Where to start Oncers? Tonight we added a new branch to the far too crowded Once Upon a Time family tree. We also learned that last week’s preview for this episode completely spoiled us for the not-so-big “flying monkeys are people” reveal. But most importantly, in my incredibly biased opinion, we find out the fate of someone near and dear to my Rumbelle heart. Get out your torches; it’s time for a “Witch Hunt.”
What you need to know:
Regina and Robin, sitting in a tree…:In Regina’s castle, the Wicked Witch sends one of her monkey minions to get the Queen. He swoops upon the Storybrooke company and nearly snatches up Robin Hood’s adorable son. Regina saves the kid and makes the flying monkey into a cuddly stuffed animal for the boy. Belle rightly surmises that the person occupying Regina’s castle must be from Oz, hence the flying monkeys and green smoke. “The bookworm’s right,” Regina replies. She goes into the tunnels that run underneath her castle, which aren’t protected by the spell. Robin decides to join her as thanks for saving his son and also because he loves her! Alright, maybe not yet but very soon Oncers. They arrive to find Regina’s blood-magic-sealed door is open.
The usual suspect: The Queen, who is devastated by Henry’s amnesia, privately informs Emma that she didn’t cast this new curse. However, at a town hall meeting later, everyone gangs up on Regina and Emma joins with the mob mentality. The Queen (like me) is ticked about this because oh my gosh haven’t they suspected her enough?! So she creates an earthquake and vanishes. Soon after, Emma meets her in her office and we learn this was a “clever” plan to fool everyone into thinking Emma wasn’t looking at all of them as suspects. Hey maybe she should talk to the random new girl no one remembers from the Enchanted Forest! Zelena is just in Granny’s chatting up Mary Margaret about her baby.
A band of merry monkeys: While chasing down a wild turkey, Little John goes over the town line and is snapped up by a monkey. He’s eventually found bleeding in the woods and is assumed to be dying despite only having a gash on the shoulder. Meanwhile, Emma and Regina trick Zelena into breaking in to steal a fake memory potion but she disappears in a puff of green smoke before the moms can catch or even see her. At the hospital, much to the surprise of everyone who didn’t see the preview for this episode, Little John transforms into a flying monkey. Back at Emma’s apartment, the adults deduce that this is what’s happening to all the missing persons. That combined with the green smoke (hey this sounds familiar…) must mean: The Wicked Witch is in Storybrooke.
Sisters from a different mister: In her castle, Regina brews up a sleeping potion so she won’t have to live without Henry. She magicks Robin’s feet to the ground so he can’t stop her even as he implores her to wait for her second chance at happiness (himself, hint hint). She does make good on her promise to break the protection spell first. Just as she going to prick her finger and go to sleep, the Wicked Witch arrives to break the not very surprising news that they’re sisters. Cora had Zelena first but sent her to live in Oz where she grew to resent Regina’s picture perfect life. She did get some magic lessons from Rumplestiltskin (her dad?) though and she intends to destroy Regina’s happiness, or what’s left of it. Zelena flies off, cackling, and the Queen (crazy eyes in place) chooses to live for vengeance.
He lives!: Back in Storybrooke, Zelena brings food to her prisoner: Rumplestiltskin! He’s his creepy, high-pitched, Dark One self, minus the gold skin. My Rumbelle heart beats again!!
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Zelena tries on Regina’s wardrobe in the Enchanted Forest and quips, “Now that’s how you wear a dress.” Um, has she seen Regina rock those getups? Girlfriend doesn’t know what she’s talking about!
When Emma expresses concern for the missing Neal, Hook bitterly replies: “He’ll turn up. He always does.”
Regina, about facing the Wicked Witch: “I don’t care if the Lollipop Guild is protecting her.”
Emma introduces her parents to Henry as old friends and Mary Margaret, in her sweet naivety, takes it a step further. She says she and Emma were in prison together for “banditry.”
So we can all agree that this episode was a chance to see all of our favorite secondary Storybrookers right? Hey there Dr. Whale, Granny, Ruby and Archie!
Regina and Robin share some cute, dare I say, first date details during the journey through the tunnels. You know like, Robin’s wife died while he was thieving and Regina lost Henry because of this new curse. They’re bonding!
The understatement of the night goes to Emma for this line: “My superpower (lying detecting) may not be perfect…”
The eye-rollingly ridiculous line of the night goes to Dr. Whale for this gem: (after being asked what the flying monkey was) “I’m a doctor, not a vet.”
I realize they don’t remember the last 12 months, but how is no one suspicious of the random new girl in town, aka Zelena? They still remember the Enchanted Forest from before and she wasn’t there. No one is wondering where she came from?
Please tell me Rumplestiltskin can get everyone’s memories back and fast. I don’t think I can take having to watch the brain trust figuring out the same things twice every episode: once in the Enchanted Forest and then again in Storybrooke.
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