Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 386 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT PANache
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.01.2013
Closing thoughts: I can't help but wonder about the loose thread that is Rumpy's shadow and the Dark One's Kris dagger. I don't think the writers have forgotten it. I just wonder what their reason is for letting it dangle. It's not bothering me, I'm just curious, so good show, Show. On the other hand, I also keep wondering about the Lost Boy whose heart Regina ripped out. Did she ever return it? Will we ever know? Will we ever even see him again?
I'm incredibly frustrated that Emma never went to Henry after the initial hug. There was no time to revel in the team's fleeting victory. It's so unsatisfying. I can believe she gave Regina time alone with the boy, but I can't believe she completely stayed away. Similarly, I just can't buy that Snow, Charming, Neal, Regina, and Emma -- all of them -- left Henry unguarded, before leaving Neverland. I understand Henry had to be alone and vulnerable at some point for the switch to occur, but I wish they'd found a way to do so in which character was not sacrificed on the altar of plot -- perhaps Pan could have snuck in while Regina was sealing the Shadow to the sail. Rumpy still could have caught Pan in the act and sucked the wrong person into the box without anyone knowing.
Much of the internet wants to see Robbie Kay replace Jared Gilmore as Henry, on a permanent basis. No thank you. Kay is a wonder as Pan, but he's not the Henry I care about and I will be furious (like, I'd want to quit covering the show, but I have a kid going to college next fall, so I'd just stick around and be bitter, which is a boon for some recappers, but is not my preferred approach, especially on a show like this).
Jared Gilmore is not a bad actor. Henry's characterization (I'm speaking about how he's written) is still a work in progress because of the character's age. Please stop comparing a 13-year-old who plays an original, 11-year-old character to an 18-year-old who plays an ageless, iconic one. That's not even an apples to oranges comparison; you're judging apples against meat. Bad form!
I am so glad to be gone from Neverland, I'm ready to throw a party at Granny's. Cheeseburgers and Iced Tea on me! Quite a few of our members would like to see flashbacks to Bae and Hook's time on Neverland. I understand what they mean, but right now, I'm so happy to have found a way off that godforsaken rock, I don't care if we never go back. Besides, if we're to fully accept Michael Raymond-James in the Neal/Baelfire role, I think the show is wiser to use Dylan Schmid's Baelfire as sparingly as possible. As the young man matures, it is getting ever more difficult to accept that he grows up and into MR-J's Nealfire.
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