Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 157 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT PANoply
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.10.2013
Neverland. Pan lets Wendy out of her cage. She asks if she's free. Pan says, "Not yet, Wendy, but that doesn't mean you can't come out and play."
On the sunny shores of Storybrooke (okay, it's actually sort of overcast, but at least there's discernible daylight) Belle and Ariel part. The mermaid assures her new friend that she'll deliver her message. Belle wishes her good luck. Ariel walks to the water, removes her bracelet and swims away. We cut to...
Neverland. Henry watches Felix drop the bag of supplies in front of a tree house and walk away. Once the coast is clear, Henry picks up the bag. Hearing coughs coming from the tree house, he investigates. Inside, he finds Wendy lying in bed. She lies that she's isolated out here because she's sick and Pan is afraid the Lost Boys might catch it. Henry introduces himself and asks Wendy what's wrong. She blames her fake illness on this idea that Neverland's magic is fading. Then ups the ante and tells Henry he looks like his father. No he doesn't. Well wait, while he doesn't look like the Baelfire you knew, Wendy, I can buy he's Neal's son. In fact, that's a lot easier than accepting that Baelfire grew up to look like Michael Raymond-James. Wendy tells Henry, "We were friends, a long time ago, when he was just a little bit older than you. He saved my brothers from danger. He would do anything for my family." Wendy coughs some more for effect, which is unnecessary, because Henry has already been fully reeled in.
She manipulates Henry, even as she asks him to leave, so that he doesn't catch her faker-itis. Henry promises Wendy he'll come back for her. Once he's gone, Pan congratulates Wendy on her performance. She hates lying to Henry. Pan tells her to think of it as providing motivation for what needs to be done for all of them. There's more heart of the truest believer spiel. Peter needs Henry to believe in him. He orders Wendy back to her cage. We cut to the...
Neverland waterfront. Rumpy and Regina talk about his faith that Belle will succeed. She's surprised he really loves her. Rumpy asks if she's jealous. Regina laughs. "Of Belle? I think not." Rumpy corrects her. "No. Of having someone." Just then, Ariel surfaces. She hands over Pandora's MacGuffin. Regina re-enchants the bracelet so that Ariel can have legs or a fin. She shudders and adds, "Whatever Eric's into these days." Ariel thanks Regina. Rumpy gives the mermaid leave to return to Storybrooke. Ariel tells him Belle wants him to know Pan has a prisoner named Wendy. "Her brothers are back in Storybrooke. Belle doesn't want to let them down. She wants you to make sure that Henry's okay." Regina shakes her head. "All that matters is Henry." Ariel says, "And now you have a chance to save him thanks to me and Belle." She turns her gaze from Regina to Rumpy. "...So rescuing that girl is the least that you can do." Rumpy assures her they'll do their best. Regina sighs in his general direction. Rumpy tells Ariel, "Look, when you return, tell Belle I love her, and that she was right. I will see her again." Regina's lip curls with contempt. Ariel smiles sweetly and swims away.