Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 376 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT PANache
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.01.2013
Neverland. While Neal keeps watch over Henry, Emma lays the soft sell on the Lost Boys. She promises they won't hurt them. She understands their loyalty to Pan, but says she thinks it's a mistake. She tells them of her own past as a Lost Girl. "And I was reminded today that I am not alone." See what I mean about how gracious she's being to you, Regina? I'm sorry I interrupted you, Emma. Keep going. "...That I have a lot of people who love me, and I never thought that was going to happen. If that can happen to me, it can happen to you." Fairy tales can come true. It can happen to you, if you're young at heart, and face it, you're on Neverland, so you probably are.
The camera pans to Felix, but I can't take my eyes off Hook, who is in the background. He does that thing guys do when they will themselves not to cry. His face all but crumples, then he stops it cold, gulps and musters all his might to focus on the back of Felix's cape, or anything other than Emma's lovely face.
Oh. Right. Some of you want to know what the scene is about other than Hook. I wonder how strict my contract with with Tubey is. Maybe there's some site where I could just recap the Hook bits, for fun, profit, and leering. Felix decides I need the verbal equivalent of a cold shower, so he tells Emma, "Pan is the only family we need."
Emma says family doesn't do what Pan did. She points out Henry's current dire straits. A Lost Boy (who still looks like an actual boy, rather than a Lost Young Adult) says Pan only accepted Henry's heart to save the island. Emma corrects him. "No, to save himself." I wish Wendy Darling or Tink would chime in here. I'd expect them to have some cred with the Lost Boys.
Felix tells the boys not to listen to Emma. "Pan cares about all of us." Emma says Pan doesn't care. She and her crew do. "And we can save you. We can take you home with us to our land. There's no reason to fear Pan anymore. Until he absorbs the power from Henry's heart, he can be stopped. You just have to tell us where he is."
Felix rises to his feet. "Leave now while Pan still allows you to breathe." Hook lays his hook on Felix's shoulder and pushes him back down. I fan myself. Emma ignores him and focuses on the younger kids. "Where is Pan?" Felix answers, "Not. Telling." What is he, a TWoP recapper? Finally the littlest one pipes up and asks Emma if she can really bring them home. When she assures him she can, the littlest admits Pan is in his Thinking Tree. Felix throws a tantrum that reminds us his folks probably only lost him, the way you lose a bad habit. A medium boy gives a little more information. When Emma asks for the location, the littlest says he'll tell her, provided she swears she'll take them with her. Emma says, "I promise." She tears up a little, then adds, "We are going home. All of us." Jennifer Morrison just shines in this episode, at least when she's not shunted aside in favor of more Regina tears. Commercial.
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