After weeks of building up to this moment, however, doesOnce Upon a Timedeliver on its big battle? Lets take it from the top. Nick hijacks Henrys phone to check in with Jacinda so that everythingseemson the up and up. Credit: Jeff Weddell/ABC Little does she know, its Nick texting (and scheming) on the other end. That, he explains, is actually his Aunt Kelly, whos really the Wicked Witch in disguise....
She is…who? And her daughter is…WHAT? In this world, Snow White defeated the Evil Queen and the curse was never cast. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Rumple shows up to take over and warns Hook about getting in too deep with this case. Jacinda and Henry show up to celebrate…TRUE LOVES KISS? Nah, no worries. Its just getting the food truck running. Roni has a job. So he insists that Rapunzel tell him about the garden where he can lock in his own imprisonment flower....
How much are these women charging for beignets though? Remember that cool girl who Vicky went to see at the end of the last episode? Well, shes back, and Vicky has returned to bring her some tea and news about Lucy. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Turns out if Lucy doesnt give up believing in magic, Victoria will never see Anastasia again. She also takes the opportunity to tell Sabine shes going to raise her rent....
Lets walk through this weeks installment ofOnce Upon a Time, shall we? Hooks first stop is another cell: this time, Rumples actual jail. The Jolly Roger for the hook, one hand of dice decides it. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Only … we know thats not true. He challenges him to a duel, and Hook accepts. Hes won the bout, but at what cost to his honor? As he overhears Alice screaming for him to help her, hes helpless, hurt, and humiliated....
All this for some lousy radishes, too. Back at Hyperion Heights, Victoria is wheeling her own deals at the jailhouse, too. Hes putty in her handsanda chauffeur as shes let free on account of an unwarranted arrest by Killian. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC But he also lets her know that he knows of hertruetitle: Rapunzel. Yes, yes, whatisWeaver doing? Lucy likes it there and desperately hopes her moms going to finally invite Henry over again....
Not good, yall. Turns out, Regina gave her a spell book before heading into the Enchanted Forest for Henry. You get three guesses. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Shes lost Robin and she figured out my little clue above. In real-time, Lucy is still in a coma. That wish is ruined though when Ana figures out why shes down there. Victoria reveals she woke up Anastasia by putting Lucy to sleep. Its heavy, and Anastasia doesnt take it well....
Lets take it from the top. She says she wants to punish their mother and that perhaps her sister is the way to do that. Similarly, Ivy gets a visit from Gothel offering her to join her quest for the Dark Ones dagger. Credit: ABC Meanwhile, Roni gets a visit from Jacinda and Lucy. (Recap continues on next page.) But they still arent on great terms. Back in the other realm, she faces a similar test....
It looks like shes about to be done in when someone comes to her rescue: Tiana. And in real life, theyre friends. Actually, more than friends! Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC But back to Cinderellas world! So they team up and hop on Henrys motorcycle, but not before Cinderella leaves a glass slipper behind. Classic Victoria (even though, you know, we barely know her). Theyre going to fill the space and fast, no matter how many of those symbolic flowers take root....
Alice finally finds her freedom Family, freedom and … trolls? Welcome to another installment ofOnce Upon a Time, everyone! and wishing for her long-overdue freedom on her candle. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Theyre at an impasse in the woods, friends. Meanwhile, Lucy and Roni/Regina are plotting how to spy on Samdi/Facilier. She doesnt want Zelena to know aboutthatpart just yet. From the look ahead to next week, this will not go to plan....
Nothing Gold can stay. In doing so, though, he realizes that the price (theres always a price!!) is the happiness of Alice, whose pure heart is undeniable. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Well, unless youre looking at it from Reginas point of view, at least. Lets take it from the top. Rumple begins his mission to reconnect with Belle by visiting his private photo shrine to her. Little does he know, theres another sly dealer of the dark arts listening in....
When has a John Hughes movie not gotten the job done? We live in a complicated world, this Hyperion Heights/Post-Emma Enchanted Forest World. Maybe we should just jump in and review. Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC Meanwhile back in the present, Ivy visits Victoria, who has a terrible headache. In the hospital, Rumple is still woke and ready to leave the premises. In Ronis bar, Lucy comes in and demands to see the picture because she isincessant....
Lets take it from the top. Rumple has had a change of attitude about helping Henry. Unfortunately, hes still cursed and is unable to move her, literally shocked by whatevers keeping them apart. Credit: ABC/Jeff Weddell He promises to come back for and runs for help. Little doesthisversion of Regina know, her mirror is trying her bestnotto let go of her child. Shes disappointed when nothing happens, and he can read the reaction all over Ronis face....
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? Credit: Jack Rowand/ABC 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....
