Once Upon A Time Episode 18 Recap: Regina Seems To Be Doing Just Fine Without A Heart

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This week's episode entitled "Bleeding Through" was the best thus far this season. For a woman without a heart, Regina still managed to wear it on her sleeve. Great Lana Parrilla performance!

Here's the highlights:

Emma is still learning magic. Hook is none too happy but doesnt tell her his lips are cursed. Zelena pays Regina a visit. After insulting her decorating skills, they get down to it. Regina asks what Zelena plans to do to her. Zelena says nothing. She's just keeping Regina occupied while Rumple steals her heart. And indeed we see that Rumple has the upper hand with Robin when he threatens to kill his son if Robin doesnt fork over Regina's heart.

Regina calls a seance to try to find out what her mother really did and while she gave Greenie away. But Mommy doesnt want to talk then. Instead she waits until everyone but Regina and Snow leave. They find GhostMom in an empty room behind a spinning wheel. Regina tries to protect Snow by poofing them into another room but Cora still has the upper hand and enters Snow's body. This gives Snow some insight into what happened from Cora's perspective. This is where everything gets even more confusing.

Snow is Leopold and Eva's daughter. However it turns out that Leopold almost married Cora before Eva. Meany Eva told Leopold that Cora was with child (which was true but still). We FINALLY find out the identity of Greenie's father. He was a one night stand gardener who wanted nothing to do with Cora or the baby. I had previously incorrectly hypothesized that Rumple was Zelenas father.

We finally find out WW is making a potent to take her back in time. She wants to kill Eva before she was born (and get rid of everyone else in the process). The potent apparently involves courage (David's), a heart (Regina's), a brain (she is controlling Rumple's) and a baby (Snow and David's).

After Snow's little pep talk, Regina makes a beeline for Robin and they share a passionate kiss. Yeah! I'm a diehard Swan queen shipper but Regina and Robin do have great chemistry together. And I'm all for Snow and Regina getting along but wants that a little quick?

Favorite Quotes:

“I’m not in the mood for a heart-to-heart.”- Regina. “I’m not sure that’s physically possible right now.”- Snow

“And he told me that I have a tough placenta… which somehow came out creepy"- Snow.

"What’s to talk about? You officially have a less-damaging relationship with my mother than I do (and you killed her)”- Regina to Snow.

Grade: 5 Monsters (out of 5). The best episode of the season. Very well acted moment between Snow and Regina. If I had been hating some for that long, I'd want to take a break too.