Zelena collects another ingredient for her spell – the gold
the Rumple spins she turns into a golden brain which she adds to her box –
representing Rumple’s mind. Now just one more to get…
Mary Margaret is rushed into hospital in labour. Regina
and Emma casting a protection spell around her hospital room. Hook tries to
join them but Emma is still not happy with him for not
telling her about his cursed lips. But David insists Emma take Hook for
back up if she’s going after Zelena (Emma makes an unnecessary dig at Hook’s
hand – hey, yes, Hook is one handed but he’s also extremely competent fighter.
By all means point out her doesn’t have magic, but his lack of a hand doesn’t
make him less of a swordsman). David insists that she at least take Hook as
cannon fodder. Poor Hook. Emma makes her goodbyes to Henry and off they go.
Henry is promptly farmed off on Archie and after a
reunion moment it seems Henry is looking for apartments having already planned
their life – the house is too crowded for all of them and the new baby, he’ll
be zipping between Emma and Regina but Emma needs a place. Archie thinks he
should talk to Emma, especially since he’s assuming Emma will keep him in
Storybrooke or, as Henry puts it, home.
And a Flashback – Zelena in Oz, taking over the wizard’s
castle, bitterly stalking Regina and Rumple through a scrying pool. Glinda pops
in to see her – she’s actually quite happy about the Wizard of Oz being turned
into a winged monkey since the man was a charlatan. She wants to distract
Zelena from her little obsession.
In the present, Zelena forces Rumple to lay out her spell
– but he still thinks she’ll fail because even if she changes time she won’t
change herself.
Hook and Emma argue as they walk about how Emma feels
manipulated into letting Henry having his memories back and how happy they
could be in New York while Hook points out that their live in New York was a
complete lie. Hook forces her to confront what worries her about staying so
much and skewers the idea that it’s all for Henry’s sake.
Unfortunately they’ve made the classic television mistake
of focusing on their personal drama rather than Zelena and Rumple who sneak up.
And it doesn’t matter how magically powerful Emma is, Rumple is still the trump
card and he throws Hook into a pool and holds him under water. Emma tries to
pull him out rather than fry Zelena which isn’t very effective.
Flashback time – Glinda takes Zelena to a council of
witches, along with North, East and South, they represent courage, love and
wisdom (behold conspicuous empty chair). Together they’re more powerful but
still can’t travel through time. They want her to take the West seat –
Innocence (ha!) and want her to reclaim her goodness. Also their special
prophecy book says the land’s protector will be brought to Oz from the West by
Cyclone – which sounds a lot like Zelena. But she has to let go of her past –
yeaaaah not likely
Zelena tries to let go of her past and in the 5 minutes
she tries, Glinda decides Zelena is cured! She gives her the super powered
pendant (which is now her life – since it makes you immensely powerful but also
strips your powers if you don’t wear it). Are we sure Glinda isn’t the “Innocent”
one? But it seems to work, Zelena has let go of her envy and her skin returns
to its usual colour.
To the present and Zelena and Rumple wander off so Emma
can pull Hook out of the water. Of course, he’s drown so CPR is needed – which means
her lips touch Hook’s. The flaw in David’s reasoning (David’s reasoning has a
flaw? WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED?!) Cannon fodder is only cannon fodder if you don’t
care if it dies. The curse hits – but at least Emma has super-duper-awesome CPR
skills and needs on breath only to bring him back.
Why not drown Emma in the water? Or stab her? Or turn her
into a quaint garden ornament? Wouldn’t that work? No?
Anyway, Zelena and Rumple charge the hospital and their
defences and defenders just fail dismally. The dwarfs, the Merry Men, Belle,
Regina – all fall quickly before Zelena carrying the Dark One’s dagger.
Flashback to Zelena’s dreams falling apart, again. Glinda
takes her to the West, her realm, when they see a Cyclone. Which drops off a
farm house – and Dorothy. A special powerful girl coming from the west via
Cyclone. Oopsie. While the 3 witches are welcoming to Dorothy, Zelena starts to
turn green again, especially since she’s read the book and seen the bits Glinda
missed out – like how the Witch of the West is supposed to unseat a great evil.
She sees Dorothy unseating her; Glinda warns her that if she sees herself as
evil she will become evil.
In the hospital, Mary Margaret gives birth to her baby
boy – and Zelena breaks into the room – and takes him. David, Mary Margaret and
Frankenstein can hardly stop her.
Great now Mary Margaret will take to her bed for a month.
The whole gang gathers and Emma tells them that she has
no magic. Without her magic they can’t beat Zelena – but Henry tells Regina she
could do it. Regina repeats she can’t match Zelena’s magic but Henry says that’s
because she’s throwing dark magic at Zelena. She broke a curse with True Love’s
kiss – that’s Light Magic. Henry and Robin are confident of the love in Regina;
that she can be a hero not a villain.
Flashback – evil Zelena confronts Dorothy. She decides
she’s going to kill her and end the threat for all – she calls a fireball. And
Dorothy throws a bucket of water at her. Which causes her to melt. Dorothy
panics and calls Glinda but she just stabs a big destiny stamp on everything
(got to love that. “Your well is full of highly corrosive acid!” DESTINY
EXPLAINS ALL! It’s also a really crappy prophecy “will defeat greatest evil
with accidental drenching!”) and they go wandering down the road to take
Dorothy home since she doesn’t want to be the Witch of the West
Zelena, not one to be too long bothered by Destiny Charged Water.
Zelena has finished her spell – David’s Courage,
Rumplestiltskin’s Wisdom, Regina’s Love and The Charming’s super-Innocent baby.
She brags how Rumple will choose her this time while Rumple is equally sure he
will find Zelena and kill her.
She begins her spell and the good guys arrive. Battle
begins and Rumple hisses at Emma and Hook that they need to get the dagger or
he’ll just kill ‘em all. The gang can’t
really do anything because Rumple keeps throwing them into conveniently placed
hay bales. Zelena and Regina face off. Zelena holds Regina by the throat – and Robin
manages to grab her heart. Regina calls light magic to her hands. “what are you
doing?” “Changing” and she throws Zelena across the room
Fear not, she may be good, but Regina still has the best
one liners.
In her plummet across the room she drops her dagger,
freeing Rumple. Regina follows it up by ripping the gem from Zelena’s throat, shutting
off her magic and closing the portal.
David poses dramatically with his sword. He doesn’t even
get to slice off the head of the Flying Monkey since it transforms into Little
John. Oh David, keep pretending to be relevant.
Regina mocks Zelena, she’s failed and not going anywhere.
Rumple objects, he has a GRUDGE, oh yes he does. Before he can get in some much
deserved epic vengeance, Regina grabs Rumple’s dagger and stops him. Good magic
doesn’t exact vengeance. Rumple protests that she killed Neal but she counters
with the number of lives they’ve both ended to get what they want. Heroes don’t
kill.
Flashback to Oz and Dorothy (really? Screw Dotty, get me
back to Regina!) and the newly reinstated Wizard of Oz (free after Zelena’s
magic fell). Showing how little Glinda really cares about the Wizard of Oz
being a charlatan. He sends her home with golden slippers (hey, why no ruby?)
and Dorothy buzzes off. But then the curtain comes down revealing Zelena. She
set up the whole ruse of the water in the first place so Dorothy would leave
and now no-one can stop her. She banishes Glinda to the Enchanted Forest, with
a wave. So much for Realm hopping being hard.
In Storybrooke, Zelena is in a cell and Regina
sympathises with her – Cora ensured she wouldn’t get the live she wanted, the
life she thought she deserved as well. Zelena doesn’t get it of course, but
Regina thinks she tried the same thing, she failed – and got a second chance.
So that’s what Zelena will get. “Evil isn’t born, it’s made. And so is good.”
Create a new destiny or Regina will take her heart and crush it. She puts Zelena’s
gem in her vault.
Yes, Regina’s good, but that doesn’t mean she’s soggy.
Belle and Rumple meet up in his shop for a happy reunion
and her eternal faith in him. Regina gave Belle the Dark One Dagger and Belle
gives it to Rumple because she has faith in him. And he gives her it back –
just as she trusts him enough to have the dagger, he trust her enough to have
the power to control him. He asks her to marry him. Of course she says yes.
The Charmings have a big reunion, Emma has a moment with
Hook – but her magic hasn’t returned and she’s still planning to go back to New
York.
Ahh but not so neat. See Rumple visits Regina and reveals
he gave Belle a fake dagger. He promised his son revenge and Rumplestiltskin
never breaks his bargains. He turns Zelena into pottery and shatters her. This
turns her to dust
Which turns to green vapour – along with the pendant in Regina’s vault. The gas goes to her ritual spot – and the portal appears to open.
Regina! REGINA! REDEMPTION WE HAVE IT! White magic, her
heart being the pillar of love and Regina even stopping Rumple’s epic vengeance
on Zelena (awwwwww). Coupled with an acknowledgement of their own past – that “how
many lives have we ruined to get what we want”?
I think we need a Regina party dance!
Emma is annoying me though. SHE feels manipulated into
giving Henry his memories back? She was willing to let someone’s past be erased
for her own idea of what life should be but she is the manipulated one?
Seriously? She was willing to manipulate events to keep Henry ignorant of his
past, of his family, top use that to pull him away from Reagina, his grandparents,
from even knowing his dad existed, from all the friends he’s made – there’s
some outrageous manipulation.
The witches’ table… ok… Love? Yes I’ll go with that
(compassion or empathy would be better). Wisdom, no doubt. Courage, yes pretty
set. Innocence? Not guilty of crime/sin? Naivety? Not seeing it. Justice? Yes I
could see justice (though I think wisdom and compassion combined with courage
make justice). Or conscience (though empathy/love, wisdom and courage are all
parts of conscience). But innocence?
The flashbacks of Zelena are good though because we see
so much of Zelena’s character, ultimately she’s an incredible insecure person,
constantly seeking to prove herself, constantly seeking validation and
hyper-sensitive to anything that could be seen as criticism.
