This guide covers the episode " Into the Deep " (Season 2, Episode 8), which originally aired on November 25, 2012. Episode Overview Air Date : November 25, 2012 Directed by : Ron Underwood Written by : Kalinda Vazquez and Daniel T. Thomsen

The episode references the "old-fashioned way" of delivering a sleeping curse via a (directly into the bloodstream) versus the later innovation of a poisoned apple.

: Cora kidnaps Aurora to use her as leverage and does everything possible to secure the compass to find a way to Storybrooke.

Protecting the compass and her mother in the Enchanted Forest. Voluntarily enters a deep slumber to contact David. David Nolan (Prince Charming) Takes the sleeping curse to save Mary Margaret and Emma. Cora The primary antagonist seeking the compass. Mulan & Aurora

: Mary Margaret and David use the Netherworld (a realm between sleep and wakefulness) to communicate. The Sleeping Curse :