Once Upon A Time 4.18 "Heart of Gold" Review

A return to Robin (Sean Maguire) and Marian (Christie Laing) and the time he opened a tavern which would've been exactly where Will (Michael Socha) would've spent time!  Ha.  As the Sheriff  of Nottingham (Wil Travel) comes to collect taxes and threatens him with a penalty, not to mention how Marian would run to him cos she's be penniless and on the streets.  Cue Rumples (Robert Carlyle) with a proposition in return for some gold straw.  This entails going to Oz to get him some potion which will help hearts to heal, whereupon, he chances upon Will.  Robin having saved him from the guard when the portal door landed on him, not that again, one use on a witch was enough.  Wasn't it. Robin disguises himself as a guard, gets to the city, almost steals the potion before he's caught by Zelena (Rebecca Mader).  Begging the question of where exactly were the flying minkeys (as Inspector Clouseau would say) and Zelena's ability to see off any and all intruders before they arrived.  After a fight Robin manages to get away.

So how did Zelena get to be Marian, obviously it was after this since Marian hadn't been killed yet by Regina (Lana Parilla) in that timeline.  As well as Zelena being frozen by the Snow Queen's spell. Does this mean when true love's kiss didn't work on her it was cos she was Zelena all this time, whereas they thought it was cos Robin loved Regina, which he did, but here's another explanation no one thought about until the later reveal perhaps.  Yet the Snow Queen's magic worked on Zelena and she wasn't able to counteract it.  Not to mention Regina really having Zelena's heart in her hand and having to put it back!!  That could've been crushed so easily, oh if only she was evil and just went for it.  No one would have to suffer Zelena.  Then the other point I'll mention quickly is how Regina gave up Robin when Marian was so gung ho in doing the decent thing and stepping aside.  All a ruse and playing Regina so masterfully.  (Then again Robin didn't even realize he wasn't kissing his own wife everytime they got close!)

Robin gives Will the potion so he can mend his heart after losing his 'sister'.  I still want to know what he was doing with the Alice In Wonderland too in the library and the Red Queen's picture.  Wasn't that meant to be explored.  I mean I know it was cos of Once Upon A Time In Wonderland and the Red Queen was his true love, but not everyone's seen that.  Robin realizes all he has to do is steal from the rich to give to the poor, thus stealing the Sheriff's money and hide from Rumples.  But how could he, that imp gets everywhere.  Probably another reason why he ended up at Rumple's castle when he came to steal from there.  Clearly they must've had past dealings, or was that before he was married.

Anyway Emma (Jennifer Morrison) berates her parents for stealing another baby to ensure she wasn't dark and they need to accept what they've done. Considering she went to prison for a lesser crime. Gold finds Robin at Neil's apartment and suffers a heart attack.  He asks Robin for the potion which is found at a shop belonging to Walsh, aka The Wizard, aka the flying minkey and he manages to steal the potion for him to get better.  Not without complications though and Robin wanting Neil's apartment.  You see Zelena reveals herself with the help of the necklace, since leaf clover was it, which Marian wore.  She actually gave Gold a placebo, yeah cos Marian could've really found another heart-shaped bottle at such short notice and had the cunning to substitute it.  Which isn't surprising since Robin didn't have the cunning to realize Marian was off!

However Gold manages to get his number from Regina's pocket and blackmails her erasing Robin's number.  As if Emma couldn't get it again.  He does get his comeuppance when he is rumbled (should that be rumpled) by Zelena and has to agree to let her get her wicked, wicked ways, with Robin and Regina.  Jumping forward, the news of her being pregnant, well that could heave been a magic baby or a trick. Anyhoo, she calls Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) the Saviour's "one handed lover". Trying to be snarky or what! Well it didn't work, she's as evil as ever and not funny at all.