Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 397 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Take Heart
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2013.03.10
Storybrooke. Mills Mausoleum. Snow enters and looks around. We cut to...
Gold's Shop. Charming regains consciousness when Emma calls. After he asks if "Mary Margaret" is okay, we cut back to the mausoleum, but it's so quick, it's not getting its own paragraph. Back inside the shop, Emma asks Charming, "She's not with you?" Out on the street, Charming wonders where Snow is. We cut back to the Mausoleum, where Snow finds the heart. She pulls out the drawer and opens it up, then quickly closes it. After silent deliberation, she opens it again, lights the candle over the heart and chants, "Cora, Cora, Cora." She blows out the candle. Blackness ensues. Commercial.
Enchanted Past. Random Kingdom. Cora finds the King and announces she doesn't love his son. He says, "I never expected you to. Not much to love, frankly." Oh my word. That's it. From now on, the elder Henry is Prince Putupon. The King lectures Cora about love versus power, and says she can run off with her evil imp, or stand next to Prince Putupon with crown on her head and the people at her feet. Cora says, "If the choice is love or power, then even having a heart is a liability, don't you think?" When she places her hand on Xavier's chest, he looks taken aback. After a time cut, we see young Cora returning to her chamber. She opens the wooden chest she's holding to reveal a glowing heart. We flash forward to...