When the shadow is flying with Bae, they pass Big Ben, which says the time is 8:15. This is the same time Storybrooke was perpetually in.
The title of this episode "second star to the right" comes from the directions to Neverland in J.M.Barrie's Peter Pan "Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning."
Even though the episode takes place only a short time after Bae got separated from Rumple his voice has changed and dropped significantly.
The object/animal/person in this episode is Big Ben.