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Anonymous

I pretty much agree with you this episode all around. Peter Pans actor was especially good. One thing I do disagree a little bit is them defeating Pan. His downfall was that he underestimated a parents love. He didn't realize that Regina loved Henry so much it overtook everything else. Adoptions do have a waiting period. Several of my close friends have adopted and it varies by state but adoptions aren't finalized for several months on average My take on why Henry backed away so hard from Regina is he found out his Mom was a serial killer. She loved him but she made him think it was all in his head. He didn't realize she could murder so many people in hate but still genuinely love him. He's a kid trying to grasp great big concepts. Lots of shades of grey in his black and white childlike view. She raised him and did everything but she was a mass murderer who up until recently took joy in making people suffer. He pushed her away until she could be good again. His character and actor aren't perfect but I don't think the character is as unrealistic as you think. I'm so happy to see their relationship mending though Good episode!

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Thank you so much for another reaction! I enjoy this episode. It's not as good as those I feel are my favorites this season of course, but it's still done really well by everyone around, especially by Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle, and Robbie Kay too. My favorite moment in this episode is easily when Regina stole back Henry's heart from Pan, upon admitting to Pan, as well as to Emma and Mary Margaret that she had no regrets for all the pain she has caused in the past because her casting the curse and bringing them to Storybrooke allowed for her to adopt Henry. It did seem a little too easy, but I really appreciate the overall idea just to be able to see how strong Regina's love for Henry really is. I also really love the group scene when everyone worked together to get themselves out of Neverland as they cast Pan's shadow into the Jolly Roger's sail, then having Hook finally begin to sail them home at last. As for the whole flashback with Regina adopting Henry... I really love it all. I think it's sweet. However, a small part of me feels a slight bit of dislike as well because at the time, Regina is still the Evil Queen, who still relishes in the pleasure of making everyone else miserable, and I almost didn't want to see her find happiness. So I really appreciated that the creators and writers had baby Henry cry whenever Regina held him, as a way of showing us that Henry sensed Regina was evil and that he didn't trust Regina to love him for awhile. Showing us that baby Henry needed to feel a mother's love from Regina before he could feel her as his mother. And in the end, Regina proved to him as much as she was able to that she did in fact love him. And while she cast a forgetting spell so she could love her son and not worry about the future and threat to her happiness, which isn't good as we all know Emma was the threat... I did like the cute story she told to baby Henry as she was brewing the potion. Now... I also love that Hook offered Henry his quarters aboard the Jolly Roger once they all got back to the ship. It was a sweet little moment and as you know... I love and appreciate all scenes with Hook, no matter how small they are. I have to admit... a part of me feels this episode isn't as good as it could have been, had they included Hook more, but then I also see that his character wasn't necessary to be a part of this episode any more than the few moments we see of him. I just miss him is all. I really enjoy the moments with Tinker Bell as well, especially when she received the pixie dust from Wendy, then as Regina comes over and tells her that it's begun to glow because Tink has begun to believe in herself. I love that. I love, love, love the scenes between Regina and Rumplestiltskin/Gold like always. I love that Gold still acted impish and smug with Regina when she comes to him seeking to adopt a child, then to complain to him about how he came to do so and who the child's mother was, even though Gold never was actually awake until Emma first arrived in Storybrooke and spoke her name to Granny when she's checking in at Granny's Bed and Breakfast. While Regina suspected Gold knew more than he was letting on... he really didn't, even though he has always acted just as smug when he was cursed, as when he's his true self. He's so brilliant. I love that Regina comes to learn that Henry's birth mother is quite possibly a threat to her upon Sidney finding out for her that she was found as a baby just outside of Storybrooke the very day the curse was cast and Storybrooke was created. This is a brilliant twist to the storyline revealed way back in the Pilot episode when Emma first arrives in Storybrooke. I absolutely love this! I also like that we got to see Storybrooke again for a bit and characters like Archie and Granny, as well as heard Sidney's voice too. I always love the beautiful moments between Emma and her parents, whether they be just between Emma and Mary Margaret, Emma and David, or Emma with both of her parents. They're so sweet and quite beautiful. I didn't really like that Neal is so suddenly on his father's side again and that they're so loving the moment Neal releases his father from Pandora's Box. I know Rumple has proven to Neal he loves him and will do anything for Henry too, but their relationship has been so strained and so full of distrust for so long, that to see them suddenly act as though everything is completely fine between them now has thrown me a bit. And I don't trust it. It's just weird to me more than anything else. And it's mostly because Neal has been so wishy washy towards his feelings for his father in the wrong kind of way that's a lot more than him struggling to love Rumple again after Rumple did so much to hurt him, and I really don't like it. I hope that makes sense. And lastly... of course Pan isn't through yet. He and Henry have now switched bodies and Pan is pretending to be Henry, while Henry is trapped inside Pan's body that is now trapped inside Pandora's Box. Not good, but what a great twist. It's interesting seeing Jared Gilmore acting as Pan and to see him act evil. Because as you said... we've seen Jared acting as a sweet boy for two and a half seasons now, so this is different in a really good way. Overall... a good episode and I am so happy to have watched your reaction for it, so thank you again! I look forward to more like always. Until next time...

Miguelito

This was an amazing episode, I truly love season 3 as it has Peter Pan and he is by far the best villain imo. His acting is really convincing and cool that it adds so much to the story. Learning about Henry’s beginnings as Regina adopted him was very touching and I loved how Gold was the one to help Regina get Henry, as he said told her before that she would go to him for help. Mr. Gold is actually still cursed in the flashbacks of Storybrooke, in S2 when Snow and Emma were back in the Enchanted Forest and in Rumple’s cell, they found a paper full of ink written by Rumple that just says “Emma” over and over again. I think that was Rumple’s attempt to leave a small space in his brain for the name “Emma” so when Emma checked into Granny’s bed and breakfast in the pilot and says, “Swan. Emma Swan.” We see Rumple overhearing and saying, “Emma, what a lovely name.” That is when Rumple was finally awake. Overall, this episode does a good job providing the flashback in Storybrooke, as we see that Regina takes the forgetting potion to allow for the pilot to still make sense. I cannot wait until the next reactions !!! Until then! :)

emmainkeri

Best parts are the flashbacks, they are 9/10. The Neverland scenes are 7-8/10. I'd give it a 8,5 but voted 9 anyway. And you're right, Lana Parrilla is amazing. They could've added a small fight scene or a struggle between Pan and Regina after she freed herself from the vines, because it did feel a bit anticlimactic and sudden.

Aimee

I am totally Team Regina where Henry is involved. She raised him. I have six children and, even though I am their biological mother, I can't imagine how it would be as an adoptive parent for someone to show up when one of them is 10 and claim the same parental rights that I have. No way. I have mad respect for women who give up their children for adoption. I don't know that I would have the emotional strength to be that unselfish. However, Emma didn't raise Henry. She never even held him, whereas Regina did everything for him for ten years. As you might know from past comments, though, I'm not an Emma fan. ;)