Season 5 Episode 6: The Bear and the Bow Review

I'll try to rember to post a post about the press release, photos, and sneak peeks for next week's episode

I also just realized that I never mentioned what happened with Merida and Mr. Gold in the last review

Camelot: Belle and Merida go to rescue Merida's brothers

Storybrooke: Emma tells Merida to go kill Belle  while David, Regina, Mary Margaret, and Arthur try to contact Merlin with the Crimson Crown mushroom

Camelot:

We opened with David, Hook, Belle, and Merlin breaking into Arthr's dungeon and freeing Lancelot and Merida. Merlin compliments Belle,

Merida kidnaps Belle to get her to help save her brothers. Merida takes Belle to the witches house from Brave and find the potion that turned her mother into a bear. Merida wants to use the potion to save her brothers from getting killed by the people who don't want Merida to be queen.

When Merida and Belle get to where her brothers are being captured. Merida tells Belle that she thinks it's her fault that her father is dead. Merida and Belle confront the men and Belle reveals she switched the potion with water.

The 3 men shoot their arrows but Merida shoots hers and breaks all 3 and rescues her brothers.

Storybrooke:

Regina is telling Mary Margaret, David, Hook, and Belle that Emma let slip that they freed Merlin.
They say they need to talk to Merlin. Belle says they could ask Rumple for help, but everyone else says that Rmple has had too many chances to change. Belle storms out.

Rumple is tied up in the woods, he breaks the chipped tea cup touse a shard to break off the ropes. Emma comes up with Merida and tells Merida to put an arrow through Belle's heart.

Later, Belle is in the library wondering where Emma took Rumple. Rumple then shows up in the elevator. Belle and Rumple go to Rumple's shop and Merida comes in and tells him that Emma told her to kill Belle. Belle trips Merida with a carpet and Rumple grabs a bag from his shop.

Rumple takes Belle wanting to run and leave Storybrooke. The bag is  supposed to help against any effects the town line may have. Belle gets out of the car and runs into Merida. Emma gave Merida the potion that transformed her into a bear and Merida runs after Belle. Rumple comes in and throws the bag into the bear's mouth and it transforms back into Merida. Rumple, Belle and Merida comes back to Emma's basement. Rumple pulls Exalibur out and tells Emma that she's now made him a hero.

Zelena is still in the hospital and the nurse brings in some organic food by requested by Regina. Emma shows up in the cell and takes Zelena to her house and wants to make a deal with her. Zelena declines and Emma sends her back to her cell.

Meanwhile, Regina, David, Snow and Hook bring Arthur into Regina's fault to use the Crimson Crown to contact Merlin because it can only be done by one of Merlin's chosen. Arthur tells them that Merlinn only talked to him when he's alone. Everyone else leaves the vault and Merlin puts the Crimson Crown in the fire underneath the cauldron. He goes back out and tells everyone that the spell didn't work.

Later, Regina is trying to find out what went wrong with the spell. David sees the mushroom in the fire, which didn't burn. They wonder why Arthur doesn't want them talking to Merlin. Hook mentions there's no one who was chosen by Merlin. Regina says there is one person in Storybrooke that was chosen by Merlin: the Author "Henry". Henry comes in and says that the person who  ripped out Violet's heart wasn't his mother, bt he knows Emma is still in there somwhere and will do anything to get her back. Henry puts the mushroom in the cauldron and Merlin comes up. It's a prerecorded message and Merlin tells them to get Nimue to help them. Merlin says The Dark One's found him.

Favorite Moments From Each Character (Camelot):

Snow: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

Emma: Remembering Merlin as the Usher

Regina: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

David: Him and Hook fighting Arthur's guards and asking how Merlin knew what a bike was.

Belle: Her full adventure with Merida

Hook: Him and David fighting Arthur's guards and his reaction to Merlin knowing some of the future

Henry: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

Zelena: (Wasn't part of Camelot Story)

Robin: (Wasn't in Episode)

Rumple: (Wasn't part of the Camelot Story)

Favorite Moments From Each Starring Character (Storybrooke)

Snow: (I can't think of a moment)

Emma: Her scene with Zelena

Regina: Trying to figure out how the spell didn't work

David: (I can't think of a moment)

Belle: Her scenes with Rmple

Hook: Him persauding Henry at the end

Henry: His only scene at the end

Zelena: Her scene with Emma

Robin: (Wasn't in Episode)

Rumple: His scenes with Belle

Final Thoughts:

Until I did the Favorite Moments section, I never realized how much of the main cast wasn't in the Camelot story. This episode wasn't my favorite. I don't know exactly why, but something didn't feel right. There's not many scenes that I feel like rewatching. Interesting coincidence, exactly this time last year was Belle's adventure with Anna last season. This episode gets a 7/10 for me.

I'll try to get the press release post up this week.