Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 2 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Hungry Like The Wolf
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.11.2012
Storybrooke. Present. Morning. Granny enters the diner calling for Ruby. The makeshift cage is empty and marred with claw marks. Granny runs over the busted down door and straight out into a commercial.
Storybrooke. Present. Henry's having another nightmare. This time we get to see it. He's surrounded by flames. As he cries for help, he sees Aurora across the room. He calls out and asks her who she is and where they are, but before he can get an answer, Regina wakes him. Henry wants to know where his grandpa is. Regina says he got an emergency call, so he asked Regina to look after the boy. She knows about the nightmares. As she tries to console Henry, she takes his hand, but he yelps in pain and pulls it away. Seeing that his hand is burnt, Regina's eyes grow wide.
Woods. Granny and Charming find Red sleeping. She remembers nothing from the night before and panics that she's done something. Charming tells her there's no reason to assume the worst, which is exactly the cue for which the worst has been waiting. Charming answers his phone and tells the caller he'll be right there. He tells Red that someone left a car double parked at the cannery. He's just got to check it out on their way back to town. He tells Red to relax, and we cut to the...
Enchanted Past. Red wakes, her cape still on, and heads to the stream to make her morning ablutions. While washing up, a man (Ben Hollingsworth) sneaks up behind her, grabs her red cloak and runs off. Giving chase, Red eventually finds him. With torch in hand, he makes a great show of taunting Red before he reveals that he knows she's a wolf. At that, Red jumps him and demands to know how he knows. He flips her over and once he's on top, says, "Because I know how to recognize a child of the moon." He gives her his golden eyed glare to prove his point. His name is Quinn. He can tell no one has taught Red how to be a wolf, keep control and not black out. He knows how she feels because he's been there, and it doesn't have to be that way. I bet he says that to all the girls.
Quinn leads Red to his den, where a whole pack is hanging out. It's not just some hole in the wall (or ground, to be precise). It's the sunken great hall of an old castle. Red looks around in wide-eyed wonder at all her fellow wolves. It's then that Anita (Annabeth Gish) appears. She's been expecting Red... because she is her mother. Oh Show, I'm glad to see La Gish, but she's a little too young to be Red's mom, don't you think?