Once Upon A Time, S01E19
With Kathryn's return, Mary-Margaret was free, but she had no desire to get back with David. Mr. Gold thought his long-lost son was August, but quickly realized he had been had. August was revealed to be another person from the other world who was hoping that Emma's powers to change things might cure his illness. Rumpelstiltskin's past with his son Baelfire was further explained, shedding light on certain things about Mr. Gold. Emma thought that she would soon have evidence that the Mayor was behind Kathryn's disappearance, but Sidney confessed to it all. Emma got tired of the Mayor playing around with others' lives for her own goals and told her that she was going to attack her by reclaiming Henry as her son.
I think one of the best things about MM being lifted of all her crimes is the party where she mentions that there were a lot of people celebrating her freedom, but just the other day it was like no one was her friend. Man, true dat! If it was me, the party would consist of me drinking and demanding that everyone apologize to me! It was also good that she wouldn't even let David in. I thought he might try to smooth things over, and I was worried that MM might try to take him back. Thank God she is listening to the signs of the universe. David's one of my least favorite people on the show. I know that the Mayor is trying to keep them apart, but maybe with good reason this time. David needs to do something so incredibly wonderful for MM that I can forget that he's failed her so many times. Not sure what would be good enough. Possibly if he made a time machine and went back and fixed his mistakes. That might be a good place to start.
Emma didn't have a lot of screen time in this episode, but she had a great scene at the end with the Mayor. I expected that Sidney wouldn't want to stop being Regina's bitch, but I still was pissed that he came into the station and played the role of the Mayor's scapegoat. Good thing that Emma was just as pissed as me because she set Mayor Bitch straight and told her that things were no longer going to just go any way that she wanted from then on. I loved when the Mayor tried to interject and Emma was like "uh-uh--I'm talking!" Not quite sure how someone like Emma would get custody of Henry with her history and the Mayor's seemingly sparkling clean one. Still, it would be nice if the Mayor started sweating a bit.
Speaking of making the Mayor sweat, Mr. Gold was on fire in this episode. While the Mayor complained that he had broken their deal, he let her know that he had done everything that he had promised (which wasn't killing anyone). She then wondered why he had brought her the curse in the first place if Gold was going to be her enemy. Mr. Gold told her smart ass to figure it out for herself. I hadn't thought about that issue either, so I started to wonder why he would want to go to Storybrooke in the first place.
We found out the answer after looking into Rump's past again. I was worried that Baelfire would get killed for some reason, and that's why Rump is seen son-less later on. But I guess that was a stupid concern because Rump turned a man into a snail and crushed him just for making Baelfire scrape his knee. There's no way that he wouldn't have been able to use his magic to keep one measly son alive. What happened was worse than him being killed--Rump basically abandoned him and lost faith in him. He let his son fall into a mysterious, glowing hole in the ground by himself. After he disappeared, Baelfire might as well have been dead at that point because who knows what would happen to him in the other world? Especially as a boy with no parents and no knowledge of the workings of the new world? Terrible. At least, Rump realized his horrible mistake immediately after he had no son left to protect. Too little, too late, though.
One of the interesting things about Baelfire's disappearance and Rump's obsession to get him back was when he spoke to the Blue Fairy. She was the one that gave Baelfire the idea that he could get to the other world by using a curse since there were no more magic beans left to use. The Blue Fairy told him that it would never work, but he tried to smack her (Ha!) and swore that he would get it to work. Now it makes sense that he hates the nuns in the other world. They're all fairies. I hadn't thought about why he was such a nun-hating miser since that story about Grumpy, but I'm glad they explained that. I'm surprised he hasn't evicted the nuns already (or worse).
Another interesting thing is that Rump has always been plotting for this. He has never wanted to help the Queen, but just wanted to get to the other world so that he could be reunited with his son once again. Obviously, it hasn't happened yet, but I bet that he needs Emma's power or something for his happy ending (assuming that Baelfire will forgive him) to come true. As much of an unsavory character that Mr. Gold portrays himself to be, I felt for him when he was pouring his heart out to Archie and when he thought that he had found his son in August. Who would have thought he would have a tearful hug with someone? It was nice to see, but I was highly skeptical of August.
August didn't betray my mistrust of him. What an asshole to pretend to be Gold's son! Mr. Gold has never shown such a vulnerable side and this guy strolls into town and manages to get him to act like a human being. I enjoyed Mr. Gold sharing a fake, but sweet moment, but no one could enjoy August toying with people's emotions like he did. I don't care if he wanted to use Rump's powers to cure his illness--you don't do that to people! Of course, Mr. Gold would have never agreed to help him in the first place no matter what he told him, but it still doesn't give him the right to use such a sneaky method. I loved when Mr. Gold had the knife on him. I really wish he had sliced his head off. I'm so over August and his mysterious presence. But Gold has something in mind for him before he kicks the bucket. Not sure how he'll be useful to him, but we'll see in good time. August may kick the bucket any soon, so we don't have to wait too long for him to die. If Mr. Gold still did have his Rump powers, August would so have been a snail underneath his shoe.
So where is Baelfire? Is he in town already but just doesn't realize Gold is his father? No. I doubt that. The Storybrooke people are cursed and can't leave. Baelfire could be anywhere in the world. The world that Mr. Gold can't even get to if Emma doesn't break the curse. I wonder if Emma is going to start believing in magic soon, so that she can actually make it happen. Perhaps that's what Mr. Gold intends to use August for before he dies. Maybe if the two work together, they may get Emma to become a believer.
Also, when is MM going to confront the Mayor about her grudge against her? After the initial joy of being free wears off, she should definitely address that again. She has to think that the Mayor is nuts and needs to be locked away. Perhaps she'll just start helping Emma bring her down. She doesn't have David to distract anymore (at least for a while, anyway).
Man, this show is so good! I'm going to be super sad when the season ends! There's just so much that I want to know and so little time to see all the stories before the summer. It would be nice, though, to have Emma make some progress bringing down the Mayor. If that and nothing else is achieved, I can be a little more content to wait until next fall.
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