I really enjoyed this episode. Love getting more of Regina’s backstory, and her desire for redemption was touching, but I somehow have my doubts that it will end well. Both Regina and Rumpelstiltskin are people who love power–even the people they love seem to suffer whenever they try to reason with them. Also, I am wondering why Regina still married King Leopold–Cora was gone, and Rumpelstiltskin was eager to teach her magic. She had wanted Cora gone so she could escape. What made her change her mind about the marriage? ❓
I really missed Emma and Snow White–but I the episode was enaging enough to make me forgive the few scenes they were given. Still, I wonder why Mulan is blaming them for Prince Philip’s ‘death?’ And why hasn’t anyone recognized that Snow White is–or was?–Queen? Unless she is not from their area, perhaps?
With Cora, I am guessing that she lost her powers–why else is she in prison, not having tried to escape?