OUAT 5x04: "The Broken Kingdom"

Hi I'm back with my review on Sunday's episode of Once Upon a Time!!

Disclaimer: If you have not watched this episode and do not want it spoiled for you, then DO NOT read on. 

Ok so I'm just going to come right out and say it: I hate Arthur. He's a manipulative, obsessed, back stabber who can not handle any form of rejection. So basically, we get a flashback where Arthur pulled the sword out of the stone and then he became super obsessed with finding the missing piece (Dark One's dagger). He became so occupied with trying to solve Merlin's riddle that he payed zero attention to Guinevere. Guinevere and Lancelot went off to find the dagger themselves and ended up falling in love, but then Arthur got all mad. Excuse me Arthur, but what exactly do you expect to happen when you don't pay attention to your wife and make her feel like a stupid sword is more important to you than her?

Anyway, so this next part is kind of weird. Arthur used this sand from Avalon that "fixes" broken things, so he used it on Guinevere to supposedly "fix" their broken marriage, which just put Gwen in this weird trance where she was forced to love him. Ugh, I hate him so much. 

So now, for everyone's favorite, CaptainSwan. Okay, this ship flew sky high in this episode-I mean, they were absolutely adorable. So first, Henry shows Emma and Hook this secret hideout sort of place that Violet showed him, and Hook got so excited, teasing Henry about "first love". Then, Hook told Emma that the only way she was going to get Rumple's image out of her head was to not leave any room for him to occupy her thoughts. So, the two of them went horse back riding and it actually warmed my shipper heart.

Also, a little side note: ARTHUR USED THE SAND ON SNOW AND DAVID SO NOW THEY'RE ENCHANTED TO TRUST HIM AND AHHH THAT IS SO NOT GOOD!!!

And (in present day), Emma is trying to make Rumple this brave hero so that he can pull Excalibur from the stone from her. To do so, Emma is going to make Merida train him to be a hero. So there goes that.

So basically, I'm  freaking out over everything and I just can't wait until the next episode in two days. Another side note: it would really be great if more people watched OUAT live because the viewer rates are dropping, and if they get too low, then ABC is going to cancel the show, and that can NOT happen.

So tune in on Sunday at 8 pm PST for Once Upon a Time on channel 7, ABC.

--@onceuponatimeinhogwarts