"Welcome to Storybrooke"
Synopsis: If you
have trouble following the alternation between present day Storybrooke and
flashback fairytale land scenes in this show, brace yourselves. This episode
has Storybrooke flashbacks along with present day Storybrooke.
Way, way, way back in the day (1983), two strangers came to
Storybrooke. And then some things happened.
Campsite in the
Forest, 1983
[A father named Kurt and his son Owen are camping in a
forest when a big cloud of purple magic stuff starts blowing around them.]
FATHER: I think it’s an electrical storm or something.
SON: An electric-purple storm?
FATHER: I dunno. Don’t ask me. I failed Science in the 8th
grade. Just get in the tent now!
[When they come out of the tent, they see a city in the
distance]
FATHER: That was definitely
not there before.
The Inception of Storybrooke,
1983
[And so, on the first day Regina created Storybrooke and it
was good. Which is bad. Because Regina hates good.]
[Back by popular demand, Graham, the Sheriff, strolls onto
the scene]
GRAHAM: *winks*
[Regina does a smug strut down Main Street passing people
like Granny, Ruby, and Dr. Hopper. Everybody is just carrying on like normal
because they have no idea they are from Fairytale Land. Tra la la.]
The Hospital, 1983
REGINA: Do you know who this unconscious man is?
MARY MARGRET: No, I don’t know him, but he looks rather
charming.
Granny’s Diner, 1983
REGINA: That suit suits you well.
GRAHAM: Thanks. I’ll see you *wink* later
[Regina comes across Kurt and Owen and doesn’t recognize
them from Fairytale Land]
REGINA: What????
Cora’s Tomb, present
day
RUMPLEFUGGLY: You can’t have vengeance and Henry.
REGINA: Yes I can. I can have vengeance and Henry. I can
have cake and I can eat it, too. I can summon a crate of discontinued Twinkies
if I wanted and whatever else I want.
Snow and Charming’s
Charming Kitchen
EMMA: Um, see, the thing is, Henry, your Grandma Snow is
kind of sort of just partially to be blamed for Cora’s death.
HENRY: But that’s so out of character.
RUMPLEFUGGLY: I just came by to tell you that Regina is
planning to kill Snow. Gotta dash—
CHARMING: Wait! Snow saved your life. You are indebted to
her.
RUMPLEFUGGLY: But I just told you about the thing…
EMMA: We’re family now. You’re Henry’s grandfather. You’ve
got to help us.
RUMPLEFUGGLY: FML.
I knew that family thing was going to bite me in the arse one day.
Granny’s Diner, 1983
REGINA: Why are you still in my town. Are you a bunch of
squatters? Get out of my chair, boy.
OWEN: Sorry for taking your seat, ma’am. Here, have a
keychain I made.
REGINA: [Thinks] Aww,
now I want them to stay.
On the Second Day of
Storybrooke…
[Regina does her strut-walk down the street and everybody is
friendly to her, even Mary Margret who is actually Snow]
REGINA: *bored*
REGINA: Everybody does what I want. *poutface*
RUMPLEFUGGLY: Isn’t that what you wanted?
REGINA: - - -
REGINA: Shut up, Rumple.
RUMPLEFUGGLY: I will never understand women.
