The saddest and the most beautiful episode of Once I have seen in a long time. Let's do the Ups and Downs.
Ups: + Belle + Gideon + The "Up!" montage of Rumple and Belle + The tribute to Rumbelle + Belle's sad goodbye (probably the saddest one in all of OUAT history) + Weaver remembers! + More of Drizella + More of Tilly + Roger's daughter revealed (?) + Answering some unanswered questions (why is Weaver there, where's Belle,etc.)
Downs: - Teasing a Drizella and Henry romance - Belle (kinda) doesn't get a happy ending - Promos and ads made it seem like it was in fact a Halloween episode (when this should have been a Valentine episode if they wanted it to be a holiday special episode) - The title crawl being a cemetery and Halloween things instead of something related to Rumple and Belle (maybe the house they build should be the featured in the opening) - Halloween subplot could have been used in another episode with a flashback more Halloween centric (ex: Episode 2x05 - the Doctor, where both flashbacks and present day events made it seem like a Halloween episode)
Overall: 9.6/10. This episode hits you right in the feels. The flashbacks were really sad and I can't wait to see what's next for Rumple in Hyperion Heights. I hope he gets reunited with Belle.
Ups: + Belle + Gideon + The "Up!" montage of Rumple and Belle + The tribute to Rumbelle + Belle's sad goodbye (probably the saddest one in all of OUAT history) + Weaver remembers! + More of Drizella + More of Tilly + Roger's daughter revealed (?) + Answering some unanswered questions (why is Weaver there, where's Belle,etc.)
Downs: - Teasing a Drizella and Henry romance - Belle (kinda) doesn't get a happy ending - Promos and ads made it seem like it was in fact a Halloween episode (when this should have been a Valentine episode if they wanted it to be a holiday special episode) - The title crawl being a cemetery and Halloween things instead of something related to Rumple and Belle (maybe the house they build should be the featured in the opening) - Halloween subplot could have been used in another episode with a flashback more Halloween centric (ex: Episode 2x05 - the Doctor, where both flashbacks and present day events made it seem like a Halloween episode)
Overall: 9.6/10. This episode hits you right in the feels. The flashbacks were really sad and I can't wait to see what's next for Rumple in Hyperion Heights. I hope he gets reunited with Belle.