Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 6 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Shadow Knows
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.05.2013
Snow's hovel. As she recovers, she tells David that she experienced the worst pain she's ever felt. Regina is powerless to fight back. She didn't see where she was. All she remembers is pain and screaming. She was tied down somewhere cold, and it smelled of sardines. Well, that is fishy. We cut to the...
Waterfront. Walking along with Neal, Emma talks to her father on the phone. David reports Snow's experience under the tear spell. When he mentions the sardines, Emma spots the cannery and tells her parents to come to the docks, immediately, then hangs up. Yes, it's dumb she didn't say to meet her at the cannery. This is a seaside town. The docks isn't all that specific of a location, particularly when you're going to be inside. Emma turns to Neal and tells him, "I was right. Tamara was not down here for a run. She's in there with Regina." Commercial.
1904 London. Morning. Wendy returns to find Bae sleeping on the window seat. He thought he'd never see her again. Wendy is surprised to learn she was only gone the night. "It felt like so much longer, as though time works differently in Neverland." She tells Bae that while there are no adults to tell you what to do, there are all sorts of mystical creatures, including mermaids and fairies. While it sounds wonderful, she returned home, because back in Neverland, at nightfall, the children cry over missing their parents, but the Shadow wouldn't let them go home. "There's a reason it's called Neverland, because once you set foot on its soil, the Shadow never lets you leave." She only escaped because the Shadow is all Girls drool. Boys rule. "He's coming back tonight, to take one of my brothers in my place. You said magic was bad, and you were right, Bae. It's going to destroy my family." Bae vows he won't let anything bad happen to any of the Darlings. He takes Wendy's hand and while they make out (oh, c'mon) we flash forward to...
Storybrooke. Gold's Shop. Gold makes some sort of glowy, green potion for Laceybelle, who wonders why he didn't tell her about his powers before. Gold says, "Magic always comes with a price. Tends to drive away the people I care about most." Lacey suggests he's been caring about the wrong sort, and asks what else he can do. He produces a diamond necklace from thin air. It appears to be the same one Belle dreamt about in "The Crocodile." As he puts the bling on her neck, Gold tells her there are many perks to being the Dark One. Laceybelle asks if that includes immortality -- if he could keep her young. "Because then we can... we can be together forever. Nothing can keep us apart." Oh, she's using him. I like this turn.