Episode Report Card 118 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT PANdemic
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.20.2013
Sidebar. So, is Peter Pan Rumpy's deadbeat dad? I mean, clearly Pan has known Rumpy since he was a boy. He must be a relative or former friend. But I'm really liking him for the dad. We don't know much about Papa Stiltskin, except that he was a coward and abandoned Rumpy. At least -- that's all I remember about him. In adults, cowardice is, among other things, a childish trait, right? Maybe Rumpy's father couldn't face [whatever], ran away from his situation (and family) and became a boy again, either as a consequence, or as the result of an active choice. Henry has already told us that when you believe, anything is possible. Maybe this is. What do you believe?
At any rate, Pan knows his foe's issues, so he says he knows Rumpy isn't so afraid Bae will be taken as that he will leaving willingly. He tells Rumpy to ask Baelfire if he wants to stay in Neverland, or go home, again. If the boy agrees to stay with his father, Pan says he'll leave and never return. "Deal?" Rumpy says, "I don't have to make any deals with you." Pan asks, "Why wouldn't you -- if you're so sure he'll stay?" We flash forward to...
Neverland. Henry sits off to the side, while around the campfire, the Lost Boys are dancing and whooping it up. Pan tries to get Henry to join the festivities, but our boy refuses since he has nothing to celebrate. Pan says Henry is the reason to celebrate, since he'll save the magic. Henry says he's not like Pan and the Lost Boys. Pan assures him he is and lifts his magical pan flute to his lips. "Maybe a song will get you on your feet." Henry, like us, cannot hear the music. Pan tells him that it's an enchanted pipe that can only be heard by certain children. Henry asks, "Like who?" but just then, Felix enters the camp and motions to Pan. Pan promises Henry that he'll find out soon enough, then leaves him, in order to talk to Felix.
Felix reports that Baelfire escaped, and he hasn't been able to get him back. He found two of their sentries knocked out by a sleeping spell. Pan looks afraid for but a moment, then he smiles and says, "The Dark One. It looks like father and son have been reunited." Felix suggests moving Henry somewhere safer. Pan says, "Not now, Felix. Where's your sense of adventure? We can't end the party when the real fun is about to begin." We cut to...
Baelfire's Cave. As Emma studies the cave drawings, Hook tells her he got his skill from his mother. I wonder if Milah drew that sketch of herself -- the one teen Bae found on the Jolly Roger. That would be such a Milah think to do. They team is looking for clues or a map -- something useful. Emma asks her father to hand her a nearby candle, that's nestled inside have of a jagged-cut coconut shell. Charming lights it with his very nice cigarette lighter. I keep wondering why he has one, because heaven knows Prince Charming can't be a smoker. The Contrivance Fairy answers, "You have me to thank for that."