Posted by Dustin on 03.17.2013 at 8:14 pm

Tonight’s episode was a backstory as to how things first were when Regina created Storybrooke 28 years ago.

The show opened with a young boy and his dad camping in the woods. Suddenly there was a rustle in the trees . . . magic was coming! The boys name was Owen, he was a big star wars fan, as he mentions the colors of lightsabers . . . I think we now know who the stranger who just came to town is! Remember he had the Star Wars theme on his phone?

The next day after the storm was over, suddenly a town was set up in the middle of no where. Sheriff Graham greeted them and welcomed them to Storybrooke . . .

Regina woke in her bed in her new house and in her new town. She realized she had done it. She had enacted the curse. Regina walked around town and reveled in what she did. She met everyone, including the two new strangers in town. She invited them to her house for dinner to find out who they were since she didn’t know them.

In the present, Regina vowed to kill Snow, but Gold warned her not to do this, as it would cost her everything, including Henry. She said she would get her revenge . . . all of it! Gold then promptly warned the others. I guess Queen Know-It-All still has no idea who Henry’s family fully includes.

At Granny’s Diner, Neil and Emma talked about keeping Henry safe from Regina. Neil wanted to take him to New York, but Henry thought they should find a way to get rid of magic. Henry went to the bathroom while at the diner, and gave Neil the slip. Emma was off talking the the mysterious stranger at the time. When she returned and found Henry gone she couldn’t believe he was so naive! Meanwhile the mysterious stranger decided to take a hike into the wilderness.

Back in the past, Regina used the Sheriff’s heart to control him and have him detain the strange man and his son. So now we know how she controlled the sheriff! She talked into it to make him do her bidding.

Henry met up with the mysterious stranger in the woods. It seems Mr. Mystery went to where the boy and his dad were camping. Meanwhile Emma and Neil found that Henry had taken some dynamite from the mines to apparently try and blow up the source of magic?

The older guy called Regina to say he had seen a young boy up in the woods . . . To lure her out there? In the past we saw the young boy and man being chased out of town by the Sheriff. The man sent his son to run as he fought the Sheriff. The dad told the boy to run and not stop, but Regina showed up. She tried to entice him to stay, but he wouldn’t and ran off as Regina watched.

Meanwhile in the present Regina found Henry at the well trying to blow it up. She told him that he’d just get himself killed. He knew of her plan for a new curse, he didn’t want her to go through with her plan to kill Mary Margaret, to make him love her, it would be magic and a fake. Emma, Neil and Charming showed up to stop her as well. Henry came between Regina and the others before it became a blood bath. Henry said magic was the problem, they had to destroy it before it destroys them all.

In the past, the boy brought cops back to where he was when he last saw his dad, the town limits. However they never heard of Storybrooke nor could they get to the town. The boy said he would one day find his dad. Regina was at the town limits where they were as well, but he and the cops couldn’t see her. The magic shielded her from them. Regina seemed, for a moment, touched by the poor boy. She even cried a tear!

At the end Mary Margaret went to Regina and offered herself up to end the feud. She told Regina to just kill her before anyone else dies. Regina said Henry would never forgive her, but she never learns from her mistakes. Regina then took Snow’s heart! In her heart was a little spot of blackness! Regina told Snow that she’s darkened her heart, and it will just keep growing stronger and darker. Snow told her to crush it, but Regina said she’d rather watch Snow destroy herself and her family along the way. Regina said then Henry would be hers! Regina then gave Snow her heart back, as she knew she could have everything after all!

The last scene was the mysterious stranger, who it was confirmed was the little boy, vowing to find his dad.

So where is this boys dad? Where is he being kept? In the hospital where Belle was? Will he be the same age as he last was? Or as an outsider will he have aged?

As for Snow’s heart, oh my. Does this mean we will watch her become evil like Regina too? I think that might be too much for me.