Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 655 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Seeing Red
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 2012.03.11
Back at the Sheriff's station, Henry is locking his Once Upon A Time book in a desk drawer (to which we hope Regina has no keys), when Emma says he has to leave. She needs to find David. Henry's got to meet Regina, anyhow. Before he goes, Henry suggests Emma let Ruby do more.
Henry: She's Little Red Riding Hood.
Emma: With the little basket? That's badass. I'm being sarcastic, here.
Henry: She is. She's cool, she just doesn't remember her capabilities. It's true. Ah well, I should have known my screen time would come to an end. At least I was in a couple of scenes, this week. Stupid child labor laws.
Recapper: See ya, kiddo. Before I continue, I want to address some email I got asking why Henry would think Ruby/Red is badass. To me, it seems Henry's been reading his book again, which would tell him at least some of the real stories about Red, which would be why he thinks she's badass. I hope that answers that.
To continue, Ruby returns with lunch but Emma decides to take Henry's advice and include Ruby in the search for David. Ruby's afraid she'll screw it up but Emma knows she can do it. Out in the woods, it's more of the same until Ruby hears something. She must retain some of her lupine senses because there is no noise, yet Ruby runs right to David who is lying unconscious. He has a gash on his forehead. Emma shakes him awake. He has no idea what happened to him since he left Emma's office -- last night. Commercial.
Emma takes David to see Dr. Whale. He'll refer David to Dr. Hopper for a mental health evaluation, but he suspects this episode is related to the blackout David had when he first came out of his coma. "Moving around. Acting out. Not remembering it later." When Emma asks what David could be capable of during these fugue states, Whale says people with similar issues do a lot -- cook, eat, drive. David realizes Emma is wondering if he made the unexplained call when he was like this, or if he killed or kidnapped Kathryn. "It would explain why it didn't seem like I was lying. I wouldn't know." That's the third mention of Emma's ability, right?