Some rants, a few raves, and a crackpot theory on what may happen that may resolve all complaints in the series finale. Did anyone really make a homecoming? Does Henry really deserve all the power of the Author? All these and more as we dig into the first part of the series finale, "Homecoming"!
As a whole, we hated a lot of more from "Homecoming" than we loved. It's improved upon the rewatched, but it's a little bit boring and just quite not getting there. They brought up multiple things, including some of the things that are in our list of least favorite things. Then again, the penultimate episode to the series finale would've been more enjoyable had they not split the series finale into two parts.
Happily… for four minutes
Wish Realm Henry opening the episode with him riding a horse like his Grandfather Prince Charming is a nice throwback. On the other hand, Wish Rumple definitely looks worst than our version of Rumplestiltskin. In the past, he made deals. Henry did not make a deal with him. He said "no" when he confronted him outside the cave, so this is all a stupid loophole and not even Henry's fault. It's not seeing into the future if he just made it happen. Why is our Henry paying the price if he didn't make a deal?
The scene in the beginning could have been chronological, because all our present day Hyperion Heights characters have been taken to the past. The problem is, unless Wumple is doing some time travel, it seems wrong because he's here in present day talking to Henry about having had a conversation in the past, and yet young Henry was in Storybrooke a day ago. He couldn't also be in another realm riding a horse already been acquainted with a princess who's under a sleeping curse.
One thing that we liked though was the fact that everybody was happy in about 4 minutes back in the Hyperion Heights. It was so happy except for Alice and Nook, whose poisoned heart curse is also back. However, with Gothel gone, shouldn't it be gone as well?
On the other hand, we liked a couple of things from the episode, some of which were in the happy beginning of the episode, such as Regina making a drink called "The Weed Killer", and the reappearance of hot cocoa with cinnamon. Beignets is also pretty prominent in this episode, but why does it seem like beignets have magic? Did Drew went around telling people that Dr. Facilier sprinkled trust dust into them?
A lot of people in this episode looks like they are still struggling with being we are both, including Regina who, bless her heart, have been through so many realms and names. In one scene, she even called Dr. Facilier both Samdi AND Facilier. How is Wumple stronger than Rumple? Wumple, apparently, is in the "Love is weakness" mode, which was a good old school reference. Why does he care? Who says that their powers are linked and how did he find out that Rumple is planning to give up his powers to the Guardian?
Rumple's Issues
How can Wish Rumple just poof people in and out of the Wish Realm, including himself? Blowing out the cupcakes is cool, as it was original to Once Upon a Time theme, with Henry very overtly explaining the reference before they blew out the candles. They've said that the Wish Realm, which was made through a wish, is very real so we are not sure if we're happy or upset that the natural consequence of that decision is happening. One of which is the fact that Regina killed the Wish Realm versions of Snow White and Prince Charming, which they finally acknowledged in this episode. Although we weren't thrilled to see Wis Henry as a villain, it was interesting to see his dark side. The implications for Regina should be so deep that it seems like it ...