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“The Final Battle” was a delightful mix of seasons 1 and 3,
with a special emphasis on the relationship between Emma and Henry and hey, if
this is the last episode with most of the main cast, I am so beyond fine with
it because I just loved it.
The whole episode was full of callbacks and tying up all the
loose ends. It begins with a montage which I at first thought was going to be a
look back through all the seasons, but it ended up being a highlight reel for
Henry, which makes sense after watching the episode. Once again, Henry is the
only believer in the whole town, which has reverted to “curse” form with Fiona
as the evil mayor. The only difference is Emma is there too, as a mental
patient who never broke the curse in the first place. Henry needs to get her to
believe and Fiona is doing everything she can to stop him. Emma even ends up
leaving the town, but it is Henry, as an Author of a little book of “Emma The
Hero”, who manages to bring her back and believe again.
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| Emma is in a mental hospital and not believing anything. |
It’s a good thing she believes too, otherwise every other
realm that exists would be doomed to oblivion, including the Enchanted Forest
and her family. Killian sets off to find a magic bean, a callback to the first adventure
they had together. David gets crushed by the fallen beanstalk, and it’s Snow’s
kiss that wakes him up, a callback to the very first scene of the show, which
they added clips in there to show the parallels in case we somehow didn't get what they were going for, and I guess to reassure us
that, yes, he’s alive, don’t worry. They use Jefferson’s hat to rescue people
from other realms, including Aladdin and Jasmine, a callback to both Season 1 and
Season 6. I was happy to see Zelena without the green, despite being in Oz. All
of them huddled in the room as the blackness got closer and closer was
chilling, even though I was about 98% sure they would all survive.
Rumple ended up killing Fiona, which I guess made the most sense.
It wasn’t Emma’s fight there, it was his. It should have been his to begin
with. He becomes “good”, I guess. Gideon faces off with Emma, and to his credit
he is trying to do the right thing but since he is still under Fiona’s control,
he can’t help it. She ends up throwing down her sword, and as he stabs her she
gets all glow-y (I was reminded of that incident with Cora in Season 2). He
disappears, and becomes a baby again so Belle and Rumple have a second chance
with him. Emma lies on the ground, apparently dead, but then Henry says “I love
you” and kisses her. And she wakes up. Season 1 finale, of course. There is a
nice little montage of everything working out (and apparently “Evil” Regina and
“Wish” Robin get a happy ending) and it ends with a big family meal at Granny’s…which
is also an illustration in another storybook. The little girl from the
beginning is reading it. It’s the future. What’s going on?
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| Emma refuses to kill Gideon. She is the Savior. |
That ending, though. I watched a react video who guessed the
guy was Henry the first time we saw him; I didn’t realize it until they set up
the scene to be exactly like Season 1, Episode 1. The little girl was just
adorable and I loved how they played the scene the exact same way. The show
came full circle. Also, I noticed his apartment number was 815. I wonder, after
all this time, if there will be a significance to that number/time or if the
creators just liked using it over and over as a fun Easter Egg like A113.
In conclusion, I am so excited for next season. I wasn’t
sure if I would be watching, with Jennifer Morrison and many others announcing their
departure. But I am more curious than anything. Why was grown-up Henry in the
Enchanted Forest? How did they get back to our world? Why would he not remember he had a daughter?
How is their family in trouble? All these, and more, should be answered next
season. I can’t wait.
10/10
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