Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 193 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT PANjandrum
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.17.2013
Rumpy and Neal have been standing a few yards back listening. Rumpy suggests there could be another cure. He snarks at Emma for finally being interested in what he has to say. "I thought I wasn't to be trusted." Emma says he isn't, but she'll take her chances. Rumpy reminds them that he too was poisoned by Dreamshade, thanks to a "cowardly pirate." Emma rolls her eyes at that. Hook just smirks. Neal breaks eye contact with his father. Emma knows it was the life-for-a-life candle that saved Rumpy. "David is not that selfish." Rumpy sneers. "How noble. The point is after my near-death experience, I believe I could create an elixir, back in my shop." Emma asks him his price. Since this is a big favor, Rumpy expects an equally large one in return. Neal puts the kibosh on that. "No. When we get back to Storybrooke, you're going to save David because it's the right thing to do. No deals. No favors. Understand?" Rumpy seems impressed with his grown son. He nods, and says he'll do as he asks. Of course I think in part, Rumpy did all this to allow Neal to play the hero in front of Emma. I don't mean to say that Neal is in on it, just that Rumpy has a clear favorite in the 'shipping wars. I think Hook realizes it too. He cocks an eyebrow as he passes his crocodile.
Tink, who has been up ahead with Charming, Snow, and Regina, announces to the laggers that they've reached Pan's perimeter. Emma says, "It's time." Tink will sneak them in, and they'll grab Henry. She asks Neal if he's ready for Pan patrol. Neal says, "Locked and loaded." His hand is on his man purse in which he put Pandora's box. Rumpy grabs Hook's sword. "Do you mind if I borrow this? You said no magic, I agreed, but I'm not walking in there with nothing but my good looks." Heh. Hook: "Now I, on the other hand..." Charming tosses Hook a dagger. "Here, in case your good looks fail you." I've been trying to quote less, but I love this scene. Emma heaves a heavy sigh. "Let's get Henry."
Team Operation Cobra Rescue hides in the greenery and spies on the Lost Boys. Rumpy asks if he can use magic on the boys. Neal says, "No." Regina says, "I'll do it." Rumpy asks if she remembers the spell. Regina gives him a look that should turn him into a snail, and then works her magic. Magic whooshes over the boys and they're knocked out. The team can find neither Henry nor Pan. Emma hears a young voice cry for help. She runs in the direction of it and finds the encaged Wendy, who says, "You're an adult." Emma introduces herself and says she's looking for her son. Neal comes through the brush. "Wendy?" Rumpy appears behind him. Wendy asks, "Do I know you?" And Mr. I-Go-By-Neal-Now smiles. "It's Baelfire." He breaks her out of the cage and hugs her. When he asks what she's doing there, Wendy says, "I came back to save you. [...] I couldn't bear for you to be without a family, not after you told us that your mother and father were both dead." Rumpy: "You told her I was dead?" Neal says it was easier than admitting that his own father abandoned him. We flash back to...