History Recap / OnceUponATimeS2E17WelcomeToStorybrooke

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* VillainBall: After she finds out from Billy/Gus that Kurt already picked up his car and is heading out of town with Owen, Regina completely ignores the very reasonable answer Kurt had given her and decided to ''make'' Owen stay in Storybrooke with her--by using Graham's heart to make him arrest Kurt for drunk driving. And he happens to walk into her office behind her as she does so, when he was just coming to say good-bye...letting him know what she's planning, that she's a villain, and (indirectly) about magic.

* AdultFear: A strange woman becoming obsessed with taking your child as her own.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Mary Margaret is so desperate to end the feud between her and Regina that she walks up to her front door and asks Regina to kill her. She assumed Regina would not hesitate to crush her heart, and is willing to accept her death. However, Regina chooses to spare her, as she's not too keen on putting Snow out of her misery ''that'' soon, especially since Snow has darkened her heart by killing Cora.

* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Snow, after asking Gold's advice on how to live with herself, decides she can't, and ''begs'' Regina to kill her.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Mary Margaret is so desperate to end the feud between her and Regina that she asks the Evil Queen to kill her, and is genuinely not expecting to survive ''this'' encounter. However, Regina chooses to spare her, not willing to put Snow out of her misery, especially since Snow has darkened her heart by killing Cora.

* {{Determinator}}: Regina is determined to get "everything".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Granny to Ruby: “When I put over easy on the menu, I was talking about the eggs."

* YouKeepTellingYourselfThat: Gold's advice to Mary Margaret as she wretchedly struggles to overcome her guilt over killing Cora: "You tell yourself you did the right thing. And if you say it often enough, one day you might actually believe it." To make it even more poignant, he's clearly talking about himself as much as her.

* HeroicSacrifice: Kurt Flynn lets himself be arrested by Graham so his son could escape Regina and her cursed village.

* {{Yandere}}: Regina for Owen, though she wants a mother/son relationship rather than a romantic one.

Emma, David and Mr. Gold must protect Mary Margaret against Regina, who is out for revenge and has made it her mission to kill Mary Margaret, and Henry, fed up with all of the feuding, devises a plan to put an end to magic.

* CruelMercy: After Snow tearfully begs Regina to kill her, Regina opts not to, and instead takes a crueler/more satisfying revenge by showing Snow that her heart has been corrupted by Cora's murder and rubs it in Snow's face how this corruption will destroy Snow's happiness and connection with her family better than Regina herself ever could.

Emma, David and Mr. Gold must protect Mary Margaret against Regina, who is out for revenge and has made it her mission to kill Mary Margaret, and Henry, fed up with all of the feuding, devises a plan to put an end to magic. In flashback sequences, we see Storybrooke's beginning, just after the curse was cast twenty-eight years ago--and Regina has to deal with a mundane father and son who were camping in the woods and suddenly find themselves in Storybrooke.

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[[folder:Kurt Flynn]]
!!Kurt Flynn
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->'''Played By:''' John Pyper-Ferguson

A recently bereaved man who, with his son, stumbles into Storybrooke right after the curse is cast.
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* PapaWolf: He's very protective of his son Owen.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Regina killed him after his son escaped.
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* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerk With A Heart Of]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Gold]]: Despite not wanting to become (more) involved in the aforementioned CycleOfRevenge, Rumpelstiltskin gives some pretty well-intentioned and friendly advice both to Regina and Snow White in this episode.

Emma, David and Mr. Gold must protect Mary Margaret against Regina, who is out for revenge and has made it her mission to kill Mary Margaret, and Henry, fed up with all of the feuding, devises a plan to put an end to magic. In flashback sequences, we see Storybrook's beginning, just after the curse was cast twenty-eight years ago--and Regina has to deal with a mundane father and son who were camping in the woods and suddenly find themselves in Storybrooke.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: A variation. Technically it's not the ''exact same day'' that's repeating over and over again, but they're all so similar that they may as well be, and Regina gets bored of them very quickly.