Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 386 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT PANache
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.01.2013
After the break, we're back on the main island of Neverland. I believe we're in Pan's camp, because Henry is lying on a bed, and the Lost Boys are present. Regina sits by her son's side, while poor Mary Margaret draws the dialogue short straw. "Gold is in a box? Then David can never leave the island." Really? Henry is near death, and that's what she's thinking about? David says, "Mary Margaret, that doesn't matter. I've already made peace with that. What matters is Henry."
Did you notice not only that I didn't rant about him calling her Mary Margaret rather than Snow, but that I also called her Mary Margaret, when I wasn't quoting? That's because this woman who is so worried about David is not my fierce Snow White. What the hell, Show. And, what the hell, Snow? I don't get what the writers are dong to her character (and to a lesser extent, Charming's). I hate that she's being written as thinking she must stay on the island with David. Look, they're a true love match, I get that. But love is, sometimes, sacrifice. The Snow and Charming I love would have, in my head, talked about their predicament and decided together that if they couldn't find a cure for Charming that will work off of Neverland, that David would remain behind alone, and Snow would return with Emma and Henry. Back in Storybrooke, she would figure out a way to permanently heal him of the poisoning and retrieve him from Neverland. Emma would have refused the offer, but they would have stood fast. In fact Snow would have said, "No. We let you go 29 years ago. We're not making that mistake again. David and I will find each other. We will always find each other." Oh shoot, the whole scene has passed, while I rewind, let's start a new paragraph.
Regina tells the team that there's probably only about an hour before the preservation spell wears off. Since Pan could be anywhere on the island, Regina storms over to Felix, grabs his cloak and demands to know where Pan is. Felix says he's gone and there's nothing they can do about it. "Pan never fails."
Regina raises her hand as if to rip out his heart. Emma grabs Regina's arm, pulls her aside, and suggests a different path, since all these kids have been "...to hell and back." Regina notes they don't respond to cute and cuddly approaches or reason. "What else do you have to offer?" Emma looks over Regina's shoulder. A few feet behind her stands Mary Margaret. Emma's face lights up. "What every kid wants. A mother." Even though I'm still mad at this Mary Margaret impostor, this is beautiful work by Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Morrison. Well played, ladies. We flash back to...
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