Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 387 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2012.11.25
Granny's Diner. Belle and Rumpy's long-awaited hamburger date is interrupted when Regina barges in, and demands to speak to the Dark One. Rumpy is understandably prickly, not just because Regina is cock blocking him now, but because she locked up Belle for the past 28 years. Granny realizes the powder keg that is Regina and Rumpy, so, not wanting her paying customers to be turned into newts or the like, she tells everyone she's closing immediately and that they must leave. Regina assures her there won't be trouble, but Granny keeps her eyes open anyhow. The better to see her, my dear.
Rumpy isn't in the mood to talk to Regina, but she explains she is there to talk about Cora. She's trying to get to Storybrooke from their land, and they need to stop her. I'll do a little quoting here, mostly because I'm not sure what Rumpy is saying here: "But she was dead. You told me you saw the body." Regina: "Apparently, you taught her well. She's not, and she's on her way, and I don't think I need to remind you how unpleasant that would be for both of us."
Rumpy insists while it might be unpleasant for Regina, he can handle Cora. Regina: "That's not how she tells the story." Rumpy: "I won, in the end." Regina: "Maybe, but there's a big difference this time." She looks from Rumpy to Belle and back again. "This time you have someone you care about. This time, you have a weakness." Belle's all, Who is this, now? Rumpy assures her it's someone she'll never meet. Run Belle, run! He asks Regina where Cora is. Regina's answer is a pointed, "With them."
Enchanted Forest. Okay, as a Once Upon A Time fan, I'm already way tired of watching Team Princess travel back and forth through the forest. As a Lost fan, I'm cackling, because this is exactly how I used to feel about the Lost trekking back and forth across Craphole Island. Wait. So my current fatigue is mitigated by laughing at my previous fatigue. I think I just duped myself! Let's start a new paragraph.