Once Upon A Time 2.13 "Tiny" Review

As Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Gold (Robert Carlyle) prepare to leave to find Bae, she surprises him by telling him that Henry (Jared S Gilmore) is going too, well of course, he has to meet his father.  She doesn't want to leave him here with Cora.  Had a moment there when she would have said Regina (Lana Parrilla) and it would have been good if she was weary of Regina especially since she's still meant to be in hiding and also since Cora's around, they may form an alliance.  They're heading for Logan International Airport and Gold is a little apprehensive at crossing the line but all's well as he jokes.  Thought Emma would have questioned him some more over why he wants her along.  Considering he has a little trick or two up his sleeve and it's not just about finding his son!

At the airport he has to take off his shawl/robe to go through the X-ray machines and finds himself dizzy.  Rushing to the loo, one little toilet in the entire airport, ha, and he finds his magic doesn't work here, as he vents at the toilet roll dispenser!  He was also a bit afraid of flying, think he was more afraid of being powerless as said in past episodes, power and magic are everything to him and he'll find himself vulnerable without them.

Elsewhere Charming (Josh Dallas) and Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) wonder what Cora could be up to and know of someone who could help them out here, i.e. Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) who else.  He claims ignorance, proving he's just a pretty face then ha.  Of course he's willing to let Snow interrogate him, suing torture techniques! And leads them to his ship where they find the giant, now normal size.  Cora brought him here for her own purposes.  One look at Charming and he loses the plot obviously he's mistaken him for brother James.  Tiny/Abraham (Jorge Garcia) goes on a rampage of the town as we get flashes to his story now and how James was tasked by George (Alan Dale) to find gold and rather magic beans to keep the kingdom afloat and free from war.  James getting caught in the act with a floozy! ha.  Well didn't like Cassidy Freeman as Tess in Smallville and didn't like her here as Jack the Giant Killer either, well seems her reputation preceded her and she didn't really live up to her name.  No, she was the DB lying there when Hook and Emma went up the beanstalk and he pointed her out, though not that she was a woman.

They both befriend Tiny and make him return to the beanstalk and his land for gold to help James.  Here they bring their armies and kill off his family. Jack being poisoned by her own sword, poetic justice!  James runs off with the gold leaving her behind!  Showing Charming is much more the man and the prince than James could ever be.  Tiny is given a cutting of the beanstalk by Arlo (Abraham Benrubi) and he can plant it in another land.

Tiny still on a rampage finds Charming and he's willing to turn himself in for the good of the town, but Tiny jumps a little too hard and ends up in a hole and shrinks in size.  Charming rescues him cos as Snow says "it's what we do."  He decides to plant the cutting here and becomes one of the dwarfs with his own pick axe.  Snow wasn't happy when she heard Tiny mention growing beans so they could get back home and she wants to stay here with her family, with Emma.  Though the adventure she had here was something she missed, but doesn't want to think about Fairytale land, this is now their home.  Let's hope she doesn't sabotage the beans,

Belle (Emilie de Ravin) doesn't like being called that, so just who does she think she is and it's still dangerous leaving that outsider, Mendel (Ethan Embry) to run about free like that.  He tells Belle he saw the magic fireball too and so the two will form an alliance now and be more trouble than they're worth.  Charming telling Gold to look after his family when it appears he won't be able to look after himself.

Hook searches for Cora leaving a Queen of Hearts card on the ground but Regina shows up instead. Wondered if that was really Regina or Cora since she can turn into anyone she chooses.  Seems Hook is only good for innuendos, "you didn't even ask me about my recovery."
Snow: "How are you doing Hook?"
Hook: "Come closer and feel for yourself."

Hook getting beaten up on his own ship again!  he tells Grumpy (Lee Arenberg) that his ship needs a portal to get to other worlds.  Jack mentioning the magic mushroom she got from slaying a Jabberwock, obviously from Wonderland and where Cora was queen, so a way to tie up the two lands.  Tiny not getting a clue as to what she really is capable of when she said that!  Also explaining why Regina gave him one too, but was she really Regina, getting into mother's stash?

Of course Gold was flying Ajira Airlines, the airline from Lost... so Gold had plenty to be nervous about!  Some serious fan worshipping going on with James in his leather pants!!