The Thing You Love Most
| "The Thing You Love Most" | |
|---|---|
| Once Upon a Time episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Greg Beeman |
| Written by | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz |
| Original air date | October 30, 2011 |
| Guest stars | |
PlotIts the day after Emma's (Jennifer Morrison) arrival in Storybrooke, Maine. By now, everyone in town has noticed that the clock has begun to move, especially Regina (Lana Parrilla), who after confronting Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) over what happened to the torn pages in the fairy tale book, of which he lies and says its a old book, at her home, is stunned to see Emma's car still parked outside the inn. Believing that Emma will try to take Henry away from her, Regina stops by Emma's room to deliver a basket full of apples, followed by a threat for her to leave town. Unfortunately, Emma is unfazed by the threats. As she stopped at the cafe that is run by Ruby (Meghan Ory), she notices her mugshot on the front page of the town's newspaper, The Daily Mirror, while Ruby gives a her a cup of hot cinnamon cocoa with whipped cream that she thought was purchased by Sheriff Graham (Jamie Dornan), who seems to have a crush on her, but it was Henry, who bought the drink for her. He also gave her the remaining pages that he tore out the book to show her, and agrees to read it as well as listening to a plan to reverse the curse, of which Emma is skeptical. Emma, being worried about Henry's behavior, decides to find out why he believes these stories. But it appears that Regina is taking advantage of Emma at every opportunity, by setting her up to have her take Henry's files from Archie's (Raphael Sbarge) office, impounding her car, even getting her kicked out of the inn by Granny (Beverly Elliott), though Emma suspected her doings. Regina also had no luck in finding out the details of Emma's past from The Daily Mirror editor, Mr. Sydney (actually the Magic Mirror) (Giancarlo Esposito) nor from the Sheriff, of whom she believes has a crush on Emma. In response to Regina's schemes, Emma, who after being bailed out of jail by Henry and Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) (who now sees Emma as a friend and seem to share the same traits), showed Regina who she was dealing with by cutting off a branch of her apple tree with a chainsaw. When Regina finally asked Emma to see her at the office, she told her that she thought that Emma was a threat and that she would lose Henry to her, but Emma doesn't want custody of Henry and that she was playing along with his fairy tale stories, which Henry overhears and runs off, leading Emma to be fooled by Regina. When Emma, with help from Mary Margaret, discovers that Henry is at Dr. Hopper's office, she stops the doctor from calling Regina and tells Henry that she read the pages that Henry gave her. Emma then says that she likes the plan to reverse the curse by making it look like they want everyone to think that the people in the town are not storybook characters by acting normal, and the only way to stop the Queen from finding out the truth is by burning the pages, of which they do by throwing it in Dr. Hopper's fireplace. Meanwhile, back at the Enchanted Forest, and after escaping the sword that was aimed at her by Prince Charming (Joshua Dallas), the Evil Queen (Parrilla) returns to her palace, where she explains to her magic mirror (Esposito) and her father (Tony Perez), the valet, that she was serious about carrying out her plan. When she bought up the subject of the curse that she traded away so she could get rid of Snow White (Goodwin), the two thought she was making the biggest mistake of her life, but did not want to listen to what the consequences would be if she uses it. So she pays a surprise visit to the Forbidden Fortress to see her frenemy Maleficent (Kristin Bauer van Straten), who kept the curse (in the form of a scroll) in her staff. When Maleficent refused to hand it over, The Evil Queen uses her power to force it out of her and defeats her in a battle, but lets Maleficent live because she is the only friend the Queen has. At first, with the gathering of all the enemies of the Enchanted Forest (whose members include The Giant from Jack & The Beanstalk, The Blind Witch from Hansel & Gretel, The Horned King from The Book of Three, and The Red Gnome from Snow-White and Rose-Red), The Queen tests out the curse by demanding a lock of their hair from each of them, but the spell backfires, prompting the gnome to defy her (he gets turned into a statue that now sits in Regina's garden). So the Queen turns to the person who gave her the spell in the first place, Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle). It turns out he knows how to make the curse work, prompting the Queen to demand the one thing that will make it happen. He tells her that she must cut out the heart of the one she loves the most, which would be her father. He also told her about Snow and the Prince having visited him earlier talking about their unborn daughter that she failed to capture, but says that he can help her if she in turn makes him into a respected person in the new world, of which she reluctantly agrees, both acknowledging that they would have no recollection of their agreement. As she returns to her castle, she confronts her father, who, after hearing what she plans to do to make it happen, begged her not to. As if she was finally listening to his reasoning, the Queen pulls her father in for a seeming embrace, then stabs him. As the curse prepares to take shape, she lays a black rose on the graveside of her father... whose name is Henry. That name would later come up in a subject in the present day, when Regina gets a visit from Mr. Gold (Carlyle), who as it turns out, was the one responsible for bringing Henry to Storybrooke and filling out the adoption paperwork for Regina. When Regina, who learns that Emma is still in town, inquires to know why he brought Henry to her in the first place and why this involves Emma, Mr. Gold tells Regina to think back to the deal they had, and that he knows about Regina's past, as it appears that Mr. Gold is aware of his previous life. TriviaThis marked the first episode to introduce a opening sequence in which a mythical creature or item is tied in with the episode. For this one, a unicorn is featured. Near the beginning of the episode, Regina comes to Emma's room at the inn with a basket of apples. She informs Emma that they come from a Honeycrisp apple tree that she had tended since childhood. This is a rather glaring gaff on the part of the writers, as the apples in the basket, on the tree and everywhere else that apples are used in the set dressing are Red Delicious, which have a totally different shape and color from Honeycrisp apples. Another notable scene involves the building that features the town's clock. In the previous episode, the building had closed windows and a green plaque that read "Storybrooke Free Public Library" in gold lettering. But in this one, white signs cover the windows and the plaque is replaced. ProductionThe episode was written by series co-creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and was directed by Greg Beeman. In a interview with TV Overmind, actress Lana Parrilla explained that viewers will see another side of Regina/The Evil Queen in this episode. Says Parrilla, "We will see a vulnerable side to the Queen and how people relate to her on a human level. What I’ve been trying to show is not the hatred for Snow White, but where it derives from. It’s not so surfaced. That brings a vulnerability to the character. You’ll see into her history and that exposes her in a very vulnerable way as well.” As for Regina's troubled relationship with Henry, Parrilla noted that “She may have a cold heart, but I think she really, genuinely loves her son. She doesn’t think of him as an adopted son, she thinks of him as her son.” ReceptionRatingsThe episode was viewed by an estimated 11.64 million viewers and received a 3.9 rating/10% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, and even though it was down a tenth from its debut, it retained its lead in its timeslot and was the only ABC show to have the most viewers tuned in that evening. In Canada, the episode received 1.44 million viewers, down from the premiere but held on to 14th place for the week once again. ReviewsTelevision Without Pity gave the episode a Grade A-, and cited Kristin Bauer van Straten's guest starring turn in this outing: "If I forget about what was done to my darling Maleficent, and just think of this show's "Maleficent" as another Fairy Tale villain who is well played by Kristin Bauer (Pam, True Blood), I am well and truly satisfied, thus far." ReferencesRetrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Thing_You_Love_Most&oldid=463278729 
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