NARRATOR: Previously on Once Upon A Time...
Someone killed him to stop him from telling us something.
You want to use the beans to go back to the enchanted forest.
We can start over, Emma.
REGINA: You're hiding something. I'm going to find out.
OWEN: Now, you were able to get the package here, right?
TAMARA: It's right outside town.
Actually, I prefer it with the lights on.
(GRUNTS)
I've spent enough time below deck to not be afraid of the dark.
So if this is your idea of torture,
well, you're just going to have to try a little harder.
Torture you? No, we just want to offer you a job.
Oh. And then you're gonna let me go?
(LAUGHS)
I'm sorry,
I already did that last job.
I killed Rumplestiltskin. I'm sated.
Replete. My life's purpose met.
I wish I could have been there. To see you stab the Dark One.
Well, look who's up to speed.
I'm a quick learner.
Well, then you know my work is done.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Take a look.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
No.
- No! - He's alive, Hook.
(GRUNTS)
He beat you.
This guy has powerful magic, "mate."
He's untouchable.
You'll never get another chance to take him down.
Oh, I will. I will, indeed.
Not unless we help you.
How can you help me?
We know how to kill magical creatures.
And the price?
I need you to help me find someone.
My father.
He was taken in this town a long time ago.
Why the bloody hell do you think I'll be able to help you find your father?
Because you know the woman that took him.
Regina.
Do we have a deal?
(MEN GRUNTING)
(WHINNIES)
It's empty, Your Majesty.
Thank you, Berkley, I can see that.
Snow White was hiding here.
And now she's gone.
Someone must have tipped her off and she ran.
QUEEN EVA: Fan out. And bring me the villagers.
- Let's go! - (SOBBING)
Get in there!
Snow White has betrayed you.
She poisoned her own father,
my dear husband,
your benevolent king,
so she can try to ascend the throne herself.
She even now stalks the outer villages,
bandit,
murderer
and traitor.
Information leading to Snow's capture will be richly rewarded.
No one?
Not one of you wants gold?
No?
You're telling me she lived here and not one of you saw her?
What shall we do now, Your Majesty?
Kill them all.
No mercy.
Find me Snow White!
MARY: If we're going back to the enchanted forest,
are we really going to leave Regina behind?
She's too dangerous to bring with us. We have to leave her.
But Henry won't like it.
She is his mother. Despite all the horrors.
Mary Margaret,
those horrors will continue.
You want to give her another chance? Because every time we do, she's...
She slips, I know.
What do we do?
Instead of a second chance, we give her a choice.
Come back, live out her days in Rumple's cell.
Or stay here.
Jail cell?
I don't think so.
Rumplestiltskin.
Well, it seems you've taken to power quite well.
Gives your cheeks a nice rosy color.
I don't understand them.
I offer these peasants a fortune, and still they protect Snow White.
Why are they loyal to her and not me?
I am their queen.
You did just slaughter an entire village.
Maybe that's why they call you the Evil Queen.
I am not evil.
They call me that because of her. She's the evil one.
They're her people, dearie.
You're gonna have to be content with their fear.
They'll never love you.
Yes, they will.
When she is gone.
When Snow is dead.
Then they will see my kindness.
Through the charred remains of their homes.
Yes, I'm sure that will be perfectly clear.
Well, in time it will be.
Her death will allow it.
And I'm going to find her.
Apparently, I have to do it myself.
Well, in that outfit, finding her should be easy.
(GASPS)
Teach me my mother's shape-shifting spell. Allow me to hide.
It took your mother months to learn that.
You?
Well, perhaps in a week you'll be able to change your hair?
Highlights.
Maybe.
If I can't do the spell, you can. Put it on me.
If I do,
you won't control it.
And you won't have any magic while the spell is working.
I won't need magic
as long as I can get close enough
to snap her neck with my bare hands.
I can see you're determined.
Once the deed is done, call upon me.
Only I can return you to your regal self.
Hold on.
What's the price?
Boring matter of state.
I need you to cut off all trade with King George's realm.
King George? Why?
I need him bankrupt. What's it to you?
Okay, fine, fine. Just do it. Time is of the essence.
(RUMPLESTILTSKIN GIGGLES)
I don't feel any different.
Other than these ghastly rags.
This is what the world will see.
(GASPS)
Excellent.
About as regal as a potato.
Careful, dearie.
A queen striding amongst peasants might not like what she hears.
(CHUCKLES) It won't matter.
When I'm done, they'll be singing my praises
over her smoldering, villainous remains.
Good morning, Henry.
Um...
What are you doing here?
I've missed you.
And I wanted to show you something.
Emma and Mary Margaret and David
have been keeping this from you, darling.
They've been growing magic beans in secret.
They want to take you to the enchanted forest.
Without me.
Maybe we're all going and they just haven't told you yet?
No. They won't let me help.
They don't see the good in me.
The good you've seen.
They only see the Evil Queen, which they made me.
And I don't want to be that anymore.
This is my chance to go back and start over.
For me to be the hero. And you'd like that, right?
(STUTTERS) I'd love it.
Here's how it will work.
There's a fail-safe built into the curse. A trigger.
Like a self-destruct button?
Like you never did it?
Yes.
It's the next best thing to turning back time.
That's amazing. What happens to Storybrooke?
It disappears.
Forever.
And no need to worry, dear.
We can get away first.
Back to the enchanted forest,
using this.
But what about everyone else?
They die.
What?
I don't have any other choice.
As long as there are other people in our lives,
you can never fully be mine.
You loved me once.
With them gone, you'll love me again.
And you can see me for what I truly am.
A hero.
Not if you kill everyone! You're a villain.
Me?
They're the ones that have been keeping us apart. They're the villains.
How could I ever love anybody who would do such horrible things?
Why would you even tell me this?
Because I don't have anyone else to talk to.
Well, I'm going to stop you.
Everything I just said will come to pass.
Never. Why would I let you do any of this?
Because you won't remember a thing.
(WHOOSHING)
Mom? What are you doing here?
Just came to say hello. I've missed you.
Why don't you show me that bird feeder?
Sure it'll make the birds very happy.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Step right up, folks, step right up!
Try your luck, folks, try your luck!
Here we go. Come on, now, don't be shy.
That's... That... That's the Queen.
The Evil Queen!
Step right up and sink an arrow into her heart!
That's not right!
Well, it's fixed, actually.
You can't hit the Queen in the heart.
Because she ain't got one!
(ALL LAUGHING)
Kill the Evil Queen!
- Kill the Evil Queen! - (AUDIENCE CHEER)
- (ARROW THUDS) - (CROWD CHEERS)
How could you do that? She's your queen!
Snow White should be our queen!
Snow White is a bandit!
A murderer and a menace!
Lies! The Queen's evil!
But you don't know her.
Thank my lucky stars for that.
Let's burn her! See how she enjoys that!
No, no, no! This is treason. I won't stand for it.
(MAN WHISTLING)
MAN: Out of the way! Move!
MAN 1: Move! MAN 2: Move it!
It's about time. Where were you?
You do this?
Of course not. I was trying to stop it.
That what it looks like to you?
Looks to me like some dirty slag is defacing an effigy of our queen.
Though, fair play to you, miss, it looks just like her.
- (BOTH LAUGH) - How dare you!
I'll have your head for that, Rivers!
She knows your name!
How dare you address the knight of the Queen's guard thusly?
I know your names, you idiots,
because I am the Queen.
- (BOTH LAUGH) - (STUTTERS) I am the Queen.
I can prove it!
(GRUNTS) Let go of me! Berkley!
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Captain.
You look like you've had a rough time.
Indeed I have.
I've come to ask you for your protection.
From Gold?
I'm surprised you'd show your face in this town,
once you noticed your murder didn't take.
Well, we've got bigger problems.
That man, Greg Mendell?
The one who hit me the night I shot Belle?
Well, he's in league with some woman.
She abducted me in New York and dragged me back to Mendell.
They want me to make an alliance with you, and then betray you.
That's why they let me go.
And I say, let's you and I make an alliance
and we'll... We'll skip the unpleasant betrayal business.
Why should I trust you?
I took up with your mother for a reason.
Perhaps the three of us could reestablish our alliance.
My mother died.
Well, that is sad news indeed.
I'm sorry. She will be missed.
I will tell you this, Regina.
I knew her well enough to know
that what she wanted most in the world
was to see you win.
Now, I failed in my revenge.
The best tribute I could give her is to help you with yours.
Can I...
(SIGHS)
Let me show you something.
Escape plan?
Oh, she'd have loved that.
She brought that giant for the beans,
so she could go back and start over with you.
And now I'm going to do that with Henry.
If you'll help me.
This is how we're going to escape the total destruction of Storybrooke.
If I can trust you.
Now, when you say
"total destruction," including the Crocodile, yes?
(SCOFFS) Oh, yes.
Rumplestiltskin will die.
If you help me.
Here you go.
- No mayo, right? - That's right.
- (BOTH GROAN) - I'm so sorry!
He still hates mayo, huh?
TAMARA: Avoids it like the plague.
How are you doing here?
In Storybrooke, I mean. It's a lot to take in.
Understatement.
But I guess you know that better than anyone.
Yeah, I guess that's true, but I had Henry.
He got me through it.
Right. Yeah. Neal's doing the same for me.
Even so, it's pretty crazy here.
If the world found out about this place,
do you know what that would mean for Henry or Neal?
Look, Emma, you don't have to worry.
You can trust me.
That's good to know.
Be seeing you later.
Yeah. I'll be seeing you.
I'm telling you, Tamara is the "she" August was trying to warn us about.
Emma! (SHUSHING)
What? Don't "Emma" me!
(WHISPERS) Henry is upstairs.
Look,
I know this has been hard for you...
No. This isn't about me. This is about August.
He died trying to warn us about someone,
about a woman. "She."
Tamara has a list of people who live here.
What their fairy-tale names are.
Doesn't that worry you?
There could be a million explanations for what you saw.
We don't know anything about her. And she lied to me.
When she said I could trust her, she lied.
But your "superpower" has been known to be unreliable, Emma.
Especially when you're emotional.
For the last time, I don't have feelings for Neal.
That was over a decade ago. I'm over it.
Well, that may be,
but if you tell Henry
that you think his dad's fiancée may be up to something?
(WHISPERS) Then Henry's going to think that there's a chance
his parents could get back together.
So keep it to yourself. Please?
Till you know something more?
(DOOR CLOSES)
So, we're back in business. I heard everything.
I thought you were in the shower?
Exactly.
Operation Cobra is back on. We're investigating Tamara, right?
Get your coat.
This why it's a two-man job? You need me to lower you?
No. Used to be.
Before magic.
- (WHOOSHING) - (GEARS CLICKING)
I hired you a year ago. Despite your drunkenness.
And you? You?
I had you flogged last spring for lateness.
How would I know that?
I'm not liking her any better.
Let's cut off her head.
(GROANS)
- Rumplestiltskin! - (ARROW WHOOSHES)
(GROANS)
(CROWD GASPS)
Rump...
Snow...
You ever wonder if this constant pursuit for revenge
is the reason we have no one who cares for us?
I mean, when all of this is over, and I know the Crocodile is dead,
for good and all,
I'll have nothing to look forward to. My life will be empty.
Revenge may sate your being.
But don't misunderstand me, my dear,
it's an end, not a beginning.
For you, maybe. Not me.
I have Henry.
And destroying Storybrooke?
Well, that seems like a small price to pay to allow us to live in peace.
REGINA: Where did you get that?
It belonged to my mother.
Yes.
Well, she enchanted it
so I could climb the beanstalk in our world. She...
I don't care why she gave it to you.
It's hers and I want it back.
You plan to blow this town off the map
and you're worried about a scrap of cowhide?
She was my mother.
Well, she was my friend.
Hardly.
Now, follow me closely.
Precarious.
You couldn't have just hid the trigger in the back of your wardrobe?
(CHUCKLES)
It had to be both well-hidden and well-guarded.
I put it somewhere no one would ever think I'd go.
Yeah, when you say well-guarded, who's guarding it?
A friend.
She's been through a lot.
There's a powerful spell here that sustains her
in whatever form she's in.
In fact, Hook, she's the reason why this is a two-man job.
And what exactly am I here to do?
I'll get the trigger, and you?
Well, you're the distraction.
The what?
(GRUNTS)
- (WIND HOWLING) - (GROANING)
(SCREECHING)
Maleficent.
Love you in earth tones.
(SCREECHING)
(BLADE SWISHING)
(SCREECHES)
(GRUNTS)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
- (GASPS) - Don't move. You need to lie still.
You have a fever.
A dirty blade will do that.
Snow White.
What's your name, honey?
Uh...
Wilma.
My family works in the mills.
Nice to meet you, Wilma.
You're going to live, by the way.
How long...
(GROANS)
How long till I can get up?
Two days.
Picked a good place for it, though.
Fresh water,
healing herbs,
some not-bad hunting
if you don't mind killing the royal livestock, which I don't.
You don't know how to do that.
I mean...
You were a princess.
Someone from another forest taught me.
It's a long story.
There are people hunting for you.
It's dangerous for you to be here.
Why are you helping a perfect stranger?
I'm going to bathe your wound. But it's going to hurt,
so just listen to me, okay?
- It's easier if you're distracted. - (GROANS)
When I was younger, the horse I was riding,
it ran away with me.
I was about to be thrown.
I would have been killed.
(GROANS)
This woman,
she had no idea who I was,
she came charging after me.
She saved me.
She risked her own life.
It changed me.
My mother always told me to keep goodness in my heart.
And this woman proved that she was right.
(INHALES) You okay?
I'm good. I'm listening.
It changed you?
Yes.
It taught me that there can be this genuine selfless connection
between people, even strangers.
There. I'm done.
What happened to her?
The stranger?
She's gone.
Oh, but I hope she comes back someday.
HENRY: Operation Cobra was about breaking the curse.
This is about keeping Storybrooke secret.
We need a new name.
Operation Tiger.
Why?
I need a why? You never need a why.
I want something like the town,
something that hides in plain sight.
Something like a praying mantis.
- (DOOR BELLS JINGLE) - Whoa, duck!
No, it's not them.
- Stake-outs are fun. - Not usually.
But this one? Yeah, kind of. (CHUCKLES)
I thought by now we'd be having adventures over there, you know.
Just riding horses, shooting bow and arrows.
This is cool, too.
Is that still something you want?
I mean, if there was a way to go back to the enchanted forest?
Is there?
No. Don't be crazy.
There is. A way back.
A bean or something. The giant brought it, didn't he?
You are a smart kid.
That's awesome.
We can get, like, a castle, you, me and Neal.
Oh, hey, whoa, no way. That... We're not... That's not...
Duck!
Operation Praying Mantis is on.
Hang on. I almost got it.
So, once we find proof that Tamara's evil,
I guess the wedding's off?
Henry, Neal and I are not getting back together, you know that, right?
I mean, once he's single, it could happen.
Thrown together, moonlight, wine...
Listen to me, Henry.
I am onto Tamara for other reasons, not because she's with Neal, okay?
(WHISPERS) Go. Go, go, go.
Ah, yes.
Uh-uh! Uh-uh!
(WHISPERS) You gotta be the lookout.
But what do I do? Whistle?
No, that's too obvious. You gotta hit the door.
You know, like, just, like, kick it.
Like you're bored. Like...
Or, like, like, stumble into it, like, "Oh, I didn't..." You know.
Just hit the door, okay?
- Hit the door? - Yeah.
Got it. Now go.
(WOOD CREAKS)
(CREAKS)
Gotcha.
- Hey, Henry, what... - (MUTTERS)
Uh... (BANGS DOOR)
Oh, hell no. I taught her that. Emma!
- (RATTLES) - (SIGHS)
So, you weren't here and the door was open, then we just... (SIGHS)
Emma, what's this about?
Tamara. I think she's playing you.
She's playing me? How?
I think she's the "she" August was trying to warn us about.
I didn't want to tell you until I had proof.
(CHUCKLES)
Okay, yeah, well,
as long as you broke into our room to spare my feelings...
Are you out of your mind?
He warned us about a woman.
Yeah, which covers half the world. You roped the kid into this?
She lied to me. Remember, I have that thing with lies?
You thought you had a thing with lies. I never bought it.
Yeah, you did.
Listen to me, Neal.
She's got a list of fairy-tale characters and who they are.
Whoever she's gonna give that to,
that could blow this whole town right open.
Emma, I helped her make that list.
I have to help her come to grips with this place.
It's not easy, you know?
She's trying to deal with it for me.
Okay, I know what this looks like. But it isn't that.
Do I look like a jealous ex?
Okay, maybe I'm crazy.
But let's find out.
There's a floorboard loose that shouldn't be.
So let's look under it.
If there's nothing there, fine. I back off.
Okay. Yeah, sure. What the hell.
(CLEARS THROAT)
A little help?
Oh, right.
Oh.
Listen, I know Tamara being here is a little awkward...
Don't. Henry, let's go.
(QUEEN EVA GROANS)
Morning already?
(SNOW WHITE CHUCKLES)
We have one every day.
Well, you look better. I think you slept off the last of it.
Yeah, I think I did.
Well, you don't waste any time.
Noises in the woods. Maybe a patrol. We stayed too long.
You're arming me?
Well, just in case. Her soldiers are ruthless. Stay behind me.
If the stories are to be believed,
the Queen sent the Huntsman to tear your heart out.
She did.
How horrible.
If you had her in front of you now,
would you kill her for that?
Uh...
Regina wants to hurt people.
I think she's in constant pain,
and is always looking to figure out whom to blame for it.
We lived in the same household
and still she could never see that I was on her side.
She wanted revenge more than she wanted love.
And I can't imagine living that way.
I want to be guided by love.
So, no. I wouldn't kill her.
(CHUCKLES) No one is that generous. People aren't that good.
SNOW WHITE: No, I think they are. Even her.
She's just afraid to look vulnerable.
You believe there's good inside there?
I know there is. I've seen it.
I wish she'd give herself a chance to be that person again.
You don't think it's too late for her?
Oh, I don't think it's too late for anyone.
So, if she...
If she wanted to change...
If she wanted to be a family again, if she wanted to be good,
would you forgive her for that?
Would you let her back in?
If she really meant it, yes.
I would love that.
I wouldn't mind a feather bed, either.
But neither one is happening, so there's no use thinking about it.
She wouldn't offer.
Well, sometimes people can surprise you.
(WHISPERS) No...
We've gone further than I thought.
These people are dead because they helped me.
No. You didn't do this.
Oh, I know.
She did it.
I take it back.
It is too late for her.
I could never forgive her.
There's no good in that woman. None.
I was wrong,
there never was.
But what about when she rescued you?
The horse?
What are you talking about?
Your story.
About being saved.
I never said it was her.
I read between the lines.
It was you.
Regina, your dark magic is hiding you somehow. But it is you.
Yes, it is me.
But there is good in me.
If this is your idea of good,
I want no part of it.
Damn.
Rumplestiltskin!
(SIGHS)
(GASPS)
- How? - Startling, aren't I?
Some people say "striking."
You couldn't have survived that.
Well, you should know by now, the one thing I excel at is surviving.
The amazing thing is, you almost had me.
All that stuff about a fresh, clean start,
just killing them and moving on.
It kind of touched me.
For a moment there,
I thought we had a real connection,
and, honestly, I almost put a stop to my plan.
Your plan?
Well, their plan. But I fancied it.
And they did save me from that wretched...
Whatever Maleficent is.
Do you know these two?
Well, they have a way with magic.
Or should I say, a way against magic.
Enough of this.
Yeah, sorry, that's not gonna work. Not anymore.
You know, I believe you. About Tamara.
You should. 'Cause I'm right.
And when we prove it, we can all go back to the enchanted forest.
You know, when we get back, Leroy,
we're gonna need your help restoring the palace.
It's in pretty bad shape.
Cosmetic? Or a total tear-down?
Burn-down.
(WHOOSHING)
No.
What happened here?
The beans, they're gone.
Nobody steals from a dwarf.
Who would do this?
Why didn't you come when I called you?
Sorry, dearie. Do I know you?
I already have a maid. Promising girl, actually.
You know who I am.
You were supposed to come change me back.
(GIGGLES) Was I?
I said you could call. Didn't say I'd answer.
Ugh.
(COUGHS) Have the peasants no soap, then?
Just take this damn spell off me.
I want my magic back
and I want to be able to get into my own damn castle,
- thank you very much. - Aw.
Told you it wouldn't be pleasant.
You wanna hear you were right? Is that it, huh?
Well, you were right.
I like that.
Right about what?
They'll never love me.
So sad. And, yet, so true.
What do you want to do now, then?
- Punish them. - (GIGGLES)
(WHOOSHING)
(EXHALES)
The Queen is dead.
Long live the Evil Queen.
The cuff. You gave me this.
Well, you rather insisted.
- You knew I would want it. - True.
They rigged it with something that blocks your magic.
It's impressive. (CHUCKLES)
So, little bitty Owen does grown-up magic of his own, now?
It's not magic.
Actually, this is something much better.
Science.
You can stop doing that. It's not gonna work.
You might be able to get rid of the leather,
but inside are the toughest metals and machinery known to man.
And right now,
they're counteracting every magic bone in your body.
Which one was she?
She was the Queen. The Evil Queen.
Yes, I was the Queen.
OWEN: But now? Here?
You're nothing.
And what are you?
I'm just a man. A man on a mission.
And all this just to try to find your father?
I already told you, I don't know where he is.
Yes, you do. But that's not my mission.
Then what is?
I'm not telling you.
Bag her.
(WHOOSHES)