Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26569765-20170223153505/@comment-25926288-20170223154241

It's because it's pure nonsense, imo.

Storywise, it's to show that Regina's love for Henry wouldn't even allow her to bring herself to harm, even a fake version of him. The issue I have with that is she just killed Snow and David like chopped liver, which is some weird double standard. At best, one could argue that there's levels of love and Snow and David are just friends. But I doubt Regina would even crush a fake Emma's heart (without at least great distress).

We will likely see more in the episode to come, so I guess we have to wait and see what else transpires.