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By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.17.2013
Storybrooke. Snow is on the phone with Emma, who is still on the streets of Manhattan. The Fairest of them All can't believe Rumpy's son is her grandson's father. Emma knows it's crazy, but right now, she needs some advice. "Henry thinks his father is dead. I told him that for a reason. I want to protect him." Snow says, "No matter what this man did, Henry has a right to know who his father is. The truth about your parents? Emma, you -- of all people -- should know how important that is." Emma cries that she wants to protect Henry, but Snow asks her if she's sure it's not about protecting herself." We cut to the..."
Apartment Building Lobby. Since Henry was excited to find Emma, he can't understand why Gold is nervous. When Gold chalks this up to experience, Henry says, "In my book, it says you can see the future. Why don't you just look and see what's going to happen?" Gold says that his foresight is complicated. He didn't always have the ability, and once he got it, he learned that it's not the gift one might hope. "Seeing the inevitable can be a terrible price." Henry thinks it would eliminate worry, but Rumpy says, "That's the great trap. The future is like a puzzle, with missing pieces. Difficult to read and never, never what you think." Just then Emma returns, when Gold asks if she found Bae, she lies that his son got away. Oh, Emma. You're doing the wrong things for the right reasons. You are the embodiment of True Love -- the most powerful magic. If you don't do the right thing, it will come back to bite you so hard -- probably harder than it would an ordinary L'enchantement-er. Commercial.
Storybrooke. Hospital. Belle and her little yellow johnny (I love this show's attention to little details like that) are lying in bed, when Regina walks in. She seems pleased to learn the girl doesn't even remember her and admits they spent some time together, but right now, she's looking for something that belongs to Rumpy -- Mr. Gold. When Belle says, "I don't know him," Regina magics the girl to sleep. She then waves her hand. Belle's purse opens up and the contents float out of it. The important item is a yellow index card. Written on it is the number 915.63. Regina grabs it and smiles. We cut to the...
Library. Hook can't figure out what they're doing there, but Regina explains that Gold wouldn't risk crossing the town line and losing his memory without entrusting the dagger's location to someone. Belle is the obvious choice for Hook. Given how the rest of this scene susses it, Belle is the stupid choice, if you ask me. The 915.63 is a Dewey Decimal number. I've lost the link now, but someone in the forums looked up that specific number (I'd given a general interpretation of it in the recaplet) and got a lot of hits on books about Turkey (the country, not the roast deliciousness that David and Snow are going to have to share with a bunch of villains). Regina and Cora skim the stacks 'til they find the right location. Sandwiched between two books is drawing. It's Hook who recognizes it as a map, and crows about it to Evil and the Mother of All. Hook, quick, find a dictionary and look up gullible, because I think Belle's picture has been replaced by yours. He doesn't listen, because we cut to...