Pt. 1
DN “Careful, looks sharp” to MMB as she uses a letter opener. He would know what looks sharp, of course.

MMB uses a small version of a sword. She was quite handy with one in Fairy Tale land, ya know.

On the blackboard, lots of information about comets, nebula, superclusters, meteors. To me, it is teaching and/or reminding the class that there are things beyond the day-to-day world that can amaze us, and some may even wish on.

As DN and MMB initially talk, the walls are filled with tree cut outs and forest colored pictures hung up behind them.

MMB is not wearing a cross (as she has previously) this time, but what looks like a key. A signal that she is open to love?

MMB says to DN, “I’m trying to do the right thing”. Again, the back and forth of what is right in one situation make look wrong and vice versa. Note: I think that Katherine Nolan was conjured into Storybrooke to keep DN apart from MMB, but that’s just my theory.

As DN presses MMB that he has feelings for her, she says, “You already have a life.” DN had a life in a land that time was frozen, and he was in a coma for a long time. He has awakened from the coma, and now he is awakening from the “sleep” of the dark curse in Storybrooke. So, in reality he didn’t have a life at all.

DN also mentions that he has a life with someone, “I didn’t choose”. This may be a stretch, but I think this may be a clue to how Katherine came to Storybrooke.

DN “Whoever married Katherine is gone,” alluding to the old or “in a fog” DN is gone, and the real DN that feels a connection to MMB in another land is breaking through, like the pieces of SW’s coffin to the Storybrooke soil.

DN “I’ll be at the bridge where we met at 8:00 (Lost number, of course)” That is a classic romance motif used in 1,000s of times, but because places that match with the Fairy Tale world (and possible portal possibilities) it is not only generically romantic, but may also lead to further revelations into who the people really are.

Side note: Ginnifer is really a fantastic actress, and the scene of her trying to stop his advances and push him out is amazing.

DN “If you choose this, if you choose us, you know where I’ll be”. We see again how choice (and accepting the consequences they bring) is central to the characters discovering who they are. This breaking down of the dark curse may become a very painful process (and it was on the island in Lost), and people may not survive future choices.