Sonequa Martin-Green. The Pinocchio story arc is one of the darkest and most interesting on the show, and it appears to reach a conclusion here. Quite a surprising conclusion, at that. The rest of the episode is taken up with a hopelessly convoluted sequence of events that are (I presume) going to threaten everyone in Storybrooke. OUAT seems to be a show that has completely run out of steam, in many ways, and storylines like this one seems desperate. As if the writers really only had enough story for one season and everything else is being made up as they go along. Luckily, the cast tend to be excellent and many episodes are driven by very real emotions. The regrets of August and Snow being the best thing about this week’s chapter, and their journey’s towards some form or redemption. That worked splendidly. Many other things did not. The ending (where various character’s showed up on the street at the right time) was lazy and disappointing. 8/10
