Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 458 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Intervention
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2012.03.18
Snow is in the woods, donning a cape (the knight's I guess) and readying her bow and arrow when someone sneaks up from behind and grabs her. When she demands her freedom, the assailant puts a gloved hand over her mouth. Don't worry. It's just Charming. He turns her to face him. She has no memory of him, of course, so she demands to know who he is and what he's doing. Charming says he's helping her remember and then forces a kiss on her. Snow's lips remain puckered in distaste. She struggles free of the kiss. When David says, "I told you I would always find you," she knocks him over the head. His vision blurs as we cut away to...
Storybrooke, Mary Margaret's building. Emma is just returning home, when Henry arrives with Regina's keys -- the very same keys Regina used when she broke into David's home and stole Kathryn's letter. Of course Henry doesn't know all that, but he still tells Emma the keys are proof that explains how Regina gained access to Mary's apartment and framed her. He swiped the keys from Regina's office, because the book says those key will open any door. Emma's all there's no way, like adults are, but Henry insists they try. He tries a couple of keys, but they fail to open the door.
Emma: Come on, Henry. I know you want to believe the answer to everything is in Operation Cobra.
Henry: It is!
Emma: Sometimes, the real world needs to come first.
Henry begs Emma to try one more. He picks out a key and tells her to use it. Emma's eyes grow wide when they fit in the lock. She looks in wonder as the door swings open.
Henry: Do you believe now?
Enchanted Forest, Night. Snow has Charming tied to a tree. She assumes he's the man Rumpy helped her forget and mocks him, when he tells her his name is Charming. Charming can't figure out why true love's kiss didn't restore her memory. Snow says it's not true love because she doesn't love him. Charming insists she does; she just doesn't remember. Snow isn't interested in words. She's a woman of action. Taking action is exactly what she's going to do. Charming tells her she can't kill Queenie. It's not who she wants to be. Snow tells him to watch her.