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The biggest problem with this show are the redemption arcs. I honestly believe majority of the bad things about the show trace back to the decision to redeem the season 1 villains (especially Regina) rather then kill them off when their immediate arcs finished.Once this characters were sticking around, redemption became a key theme of the series and everything else was damaged as a result.People hate what the "new" Emma and her relationship with Hook? Emma being okay with Hook's criminal past didn't start with Hook. Once everyone made the decision to forgive Regina for everything she had done it became impossible to not forgive anyone else for anything. Now the show has no stakes. Whenever anyone does anything bad or something that hurts someone else we know it will be forgiven because the precedent has already been set.Emma could be best friends with Milah and Zelena next week and it would still be inline with the messed up morality the show created.You think the heroes are stupid? They have to be to excuse the continued existence of the people who were once villains."Yeah but Snow and Charming do bad things too". The show has a messed up morality but the Snowing kidnapping plot was included in the story to force the message that anyone can do bad things and be redeemed. Snowing characters were sacrificed for Hook, Regina and a lesser extent Rumple. If the Once villains hadn't been redeemed this story line wouldn't exist and Snowing's bad decisions would have stayed in the normal range.
All I will say is that episode 18 was good. Can't say too much or give plot away. Will say I think Belle made an error.
MP has a question for the superfans: Does the sleep spell put the baby in stasis, i.e., the baby stops developing until Belle wakes up?The Underworld must make the heroes a bit wool-headed. What about baby Pomegranate, who is hiding in the woods with Robin because of the fear Hades might do something to her? Did anyone even think to look for her so Snow could take her back to Storybrooke?