Operation Hyacinth in full swing, wiping out humanity, Wumple, more Charmed and Buffy references. Plus, a lot of feedback that sums up our brain right now and a special message from Daniel in this full-discussion of “Is This Henry Mills?”

What a great episode! It could definitely pass up as a series finale, which they tied into a nice, neat bow. Written by Dana Horgan and Leah Fong, “Is This Henry Mills?” is, by far, the highest rated episode of the season on IMDb.

All Grown Up in Storybrooke

It was nice to see Storybrooke once again, although it was sad to see them still paying for what the Snow Monster did. Why don’t they just fix it with magic? That being said, it was also really exciting to see the Mayor’s house again, as well as Jared S. Gilmore playing young Henry for the last time. Why did Henry move back in with Regina? Didn’t he live with Emma and Hook? Maybe because Regina has more room, and that Emma and Hook have a new family?

Aside from running the Granny’s Diner, we also learned that Granny is a mechanic. We also liked that they did this storyline, showing what kids go through in the real world; struggling what to do and where to go after High School. We also thought all the letters Henry got were rejection letters because Storybrooke doesn’t really exist so how can he have an education record? It’s weird when they have a flashback without the full cast in it. They’re implying that everyone is in there, even though we know they aren’t. It’s just so quiet in Storybrooke.

On the other hand, Jhack shared a tweet with us about Regina wearing the same outfit she wore in the episode “Save Henry“, when she was trying to tell baby Henry a story at Granny’s.

OH MY GOSH. Regina Wore the exact same outfit that Baby Henry burped in, When she was trying to tell him a story, now he’s all grown up. #Regalbeliever

— Allie (via Twitter, shared by Jhack)

Did anyone catch this nice little Easter egg?

Wiping Out humanity

Meanwhile, in Hyperion Heights, the town looks a little creepy especially with all that lightning in the beginning. We loved how, in the opening scene, Lucy is cowering behind Regina when Gothel suddenly appeared until she threatened Henry. We got some really good feedback about the Gothel storyline, which they wrapped up pretty quickly in this episode in order to move on to the final big bad. While she was there since the beginning, her motives are very wide. There are pieces that seem very consistent, yet there are some that seem very inconsistent. It looks as if some storylines got a little off course along the lines, including the Dr. Facilier storyline, as well as Tiana’s and Jacinda’s.

Regina was so emphatic about not going to Storybrooke since the beginning of the season; it all makes sense. At least, even with that, they are pretty consistent. On the other hand, we really enjoyed Rumplestiltskin and Nook’s exchange about magic. It was also funny when Regina went to hit Gothel with a baseball bat, which she magicked away that it becomes a stake, to which Regina hold up a la Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Although we were pretty happy with how they wrapped up the Gothel storyline, it would’ve been better if they do so in another episode.