Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 944 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Bibbidi Bobbidi Botch
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2011.11.13
Storybrooke, Day: Emma is questioning Ruby about Ashley, outside the diner. Ruby tells Emma that Ashley's baby-daddy, Sean, isn't in the picture. They're interrupted when the tow truck out front deposits Ruby's red car, just a little too roughly on the road. Ruby tells the driver, Billy, to be careful. "You almost shattered my wolf thing, Billy. It's good luck." Her wolf-thing is a red and clear glass figurine, dangling from rearview mirror. Emma asks about Ashley's family. Ruby says: "She's got a step-mom and two step-sisters she doesn't talk to." The Cinderella coincidences are too much for Henry to contain himself, but Emma not-nows him. Ruby tells Emma that Ashley is really trying to better herself, and suggest Emma leave the case alone. Emma says she's been through it too, and wants to help, so Ruby steers her toward Ashley's ex-boyfriend, Sean Herman.
Sean's House: Sean opens the door. Emma introduces herself and explains why she's there. Sean's father arrives home and says his son has nothing to do with Ashley any more. Emma: "You're the reason he broke up with her." The dad says, "Absolutely..." And blah blahs about how it's all Ashley's problem. Damn Hell Ass King. Emma whispers to Sean that Ashley is running away with the baby, before his father makes him get away from the door. Once Daddy-Dearest is alone with Emma, he tells her he went to a lot of trouble to get Ashley her deal. That deal? She's selling the baby to Mr. Gold for a handsome price. What does/do Rumpy/Gold do with the babies? I don't even want to think about it. Eek!
In the car, Henry tells Emma no one has ever broken a deal with Gold. Emma doesn't care. "If Ashley wants this baby, she should have it. Anyone who wants to be a mother should damn well be allowed to be one." Well, yeah, while that may well be true in Ashley's case, I totally disagree with that as a generalization. I mean, have you MET PEOPLE? Anyhow, Henry smiles at this, because... you know.