Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 2 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Might As Well Jump
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.30.2012
Sheriff's Office: Regina is now behind bars. Snow, Emma and Henry look on as Charming asks her why they didn't go back, since the curse is broken. Regina lies that there's nothing to go back to. Their land no longer exists. I know what she says is wrong, but besides that, she is lying, right? Yes, her mouth is moving, but I mean other than that -- she had Jefferson retrieve the apple that nearly ended up killing Henry at the end of Season 1. I suppose that magic could have been time-travel magic. Ack. I am confused. I'm just deciding for now that until we learn otherwise, Regina's pants are on fire, and not because she's a hottie (though she is). I had a childhood friend like that. Well, she never ripped the heart out of her father or cursed everyone in her entire world (as far as I know), but she lied quicker than she'd tell the truth. She wasn't always covering her arse, either. If you asked her what she had for lunch, and she had peanut butter, she'd tell you she had tuna. I never saw anything like it. Snow says that they should go see "Gold." Caveat lector: Now that the curse is broken enough for them to remember who they once were, I've defaulted to using our characters' fairy tale names, when known, but if a character uses a Storybrooke name, I'll use it, too. (And also, I'm forgetful.)
Once she's alone, Regina tries to whammy open the cell door. It's then that Rumpy comes out from another room and informs her, "Magic is different here, dearie." After a little bitchery, she asks him if he's there to finish the job, but he claims she is safe from him. He promised Belle he wouldn't kill her. Regina feigns shock that Belle is alive. Rumpy's not buying it. He knows she kept the girl alive until it suited her purposes to kill her. He calls this a fate worse than death, then whips out the yuan medallion and uses it to marks Regina's palm as he blusters about how unpleasant her inescapable destiny will be. We cut to...
Enchanted Forest. Mulan looks at the medallion and says the Chintz Monster is a "Qui Shen. In your land, you would call it a wraith." No, dear. It's a Chintz Monster. You can't kill it, but eventually it will fall apart and moths will eat its cloak. Aurora's all, "And...you are?" And once Mulan removes her helmet, Aurora says, "You're a girl." Mulan corrects her. She's a woman thank you very much. Then she explains that the Chintz Monster is a soul sucker that marks its victims then sucks out their souls, damning them for all eternity. They're fortunate to have escaped being marked. Phillip assures Aurora they'll be safe with their people, but when he hugs her, he notices the medallion has marked his palm. At some point, Phillip also explains that Mulan fought side by side with him as he searched for Aurora.