This one was a bit of a hilarity, we jumped from the underworld to Oz, to Storybrooke, to Oz, etc as Zelena (Rebecca Mader) dealt with Dorothy (Terri Reeves) whom she thought was back in Kansas. As she got hold of a CGI Scarecrow (Paul Scheer) cos she needed his brain and as we know from last season that was part of the object she needed to open the portal, what we didn't know, however is that Hades (Greg Germann) was part of the murkiness here which sort of disrupted her plans. However she kept all that to herself whilst in Storybrooke. Also what was the point of Hades retrieving the pages from the storybook when Zelena ended up here and told Regina (Lana Parilla) that Hades was in love with her. Pointless!!
Ginnifer Goodwin) Snow and David find out from the witch (Emma Caulfield) at the diner that they can talk to Neal, at least they can "haunt" him and he'll hear their voices from ye olde Brit red phonebooth! All she asks for is some living breath in a bottle cos it seals for a fortune! Zelena has a green cupcake with a candle back in Oz, which she later tells Hades isn't for celebrating her birthday cos she doesn't even know when she was born. No, she was just envying cupcakes and they turned green on her! Ha. Actually she was celebrating when Cora left her and watched her through a magic mirror thingy when she abandoned her in the woods. Then the scarecrow arrived for which they couldn't pay a real actor but they did for the voice! But Dorothy arrived to save him. Dorothy's grown up quickly, has developed a manly voice and even takes strides like a man too (see ep 5.18 with Ruby!) Foiling her plans, she leaves with the scarecrow but the Munchkins don't know where she is. A bit pointless again hiding out since we know from season 4 (and before) that scarecrow was doomed from the start, as was the cowardly lion and the scared Tin Man.
Hades arrives and tells his own sob story about having a brother who lives it up on Mount Olympus whilst he has a meagre existence having to collect souls in the underworld. Jealous much? They could exchange sibling stories til a new portal rears its head! Why did Hades need a portal anyway when he could just blue smoke himself everywhere, as Zelena thinks he's trying to steal hers.
In the underworld Rumples (Robert Carlyle) was back at his spinning wheel cos his blood was needed to open a portal to Storybrooke, in which case why didn't Hades just use him and why didn't he use his blood to get Regina to open a portal without a curse in season 1. And couldn't they use him to get back to Oz instead of Dorothy's slippers (see ep 5.18).
In Storybrooke we find Belle (Emilie de Ravin) feeding the babies cos the fairies couldn't and Zelena pretending to be the Blue Fairy (Keegan Connor Tracy). She wanted to see her baby and even take her, but the portal opens and Belle is swept into it with Zelena jumping in after. Zelena sprains her ankle and Belle wonders why the sky is red, and Zelena says she didn't open any portal. Belle casually walking off with the baby.
Seems Belle doesn't recognize they're in Storybrooke and so didn't think of going to the apartment, but she went to the library instead, where she sees Rumple come out at the time. Their meeting was only exposition on how he signed over his second child to Hades and that Belle was pregnant, though in reality don't know whys he didn't work this out herself!! She be married now after all. Anyhoo, he wasn't curious as to why Belle was left holding the baby again. He also revealed he's the Dark One and has been for a long time. He loves power, can't live without it and she can't make him choose cos he can have both. He tells her she loves what he is cos he's not only a man but she also loves the beast within the man. Which she basically knew since she met him. She may have changed him, but he can't stay that way. And he can't let the dark magic and the light magic overrun or combine together or something.
Hades takes Zelena on a bike ride on Dorothy's bike cos it was like 'Daisy Daisy give me your answer do' and he said he loved her. The bike was spelled and took her right to Dorothy, camping out with the scarecrow who promptly had his rain snatched by Zelena and a moment ago in the underworld, she was bemoaning Belle snatching her baby!! Ha. In the underworld Zelena asks why Robin (Sean Maguire) left their baby to come down here when he doesn't really do much. Regina replying it's similar to how the people she hated were her family and they're all one big happy family now. Trying to change Zelena with that speech wouldn't have worked. Anyway they find Belle with the baby and Zelena also brought the milk bottle with her and wanted to bond. With Robin bringing that to a close, how did he know the baby had enough milk anyway!! Snatched the bottle from her! Funny how her magic returned and then was taken away when she couldn't remove the rash from her baby, think Hades was behind that? She gave the baby to Robin and he hid out in the woods cos Hades couldn't find him there, but he's meant to be aware of all their conversations and everything they do.
Henry (Jared Gilmore) has written pages in the book but he doesn't know how, he thinks they were written in his sleep as Regina calls the illustrations beautiful. Is Henry really the author, didn't see him writing so much in his sleep, neither did the previous author. Hades wines and dines Zelena in Oz cos he loves her and thinks he'll get true love's kiss or something, but she refuses cos he just wants her portal, which sounds rude!! In the underworld he revealed that she always wanted what Regina had so he made this Storybrooke for her but as they're in the underworld, it is all about the decay honey! Nothing even grows here. 'Let's share the decay together!' He also told her that her birthday is 15th April, he got that out of Cora before he peasant-ed her back!
Henry also gave Snow the pages showing they spoke with Neal and he heard them which was a relief.
Belle needed to face some home truths cos it appears she should have known what she was getting herself into with Rumples. He was a beast and would always remain a beast, it was just who he was and quite frankly she knew the beast before she found out about the man so she must have had feelings for him then, not cos she thought she could change him and make him human at the same time. whereas Zelena and Hades had no problems with who they were and what they wanted.
Note for later begging the question Hades tells Zelena he made Storybrooke for her and included everything here, which includes the sorcerer's house as it contained the storybook and his pages hiding his secret, why didn't he omit that.
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