Jenn, Laura, Kristen, and Brittany are here to discuss Once Upon a Time season 4, episode 21, “Mother.”

-How did we like this episode: thumbs up, thumbs down, or thumbs sideways.
-Favorite quotes: Maleficent, the author, Hook, and Cora love this week.
-General consensus: A pretty strong episode, and that ending!

The past:
-Grieving for Daniel brings death for an innocent groom
-Cora and Regina: It’s been a while!
-Where did Cora meet Tinkerbell?
-Plotting with the Sheriff of Nottingham
-A transformed Regina and her ‘soulmate’
-Regina hurts herself to punish Cora

The present:
-Regina and Robin’s chat about the future
-Gold’s heart is black!
-Rumpel’s warning about the Dark One running amok
-Lily is out for revenge, not so much about the mommy/daughter bonding
-Who is that nurse-lady? They lingered on her for a little too long for her to be unimportant
-The author is all about buttering up Regina
-Which storybook did he write that he didn’t finish?
-Somebody’s looking out for Regina? The Sorcerer?
-The author is totally out for his own best interests
-Why did the author run to Gold? Does he need a character to instigate change?
-The most awkward team up ever
-And why did Snow run randomly into danger?
-Zelena makes a good point.
-The Heroes and Villains book, Gold, and the author
-And a little Hook love

Prediction time! We all have some thoughts about what we want to see and what we think might happen next week in next week’s two hour finale.

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