Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11190633-20150805104621/@comment-1894786-20150808153934

Rena Charming wrote:

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: We were also missing ... how Cora kidnapped Henry (let's be real, we'll never get that on the main show) We kinda did, let's face it. In episode 4.20, Cora visited Regina from Wonderland in the flashbacks. We can easily deduce that when she went back she took Henry with her. I think it was smart of the writers not to show it because it would probably look clunky anyway, and the casual viewers, who would not remember that story from episode 1.17, would most likely just think the writers were setting up a flashback story for a future episode, know what I mean? We can easily deduce that's when she did it, but that doesn't mean it's confirmed. I think it was a horrible execution if that's the case. With "The Cricket Game", Rumple mentioned that it was Snowing's wedding and gave Regina the idea to weild the Curse, directly alluding to Pilot, which probably happens that same day. The ending of "Family Business" directly alludes to the beginning of "Skin Deep". There's been many more episodes that do this as well (typically in the same season as each other, but still), so there's no excuse for "Mother" if that's what they were trying to do.

At the very least, after Regina says to Cora that no one will ever love her (Regina), Cora struts out into the hallway and says something to the effect of "You have no idea what it means to be alone, Regina." and then casually walks up to Henry.

There's no indication of any of that whatsoever.