a happy little scene with Henry and Killian to throw
us off (which reminds me: I thought the consensus of last episode was they were
going to wait a while to get married? I guess not?). Gideon getting his heart
back was a nice touch as well, but it’s also a little ominous: she’s trading
one “son” for another. Gideon’s gonna die in the finale, isn’t he? By the Black
Fairy’s hand, and Rumple is going to be so mad he kills her, becoming the
Savior or some workaround like that. You heard it here first, folks!
Make a wish for a happy ending and suddenly everyone is
singing and dancing? This was Jane Espenson’s idea, wasn’t it? I cannot wait
until next weekend!
8.5/10
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