Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: N/A | 268 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT A Sticky Wicket
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2013.01.06
Once Henry is on his way, Pongo leads Red and Emma back to Archie's office. Emma knocks, but there's no answer. Since the door is already ajar, she lets herself in and finds Archie dead on the floor. Oh, no! Emma asks, "Who would do this?" Red says, "I think I know!" I start getting ready to write another whole "Horowitzing Kitsis" recap, because darn it, I like Archie, and also because my friend works with Raphael Sbarge. I don't want her business to suffer. I have stakes here, Adam and Eddy. Stakes I tell ya. Okay, I'm one degree of separation from having stakes (or is it two degrees, I'm never sure how to count those...) We cut to the...
Enchanted Forest. Regina is locked up on a tower cell (when truly, she should be in the dankest, darkest dungeon) when her father, Henry, comes to visit. From outside her cell door he blames himself for failing as a father. He must have been reading our forum after "The Stable Boy" aired. When he begs his daughter's forgiveness, Regina assures him there's no need. "How could I blame the one I love most -- the only one to stand by me 'til the end?" Henry wonders if it has to be the end. He suggests she show regret for the pain she has caused, and to prove that she can change. He assures her they'll change their minds, if only she'll give them reason. We flash forward to...
Storybrooke. Sheriff's Office. Regina is seated at an interview table, when Emma and her parents enter. Snow is visibly pained as watches from behind our world's most reliable type of magic mirror -- a two-way mirror -- while Charming and Emma interrogate Regina. That Regina is startled to learn Archie is dead does not escape Emma's notice. Charming isn't swayed by anything Regina has to say and informs her that Ruby saw her enter Archie's office. Regina says Ruby must be lying, because she (Regina) was home all evening. She reminds Emma of everything she's done to win Henry back, and asks what reason she'd have to throw it away, now. She insists if she did kill Archie, she never would have been caught, but Charming reminds her she's been caught before. Charming tries to lay out the facts as he sees them -- for his daughter. Regina has before been given the chance to change and she refused. Why should this time be any different? Well Charming, for one thing, Regina now truly loves another person again. I'm just saying. He's not listening, because we cut to the...