Live-blogging:
— The final episode begins in Storybrooke with Grumpy whistling Heigh-Ho.
— Alice and Robyn traveled to Storybrooke in the time after Henry's graduation but before he left to go realm jumping. This creates a huge continuity issue since the events transpiring here due to time travel are bound to affect the past causing a time paradox. The only solution is for everyone who encountered Alice and Robyn in Storybrooke to have their memories wiped.
— Granny's getting her crossbow!
— "Leaving Storybrooke" sign is in the title card.
— Regina and Emma have taken Henry on a graduation trip.
— Zelena has another magic bean stashed in her house. That's convenient.
— Wish Rumple had Wish Henry remove Rumple's powers and immortality off-screen so he wouldn't be able to stop him. It looks like Rumple got what he wanted without the help of the Guardian.
— Why didn't Regina, or anyone else really, care about what happened to Wish Henry when they learned in episode 2 that the Wish Realm was real and permanent? Why didn't anyone try to go back there to support him? He lost his entire family and was left all alone. That previous neglect is making these declarations of wanting to help him now ring hollow.
— Regina's dreaming of Robin Hood. Why they didn't resurrect him to give Regina her happy ending, I'll never understand. Yes, romantic love isn't everything but every other main character got to share their lives with their beloved except for Regina. What they've done to her is just cruel and unfair.
— Regina woke up with a red feather in her hand indicating that Robin's soul was really there so as to support and guide her.
— Rumple and Wish Hook shared a nice little moment there. Who would have thought they'd eventually become friends?
— Where did Maui's fish hook come from? Where did they find it? Alice couldn't have conjured it up as she lost her magic.
— So, Wish Rumple's plan is to trap every hero from every realm in a storybook?
— Rumple crying about being unable to reunite with Belle was touching.
— Did the Charmings come with Zelena, Alice, and Robyn to the Wish Realm? I assume they did and then got split up off-screen to go help Regina.
— I liked how Regina tried to reach Wish Henry and almost sacrificed herself to save him. It was odd though there was no mention of Emma. You'd think Wish Henry would have questions about where his mom disappeared to.
— Wish Rumple: "So, what's your plan then? Talk me to death?"
— Rumple has finally realized that doing good is its own reward.
— Why didn't Wish Rumple stop Rumple from pulling out his own heart? Was he in shock and unable to act fast?
— Shouldn't have Rumple taken Wish Hook's poisoned heart out first before putting his in? Does Wish Hook have two hearts now? Did the poisoned heart just disappear?
— Why did Wish Rumple die when Rumple did? Rumple's selfless act should have resulted in the dissolution of the Dark One Curse, not the elimination his Wish Realm self.
— Shouldn't had Baelfire been there in the afterlife with Belle? It was a mistake not hiring the actor for a cameo. It would have made the reunion more powerful. Let's not forget, it was Rumple's love for his son and his desire to reunite with him that started it all.
— Rumple's reunion with Belle was a little underwhelming. I think it would have been better if they had them dance to the tune of Beauty and the Beast.
— I hope Wish Blue Fairy got out of the storybook Wish Rumple trapped her in.
— Oh, suddenly now they're run out of magic beans and need a Dark Curse to take them back?
— Regina doesn't need to crush anyone's heart to cast another curse. She can use her blood instead. It was established this very season.
— Bringing all the realms to Storybrooke has to be the dumbest, most ridiculous idea this show has ever come up with. It makes absolutely zero sense and no amount of suspension of disbelief can make it work. The last ounce of continuity, logic, and believability on this show is thrown out the window. I can't believe they're actually ending the show like this.
— "Some Time Later..." The show has really become a parody of itself.
— The United Realms look like a theme park.
— They've turned the storyline of Maleficent and Lily into a joke by making Zorro be Lily's father (and a dragon). The characters and the audience invested in them, who waited so long for a resolution, deserved better than this.
— Why is Wish Henry calling Regina "mom"?
I understand forgiving her and maybe starting to become friends with her but calling her mom crosses a line. She was never his mother and calling her that is nonsensical and insulting to Regina's relationship with the real Henry.
— Apparently, the United Realms are an elective monarchy and they elected Regina as their queen. I find it hard to believe that all of these people would elect someone who had previously terrorized them no matter how much she had changed. Was the election rigged?
Not to mention how implausible it is for the kings and queens of other realms to have willingly given up their title and power.
— Didn't time work differently in some realms? Did all of the timelines mesh too when the realms were combined?
— The thing is Regina never wanted to be a queen. She wanted to live a simple life with her beloved Daniel. Becoming queen was traumatic for her. It marked the beginning of her misery. I don't see how Regina becoming queen again would make her happy. She would have negative feelings towards that role. After all, she became the "Queen" of Storybrooke in the season 6 finale but as soon as Henry left she was unhappy and felt unsatisfied with the position. It's clear that being the Mayor or the Queen isn't fulfilling enough for her.
— Why is Pinocchio a child again at the coronation instead of an adult? He was aged up in Storybrooke and his Wish Realm version was an adult too.
— ...and the Evil Queen finally became the Good Queen.
— The End.
There was no mention of him since season 2.
. It would be better if they just didn't mention it and perhaps explore this storyline in the next book or something.
. But it wasn't bad. I loved the scenes in the Wish Realm, especially the one when they saw the endings Rumple prepared for them in his books. One last hope speech from Snow