Is the Blue Fairy dead? Where did the sword come from? How will they break the protection spell? All these questions plus some thought on Rumple's confusing role, the Gideon-Dark One storyline, Queen cobra, and more on our initial reactions of this episode, Ill-Boding Patterns, that will be all over the place, just like the storyline is and Bae's abhorrence of magic.

These are our first thoughts about this Once Upon a Time episode. We’ll share more about “Ill-Boding Patterns” in our upcoming full discussion.