Original Air Date: October 19th 2014

Summary: Hook asks Gold for his hand to be reattached for a first date with Emma, as flashbacks show when Anna made a deal with Rumplestiltskin.

Content Warnings: flashing lights, death, rats.

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- STOP EMMA AND KILLIAN ARE ACTUALLY SO CUTE!!!!

- Killian and Rumple's relationship is one of the most interesting on the show, tbh.

- Emma (about her dress): I want honest opinions. What do we think? Me: I don't like it. It feels like she's trying to be someone she's not here, and it makes the vibe odd.

- She just had the Polaroid camera on hand?

- Killian why would it have been someone else's hand???????

- The hand plotline here is fine (since it's something he chose to do himself), but I hate the 'joke' that Emma makes here.

- ....Just flour? That doesn't sound like a biscuit.

- It's such a short shot, but are they implied to be Lady and The Tramp? I have so many questions about how the animal movie/tv characters fit into Storybrooke society.

- Wish we'd seen other parts of town.

- I'm still annoyed we never got an explanation for how/why Will's even in Storybrooke.

- Oh, that's evil. As you assume he [Rumple] could potentially be on the right path [due to him opening the box with the dagger at the beginning] but they add context which pulls the rug right out from under your feet. Rumple really is the king of loopholes. Good writing.

- RIP VAN WINKLE CANON IN STORYBROOKE????

- Emma, maybe don't follow the antagonistic ice witch??

- HELP I FORGOT THEY ACTUALLY DID THE WALKING BROOM THING

- Oh, not the star glinting to signify that's where The Apprentice now is.

- SVEN!!!!!

- Anna and Kristoff are so cute, I love them!

- Did they put a CGI reindeer mouth on Sven?

- Okay, but she'd believe you if you told her? Probably. Also, don't tell him that he's also incriminated. Of course he'll remove the evidence.

- SERIOUSLY?? WHERE ARE THE OTHER OUATIW CHARACTERS?

[ Author's Note ]

A slightly cringy episode, but one with heart. Comfort episode, tbh.

5.2.25 (4th watch)