Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: N/A | 4 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT I Will Sing My Maker's Praises
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.20.2013
While Cora seems to be getting to her daughter, Regina retains enough presence of mind to realize that Cora framed her, for, as Regina puts it, "The cricket." Cora admits this and says it was temporary so that Regina could see what the Storybrookers feel about her. There's more back and forth until Regina puts a stop to it by saying they're going to town so that Regina can clear her name. When Cora points out it's the middle of the night, Regina doesn't care. "We'll wake them up -- Emma and Henry and the two idiots, and you can tell them how you lied. You owe me that." I'm going to have a really hard time not calling Snow and Charming "the two idiots." Cora thinks if she does this, Regina will agree to a fresh start, but Regina says she doesn't see that happening. She's trying hard to be worthy of Henry and deserves the same treatment from her own mother. Cora says, "For you, sweetheart, anything." Don't believe her for a moment, Regina!
Red finds Whale at the waterfront. He tosses the Outsider's broken watch in the drink, tells Red not to come near him, and then attempts to jump in. Red rushes to him and grabs him by the coat after he's jumped, but before he plunges into the water. We flash back to...
Frankenstonia. The events of "The Doctor" have already taken place. With the magical heart he tricked out of Regina, Viktor brings Gerhardt back to life or something like it. When Igor proclaims that it's magic, Viktor corrects him that it's science. We cut to the Frankenstein family parlor. Viktor has just broken the news to Papa and presents him with Gerhardt, whom he claims is still recovering. When Papa grabs and candle and holds it up to Gerhardt's face, Gerhardt reacts with fear to the flame. My fellow Buffy aficionados will understand how badly I want to say, "Fire bad, tree pretty," right now, but this is really just a "fire bad" situation. Papa declares Gerhardt a monster and gets verbally and then physically abusive with Viktor, so Gerhardt beats the snot out of him. Viktor calls him off and puts his fingers to the old man's throat then looks at his little brother. "You've killed our father." Gerhardt groans as he lumbers off. We flash forward to...
Storybrooke Waterfront. Red and Whale have a heart to heart about being monsters. Both actors should get Emmy awards for keeping a straight face throughout this scene. Red says, "I ate my boyfriend. Regina thought she was punishing us by erasing who we were, but I think she was underestimating how much crap we wanted to forget, but we can't let it stop us. She gave us a chance to start over, and I want to take it. I think you should, too." Whale says he wasn't such a bad guy. He starts blathering about how his father never got over their mother's death, but Red interrupts him and reminds him that there's a patient back in the hospital. Maybe Whale can fix him. We cut to...