Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 386 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT PANache
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.01.2013
Everything she says hints at the idea of the curse, her predicament, Gold's forgotten knowledge, and the entire backstory, but she can't make herself spell it out, and Gold has no frigging clue what she means. He's just trying to disengage this woman who is clearly over the edge. "You told me I'd come to you -- that I'd have a hole in my heart. And... You want this to end. This town. What I built. You want to destroy it all by bringing the mother back. That's why you did all this." Gold deflects by mentioning she has dark circles under her eyes, "...and a weary tremble in your voice. Poor thing. Look what motherhood has done to you." It happens to the best of us.
Regina can't compose herself. "Play dumb all you want, you little imp. You should know who you're dealing with, by now. I sacrificed everything to build this life, and nothing will tear me away from my revenge." She retrieves the baby seat from the floor and flies for the door. "Henry goes back to Boston. Tomorrow!" We flash forward to...
Neverland. No one -- not Hook, not Neal, not one of the more predisposed Lost Boys leads Emma, Regina, and Mary Margaret to the Thinking Tree. No, I don't get it either. I know from watching cast panels that they routinely shoot around an hour of footage for each episode, but (because of commercial time) only about 42 minutes air. That's okay, but those 42 minutes that air should make sense. Emma has had a magical map leading to Pan's compound for weeks, but she couldn't find it without Tink's help. Yet here we are, and we're supposed to accept that Team Mommy found Pan's Thinking Tree in a jungle-forest island overrun with trees. Right. Screw you too, Show.
Regina stops the others when she spies Pandora's box. Emma unsheathes her sword. Snow isn't Snow, but rather Mary Margaret, so she goes right for it, even after Regina warns, "Careful. Pan wouldn't have just left it behind for no reason." Nope. Mary Margaret Blanchard whines, "It's David's only way home. Without Gold, we're stuck here." As she takes another step, a vine magics out from the base of the tree, wraps around her and ties her to the trunk. I'd be all for that, except then the magical vines also ensnare Emma and Regina.
Pan appears and reminds them "Peter Pan never fails." He praises the tenaciousness of maternal instinct. I feel condescended to, because I never met this smug teenager. Then he lies that he understands the tenacious parent. I mean, he is detachment, personified. Pan tells the ladies they'll only ever be reunited with Henry in death. Via flashback, we Trot Trot to...
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