Lana Parrilla on Season 2 of OUAT and Regina's relationship with Henry

“My character, she’s lost everything. She’s lost everything. She’s lost her power, and she’s lost her son. She has nothing left, and that’s a really, really hard reality for her. Because here’s a woman who has been in control of everyone and everything apart from Rumple, Mr. Gold, for 28 years, if not more. It’s quite a jarring experience for her. I would say the biggest loss is Henry. Not so much the curse. I feel like curses can fail; curses can be lifted; spells could not work, and the Evil Queen can deal with that. She can just always find another way. But losing Henry, that was something she—I don’t think she was anticipating. It was happening and it was something she feared. But she literally pushed him away. She did, unbeknownst to her—her controlling nature, her obsession. Also she was very—she was a bit too stern with him. She didn’t listen to him. I think that that just inch by inch started pushing him out the door, and now she’s fully lost him. I think that that alone has broken her. And in this season what we’ll see—we started our sixth episode right now, so a good portion of fifth for a second season, we’re going to see her trying to redeem herself.”

~Lana Parrilla**^^