What Happened - In Storybrooke, Mr. Gold finds August snooping around his
office with Henry’s help. Gold breaks into August’s room and sees a drawing of
the dagger that can kill Rumpy. Gold starts to suspect that August is his son,
Bae, and a nun in cahoots with August confirms the theory. Gold goes to Archie
and confesses that he believes his son is in town and has come to kill Gold. Archie
tells Gold to confess his wrongdoings and apologize. Gold confronts August and
asks for forgiveness.
They hug and dig up Rumpy’s dagger. Gold asks August to
destroy the dagger, but August instead tries to control Rumpy through the
dagger. Gold realizes that his son would never do this. Also, his son would
know that no magic works in Storybrooke. August is unable to kill Gold, and Gold
spares August. You see, August is dying anyway and Gold presumably wants August
to wake Emma up to the truth before he expires.
Meanwhile, Mary Margaret has been cleared and gets all
her friends back. David tries to make up with her, but Mary Margaret has
realized that something is trying to keep them apart. They are not back
together, because Mary Margaret a) doesn’t forgive David for believing the
frame-up and b) doesn’t want her good memories of David poisoned by whatever
force is trying to keep them apart. Regina is upset with Gold for screwing her
over by releasing Kathryn, who remembers nothing. He went with the letter, not
the intent. All the evidence points back to Regina, so Sidney takes the fall
for her. Emma is not buying it and tells Regina so. Emma also tells Regina that
she is going to take Henry back.
In the Enchanted Forest, Baelfire, Rumpy’s son, becomes
concerned that his father’s dark magic is continuing to turn him into a
different person. Rumpy kills people, and Bae does not like that. Bae asks
Rumpy if he would give up magic if Bae could find a way of doing it that wouldn’t
kill him. Rumpy, thinking there is no such way, agrees. Bae finds the Blue
Fairy who gives him the last magical bean in the world, telling Bae that it
will take him and his father to a land where magic doesn’t exist.
Bae goes to his father, throws the bean on the ground,
and creates a vortex that will transport them to an unknown land. Rumpy is
scared and wants to keep his power, so he drops Bae into the vortex and does
not follow him. When his son is gone and the vortex is closed, Rumpy regrets
his decision and asks the Blue Fairy to help him get to his son. But there are
no magic beans and the only way to get to a magic-less world is to perform a
large curse for which Rumpy is not yet powerful enough. Rumpy swears that he
will do it one day.
Comments - UGH, Ern thought August being Rumpy's son was so
cool, but it isn’t true! We guess the son will be revealed in due course. Is it Henry's father? But
still, that’s way better than someone being Pinocchio. We’re pretty sure August is Pinocchio though.
Leeard is glad that he wasn’t Rumpy’s son.
August can’t die. They’ve already taken Graham away from
us, so they can’t also take away our consolation prize. We can’t believe Rumpy
dropped Bae! We’re glad that he regretted it instantly. This was the only deal
Rumpy ever broke, and it was a doozy.
Rumpy was a coward to not give up the familiar and
control in order to follow his heart. It’s crazy that Storybrooke and the whole
deal with the Queen is actually Rumpy’s search for Bae. So maybe this world
(Storybrooke) isn’t the evil, dour place it was made out to be by the first
couple of episodes.
It’s a place of renewal and salvation that the Queen just
thinks is a world where no one will be happy and she can have her revenge.
Yeah, they have no memories and magic, but it looks like Gold is in control,
not Regina. That’s awesome, because you know how we prefer Gold to just about
any villain ever.
Episode grade: B+
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