Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 4 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Take Heart
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.10.2013
Cora spins gold for the king before the court. While Eva looks on in disgust, Henry gets down on one knee and proposes. That poor bastard was nothing but a tool his entire life, huh? Cora looks down at (and on) him and gives her agreement, then her eyes seek out a hooded Rumpy in the crowd. We flash forward to...
Storybrooke. Gold's Shop. Charming knows something is wrong and asks Snow what Gold said, but Snow lies and only says that he told her Cora is determined to hurt them. When David says, "I won't let that happen. We'll do whatever needs to be done," Snow nods. After a beat she adds, "You're right. You're absolutely right." Just then, the earth quakes. Charming goes into the back room to tell Emma, Neal and Rumpy that the Evil Regals are there.
Outside, Regina and Cora joins hands (and their powers) to create an enormous fireball that they cast at the door. It breaks the protection spell and opens the door. Holding her sword, Emma tries to convince Regina to think about what she's doing. While Regina answers, "Don't talk to me," Snow slips out a door and runs straight into commercial. [Note: Who does she think she is, Rachael Ray? -- Rachel.]
The swords Charming, Emma and Neal are holding aren't going to be much use against these two witches. Regina immediately magics David out the door and onto his poor head. I hope he doesn't get that post-concussive syndrome all the football players suffer from, but if he does, he can sit next to Hook at a support group, and I'll just look at all the pretty. Cora magics Emma on her ass. When Neal rushes at Cora with his sword, she turns into a puff of purple smoke and disappears, but the dagger falls to the floor. Why didn't Cora just magic him to the ground, too? I would much rather see Douchepire (as they're calling him on our boards) knocked to the ground than either David or Emma.
Before Emma can get to the dagger, Regina magically throttles her. Cora's reappearance startles her daughter though, so Emma gets a hold of Regina and holds a knife to her neck. As Neal approaches the dagger, Regina calls attention to her predicament, so Neal tells Cora to choose wisely. She magics the dagger into her hand. Emma throws Regina at Cora which knocks them both down. Neal and Emma run for the back room. Emma hastily draws another invisible, magical chalk line and puts up a barrier because um...the first one did so much good?