Once Upon a Time Episode 9 – True North

It was fun to have the storyline back in FairyTale land a bit more this week, and the Hansel and Gretel story was actually really well told. But then, this show seems to have the best handle on the FairyTale Land stuff, with the plain old real world, or as real as it gets here always seeming to take second fiddle.

But the story started out pretty good with the scene in the candy store, gave everyone a pretty good hint that the brother and sister must be Hansel and Gretel. Having Emma pick them up, and then find out that they are living alone since their Mother died was a great connection to her childhood as an orphan. I had actually forgotten about this ability of hers to tell when someone is lying. That should come in handy for a Sheriff, don’t you think?

Of course, being an orphan herself she doesn’t want them to be placed in foster homes – and wanted to find the father. We get another little glimpse of how Mr. Gold seems to be working both sides, when the camera reveals that the pawnshop ticket for the compass didn’t actually have the Dad’s name, he just knew who to send her to. Makes you kinda wonder just what Gold is up to.

The whole scene with Dad – how he didn’t know they were his kids and didn’t think he would make much of a Dad anyways was very true feeling. And since her ends up taking the kids in the end, we get to see him become a good guy, just like the woodcutter in FairyTale.

Speaking of which, back in FairyTale, our little Hansel and Gretel get the short end of the stick, even if their Dad did give them a compass to find their way back home again. No breadcrumbs for these two! Loved the way Gretel used the compass as a slingshot type weapon against the Bad Old Queen. Hats off to the show crew for the creation of the Gingerbread House for the Blind Witch (who was awesome).  Just looking at that house made me hungry! No wonder Hansel couldn’t control himself and just had to eat something.

Back in town though, Emma and Henry seem to have plenty of time for those little heart to heart talks, like the one where she lies about his Dad to him. Says he was a hero, and then confesses to Mary that she lied. You know that one is gonna come back to bite her. But in the end, though she is supposed to take the two kids to Boston, somehow the car stalls on her and Michael (the Dad) comes to their rescue. Of course, he rescues more than just their car – he agrees to take the kids. Big tear jerker scene there, but it was a good one.

But who is the hot looking guy on the motorcycle that arrives in town at the end? He has to be a creature of FairyTale, or as Henry points out, he couldn’t get in. Could he be the Big Bad Wolf? What are your thoughts on which fairtytale person he is? Hmmmm….