There's No Place Like Home

Like I said, this follows immediately after 3x21 as Emma has to find a way to get out of prison, give the ring to Snow and go to the troll bridge. However, as Snow tries to use the dust on Regina, she ties her up and burns her at the stake...or so she thinks. Using a bit of the dust, Snow manages to turn herself into a ladybug and calls out for the Blue Fairy to change her back. With the ring in tow and the only way to get to the docks is through the troll bridge, this time round Snow tricks them by using sand and pretending it's dust and giving her money. Giving him the ring back, Emma witnesses her parents falling in love and realizes Storybrooke is her home. Rumplestiltskin put them in his vault when she manages to wield magic to get back, but not before revealing to Rumple his son dies and telling him to drink a memory loss potion so he can't let his sacrifice be in vain. Back home, Emma reunites with her family at the party where they announce their son's name is Neal, obviously named after Henry's father/Rumple's son. And a happiness montage occurs with Emma & Hook getting together, Mary Margaret & David with their newborn son, Regina, Robin & Roland spending time together and.....RUMBELLE GETTING MARRIED! After everything that has happened between them I am so glad they're the ones to tie the knot! And it was well executed, the vows were beautifully written and I loved how intimate and private it was! And Belle's wedding outfit was beautiful! Unfortunately, Regina's happiness doesn't last long as Robin & Marian reunite thanks to Emma bringing her to the present to save her life without knowing who she was. Looks like the Regina & Emma war will start again! And to make matters worse, an urn Hook touched in the vault is with them and releases none other than...Queen Elsa of Arendelle from Frozen!
This finale was amazing! The acting was amazing, the writing was amazing, the attention to detail was amazing, the emotional stakes were high and it just gave me that warm feeling, especially during the wedding, which made me bawl like a baby! Yes, it was obvious in some bits Ginny was pregnant & they used a body double as they reused scenes from Snow Falls, but oddly enough, they were well integrated! And I loved Emma has fully embraced her family and that Storybrooke is her home after so long of seeing her tough exterior & I surprisingly liked that Hook was the one to stop it and grow up, even if I still don't like CaptainSwan! I felt so sorry for Regina when her happiness was gone unintentionally thanks to Emma. But I can't really blame her, if anything I blame Robin because he immediately ignored Regina for his now alive wife, without even thinking of her feelings!
That cliffhanger...wow! I just want to say I adore Frozen and I can understand why Adam and Eddy want to add it into the show! Now, I was very surprised they added Elsa as the movie is only 6 months old (as of May anyway!). But do I think it's a bad idea? Absolutely not! If anything, the character fits perfectly in the OUAT universe being a misunderstood young woman, but by the looks of it, she's in the Let It Go stage judging her sassy walk & the way she takes her gloves off & destroys her former prison. I can't wait to see what direction they'll take and this finale was a very satisfying way of ending such an amazing season and I cannot wait more than ever for season 4!

Oh my God, I've missed Neal so much! 

Hey it's Marian again!

I'm surprised with how well they integrated this scene with 1x03 bits, even if Ginny's pregnancy is obvious! 

Love they use the same dialogue from 1x03 when Charming & Snow talk about the dust & Regina!

RED!!!!!!!!! GOD you have no idea how much I've missed you!

Poor Emma! At least she's finally realizing how much her family means to her!

Nice that something taught from Neal has saved them!

Love that wolf Red is also back!

'The only one who saves me is me!' GO EMMA! I'm sure Marian living will have bad consequences!

Loving Regina's hair!

WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?! HOW IS EMMA STILL ALIVE?!

Poor Emma! :(

AH! Smart thinking Snow (the ladybug!)

Hi Blue Fairy!

AWW! Love Emma's smile!

Haha! Love Snow's WTF look!

HAHA! Sorry, I found this bit funny! And I guess this means OQ are toast if she goes with them.

Aww! Love her face when she sees her parents falling in love!

Nice to see my favourite season 1 dress on Regina again!

Why do I get the feeling that urn will be of great importance later?

Love Jennifer's acting here when Emma tells Rumple Neal sacrificed his life for everyone!

HAHAHAHAHAHA! 'What the hell am I doing in here?!'

AWWW! 

So Emma's in the book now!

Hey, Aurora! But where are Philip & her baby? In 3x21, it was mentioned she gave birth the day after she turned back to human from a flying monkey!

AWWW! Come on, admit it you awwed when they revealed their baby's name is Neal!

Love Rumple's reaction bless him!

Aww! 

Great...CS are canon! I guess I'm gonna have to learn to tolerate them!

HELL YEAH! Called it Moe would appear to give her away!

Love his face when he sees his bride! Nice suit! Wearing blue to match her beautiful blue eyes?

And Archie's officating it! Definitely a Rumbelle shipper!

'Rumplestiltskin, this thing we have has never been easy. I've lost you so many times. I lost you to darkness. To weakness. And finally, to death. But now I realize. I realize I have not spent my life losing you. I've spent my life finding you.' :')

Oh my God, the way he looks at her just makes me melt!

'Belle, when we met I wasn't just unloved & unloving. I was an enemy of love. Love had only brought me pain. My walls were up, but you brought them down. You brought me home. You brought light to my life & chased away all the darkness. And I vow to you I will never forget the distance between what I was & what I am.' :')

AWW! MORE OUTLAW QUEEN!

'Sometimes the best book has the dustiest jacket. And sometimes, the best teacup is chipped!' <3

Oh my God! That face just proves his love for her is so genuine!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY OTP ARE MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew this would happen! I just don't like how Robin tosses Regina aside!

Poor Regina! Poor poor Regina! :'(

WOAH! Looks like Storybrooke is about to get frozen!

Snow Drifts

This is the first part of the 2 hour season finale, I would have made it one of both, but that would've been way too long & boring! Anyway, this takes place after 3x20 & everything is all happy for everyone, until they discover Zelena's time travel curse has been enacted and that she's dead. Thankfully, Rumple covers up that it was him by altering the CCTV footage so that it looked like she killed herself in order to enact it. Celebrating the birth of Mary Margaret & David's son, Emma walks off when Hook brings up the fact she plans on going back to New York to everyone. When he follows her out, they both discover the curse and accidentally fall into it, going back to when Snow and Charming first met as it was the moment she was thinking of as everyone was walking about it at the diner. Accidentally changing things so that her parents never met at the time they were supposed to, Emma and Hook go to Rumplestiltskin where they discover Snow's planning on leaving on Blackbeard's ship, but she doesn't have the money she would've used from selling the ring if she had stolen it at the time she was supposed to. Managing to convince Snow to steal the ring at King Midas' castle, Hook switches places with his former self while Emma seduces his past self and present Hook grows so jealous he punches his past self in the face. Afterwards, they go to king Midas' ball under the aliases Prince Charles & Princess Leia (*STAR WARS THEME*) while Snow attempts to steal the ring only to be caught by Charming. To make things worse, The Evil Queen also enters the ball and Emma is arrested for helping Snow get away.
Now, it's hard to review this as it's the first part because everything just felt whole as 1 TV movie, but I'll do my best! So what did I think of the first part? I enjoyed it! We got to see more character development from Emma and even a bit of her life in the foster sysytem as she's never felt like she's home, even with her family in Storybrooke. The best way to describe it was a fairy tale version of Back To The Future, with action, fairytales, nice visuals & even characters returning like Red/Ruby, Abigail/Kathryn, Marian, Marco/Gepetto & even King Midas! The scenes with Emma, Hook & Rumple were also funny to watch and I loved how. Also, even if they altered things, there were no plot holes which I was very worried about when I first heard they were going to do it. Same goes to the second part in the altered past. I also enjoyed seeing Lana as the Evil Queen again as we haven't seen that side to her as Regina is now a good guy in Storybrooke. And even if people argued it was Captain Swan the Movie, I didn't mind much since it was overall fun. Yes, I may really not like them, but still, seeing OUAT do time travel was great & well written! And do you know waht the odd thing is? This is only about the first half! I would've liked to have seen more of Storybrooke as we only saw it for about 15 minutes & a bit more with Belle & Rumple wedding planning, but I still loved their sweet scene mentioning her father! Considering he'll appear in 3x22 according to the press release, will he give her away or is it Charming & Abigail getting married? Well, you'll have to wait & see in the second half, appropriately called There's No Place Like Home!

Disney reference number 1!

Holy crap does she look like Jennifer!

Haha! 'You're not gonna hold him up next to the clock tower and present him like Lion King are you?'

Aww! Pretty sweet date!

Bless Belle looking so happy talking about the wedding! Pretty generous of Moe to give them his blessing considering he kidnapped Belle to keep them apart!

AWWWWWW!!!! Sorry, I just love how this is a more casual kiss! 

Haha! Nice drawing!

RUBY!!!!!!

Nice to see Kathryn back!

Came back to bite you in the ass Rumple...

Haha! Love his 'Oh shit' look to the CCTV cameras!

Good thing they're dated otherwise he probably wouldn't have got away with altering the footage!

Not surprised they're back in time!

HAHA!  'Who do I look like? Marty McFly?' 'Marty McWho?'

Nice to see the Evil Queen again!

Gepetto & Pinocchio! Reminds me of August & how much I miss him!

Am I the only one who recognised that she was Marian from 2x19? 

Hmm! Emma looks pretty in FTL attire! 

Aww! Love her face when she realizes she's watching when her parents first met!

Wow! A very...gold castle!

 

Sorry, I hate it when you can tell she looks pregnant cos her face is fuller & they only use close up shots from chest up! I mean that feeling where you just know is what I hate!

Didn't think we'd see Blackbeard again...

Haha! Love Emma's reaction to Dark One Rumple!

Oh my God, Rumbelle in FTL here just act like a married couple!

HAHAHA! Love his reaction to finding out he'll fall in love with Belle!

Looks like Emma is quite a cleavage!

And is also quite the actress!

'The Rolly Joger!' OK, I admit that was pretty funny!

And that!

'Ooh! Confidence! I like it!' *sighs* it's so nice to see Bobby ham it up after so long of not seeing Dark One Rumple in action!

LOVE the dress and hair! And nice to see Hook wear something different for once!

Looks like Emma has an inner princess side to her!

Haha! Love how uninterested they both look!

Now THAT'S an entrance!

Nice parallel with 1x03!

Oh no...!

So, how are they gonna get out of this? Well, at least her parents have met each pother! Now time to get them to fall in love at the Troll Bridge...