Lucky for you,
you've earned enough goodwill with me
to give you one last chance.
Just to choose the right side,
the side of good.
Have you ever considered
that maybe, perhaps,
I am good?
I was always the Queen,
it was you
who added "Evil" to my name.
Good doesn't do what you do.
Why? Regina, why go back
to being this way
after how hard you tried?
And what did it get me?
Dinner with a bunch of hypocrites
who pretend they'll forgive me,
when, in their hearts,
they know they never will.
You're giving me a chance?
How about I give you one?
Stay out of my way.
Listening to your mother
is a mistake, Regina.
Because listening to you
will work out so much better.
She doesn't care about Henry.
All she wants is power.
Power's how you get things.
She doesn't care about you.
Really?
And what would you know
about mothers?
Do you know what's wrong with her?
DOCTOR: Not yet, my dear.
But I have hope
that we shall know soon.
Then she'll be all right?
(WEAKLY) Snow.
Mother.
You should call
for the King immediately.
(STUTTERS) What message
shall I give him?
That whatever business
he's attending to can wait.
He should be at his wife's side.
We'll cancel the ball.
And turn it into a celebration
once you're better.
We can't cancel your birthday.
It will be fine.
I will be well by then.
I want to see you walking in,
in that tiara.
(KISSES)
I don't care about my birthday.
(WHISPERS) All I care about is you.
(COUGHING)
Johanna.
Snow, let's leave
your mother alone, hmm?
It's all right. She needs her rest. Come.
Mother?
What's going to happen to her?
Is she going to die?
- (SOBS)
- (SHUSHING)
I don't know.
I don't want to lose her.
We must hope the doctor will
He doesn't even know
what's wrong with her.
How can we place hope in him?
There has to be something
that can save her.
Maybe there is.
If medicine can't cure the Queen,
(WHISPERS) perhaps magic can.
(WHISPERS) Magic?
Yes.
Your mother has a confidante,
someone few know about.
Someone schooled with
the most powerful of magic.
I'm not really supposed
to even know of this.
Please, Johanna.
There is a benevolent fairy
who can grant a person's wish,
if their heart is true.
Mine is. I swear.
Where do I find this fairy?
Tonight, go into the woods,
where the sky is clearest.
Wish upon the Blue Star,
then she will appear to you.
(HORN BLARES)
So, should I call you "Grandpa" now?
Call me whatever you like.
NEAL: He's a good kid.
Yeah.
Hey, I'm trying my best here.
I know. We all are.
It's just, we're gonna have to go back.
To our home.
I'm just getting to know him.
Well, then maybe
Maybe you should come with us.
To Storybrooke?
I've seen your apartment.
You don't got a lot going on here.
Looks can be deceiving.
Listen, there's something
I've been meaning to tell you.
It's complicated.
So, Neal, do you think
we can take the subway?
Yeah. Sure, of course.
Let's go get that camera.
Come on.
Here, I got it.
NEAL: After this, maybe Times Square?
- HENRY: Great.
- So, uh, did you talk to him?
He said it's complicated.
Oh, I see.
Well, maybe he just needs some time.
I don't know.
(GRUNTS)
- (GRUNTS)
- Ah! Uh!
Tick-tock.
(GROANS)
Time's up, crocodile.
You took Milah, my love, my happiness.
(GASPS)
And for that I now take your life.
- (GRUNTS)
- (GROANS)
(STAND CLATTERS)
Gold, are you all right?
(GASPS)
What the hell's going on?
One of your dad's enemies found us.
(WHISPERS) Hook.
You know him?
(GASPS)
Papa?
(GOLD GRUNTING)
Found a storage room and locked
our stab-happy pirate in there.
He shouldn't be causing
anyone else any problems.
And get this. He had a map on him.
It looks like he sailed his ship here.
How did he get a pirate ship
into New York?
It's cloaked. Don't worry,
he's not gonna hurt any of us.
But is Mr. Gold going to be okay?
Henry, he's going to be fine.
Mr. Gold, are you all right?
You stay away from me.
You caused this.
You brought us back here. You did this.
- Hey, kid.
- (GOLD PANTS)
The battery's dead.
Go in the other room and see
if you can find a charger, okay?
- Okay.
- NEAL: Oh, man,
we gotta get him to an ER fast.
No, that's pointless.
What the hell is that?
It's poison.
This is one of Hook's own making.
There's no antidote in this world.
It's not from here.
Hey, hey, hey. There's gotta
be some way we can save you.
There is, there is.
Storybrooke. There's magic there now.
We need to get him back.
I'll get a car to take us.
No, no, no. There's not enough time.
We need something faster.
The Captain's ship.
The Jolly Roger instead of a car?
It's the fastest vessel in all the realms.
Well, that's great.
But who's going to captain it?
Since the only guy qualified
wants you dead.
I can do it.
Bae.
Yeah. I can do it.
You know how to sail a pirate ship?
Yeah. I do.
Mother Superior! We need your help.
I know. Something is wrong.
I sense a great deal of dark magic
has been expelled.
That's why we're here. Cora and Regina
are trying to find Gold's dagger.
So they may control the Dark One?
We're hoping your magic
will find the dagger first.
Please, Mother Superior,
you're our only hope.
- Is that the star?
- (OWL HOOTING)
Or is it that one?
Worry not, Snow White.
I have found you.
The Blue Fairy.
I knew you'd come,
but I didn't even make my wish yet.
Well, I know when I'm needed.
Your mother, the Queen, is sick.
Yes. And if you don't help her
with magic, she'll die.
I can tell that you love your mother
very much, Snow White.
But fairy magic
is the purest magic of all.
And, alas, cheating death
is the darkest of undertakings.
Please, you can't just let her die.
It is the way of the world.
There has to be something you can do!
(SIGHS)
Yes.
There is!
You're just not telling me.
(WHISPERS) What is it? Please.
I may be able to conjure a remedy.
Using a type of magic
that is forbidden to fairies,
except under the most
dire of circumstances.
You must promise to keep this a secret.
No one must ever know.
Yes. Yes, anything.
Just help her.
This candle is infused with magic
that can save your mother's life.
But all magic,
especially magic this powerful,
comes with a price.
What is it?
In order for one to live,
another must die.
I don't understand.
To salvage a life beyond hope
means breaking the laws of nature.
So if you are to save a life,
then you must lose one in return.
But who must die?
That is for you to decide.
You must hold this candle
over the heart of your sacrifice
and whisper their name.
And when the candle is lit,
that person's life
will be traded for your mother's.
All she ever wanted
was for me to be good.
I can't trade
someone else's life for hers.
Then I'm afraid she will die.
(SNIFFS)
(NEAL CLEARS THROAT)
What are you doing?
Getting us a car.
I thought you were suddenly a pirate
and we're gonna take a ship.
Yeah, well,
we still gotta get his ass to the ship.
- So, you know Hook?
- It's a long story.
Short version is this world
wasn't my first stop when I left home.
No?
If it was, I'd be
a couple of hundred years old by now.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
That should be our ride. Hang tight.
- HENRY: Emma, you need to see this.
- What is it, kid?
It's a text
from David and Mary Margaret.
You need to read it. Now.
Bad news, Gold.
What, worse than incurable poison?
I don't know. You tell me.
You got a dagger hidden
somewhere in Storybrooke
that's the source of all your power?
Get to your point.
Cora's after it.
The only way to stop her is if David
and Mary Margaret get to it first.
Let Cora try.
You can't seriously
be willing to risk this.
Not with your son
coming back with you to Storybrooke.
Miss Swan, that dagger has not
left my possession for centuries.
(WHISPERS) It's not about to now.
Here's the thing, you're dying.
And right now, we are your best hope.
Time's come for you
to start trusting someone.
And if I were you, I'd start with family.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(SIGHS)
- Ah!
- (CLANKING)
(PANTING)
He's cast a protection spell.
Well, then we need
to try something equally powerful.
Dark magic?
Dear, you don't know
what you're saying.
Cora can't get that dagger.
If dark magic is the only thing
that can break that protection spell,
we need to make an exception
and use it.
Just like you told me once before.
I never told you any such thing.
Look, I kept your secret.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Everybody hold on.
Emma?
He told you where it is?
Mother!
(SOBBING)
I'm sorry, I've done an awful thing.
Snow, what is it?
I went to the Blue Fairy
and begged her to help.
To save you with magic.
But what she gave me,
it was dark magic.
A candle that could restore your life
by taking away someone else's.
It was the only way.
But I couldn't do it.
- I'm sorry. I could've healed you
- (SIGHS)
but I was too afraid.
(SOBBING)
Snow, that wasn't fear.
That was strength.
Strength to resist darkness.
I am so proud of you.
But now you won't get better.
We all reach a moment in our lives
where we are not meant to get better.
And, with or without me,
someday,
you will be a great queen.
(WHISPERS) Please don't leave me.
As long as you hold the spirit of
goodness in your heart,
I shall never leave you.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(EXHALES)
(GASPING)
(WHISPERS) Oh, no.
No.
(SOBBING)
(ELEVATOR WHIRRING)
It's here.
A clever hiding place
for a very clever man.
We did it.
The Dark One finally can be controlled.
Indeed he can be. But by whom?
Cora?
You're too late.
Actually, it seems
that we found you just in time.
I told you to pick your side carefully.
Good has won, just as it always does.
(CHUCKLES) I think the day
has finally come, my darling Snow,
for you to learn a long overdue lesson.
Johanna!
You see, in the end,
it isn't good or evil that wins,
but power.
- (JOHANNA SCREAMS)
- (SCREAMS)
(GROANING)
Your choice.
It's time, Snow.
Today was supposed to
be a day of celebration.
And the kingdom
needs you more than ever.
They will find strength
through your goodness.
Where will I find my strength?
Where you always have.
From your mother.
(SIGHS)
She was right.
It is heavy.
(WOMEN SOBBING)
(WHISPERS) I miss you
so much.
(SOBBING SOFTLY)
It's over, my dear.
(WHISPERS) It's time to let her go.
I hate that outfit.
Don't know how that fairy stands it.
As for you, poison looks good on you.
And death is most certainly your color.
Hmm.
You raised her well.
My daughter doesn't love me
the way yours does you.
Snow would have been
a great ruler someday,
but that will never happen
because my daughter will be queen,
and all yours will be left with
is knowing how I've felt.
How it feels to be the miller's daughter.
I will turn Snow White's heart
black as coal.
That candle won't be her final test.
And once I've darkened her soul,
it won't just be you I've destroyed,
it will be your legacy.
Do not harm her.
She has nothing to do with this.
Of course she does.
Whatever they want, Snow,
don't give it to them.
- Quiet, handmaid.
- Mother, watch out!
- (WHOOSHING)
- (CLATTERS)
Leave me, Snow! (GROANS)
Enough of this. Surrender the dagger.
We all know
you will follow your mother's example,
no matter the cost.
All she ever wanted
was for you to be good.
Those words?
Where did you hear those words?
Where do you think?
The Blue Fairy made me swear
never to speak of that candle again.
Not because it was a secret,
but because it wasn't her.
The dagger, dear?
She didn't give me that candle. You did.
My mother wasn't sick at all, was she?
(CHUCKLES) Oh, she was quite sick.
You did all of this.
You killed my mother.
Actually, the candle would have worked.
You could have saved her.
But you knew I wouldn't. Why?
Why did you take her from me?
To make my daughter the queen.
Hand over the dagger.
No. No. I will not let you win. Not again!
You've already lost your mother.
How many connections to her
do you have left? Not many, I'd wager.
If we give up the dagger,
we can still win.
Let me go, Snow! It's all right.
(GROANING)
What would she say
if she could see you now?
If she wasn't dead?
The dagger, dear.
Enough!
Mmm.
Such a good girl.
You have what you came for.
(GROANS)
- Not quite everything.
- (JOHANNA SCREAMS)
REGINA: Well, there you go.
You see where good gets you?
(SOBBING)
(SIGHS)
It's nice to be back.
Hiding is quite wearisome.
I like what you've done with the place.
I'm so happy you approve.
What is it, my love? You're troubled.
You never told me about your history
with Snow's mother.
I spared you that burden,
like any good parent would do.
You didn't think I deserved to know
exactly what it took
for me to become queen?
Now, you know.
That day at the stables,
when I rescued her,
that wasn't an accident, was it?
CORA: Regina, sweetie,
it's time for your riding lesson.
(SIGHS) Mother, I have no lesson today.
Oh, I thought you'd be happy.
I arranged for you
to have more time with Rocinante.
Of course, thank you.
I'll send the stable boy
for my saddle right away.
REGINA:
You made sure I'd be in the pastures
when Snow rode past.
I'm so tired of these endless journeys.
Your father, the King, is a lonely man.
But have faith.
Someday, his wanderings will end.
REGINA: You had to make sure,
when I met Snow White
- (SLAPPING)
- (NEIGHING)
(SCREAMS)
her father would be
searching for a new queen.
Help me! Help!
Shh! Someone's here.
SNOW: Somebody help me!
And what does this knowledge
change for you?
(CHUCKLES)
That you won, Mother.
I am the queen.
And if that's what you wanted so badly,
why do you need
Rumplestiltskin's dagger now?
You're worried my interests
are no longer aligned with yours.
My only interest now is Henry.
And I've told you, you'll have him.
But how?
Now that Mary Margaret and David
know we have the dagger,
we can't use Gold to kill them
without Henry finding out.
Have patience, my love.
By the time Rumplestiltskin returns,
Emma Swan and the rest of them
will be nothing more
than a vaguely unpleasant memory.
And Henry will be yours.
NEAL: It should be one more block west.
EMMA: Once we get the car,
what do we do about Hook?
I don't know,
he's made his way to New York,
I'm sure he can make his way
out of a basement.
You have a problem
leaving him behind?
- Actually, I've done it before.
- Great.
I have to admit,
after some of the things you've said,
I'm surprised you'd rally to
his side like this.
There's a difference between
running away from your father
and watching him die in front of you.
He may be a monster,
but he's my blood.
What happens when he's healed?
I don't know.
Forgiveness ain't something
I think is possible with him.
But somewhere inside you,
you hope someday it will be.
Life's full of surprises, isn't it?
Well, no matter what, it'll be nice for
Henry to be around you a little bit.
Even if it's just for a visit.
Here's our car.
Please tell me
we are not gonna hotwire this thing?
No. It belongs to a friend.
That's a generous friend.
Yeah, about that, um, we need to finish
our conversation from earlier.
There's something you need to know
about me before we get on the ship.
WOMAN: Neal!
(PANTING)
- Thank God I caught you! Oh.
- What are you doing here?
I don't know.
I got a little worried after talking to you.
You can't just say
you're leaving town for a while.
Hey, hey, listen,
everything's fine, okay? I promise.
All right, sweetie.
Just tell me what's going on.
Neal?
I'm Tamara.
Emma.
She's my fiancée.
It was a beautiful service.
That never should have happened.
Johanna was an innocent.
You can't blame yourself. (SIGHS)
You did the best you could do
in an impossible situation.
And yet Regina's family mausoleum
remains untouched.
Mary Margaret
I've followed the same rule
my entire life.
Hold on to goodness.
It's what my mother taught me.
How many more lives
is following that lesson
going to take away from me?
You can't let Cora
make you lose faith in who you are.
Someone who does the right thing.
You know,
that's exactly what she wants.
I made the "right" decision
when I stopped Regina's execution
all those years ago,
when it could have saved us
all of this heartache.
I made the "right" decision
when I sent Emma
through the wardrobe alone,
and we didn't see her first steps.
I made the "right" decision
when I let my own mother die
from Cora's poison.
And we keep beating them.
At what cost?
All I want is our happy ending. It's time.
We've earned it.
No more lives lost,
no more hearts broken.
The dagger, it's useless
until Gold returns to Storybrooke.
We have time. We'll get it back.
And when we do, we can bring
Cora and Regina to justice.
I don't care about justice anymore.
We keep thinking
that people will change.
What if that's wrong?
What if I'm the one who has to change?
Change how?
I'm going to kill Cora.