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
Finally alone, Henry sits up, adjusts his covers, and lies back down. It's then that Pan appears. And hey, Team Operation Rescue Cobra totally has this coming, but why must Henry again be the target? I feel sorry for him and for Jared Gilmore. Any character in need of saving for 9, 10, 11 episodes is going to wear on the audience. Ah well, I can't save you, child, from your family's stupidity. Just know it's not your fault. Henry turns, swallows, and gaps at Pan, whose sword is now drawn. Pan says, "I'm sorry it had to come to this, Henry." Come to what? Come to you ripping out his heart, instead of him ripping it out for you? Are you afraid of ruining your manicure? Commercial.
Aboard the Jolly Roger, Neal manipulates Pandora's box. Red smoke flows out from it. Rumpelstiltskin appears. He looks at his boy and whispers, "Bae." Neal smiles. "Papa." The men embrace. Rumpy's first thought is to ask after Henry. Neal assures him the boy is safe. Rumpy is sure to state he promised he wouldn't hurt Henry. Neal wants to know why Rumpy didn't reveal Pan is his father. Rumpy says, "I didn't want you to know I was as bad a father as he was -- because we're both the same -- me and him -- because we both abandoned our sons." Neal says they're not the same, since Rumpy came back for him. Emma is choked up, when she turns to her parents and unnecessarily announces that Rumpy is back, which means David can be cured. The Charmings can return home. Mary Margaret proclaims them, "A family." The trio embraces. I'm a sucker for the Charmings, even if I'm still not ready to call the mother "Snow." We cut to Rumpy and Neal. Rumpy jumps. Neal asks what's wrong. We cut to...
Hook's quarters. Henry wants to know what Pan is doing. Pan blahs about wanting the boy's heart, but his (Henry's) mom took it away from him. When Pan tries to mojo Henry's heart out of his chest, he is shocked by Regina's protection spell. "Oh, how clever." Next, the bastard thrusts his hands into Henry's body and starts to pull out the boy's shadow.
Although Henry is wracked with pain, he struggles as best he can. Before Pan can complete his task, Rumpy appears and says, "Blood magic works both ways, father." Yeah, it does. Rumpy lays the mystical Pandora's box smack-down upon Pan, who starts to turn to a scarlet mist. Pan's eyes flash. We cut to Henry, whose eyes also flash. We cut to Pan who looks like he's trying to figure out who he is. His eyes flash again. Oh no, Henry is in Pan's body and Pan is in Henry's. Henry-in-Pan cries out, No!" Rumpy's magic sucks him into Pandora's box. Originally, I made a Se7en joke here, but it felt too contrived, much like this whole idea of leaving Henry unguarded -- much like Rumpy being the only one to rush to Hook's quarters, even though Neal too realized Rumpy sensed something was wrong. Blah.
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