Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 351 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT The Drama Queen
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 20 | Aired on 2013.04.28
Henry quickly decides that the giant must have brought a magic bean with him. We've talked in the episode thread about the possibility that Regina's memory wipe spell wasn't complete. Now that I think of it, it seems significant that she referred to Cora's grimoire while casting it. Of course, all season long, I've been dying to find something to back up the contention that magic works at all differently in Storybrooke, at least after you manage to cast the first spell. Gold struggled with it at first and had to cook up potions, etc., but once Cora arrived on the scene, it was way too powerful for my taste. Putting my magical issues aside, perhaps thanks to Emma's DNA, Henry too has some innate resistance to magic. Or, it could just be that his superpower is discernment. After all, he's the one who first figured out that Storybrooke was weird. I don't know. Just food for thought.
It's to Henry's credit that once again, he didn't get his knickers in a twist about Emma's lie. I feel sad for him when he suggests that he, Emma and Neal can share a castle in the Enchanted Forest. Emma puts the kibosh on that, or tries, but then Henry yells at her to duck. He's spotted Neal and Tamara leaving Granny's Bed and Breakfast. As Henry and Emma peek at the pair, Henry says, "Operation Praying Mantis is on." We cut to...
Granny's B&B. Hallway. As Emma picks the lock to Neal and Tamara's room, Henry airs his fantasy that once they've outed Tamara as evil, Neal and Emma will live happily ever after. Emma says she and Neal are not getting back together, but Henry says, "I mean once he's single, it could happen. Thrown together. Moonlight. Wine." I can't decide if that's adorable or creepy. Emma insists she's suspicious of Tamara for other reasons than the fact that she's engaged to Neal. She looks so uncomfortable that I start to get uptight on her behalf.
Finally, Emma gains access to room 8. Henry starts to follow her in, but he's got to play lookout. Emma shows him how to casually kick or bump into the door because a signal like a whistle would be too obvious.