OUAT: No Good Deed

We open in the Enchanted Forest, where a fancy looking carriage rolls along a dirt road at night. I’d say this is going to be a Robin Hood story but Sean Maguire’s name didn’t appear in the credits so…that’s a no. The carriage stops as a knight steps out. 

(We are the Knights Who Say "Give Us All Your Money") 

He says he’s going to take all the money from the occupants of the carriage. Their response is pretty much “You and what army?” Fires light in the trees around them and shadowy shapes appear, all armed. The men decide that army is sufficient and run away.

Who is in the armor? Why, Captain Hook! I guess he’s picking up the slack while Robin bickers with/sexes up Regina over in the Royal Castle. He yells at Mr. Smee for lighting the fires too slow but Smee’s like “We got the loot. Let’s celebrate!” Hook agrees.

HIMYM: And As the Years Go By…

Here we are, folks. It’s the finale. Time for our last go around with the gang we’ve come to know and love. So, let’s start where it all began…MacLaren’s, 2005.

Barney is aghast that Ted used another wingman in his absence. That wingman—Robin. She apologizes that she wasn’t able to get him a date, but Ted says it’s alright. Robin offers to buy a round and gets up. Lily turns to Barney and Ted, threatening them. She says Robin could finally be the girlfriend she’s been waiting for. And she’s not going to let either of them ruin it for her. If they want to sleep with Robin, they have to marry her. Meanwhile, Robin orders scotch and cheers on sports—everything Lily didn’t think she wanted in a girlfriend—and has no clue what ride she’s just gotten on. It’s going to be a ride, Robin Scherblasky. 

Enjoy it.

OUAT: The Wizard and I

Neal is dead.

(Rest in Peace, Neal)

The episode features his funeral, intercut with scenes of Rumple being thrown back into his cage to mourn alone. Everybody was called in for the funeral and so there’s a nice crowd there to send Neal to his final resting place. Hook, Belle, Charming, Regina, Emma and Henry all toss dirt onto Neal’s coffin.

Nostalgia Nook: Wishbone

Two PBS shows dedicated to books back-to-back? Why not? Especially as I’ve said before—I’m a bibliophile!


“Wishbone” is the main character, a Jack Russell terrier with a BIG imagination. He can also talk but only the audience can hear him. Wishbone is owned by middle schooler Joe Talbot (Jordan Wall), who is being raised by his widowed librarian mother Ellen (Mary Chris Wall). Being surrounded by books, Wishbone becomes a bibliophile as well and often compares the situations Joe and his friends encounter to the books he’s read. Joe’s friends are David Barnes (Adam Springfield), a budding scientist and inventor, and Samantha “Sam” Kepler (Christie Abbott), an athlete with a heart of gold.

HIMYM: Cold Feet

It’s the penultimate episode, the last one before we say goodbye to this wacky group of friends forever. The one where everything was still a mystery and people weren’t…well, I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s time for Barney and Robin’s wedding, y’all!

Except the bride and the groom are both having pre-wedding panic attacks. Barney’s is over the color of his tie. He says he has the perfect cornflower blue one back in his apartment. He tries to climb out of the window to escape. Lily and Marshall hold him back, fully aware of pre-wedding panic attacks. (Marshall’s hair cut, anyone?)

OUAT: Sentimental Man

On the last episode, our intrepid heroes discovered that Rumplestilskin was alive and well and living in the Witch’s storm cellar. Yet they still seem to trust Zelena. Go figure.

We open in the Enchanted Forest. Neal and Belle decide to break away from everyone at Regina’s castle and go to Rumple’s old manor. Being the genre-savvy ones, they figure there’s no way the producers would’ve killed such a popular character who borders on villain and antihero so well. So there has to be a way to raise Lazarus and the one person who would know would be…Lazarus. The two are determined to scour Dark One Manor for the answers they need. Have fun, you two!