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Oh Gasmi. This show has a way of bringing out the sap in me. Either that or my allergies are crazy this year!
There they go again!
Anyway, after a couple of weeks with little to no Snow & Charming action, this episode was a welcome return to their story. Did I enjoy where their story went? Well, read on to find out!
We start our evening in Storybrooke at the home of the Nolans. David’s been discharged from the hospital and Kathryn has brought him home. He still doesn’t remember any of it. Kathryn talks about an old windmill that they used to have on their lawn, but David doesn’t remember that either.
Is it just me or is there a vague look of panic in his eyes?
No time to dwaddle outside! Kathryn’s having a welcome home party and there seem to be a lot of people there, leaving me wondering HOW he remained a John Doe for so very long. No time for pesky questions though because Emma and Henry are having a little pow wow.
Either that or they’re having a staring contest
Henry knows why the curse isn’t working. It’s because the amnesia is preventing the fake memories from taking hold. Henry thinks they can use this chance to help David remember that he’s actually Charming before the curse replaces his true memories with the made up ones.
You know, that’s not half bad as a theory. Emma looks like she’s buying into the whole idea, but it’s hard to tell if she’s starting to believe him a little bit or if she’s still just trying to humor him. Only time will tell on that one.
Henry thinks a sure fire way to get Charming to remember is to get him and Miss Blanchard together. Didn’t we just try that? Emma asks him. Uuuuuuh…YEAH, and it woke him up, amember???
You might be onto something there, Shortstuff
David makes his way over to them, remembering that they were the ones who saved him. They’re also the only people he knows at the party. He thinks. Henry asks if David has ever used a sword.
How the hell would I know, kid? I can’t even remember who the fuck I am!!
David DOES remember that Emma lives with Mary Margaret and wonders if she’ll be dropping by the party. Nope, she couldn’t make it.
Frowny face.
See? A party is no fun when the love of your life isn’t there! In the kitchen, Kathryn is also wearing a frowny face. But hers isn’t because she’s wishing Mary Margaret would pop in, she’s too busy wishing her husband actually remembered her. Or wanted to.
Lucky for her Regina has dropped by to lend some moral support.
What are these morals you speak of?
Regina councils her to stop moping around in the kitchen and get out there with her hubby. How’s he ever going to remember their fake life together if she doesn’t keep talking about it? Alright, maybe she left out that last part, but we all know that’s where she was going.
Kathryn says she lost him once and now she has him back but it’s like she doesn’t really have him back. BECAUSE HE’S NOT YOURS PRINCESS CRANKYPANTS!! She tells Regina she has no idea how that feels, but Regina tells her that she actually does; she lost someone once too. The difference is she’ll never get her love back. Trust her on this one, go and get him and don’t let him go.
You’re the best friend I never knew I had
Kathryn DOES tell Regina she’s got a friend whether she wants one or not. Regina looks touched by this; it looks like it’s been a long time since she’s had any friends.
I hope I don’t have to kill her one day
Kathryn rejoins the party only to find out that no one has seen her hubby for quite some time. Looks like he’s taken off. I wonder where he could have gone?
Shocking!
Also…..why on earth is she hanging a birdhouse at night? Doesn’t it seem like that would make the task unnecessarily harder?
David wonders if perhaps she didn’t get the invitation to his party. No answer, but he does hang her birdhouse for her. He says he heard she resigned from the hospital; was it him? Because of what he told her? About what he felt? DUUUUH.
I admit nothing.
He begs her to say it’s not one sided. She tells him he’s married, it should be no sided. Should be doesn’t matter; whoever married Kathryn isn’t him, he tells her. Damn skippy!
I didn’t choose her; I’m choosing you.
***SWOON*** How can she resist that?!?! She is obviously a much better person I am because she does in fact resist him, saying maybe he’s just falling for her because she happened to be the person that saved his life. She thinks they should leave it at that.
We jump into Fairyland, right in the middle of the action. Charming is fighting a beast of man, and it doesn’t seem to be going too well for him.
The brute flips him over his head, disarming Charming and seeming to knock him unconscious. Just as he’s about to deliver the killing blow, Charming pops back up and slays him, adding a chastisement about checking to make he’s really dead next time. Ooooooooooo! Tell him, Charming!
Looks like Charming had an audience for this battle, and he gets a round of applause from his onlookers. His dad (Charles Widmore for all the Lost fans among us) commends him on killing the unkillable. The other king seems less impressed, saying sure it’s impressive, but he still just killed a man; is he sure he can do the same thing with a dragon?
There’s the fire and the scales and the dragon breath to deal with……
King Charles Widmore has great faith in his son, responding to the other King’s doubts by asking “Do fairies sprinkle dust? Do trolls live under bridges?” Charming is more direct and simply tells the king he can kill any beast he gives him.
Well words are well and good, but his kingdom is plagued by a beast that in unlike any that Charming has ever seen before. In fact, this dragon has killed every warrior that has ever come against it. His kingdom needs an exterminator. Well, dragon exterminators don’t come cheap, Charming’s dad tells him; their kingdom needs GOLD.
The King is sure they can work something out and holds up his hand. As one of his attendants starts to pull his glove off the King cautions him to be careful and remember what happened to Frederick. Hm. Guess we’re not getting THAT story.
Turns out that the visiting king is actually King Midas, and as a down payment he turns Charming’s sword into gold. They’ll get the rest when they deliver the dragon’s head to him. It’s a deal but Charming is not gonna shake on it! LOLOLOL, Charming!
Save your joking for later dammit!
Damn. Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed, huh?
The two kings head off to discuss the details of the dragon slaying/gold exchange, while the Prince’s men toast him. He says there is no celebrating today; this was just a test and the task before them is great.
Too bad he won’t be there to help.
What the fuck?!?!?!?!?!? How is this possible?
Next time make sure I’M dead, mother fucka!!
Damn. I totally did not see that coming. So, I’m guessing the king is going to make a deal with Rumpy or something, right?
Of course right!
Rumpy tells the king he really should be more careful with the gifts he’s given. This wasn’t a gift! He was his son, dammit! The son he gave him, Rumpy points out. Sure, in a deal they made, the King counters; Rumpy certainly didn’t do him any favors.
Did so. Compared to what the king got Rumpy’s fee was a pittance. And now that the queen is dead, doesn’t look like he’ll be getting another heir any time soon, especially not a dragonslayer. Well then, another deal is in order. The king offers him anything he wants to bring back his son.
Anything?
I’d do anything, for you dear, anything…..ANYTHING for you!
Weeeeeelll, there is a wand that Rumpy has had his eye on; perhaps the king knows the location of the fairy godmother that possess it? Done. Now how can he get his son back to slay the dragon?
Rut roh. Rumpy tells the king there is nothing he can do about his dead son; dead is dead, even for him. Then the kingdom is lost. Not necessarily, chirps Rumpy. Didn’t he just say he could have the king’s son slay the dragon?
Stop dicking around and say what you mean goddammit!!!!!
Rumpy breaks the news that the Prince has a twin brother. Did he not mention that before?
This twin obviously can’t afford a good haircut
So it looks like we’re getting a little bit of a Prince and the Pauper twist here. I like it.
Back in Storybrooke, Snow is cleaning plates like her life depends on it.
Out! Out damn spot!
Emma wonders if this over vigorous cleaning has anything to do with David stopping by; she saw him sulking away as she pulled up. Snow stammers about trying to find a response, but Emma knows what she means and tells her she did the right thing.
Well, he made a hell of a case for himself, Snow tells her. Yeah, except he’s still married, Emma points out. Snow doesn’t know what to do. Stop cleaning and have a drink, Emma replies.
That’s some fancy scotch for a school teacher!
Emma pours them each a glass, telling Snow she doesn’t know a lot about relationships, but what she does know is if you think something is wrong, it is. She tells Snow she has to say strong and David needs to figure out his life.
Cheers to that!
Over at the Nolans’ house, David is rummaging through a box of old pictures, trying to remember something about his fake life. Kathryn joins him, telling him something about him always having a buzz cut before, and then says she was going to go to bed……would he like to join her? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Don’t you fucking DARE, Charming!
He says maybe they should just sit and talk some more, so Kathryn decides to try and let her tongue do the talking.
His response? He tells her this isn’t right. Phew! I know we’re supposed to feel sorry for her but I don’t. At all.
Back in Fairyland BadHair Charming is getting a sheep back into the pen when his mom arrives home. He asks her how the market was and she tells him it was interesting. That doesn’t sound good. He says normally she comes back cursing the prices and she admits that’s still the case, but this time she also had an interesting conversation with the grain merchant.
You see, he has a daughter that’s ready for marriage and he was thinking the two of them would make a great couple.
Please don’t set me up, mom
Mom says she kinda hates herself for even bringing it up, and BadHair Charming knows that the daughter probably has a dowry that can save the farm, right? YUP. Mom says they are running out of options, but BHC tells her as poor as they are, one thing he can afford is love.
He tells her he will figure out a way to save the farm but he will not do it by marrying for riches. When he marries he wants it to be because he chooses to spend the rest of his life with someone he loves. Who can argue with that?
Not me.
Mom tells him someday he’s going to learn that he can’t have everything. “Perhaps he can.” Rumpy pops up to say and then lets out one of his creepy giggles.
We skip forward a little bit, missing the actual news breaking of “hey, you had a twin brother but he’s dead now”
Did he have better hair than me?
Um, yes. He can’t believe his parents gave his twin away to Rumpy. They were poor, his mom tells him, and Rumpy stopped by with an offer of one of them for the farm. Conveniently the deal also forbade them from telling their remaining son about all of this. His father took the guilt of that decision with him to his grave.
Rumpy presents the king’s deal to Charming, telling him if he plays the part, delivering the dragon’s head to King Midas, the king will get his gold and he will save his mom’s farm. What’s in it for you, Charming wonders.
None of yer business!
Will he do it or won’t he? Charming says he doesn’t really have a choice, but Rumpy points out that there is always a choice.
Meanwhile, Snow is having a cup of coffee at Granny’s Diner when Dr. Whale stops by to say he heard she resigned from the hospital. He sure hopes it wasn’t because of him. Huh? You know, because he never called.
I know you were probably devastated.
That word doesn’t mean what you think it means.
He says he knows it’s not classy that he blew her off but if she can find a way to get over it, she knows where to find him. ICK. He is such a slimy asshole.
No sooner does one asshole leave, then another arrives. You guessed it; Regina has stopped by for a little chat. She wants to chat about her friend, Kathryn. You know, DAVID’S WIFE. Regina tells Snow that she and David do NOT belong together. He’s not yours, he’s taken. Find someone else.
Snow says she hasn’t done anything. So, he left his wife for no reason? Regina queries.
He did what?
Regina tells Snow to stay away from David; he’s in a fragile state and doesn’t know who he is or what he’s doing and she is super close to wrecking multiple lives.
Or making yourself happy which would totally ruin MY day
She says before Snow does something that can’t be undone, she should let David remember who he was. Don’t do it, Snow!!
It looks like Fairyland’s Charming has accepted the King’s offer and is headed in the dragon’s direction.
Luckily they made a quick stop at the royal barber and got him a decent haircut!
Midas comes over to greet him and tells him if he does this, Charming will be a legend. One of the dead Prince’s men comes over to help him with his armor; he fastened it wrong. He also takes the golden sword away from Charming and when Charming wonders how he will protect himself the knight tells him he won’t; he’ll stay outside while they kill the dragon. They need him to deliver the dragon head or Midas won’t give the kingdom the gold.
Leave the real heroing to us.
And with that, they’re off to slay a dragon! At the mouth of the dragon’s lair the head knight orders Charming to stay put. They’ll be back in a jiffy. Well, that may be true if he were talking about jiffy pop popcorn!
Screams are heard from the cave and Charming tries to go in to help, but the two men guarding him hold him back. He fights against them and breaks loose, running toward the cave. He arrives in time to drag the head knight out to safety as the dragon takes off in flight above them.
But the dragon’s not fleeing; it’s circling back for more….
It lets loose a fire burst on some of the men they brought with them and Charming heads away from the knight to retrieve his sword. He can’t hold onto it though because the dragon’s breath has made the sword too hot to handle.
And now the dragon has circled around again and this time it looks intent on makes a Charming shish kabob. Not so fast though because Charming is quick on his feet and manages to avoid getting fried up crispy style.
Again the dragon circles around and Charming’s on the run. I sure hope he has a plan. He does. He leads the dragon to a small opening that he leaps through but the dragon cannot. It tries to get to him but cannot reach; didn’t see that one coming, huh? Charming asks it. And then……hiya!
Dead dragon.
Oh yeah!
We head back to Storybrooke where David has stopped by school to visit Mary Margaret. She tells him he can’t be there, but he says he needed to see her. She doesn’t want to be the reason he breaks up his marriage. He doesn’t want to hurt Kathryn either, but pretending is the most hurtful thing he can do to her. She needs someone to feel about her the way he feels about Mary Margaret.
I loves ya, dammit!
Mary Margaret says she’s really trying hard to stay away from him, to do the right thing. He already has a life. With someone he didn’t choose, David counters. The man who chose that life, whoever married Kathryn is gone. The man here wants someone else.
Lalalalala…..I can’t hear you!
She tells him to go and he asks her to meet him tonight. He’ll be waiting at the bridge where she saved him til 8pm. He tells her to think about what he’s said and if she doesn’t show up he’ll know and never bother her again.
“But if you choose this…..if you choose us…you’ll know where I’ll be.”
And this Gasmi, is why little girls (and sometimes older ones) wish their lives were fairy tales. How could you not swoon over that????
Over at the Sheriff’s office, Graham has arrived with a box of donuts, hoping to bribe Emma.
Sometimes the clichés are true.
LOL, Graham. He needs a favor. He knows he told her there were no night shifts involved with this job but he really needs her to work tonight. You see, he volunteers at an animal shelter and the guy that works nights is sick. Can she please, please, pretty please work for him tonight?
Lucky for you and I’m pmsing and need some sweets stat
In rushes Mary Margaret saying she really needs to talk to Emma. Graham and excuses himself and then Mary Margaret bursts out to Emma that David has left Kathryn. He did it for her, he wants to be with her. She tells Emma he wants her to meet him tonight and she is babbling like crazy here saying she’s trying so hard to be strong……what would Emma do?
She’d go. Wait. What? Mary Margaret is confused. HE LEFT HER, Emma points out. That’s a decision. It’s one thing to say he wanted to, but he’s actually done it which, in Emma’s book, means Mary Margaret is now free to make her move.
Mary Margaret points out that given Regina’s new friendship with Kathryn she probably won’t be happy. “All the more reason to do it”, Emma responds. Damn straight! Looks like she’s gonna do it!!!!
In Fairyland the dragon head has been delivered to King Midas and he’s turned it into gold. Charming whispers to the king to finish up so he can return home. We’ll have that discussion later, the king tells him. Uh oh. That doesn’t sound too good.
Midas tells them that the dragon head will serve as a reminder about the one who slayed it; the most valiant and noble prince he has ever met.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let’s move on to the gold, shall we?
Yes, they were promised gold and gold they shall have, but Midas has another treasure in mind for them as well. He would like Charming to marry his daughter.
Princess PissyPants
Naturally Charming doesn’t want to marry her; he wants to return to the farm with his mom until he finds his true love. We all know the king’s not gonna allow that to happen and he whisperthreats to Charming that he will destroy his mom and their farm if he does anything but marry this girl.
In Storybrooke David is lost trying to find the road to the bridge. Regina happens upon him and offers to help. She finds he’s meeting someone and says she guesses he’s made his choice. Is there any way she can talk him out of it? He can’t change the way he feels.
Regina gives him directions that take him past Mr Gold’s pawnshop. Somehow I think she’s not going to be sending him the right way. She sends him off wishing him luck and says she hopes he finds what he’s looking for.
LIAR!!!
Mary Margaret is already waiting at the bridge, a look of hopeful expectation on her face. I’m already welling up at her thinking David isn’t there because he’s changed his mind. Don’t leave Mary Margaret! He’s on his way!
David, of course, is lost because Regina is a megabitch that sent him the wrong way. He goes into Gold’s Pawnshop to ask for some help and the blown glass mobile that hung over Emma’s cradle in Fairyland attracts his attention.
“Charming” RumpyGold remarks. Sorry? David asks. “The mobile. Isn’t is charming?” asks Gold. This is the shit about this show that I really love; these little tidbits and shoutouts, like Aladdin’s lamp in the pawnshop, and Alice’s tea cups. Did I spot seven steins for seven dwarves?
David asks Rumpy if he can help direct him to the bridge, it seems like the mayor has sent him the wrong way. You’d think she’d know her own town, David snarks. Seriously. Gold gives him the directions and David turns to go when something catches his eye.
The old windmill that Kathryn talked about
He spins the windmill and it appears to almost hypnotize him; it certainly weaves some sort of spell because all of a sudden, he remembers. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
In Fairyland Charming’s mom is so happy to see him. The farm is doing great and the king has been so generous. Well mom, you oughta know better than anyone that nothing comes for free. Charming lays the news of his betrothal on her and she tells him she was wrong; he shouldn’t marry for gain but wait instead for love. His freedom to choose is more important than anything. Well, the king is going to kill them both and torch the farm if he doesn’t marry Princess Pissy, so he’s already made his choice.
She realizes this means she will never see her boy again. She tells him to run away; if they kill her she will die knowing he is free. He tells her he has already accepted Midas’ offer. He didn’t come here for advice; he came to say goodbye.
I love you Mommy!
He says she was right about one thing; you really can’t have everything. She gives him her ring, telling him to give it to his wife-to-be. Just because he doesn’t know her doesn’t mean he won’t grow to love her. True love follows the ring, mom tells him, take it and she will know even if she never sees him again, she’ll know he’ll find love and be happy.
We fade from her giving him the ring to Mary Margaret nervously twisting it on her finger as she waits for David at the bridge. LOVE how this shows ties this sort of stuff together!
David finally arrives and Mary Margaret notices that he sounds a bit disappointed to find her there. He blurts out that he remembers everything and he doesn’t know how he feels about Kathryn, whether he loves her not, but he does know that he did. He remembers how he felt and he thinks he needs to honor that.
So everything he said to her……? Is true; he does have feeling for her. Intense feelings…feeling he doesn’t understand.
You’re going back to her
He says it’s the right thing to do. “The right thing to do was not to lead me on.” Mary Margaret tells him with tears in her eyes. He knows. He’s sorry. That’s ok, it just wasn’t meant to be she replies.
I am not going to lie; I am a blubbering idiot right now. What is this showing doing to me?!?!?!?
Elsewhere in Storybrooke, Emma is out on patrol when she notices something odd; someone is sneaking out Regina’s bedroom window. She gets out of her car and punches the intruder in the chest.
Ow. That hurt
This is volunteering? Well, plans changed. Emma finds out that Henry is home and is justifiably grossed out. He’s sleeping, he doesn’t know, Graham tells her. She says she wishes she was Henry right now; this is disgusting. He really does work in an animal shelter, Graham tells her, but Emma doesn’t want to hear it; she throws him the car keys and tells him to finish her shift, she is done working nights.
Is it just me or does anyone else think Emma was starting to have a thing for him?
David returns home to Kathryn saying he’d like to come home and see what happens. She’d like that. I HATE THAT.
In Fairyland James and Princess Pissy get ready to head out to their new home and James says he would like to take the scenic route. Whatevs, Pissy says. And off they go…..
Down the road to true love
We end our evening in Storybrooke, in Granny’s diner. Mary Margaret is crying silently at the counter, heart broken when Dr SleazoidWhale arrives to sniff around. She tells him she doesn’t feel like talking, and he says sometimes it’s easier to talk to someone when you don’t give a crap what they think.
She looks at him and then unloads. You ever walk into a situation knowing exactly what is going to happen but you go into it anyway? And then what you were afraid of happening does happen and you kick yourself because you should have known better. But that’s just who you are; it’s like you’re punishing yourself.
Nope.
She wonders how he does that. By never doing what is expected; it keeps life interesting. He asks if he can buy her a drink and she says he can buy her two. I just might barf.
That’s it for this episode, Gasmi, and honestly? I don’t think I could have handled much more. I have now become someone that yells at her television. How did it happen? I don’t fucking know but I do know that this show did it to me!!
Has it done it to you too? What did you think of this episode? Were you crying and yelling at your TV? Why did Regina send David to Gold’s shop? Did she know he would help her? Do you think Emma was crushing on Graham just a wee bit?
We have just one more episode until our Christmas break and from everything I’ve heard, this next one is going to be a DOOZY. Holy crap!! Hope I don’t completely lose it. Meet me here after, okay?
SWAK, PottyMouth
P.S. Apologies for the lateness of this recap; I was away this past week for work and I thought I'd have time at the hotel at night for writing. Little did I know they had team building crap planned for the evenings. UGH. Talk about being under a curse!!!!
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