Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 116 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT PANdora's Box
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.08.2013
Enchanted Past. Charming carries Snow over the threshold and into the summer palace. When he tries to get frisky, Snow tells him, "Not so fast." He reminds her they've hardly had any time alone. Snow tells him she has something in store for him, and it's worth the wait. When he leaves to stable the horses, Snow throws off her cape, opens her weapons chest, arms herself, and hops out the nearest window. She runs through the forest until she's confronted by a waiting Charming. Ha.
Snow asks Charming how he knew she was up to something. He could tell by the look on her face. Snow: "What look?" Charming: "The look you have when you're up to something." Snow gives us what I have come to think of as Emma's look. She takes in his words, blinks, looks off to the side and realizes he's right. He figures her excursion has to do with Regina's thread. Snow explains that Medusa supposedly lives in the nearby woods. She was hoping that by cutting off her head, they could use it to turn Regina to stone. Charming: "And what? Sending it to her in a box?" Heh. Snow hasn't yet figured out the logistics. She can do that after she has the head. Charming says absolutely not. "I'm not letting my wife venture into the woods to chase some monster." Off Snow's disappointed look, he adds, "At least not alone." He only asks that if they find Medusa, Snow will promise to enjoy what's left of their honeymoon. Snow nods, draws her sword and hands it to Charming. "Good thing I brought this." We flash forward to...
Granny's. Panry is looking at an illustration of Snow handing Charming the sword. He turns the page and we see a picture of Hansel and Gretel. Emma makes her way back to his booth and tells him it is bedtime. When they stop to say goodnight to Regina, she says it's going to be hard to let him out of her sight. Panry proposes staying with Regina tonight. Regina jumps at the chance. Emma is surprised, but covers as well as she can, and tells him to call her tomorrow when he wants to be picked up. Thrilled, Regina leads Panry out of the diner, before he or Emma change their minds.
The scene is not lost on Snow. She wanders over to Emma and says, "That's okay. He probably just wants to spend his first night back in his old room." Emma's Spidey sense is tingling as she watches Mother and son walk out the door. "Yeah, I'm sure that's it." She's not sure at all. We cut to the...
Mayoral Manse. In Henry's room, Panry opens the Once Upon A Time book to an illustration of Regina, in full Evil Queen get-up, standing in front of her vault. He mills about the room, glances at an Avengers comic, and spins the record on Henry's record player (!) before Regina comes in and tells him it's lights out. Panry asks Regina if she brought her vault over with her. He lies that he might need that stuff to protect himself from Pan. Regina assures him Pan can't hurt him, since he's locked up. When Panry continues to press the case, Regina tells him, "Magic isn't the answer." That is a HUGE thing for Regina to say. I mean, first she tries to reason with Blue. Now she's admitting magic isn't the answer. Knock me over with a feather.