Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 3 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT How Rumpy Got His Gilt Skin
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on 01.08.2012
The women walk down the stairs, past some drop cloths and I wonder why the set designers would choose to show the place is being rehabbed, but only for a moment. Regina warns Emma that Mr. Gold is a snake and that she'd better be careful who she gets into bed with. As Emma says she's not getting into bed with anyone, she's just, "...fighting fire with..." Regina opens a door and both women are knocked to the floor by a burst of flame. Regina's leg is trapped under some scaffolding. Emma frees it, but Regina still can't walk. The fire spreads. Commercial.
Enchanted Forest, Rumpy's Village: Rumpy instructs Bae on soaking wool in liquefied sheep fat. When the boy questions him on wasting the wool, Rumpy explains the beggar's story about the dagger. "If I kill the Dark One with his dagger, I take his powers." Bae is shocked, but Rumpy is too excited to notice. "Can you imagine me with those powers, Bae? I could get to redeem myself. I could turn it toward good. I'll save all the children on the front lines, not just you, my boy." While Bae would love to see that, he is not a coward. "If the law says I'm to fight, I can fight." Rumpy: "No, the law doesn't want you to fight, son. The law wants you to die. That's no battle, that's sacrifice, son." He points out the scarlet sky in the distance. "That's not the fires of the battlefields. That's the blood of our people, son. That's the blood of children -- the blood of children like you. What sane person would want to get involved with that?" Bae: "So it's true you ran? [...] And mother, did she leave you like the knight said? You told me she was dead." Rumpy: "She is dead." Bae doesn't look like he believes his father, but waits a minute and asks what they need to do. Rumpy says they'll set fire to the wooden floors and rafters of the stone castle.
Storybrook, Mayor's Office, Disco Inferno: When Emma lets go of Regina, Regina grabs her arm and says, "You're leaving me, aren't you?" I would. Instead of running to safety though, Emma rushes into the fire. As Regina struggles to get up the stairs, Emma returns, smothering the flames with a fire extinguisher. When she gets Regina outside, Regina starts yelling at her. Emma's all, "Seriously, you're complaining about how I save your life?" The fire engine arrives and Regina, who was petrified not a moment ago, says, "It's not like we were really in danger." Emma starts off saying, "Fine. Next time, I'll just -- I'll just... No. You know what? Next time, I'll do the same thing, and the time after that, because that's what decent human beings do. That's what good people do."