Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 383 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT PANic And PANcakes
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.15.2013
Emma checks on Hen and asks if he's doing okay. He's just ready to be himself, again. So say we all. Well, so say all of us with souls. The more evil among us want Robbie Kay to remain in the Henry role. Since I have a deadline, I will refrain from listing the 4,815,162,342 ways in which that would be wrong. Gold tells his grandson that as soon as they have the wand, all will be as it should. We cut to the...
Convent Chapel. The Blue Fairy lies in state. Why does the casket have no lid, Show? That's just goofy. Since she's wearing a skirt, poor Keegan Connor Tracy has to cross her ankles to preserve her modesty. There are three nameless Sisters paying their respects when Tink, Neal, Hook and Charm arrive and ask for the wand. The Sisters refuse, since the Black Fairy's wand is a bit of a taboo item. Tink has no time for this. "Yeah, it's a terrible, terrible thing, but what's coming is worse. Where is it?" I hope we get to keep Tink, forever. I love her. Before the Sisters can answer, the Shadow starts smashing at the stained glass windows. It wants the wand. Charming shouts at the Sisters to run. They scurry away.
The Shadow enters the chapel through an open window. Hook tells the team to take cover in the pews. Neal readies his not-a-star-map coconut shadow trap thing. At some point (not yet, but I forgot to note where, sorry) he says this time, they need to do more than trap the Shadow. Commercial.
We return to Neverland, long ago. Hook and Smee trek through the jungle. Smee is spooked and wants to head back to the ship. Hook refuses to go, until he's found a way off the island. He says he's dawdled on Neverland for far too long. Now that he knows about the dagger, his purpose is renewed. Smee is still complaining when something knocks him out. As Hook turns toward the action, Tink holds a knife to Hook's throat. "Aren't you a little old to be a Lost Boy?" Hook grimaces and rolls his eyes. "I'm not part of Pan's brigade, and I can assure you I'm anything but a boy."
Tink demands to know who he is and why he's there. Hook tells her he's the captain of the Jolly Roger and is looking for magic to get home. Tink says she's fresh out. They have a you're a fairy/you're a pirate exchange. Why are we wasting time on this right now, Show? We get it. During Hook's [however much] time on Neverland, he and Tink met. And yes, they have chemistry and rum. Really we're just here to set up Hook and Tink's exchange in their upcoming Storybrooke scene. Hook tells Tink about the Dark One, etc. and then says, "I'd risk my life for two things: love and revenge. I lost the first. And if I die for my vengeance, then that's enough satisfaction for me." We flash forward to the...