The casual way Charming mentioned Regina's reaction to being stood up makes me sadface all over the place. That said, that little twerp definitely gets something from Regina, that was a nifty piece of manipulation.

I'm sticking to my theory that Cora is a lying liar who lies, and pretty much fibbed completely about pretending to be Lancelot and/or killing him (preferably both but the last one will do).

As to the last point: it really was.