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
Boston, 11 years ago. Regina brings Henry back to AC's office with her instructions on nap time, etc. After AC assures her the baby will be in expert hands (which she shouldn't believe, since AC placed Henry with her in the first place), Regina apologizes that it didn't work out. "The circumstances were... unforeseen." Like he's talking about an off-the-rack garment, AC opines, "Not every child is the right fit for a parent." I mean what is that? Would you like to see something in an eight pound female, Madame Mayor? AC promises he already has a new family lined up for Henry. Henry coos. What passes for Regina's heart starts to melt. AC leaves to let her take a moment.
Alone with Henry, Regina tells the babe he deserves better than she. "You truly are the only one in all the realms who believes in me." Well, he's just a dumb baby, Regina. When she scoops him up from his infant carrier, it nearly sounds like he coos, "Ah Mama." Regina is smitten. By the time AC returns with the last bit of paperwork, she has changed her mind. "Henry is my son. The best thing for Henry is to stay with a mother who will never let go of him -- ever again."
Once Regina and Henry are gone, AC retreats to the corridor, where he tells shadowy figures that they'll have to go back on the waiting list. "The mother changed her mind." A male, British voice asks, "We lost him?" We get a full view of the disappointed prospective parents. It is John and Michael Darling Hipster Doofi. AC promises to put them back on the list, but the Doofi are already halfway to the elevator. And we're all the way to a ...
Sidebar. There has been a lot of silly conversation about this on our boards. I'm going to pick on you here, dear TWoP members, but am doing so with love (seriously, I think the OUAT forum is one of the best on our whole site). First I'm picking on those of you who are saying John and Michael are teens. I know they look young, but they're adults played by adults. Why are you trying to make this more complicated than it already is? The second group of you sillies assumes brothers John and Michael must be masquerading as a gay couple, in order to adopt Henry. A subset of you sillies wonder if gay couples could adopt (in Massachusetts) back in 2002. Sure, gay couples could adopt here, back then, but that is decidedly beside the point. Sit down in your thinking chair tree, for a moment. If/since a single woman (i.e. Regina) could adopt (and she could) in 2002, that would mean a single man could adopt, in 2002. That means that two BROTHERS did not have to pretend to be lovers, in order to adopt Henry. While Massachusetts is a liberal state, it's not like being gay helped people adopt,11 years ago (or today). Let's employ Ockham's razor and simple up our assumptions. Unless we learn otherwise, isn't it easier to figure that one brother intends to adopt and the other is there for support? Fandom, it's time for you all to unfollow all those Wincest accounts on Tumblr. That dreck is rotting your brains. We flash forward to...
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21Next