Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: N/A | 2181 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Fairy Tales Can Come True
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2011.10.23
Henry is lying on his bed. Regina stands behind him, book in hand. She removes it from his room, carries it downstairs and stops to consider her reflection in front of her magic mirror. She looks down at the book, then clutches it to her bosom and looks back in the mirror.
Hospital: Mary Margaret Blanchard pushes a flower cart through a ward. She stops by a male patient's bedside, leaves a vase of white flowers on his table. When he raises his hand, she grabs it and gives it a squeeze. She leaves the ward for a single-patient room enclosed by glass walls reminiscent of Snow White's coffin. The patient's hospital I.D. bracelet reads: "JOHN DO; DOB: UNKNOWN; 67140404." Mary lays flowers on his bedside table, takes a quick look at him and walks out to the main ward, again. The patient never stirs. When the camera zooms out we see it's a comatose Charming.
Mayoral Manse: Henry stares out the window at the clock tower a block or two away. Light fog drifts nearby. We close in on the clock and then cut to Emma, who is approaching a Tudor style home. The sign on the lintel reads, "Granny's Bed & Breakfast." Inside, Granny (Beverly Elliott) is arguing with her granddaughter, Ruby (Meghan Ory, aka Red Riding Hood) about being out all night the night before and going out again, tonight. Ruby spits that she should have moved to Boston.
Granny says, "I'm sorry that my heart attack interfered with your plans to sleep your way down the Eastern Seaboard." Why Granny, what a big mouth you have! The better to snark at you, my dear. Emma makes her presence known and requests a room. Granny can't believe anyone would actually want to stay there and gets in a tizzy as she offers Emma either a forest view or a square view. She'll even waive the upgrade fee for the square view.
When Granny asks her name, our girl says, "Emma. Emma Swan." Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle, aka Rumplestiltskin) walks up behind her, nodding and smiling. "Emma, what a lovely name." Emma thanks him and turns back to Granny, who has grabbed a big roll of cash, and is handing it to Mr. Gold. "It's--it's all here." Gold says, "Of course it is dear, thank you." He turns back to the new girl in town. "Enjoy your stay... Emma."