Wait, for some reason I was thinking that Maleficent was in the basement of that building down that one elevator. Am I wrong? Turned into a dragon of some sort? Emma's first act of bravery with the sword, no? I could be wrong. I don't watch episodes multiple times, so I don't remember some things.
And the part of the season in Neverland was like YAWN. I was dying because all they did was walk through the forest and the whole Love-conquers-all storyline got SUPER overdone to the point of super-cheese. They needed a new schtick. I really liked the wicked witch stuff, though. And like with LOST, I am annoyed by the Claire/Belle actress. (Don't tell JBRam.) So, the real season finale (by this, I mean the conclusion to the storyline/plot) for S3 was the episode prior to the end because when you end with that, everything wraps up nicely and you can quit watching just fine, but then when you watch the actual last episode, you have in fact cursed yourself into a cliffhanger. The writers use witchcraft like that to capture us into their spell.
Thanks for starting this thread because I love to watch and complain about this show, and I am really good at "calling it" before it happens on the show, much to the dismay of the people with whom I watch the show because I'm like: Ohmygosh! That's Marian! like five minutes before they tell you on the show. I love/hate this show.