Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 11 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT In A New York Minute
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.17.2013
Snow's Hovel. In a heavy episode, this is by far the most fun scene of the hour, so I'll be generous with the quotes. The Charmings are trying to work out the whole family tree. David says, "So Rumplestiltskin is Henry's grandfather?" Snow: "Apparently." David: "But I'm his grandfather." Oh you poor noodle. You're jealous! Snow: "You can have more than one." David makes a kind of, I get that, I just don't like it, gesture. "So his step-grandmother is Regina, the Evil Queen." Snow: "Actually, his step-great grandmother. And she's also his adoptive mother." David lets out a long sigh. "It's a good thing we don't have Thanksgiving in our land, 'cause that dinner would suck. Snow laughs nervously, then says, "Or...maybe this will mellow everyone out." Don't hold your breath, sweet cheeks. We cut to...
Manhattan. Gold is banging on every apartment bells. Someone finally buzzes him in. Emma tries to discourage him, but he figures Bae has to come back sometime. When he does, Daddy Dearest will be there waiting. Emma tries to warn Gold about how there are things call laws, but Henry, who is clearly his father's son, is positively gleeful as he volunteers to play look out. As Gold opens the door, we flash back to the...
Enchanted Past. Army Camp. Night. As Rumpy is watching all the wounded return to camp, a comrade comments how lucky they are. They're not dead, but they can't fight, so they get sent home. It's then that another soldier (maybe the officer who asked Rumpy to guard the Seer, I can't remember) announces that the Duke has sent fresh supplies, including horses. Rumpy doesn't have time to be relieved, because then the soldier tells everyone to grab a cow. When Rumpy is all, "What?" the soldier explains that "cow" is their nickname for a leather saddle. As the men disperse, Rumpy starts to panic. He makes his way to the Seer's cage and whispers, "So it's all true. I'm to have a son and I'm going to die." When there's no response, he pulls up the tarp and demands that she answer him, but the cage is empty. It's then that he unleashes his trademark temper and starts pounding on the cage. Once he stops, he notices a sledge hammer lying nearby. As he holds it aloft and considers it, Rumpy starts to cry, but that doesn't stop him. With all his might, he brings the hammer down on his own foot. He falls to the ground and screams in agony. Thankfully, it's time to flash forward, because I can't listen to any more of that.
Manhattan. Neal's apartment. Emma and Henry follow Gold in. Emma continues to beg him to leave but he ignores her as he searches around for clues about his boy. When Emma spots the dream catcher in Neal's window, she remembers, of course, where they found it, so she rushes to it and takes it down. Gold can't help but notice the way she's looking at it. She tries to play it off like it's nothing, but Gold's better at detecting lies than oh say... Emma, and knows it can't be nothing if she's still holding it. Perhaps Gold remembering how Emma read the dream catcher that he used on Pongo, because he thinks she saw something in it and demands to know what it is.