Posted by Dustin on 01.16.2012 at 3:32 pm

So here are my quick thoughts on the last two episodes of “Once Upon A Time.”

It seems our poor sheriff really is dead, with Emma stepping into his shoes after some help from Mr. Gold. I really enjoyed seeing how he went from an ordinary/cowardly man to Rumple. I eventually figured out though that the old beggar putting him up to getting the dagger and talking the power from the tyrant was really the enslaved dark one trying to free himself.

I do wonder what became of Rumple’s son? Is he dead? Is he somewhere in the real world and lost? That will have to come back at some point. The way Rumple/Gold kept talking to Emma about her own son and how time with them is precious, it seemed as if the son died . . . or was at least lost to him. Perhaps he left his father after seeing what he became?

In this latest episode Emma helped Hansel and Gretel find their lost dad in the real world, and we saw them helping the queen in the fairy tale world in order to be reunited with their dad there. She sent them to gain something from the blind witch who liked to eat children, it was the apple! She claimed it was a weapon against her enemy.

Basically this story set up Emma’s own parental issues, as well as Henry’s. Henry asked about Emma about his own father. She claimed he was a fire fighter and died a hero, but really he was a no good jerk who Emma felt Henry was better without. You KNOW that will come back to bite her in the butt. I can see Regina using this later down the line. We also learned that Regina’s adoption of Henry (with Gold’s help) apparently isn’t legal. So I think that means she’s going to need his father’s help at some point to keep him from Emma. We also had Emma finally tell Mary/Snow that Henry believes she is her and David/Charmings kid. Mary laughed it off, but was later drawn to Emma’s baby blanket.

The very end of the show had a stranger pull into town, which Henry said never happened. Who is he? What does he want? He can’t be Henry’s dad, as Emma would know him.