Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 98 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT PANdemonium
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.13.2013
Regina says if Tink thinks Regina was afraid and did the wrong thing, then she'd better recognize, "...Fairy, right now, you're making the same choice." She makes Tink take a good look at how revenge turned her (Regina's) heart small, hard and dark. I'm just glad it looks so much darker than Snow's did. Regina warns that if she makes the same choices Regina did, Tink is looking at her own future. "The choice is yours. Kill me, or act like the fairy you are." Tink spits that Regina said she was a terrible fairy. Regina tells her to prove her wrong. "Pick hope over anger. Choose love and help me get my son back." Tink asks if she loves her son. Regina says, "Very much. With Henry, I finally got something right." Tink thinks it's too late for her, but Regina says, "Only if you kill me." Tink says she won't kill Regina, but she won't help her either. "Besides, it's probably too late. He's been with him too long." She hands Regina back her heart and turns away. We cut to...
Pan's camp. Pan is tempting Henry to walk on the wild side. He says that in Neverland, no one ever tells you no. You can do as you will. Henry wonders if the boys ever hurt themselves. Pan says it happens all the time. "At one point, I had four boys with missing fingers. Cost of the game. They don't mind." Henry is sure he doesn't belong in Neverland, but Pan insists they've been waiting for him since long before he was born. Henry doubts him, so Pan explains that Neverland runs on imagination and belief, but Henry's world stopped believing. "Magic is dying, and you, Henry, need to save it." Henry says, "In my world, you mean." Pan laughs. "In every world. You need to bring it back. That's your destiny. To return magic. To be the savior." Henry says his mom is the savior, not him. Pan scoffs that sure she broke a curse, but maybe that's not what makes her the savior. Maybe having Henry is what made her the savior. "Think about it. You're descended from the greatest of light and of dark. What -- is it a coincidence that the spawn of the Dark One met your mother? You were created for a reason, and I can help you find it." Pan doesn't just think Henry's the savior of magic -- he believes it. He pulls out a scroll and says it bears proof that Henry is the savior magic has been waiting for. Henry considers the scroll but then drops it. "I don't believe you." Pan says, "You remind me of your father," then leaves Henry to contemplate those words. We cut to the...