Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 5 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT My Art Is A Lonely Punter
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 7 | Aired on 12.11.2011
Emma is waiting when Graham gets outside and says everyone pretty much says he's having a rough day. When he says he's fine, she points out that he just went to a 10 year old, for help. Graham: "He's the only one making any sense." When Emma asks what's going on, Graham says, "It's my heart, Emma, I need to find it. [...] I just need to follow the wolf. [...] from my dreams -- he's gonna help me find my heart." Emma winces as she apologizes. "I thought we were talking in a metaphor, here. You really think you don't have a heart?" Graham says that's the only thing that makes any sense, especially since he doesn't feel anything. Well, I would argue he feels his big old crush on Emma, but that's neither here nor there.
Emma tells Graham she can prove he has a heart. She closes in on him and lays her hand on his chest. As she looks in his eyes, she tells him it's beating and it's real. She then raises Graham's hand to his own chest so he can feel for himself. Graham says that's just the curse. Emma: "You can't really believe that's true." But then her eyes grow wide. Graham turns to see what she's looking at. It's the wolf. Graham runs off after it. Emma runs off after him. The wolf leads them to a cemetery, and finally to a mausoleum. It has the same engraving that was in Henry's book and Graham's flashes. I thought it was two trees with branches intertwining, but when Emma looks up and asks what it is, Graham says, "It's my heart. It's in there." Um really? Commercial.
Mausoleum, Interior: After breaking in, Emma and Graham look around. We flash to...
Enchanted Forest, Knifingham Palace: Queenie is all decked out in black, now, and is wearing the black leather pants of unrepentant evil. She cuts short the chit chat and asks if Snow is dead. I wouldn't tell her anything until I found out why she trained those two wispy bangs to look like a well-rounded W (the letter, not the former President, because that would be even weirder). The Huntsman says he has the heart, but he wants Queenie to read the letter, first. It reads...
Dearest Step-Mother, by the time you read this, I will be dead. I understand that you will never have love in your life because of me, so it's only fitting that I be denied that same joy, as well. For the sake of the kingdom, I hope my death satisfies your need for revenge, allowing you to rule my father's subjects as they deserve -- with compassion and a gentle hand. I know what you think you're doing is vengeance. I prefer to think of it as sacrifice, for the good of all. With that in mind, I welcome the end. I want you to take my last message to heart. I'm sorry and I forgive you.