Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26088930-20150320022454/@comment-4975807-20150320033226

The last episode was a mostly Regina/Maleficent centric episode, so I can understand why Mary Margaret and David's scenes weren't that big.

In highsight, the Charmings just seem tense because they really don't want Emma to find out their secret, and their last shot at keeping their secret under wraps is to learn what the Queens of Darkness actually want, and to do that, they need Regina's help. Yeah, Regina didn't have to keep the secret for Mary Margaret, and she could have refused to go undercover, but in the end, she agreed to help Mary Margaret, so I think that shows there is trust between the two women. I don't think the Charmings are not grateful for Regina's assistance, but yes, after only the first night of sending Regina to go undercover, I'd say they were a bit rushing her like, "What happened? Did you find out what they want from us?" It shows the Charmings are panicking over wanting to know the Queens' plans immediately, which is something that's not possible given that for Regina to build trust with the Queens, that would take more time. I think the Charmings had overestimated how the undercover mission would go, and set their expectations too high in thinking they'd be able to find out the Queens' plans right away.

It also makes sense that Mary Margaret and David would let Emma believe the undercover mission was entirely Regina's idea because they want their daughter to assume they don't really know the Queens of Darkness, and they don't want to tip Emma off into suspecting they have history with the trio.