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The Miller’s Daughter
Season 2
Episode Number: 38
Season Episode: 16
Originally aired: Sunday March 10, 2013
Writer:
Jane Espenson
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Show Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard), Jennifer
Morrison (Emma Swan), Lana Parrilla (Evil Queen/Regina Mills), Josh
Dallas (Prince Charming/David Nolan), Emilie de Ravin (Belle), Jared
Gilmore (Henry Mills), Meghan Ory (Ruby/Red Riding Hood), Robert
Carlyle (Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold)
Recurring Role: Barbara Hershey (Cora), Michael Raymond-James (Neal Cassady)
Guest Stars: Joaquim de Almeida (King Xavier), Rose McGowan (Young Cora), Zak
Santiago (Prince Henry), Eva Allan (Princess Eva), Gerry Rousseau
(Cora’s Father)
Summary: Cora’s desire to rid herself of Rumplestiltskin in order to take his place
as The Dark One takes one step closer to becoming reality as she and
Regina try to overpower a dying Mr. Gold, and Mary Margaret is once
again tempted by dark magic. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that
was, Rumplestiltskin agrees to offer his services to a younger Cora —
for a price - when the king calls her bluff and orders her to actually
follow through on her boast of being able to spin straw into gold.
Our tale begins in Fairy Tale Land
many years ago, as a young woman approaches
her simple home to find her
drunken father napping on his sacks of
flour. She chides him for his laziness
and takes the flour to market herself.
There, a smug and mean-spirited young
Princess trips her, sending her sprawling
on the ground and costing her several
bags of flour. To make matters worse, the
King himself shames The miller’s daughter,
who we learn is Cora, forcing her to
apologize to Princess Eva — the young
lady who will one day become Queen and
Snow White’s mother. Cora reluctantly
does so, but seethes with rage at the injustice done to her.
In Storybrooke, The Jolly Roger arrives with the injured Mr. Gold aboard. Cora and Regina
have his dagger, but they dare not use it now out of concern that forcing him to kill Emma, Mary
Margaret, David and anyone else that stood in their way would hasten his death and the powers
of The Dark One would be lost forever. Instead, Cora decides that she has no choice but to kill
Rumple with his own dagger first and become the new Dark One herself. Regina seems to begin
suspecting that getting Henry back isn’t really what Cora’s after.
Meanwhile, the heroes of Storybrooke hide Mr. Gold in his pawn shop and use whatever
magical tricks he has up his sleeves to barricade themselves in. Emma uses some invisible chalk
and even gets a crash course from Gold on casting a magical protection spell. As everyone heads
to the front of the shop, Gold asks Mary Margaret for a warmer blanket, pointing her to an old
wardrobe. Inside, she doesn’t find any blankets, but she does find a familiar magic candle — the
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