Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 250 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT To Catch A Thief
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 19 | Aired on 2013.04.21
Town. Keith Soddenham meets up with Gold outside the Rabbit Hole and apologizes for making a move on his girl. Gold says he's been trying so hard to be at his best, "... but I guess there's no point, now." He waves his hand and magics Keith's tongue into it. That'll teach him not to shove it down Laceybelle's throat. Gold isn't done. He raises his cane. Let the beating commence. We flash back to...
Rumpy's Estate. Rumpy and Belle arrive home. She bids him goodnight, but as she's walking off, he tells her he has something to show her. He leads her to his library. As she looks around in wonder, he tries to play it like it's just another room for her to clean. When he has so much magic, why is a cleaning lady even necessary. Belle is thrilled by the CGI books and asks if Rumpy did all this for her. He warns her that he'd better not see a speck of dust on the books, but she knows he's fronting. She grabs his hand and says he's not who she thought he was and she's glad. We flash forward to the...
Rabbit Hole Bar. Exterior. Gold is beating Keith Soddenham within an inch of his life, when Lacey rounds the corner. Caught in the act, Gold stops and whispers her name. Lacey raises an eyebrow. "So it is true what they say about you." Gold looks from his victim to his vixen and says it's all true. Lacey closes in on him. "You're not at all who I thought you were, and I'm glad. You really are as dark as people say." Gold turns from Lacey to the still tongueless and suffering Keith, then back again. With his characteristic hand flourish he says, "Darker, dearie." Raising his cane, he adds, "Much darker," then resumes beating the pulp out of Keith. We cut to...
Snow's Hovel. Emma opens the door to find Neal, who has slung the sleeping Henry over his shoulder. Are you kidding me? He's 11 years old, not four. Emma asks if he tranquilized him. Neal plays along and says he just gave him a couple of bourbons. As he lays Henry on the sofa, he explains they had a full day at the park. Emma asks Neal if he ever thought of returning to their land. Neal reminds her he spent most of his life trying to forget it. "I didn't exactly have a fairy tale childhood." Ha. He then wonders why Emma asks, but she lies that there's no reason. Neal says August was at the park. I really think they should call him Pinocchio, now that he's again a child and has no memory of life in Storybrooke and (thank heavens) Phuket, but nobody listens to me.