Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 288 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT For Whom The Belle Tolls
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2013.01.13
Sidebar continued. Baby Henry aside, there had to be some delivery trucks passing through, or cargo ships docking and unloading in the harbor, just for the town to function at a minimum level. It's not like they're leading self-sustaining agrarian lives. I mean how did they get food for all those years? I could accept that before Emma arrived, the Storybrookers were so enchanted that they didn't even need to eat, if it weren't for the fact that Henry must have eaten. It's not like they're all locavores because I'm pretty sure I've seen Henry -- in Storybrooke -- with a commercially produced Apollo bar. There are Apollo bars in the world outside Storybrooke, so it's not a town-based commodity. We saw Neal pocket some. Sure, there could be a factory in town somewhere, but where did they get the chocolate? Cocoa is hardly native to Maine. The Storybrookers drive cars, so they're getting gasoline from somewhere. They're in frigging Maine, so they're sure as hell heating their houses with something (and not just wood). For a long time, I ignored fan complaints about these issues because I was trying to be reasonable and assume that there were deliveries, by outsiders, but that the spell kept them from being interested in Storybrooke. That's harder to do, now these people are talking like there hasn't even been minimal contact with outsiders. I know that wasn't stated explicitly, but it sure feels like it.
Anyhow, we cut to downtown. Gold is returning to his shop. He has many objects that can help him ensure the pirate never again comes near Belle. Belle wants to report it to the sheriff and begs Rumpy to remember that his quest to find Bae is paramount. He mustn't let his hatred of Hook distract him. Belle wonders what is behind the animosity between Rumpy and Hook. When Rumpy tries to pull the don't worry your pretty little head thing on Belle, she reminds him that it is her concern, as she was attacked. Rumpy relents in part and tells Belle that Hook took Milah, so Rumpy took Hook's hand. When Belle asks what happened to Milah, Rumpy just shakes his head because he can hardly confess he killed his own wife. The most he can give Belle is a lame, "She died. That's all that matters." Run, Belle, Run. She doesn't listen. Instead, she follows Rumpy into the shop, which has been ransacked. The shawl is gone.