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
We return to Storybrooke's past. Regina has a squalling Henry at Granny's Diner. When Granny shows polite interest, Regina mistakes her curiosity about the baby for hostility, because that's the only color in Regina's world (it looks a lot like bile green). Granny suggest Regina tell the baby a story. "That's how they soothe themselves. A bedtime story. It gets them used to your voice. It worked with Ruby." Regina's look is all like I want my son to grow up to wear micro-minis and bend over in front of all the customers. It's funny, but it's also ridiculous, since Regina, not Granny, is the one who made cursed-Ruby as she then was. Our real, true Ruby (God, I miss her) is awesome.
Granny still labors under the curse, so she appreciates the meaning of Regina's side-eye, and says, "Her... issues started later," then walks off. Alone again with her bawling babe, Regina assures baby Henry that it's okay. She picks him up and says, "Once upon a time, there was..." Before she can finish the though, Henry spits up all over her top. Well played, wee Henry. Well played. Also, Regina? Have you tried burping the kid? We cut to the...
Storybrooke Hospital. Whale (with a spiffy short haircut) reports the baby's heart and lungs (obviously) are fine. Regina wants to run more tests and even suggests a chest X-ray. Whale's smile is wry. "Is he a smoker?" Hee. No, but I bet wee Regina was. I'd watch the hell out of that flashback, by the way. Whale says the only problem is that Henry is a crying baby. When Regina is all, "I paid for this?" Whale responds, "Actually, your insurance did." He recommends 10 CC's of Maternal Love. I recommend these two goobers stop leaving a free range baby unsupervised on an exam table. What the hell?
Regina, the magic addict, wants a quicker fix. Whale says there's no sense putting this baby through a bunch of tests. There's a remote chance he could have genetic ailments, but since Henry's adoption was a closed one, there's no way to contact the bio parents. Don't worry. The baby is going to squirm his way off that table in two seconds and die from massive head trauma, or perhaps a snapped neck.
After a quick time cut, Regina is still in the hospital, holding an ever-screaming Henry. She's trying to talk to Sidney on the phone, when Mary Margaret wanders by. Regina enlists her help, so she can continue her phone call. As soon as Mary Margaret takes the baby in her loving arms, his crying ceases. There's nothing like a Nana. Right now, I've got to go to another...
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