Child of the Moon

Child of the Moon is the seventh episode of Season Two of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It is the twenty-ninth episode of the series overall.

Synopsis
Ruby's fear about turning into a wolf during the first curse-free Storybrooke full moon is confirmed when one of the town's residents is viciously murdered, and Ruby is the prime suspect; Albert Spencer(King George) threatens to expose David Nolan as a shepherd, not a prince, and not fit to run the town as sheriff; and Leroy stumbles upon some treasure in the Storybrooke mine that could help bring Mary Margaret and Emma back into our world. Meanwhile, in the Fairytale Land that was, Red Riding Hood finds a kindred spirit in Anita, a charismatic and mysterious leader of a pack of humans who, like Red, turn out to be wolves.

Recap
This episode begins in the Coal Mines where the dwarves are searching for fairy dust.

Appearances

 * Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Emma Swan
 * Regina Mills
 * David Nolan
 * Belle (Storybrooke)
 * Henry Mills
 * Red Riding Hood/Ruby


 * Mr. Gold
 * Leroy
 * Mother Superior
 * Ruby's Grandmother
 * Albert Spencer
 * Princess Aurora
 * Doc (Storybrooke)


 * Walter
 * Dopey (Storybrooke)
 * Happy (Storybrooke)
 * Bashful (Storybrooke)
 * Billy
 * Anita
 * Quinn

Trivia

 * The opening title card features Red Riding Hood.
 * Despite the fact that they play mother and daughter, Meghan Ory and Annabeth Gish are in fact only 11 years apart in age.
 * At one point, Albert calls Ruby a 'she wolf' while she's in the prison cell. This is a reference to the 2009 song by Shakira of the same name.
 * In this episode, Belle's story (Beauty and the Beast ) is twisted even more. Belle and Ruby, the Beauty and the Beast.
 * Billy is revealed to be Gus, the mouse from the Disney version of Cinderella.
 * Belle tells Ruby that she's "sort of an expert in rehabilitation". She might say this either because she spent 28 years locked in a mental asylum, or because in the Past Fairytale Land she tryed to "return" Rumpelstiltskin from the "dark-one"'s curse, as now she do with Ruby's wolf curse.
 * There is also the fact that Belle grabs Ruby from her shoulders exactly as she did Mr. Gold in "Broken ", when she says: "That's the reason I have to stay".
 * Aurora seeing Henry, specifically "seeing his eyes", is a reference to the vals "The Sleeping Beauty " by Tchaikovsky (featured on "The Sleeping Beuty" from Disney) where it says: "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you, the gleam in your eyes... ".

Quote
Anita: Human make us seem that we are the monsters. You only become one when you start believe in it.

Belle's Counterpart: It's not everyday you find out your friend...Ruby: Is a monster?Belle's Counterpart: Hunted. I was going to say hunted.

Mr. Gold: You know, it's remarkable that you cast a curse that you know nothing about.Regina: My victims are not supposed to wake up. That's why I'm certain never care to what's happen to them after. Until now.

Anita: You chose her.Ruby: No. I chose me. I am not a killer.