Gather your tissues, kids, because this is the last chapter ofOnce Upon a Time.
Can you ever be?
But before we get to that, lets talk about everything that leads us to it, shall we?
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If Alice and Robin were expecting some heros welcome when they arrived to Storybrooke, they are sorely mistaken.
Hook refuses to give up, however.
The other Henry Mills is also trapped but in a very different sense.
We fight tomorrow, and Ill finally have my happy ending: Your death.
Its not all bad news for Regina, however.
While shes locked away in the cave awaiting her execution she gets a fever dream visit from the O.G.
Robin Hood whose tangible, very real presence brings a glaze to her eyes right away.
Your life is proof that no ones path is set, he tells her.
Theyre more likely to freeze to death than to make it out alive.
But theres hope yet.
(And also, hello, foreshadowing.)
Upon making their great escape, though, the work is hardly done.
He almost has the keys to free her before one loose guard arrives and gives him a struggle.
Snow and Charming lead a rousing roundtable discussion about how to defeat Rumple.
Theyve done it before, even if the list of allies and enemies has flip-flopped considerably since then.
What hasnt changed is that were on the side of right, they explain.
Alices very nearly claims her before Hook jeopardizes himself to save his daughter, as one does.
His heart is bursting with the green glow of pain, but he refuses to let her go.
With that,hedrops his blade and accepts her hug.
The heroes hellholes disappear right away, and everyones saved, except for Hook.
The Dark One is done, once and for all.
Shes even wearing her iconic yellow dress for good measure.
), who accompany her to a secret party which turns out to be her coronation.
(Cersei Lannister wishes.)
Because thats just a part of life.
And in the end, we can get past it all.
That right there is a Dark One dagger to the heart, yall.
And here we are: The End.
