Mayoral Manse. Regina tries to talk to Henry but he rushes up to his room. Underneath his bed, he's stashed a handmade escape ladder -- bed sheets knotted together. He tethers one end to the radiator, then tosses it out the window and begins his descent. He's caught, not by Regina, but rather by a tree she has enchanted to ensnare him, just the way Cora snagged her, another lifetime ago. As Henry struggles Regina says, "Don't fight it. Honey. You'll get a sliver."

Back inside Henry's room, the two sit on the boy's bed. He asks, "How long am I in prison -- until I grow up?" Regina claims she "rescued" him because she loves him. He points out that keeping someone a prisoner because you love them isn't exactly fair. Oh, remember when you were a kid and you thought the world was fair? Regina doesn't and says as much. "You know where I come from. That was really not fair. Of all the places I've seen, this is the fairest of them all." Nice dialogue. Henry's not impressed though and points out that she's ruined lives and has sent away Emma and "Mary Margaret." Regina says that was an accident. Henry: "The way you treated me wasn't an accident. You made it so no one believed me." Great evocation of the abuser/survivor threads in this relationship. Wow. "You made me feel like I was crazy." Regina assures him that's all going to change now, as abusers are wont to do. She says he can know all the secrets and live in a house with magic. She conjures up a giant rainbow cupcake and paints a portrait of their lives together as...well, as enchanted, with friends coming over whenever they like -- friends he can impress with his book and the magic she'll teach him. Henry says no one will want to come over. They're too scared of her. Regina's voice rises and sharpens. "You can make them not be scared." She modulates her tone. "You can make them love you." Henry doesn't want that. He doesn't want to be Regina and tells her so. When he leaves his room, Regina thinks back on her life in...

L'enchantement. Cora watches Regina dress for her wedding to Leopold. When she asks Regina what the big gift is, Regina says she doesn't know. Cora speculates that it's a portrait, uncovers it and, working her evilest mommy magic that requires no actual magic except the perversion of love, sighs in mock disappointment. "Oh, a looking glass. Not nearly as personal. I wonder sometimes if the people really love you." Regina cringes as she says she's doing her best. Cora apologizes (but in that way you can tell she's totally not sorry), then leads her beautiful daughter toward the mirror. She starts crowing about the life Regina will be able to lead. "The king's not a strong man. The kingdom will be yours. Raise the tributes. Form a personal guard. Let everyone know where the true power lies, and you will hold the hearts of your people in your hands." Literally. (Come back, Graham!) Regina turns her back to Cora. "Is that what you would do, mother?" That's exactly what Cora would do. Regina explains she doesn't want to be Cora and tries to rush at her mother. Cora casts some sort of containment spell around her daughter and demands to know what she's doing. Cora says she's not that easy to get rid of, but as she taunts her daughter about being stuck with her forever, Rumpy appears in the mirror behind Cora and makes shoving motions. Regina summons her inner strength and breaks free of Cora's spell. She again rushes her mother and shoves her right into the mirror. Once Cora disappears, the looking glass returns to normal but for a second, then shatters all over Regina's chamber. Regina looks at her own white gloved hands in horror. We flash forward to...