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I actually really liked this ep! The end with the whole retro Frankenstein lab was super cool! I also love that they never actually said the word "Frankenstein" and only said "Victor" once at the end. I also liked the whole thing about something being stronger than magic, and everyone was all confused by what that could be. And at the very end the stronger-than-magic thing is named as SCIENCE. It was all rather nifty.

This kind of writing is what made Lost sharp on occasion. (Looking the writers up for this ep, they did pen some of my favorite Lost episodes, so I probably shouldn't be surprised that I really liked this as well.)

With Regina having to kill Daniel (aka the Monster) this time around, maybe she'll finally be able to let go of the past. Neat little connection there to Regina actually being Rumpelstiltskin's "Monster" that he created. I thought they were just doing the flashback because of the Daniel thing, but it was actually another little angle. (Again, the writing in this ep was on point.)

We got some Snow-Emma interaction! Very little interaction, but I crave it at all times. :D

And Hook's back in the picture, which surprised me a bit. Looks like he'll be a regular, and it wouldn't surprise me if they go down the Emma/Hook road a bit. Just a bit though - I sort of have a hard time picturing Emma falling for him in any serious way.

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They did finally say 'Frankenstein' at the very end, along with a couple of Victors (one from Rumple, and the other from Igor, I'm presuming). But he said Frankenstein at the end.

I agree that it being science was cool.

Did they? I totally missed the Frankenstein!

Yeah, I think his assistant (Igor?) said it. Just to make sure no one who'd been oblivious all along missed it, I suppose. :-)

That zoomed right by me. :D

Of course at that point I was drooling over the set, so...

I liked the Frankenstein stuff - especially that they're finally making proper use of David Anders - but my favorite was probably the quartet interacting with Hook in Fairytaleland. In particular, Emma seeing right through Hook and being devious and conspiring with Mom. :-)

I did like that Emma's "powers" is finally coming back into play. It sort of went away for a while.

Yeah, they seemed to forget about her powers. I'm looking forward to next week - seems to be more Emma backstory, which I'm up for.

Totally! I think we finally might get to Henry's father.

I'm hoping that Baelfire's the father, because that would make Rumple Henry's grandfather, which would bring everything around for a nice twisty circle.

I am too! I WANT INCREDIBLY AWKWARD THANKSGIVING DINNERS. XD

I also enjoyed this episode! I thought I was very well done and perfectly timed for Halloweenie fun. And I am extremely glad that Hook continues to be around. (Yes he's been promoted to season regular yay yay yay) but I don't think they're going to do the Emma/Hook thing... That would feel weird and forced. And I still have hope for Emma/August..z which by the way... WHERE IS AUGUST!? I hadn't even thought about that till just now...

I can't imagine they'd go full-on Emma/Hook, but I imagine there'll be a bit of UST.

And I have no idea where August is. Does the actor have another show or something?

Loved the whole Frankenstein thing to bits. Really want to find out who his brother is. And the whole steam-punk outfit he had going on in fairytale land was just perfect.

I missed a bit about Hook because of storm updates so I'm not sure how he encountered Emma and co. (hulu it tomorrow), but I did hear that the actor was going to be a regular. Could see the Emma/Hook stuff creep up surely, though there are SO MANY OPTIONS for her at this point if she's interested, so who knows.

I did love that clash between that steam-punk and fairy tale. And I thought they explained the different lands pretty well - I had been wondering about that, but I'd forgotten about the Hat.

Hook is pretty well set up to be the bad boy love interest if they want to go that route, but I'd have a hard time thinking Emma trusts him. At least right now.