Episode Report Card Tippi Blevins: A- | 6 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Rumpy's Choice
By Tippi Blevins | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.22.2012
Storybrooke. David pays Kathryn a visit while she's snoozing in her hospital bed. He puckers up and leans down close to her. She wakes with a start and David pulls back, foiled in his attempt at a princely buss. He apologizes. "What are you doing?" she asks. "I was trying to kiss you on your forehead," he says, a little embarrassed. "It was meant to be sweet." She laughs a little and says it's good to see him. He tells her he's sorry for lying to her and cheating on her. She's very understanding. Whatever they had wasn't "it" for either of them. "I can't blame you for just being the first one to see it," she says. Yeah, I think he did a little more than just see it, lady, but whatever. He looks like a big weight's been lifted off him. "You're kind of amazing," he says. "Yeah, I am," she says without ego. They share a little laugh and he gets to deliver that forehead kiss, after all.
Meanwhile, a party is underway at Mary Margaret and Emma's apartment. The roomies ladle up some punch for their guests. "All of these people, just to welcome me home," Mary Margaret says, looking out over room. There are maybe ten people. She acts like it's New Year's Rockin' Eve. (Miss you, Dick Clark!) Mr. Gold wanders around. Who in the heck would have invited him? Henry, sitting at the table with August, notices him. "How bad was it?" he asks August. "Getting caught in his office?" August asks. "Not bad. I played it off." Henry, clearly delighted with the continuing air of espionage, is eager for more details. "What were you looking for? Did you find it?" August leans across the table and tells his co-conspirator, "Nope, but I have a feeling it's gonna find me."
Henry gets up to give Mary Margaret his gifts, which consist of a card from his classmates ("We're so glad you didn't kill Mrs. Nolan!") and the bell he bought from Mr. Gold's shop. I hope August chipped in for that thing. Emma comes along to take Henry home before, as she says, his mother can find out he's gone. Regina should just stop believing he's ever at home. Even if he's standing in the living room with her, she should still call Emma and be all, "Where are you and Henry right now?!" Anyway, as Emma throws opens the door, she finds David standing there, poised to knock. Emma casts a questioning glance over at Mary Margaret. Off Mary Margaret's expression of displeasure, Emma doesn't invite David inside. "She's kind of tired," she says. "I think if you just give it some time." David tries to explain, but Emma quickly volunteers him to take Henry home.