Some questions are answered in this episode as we get to see Zelena (Rebecca Mader) and Regina (Lana Parilla) in the other realm and how she's come to Emerald Farm to see Robin (Tiera Skovbye) too who's all grown up now and is 25. As she fires some arrows at Reggie thinking she's an intruder. Zelena adding at least she's a lousy shot. Reggie's come to warn her about the witches and how they're trouble. Zelena shows her the coin with that same symbol Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) saw on the man in Hyperion Heights. She tells Robin she should warn their loved ones.
At Hyperion Heights Lucy (Alison Fernando) still lies in a coma and nothing can be done to revive her, as Rumples (Robert Carlyle) tries to teach Anastasia (Yael Yurman) how to control her magic, or rather he tells her to pick the dagger that looks familiar or she thinks is magical. All the daggers fly off into the cupboard which contains Rumples' actual dagger.
Henry (Andrew J West) tries to call Jacinda (Dania Ramirez) from San Francisco but she doesn't reply and he suspects something isn't right. They find Zelena as Reggie/Ronnie gives him a pair of jogging bottoms. They ride exercise bikes at a place where she's working as a spin instructor and calls everyone flying monkeys, as she would. Zelena hates Ronnie cos she sent Robin away convincing her it was more interesting to travel than to educate herself. Ronnie says she needs to have one drink with her and then she'll leave.
At the locker she pours the remembering spell potion into the whiskey and convinces her to take a drink, she'd prefer cucumber, honey and lavender. (Sounds like the drink Rapunzel whipped up in the previous ep!) After a while she regains her memories and Ronnie tells her they need to head back to deal with Gothel (Emma Booth). Also Zelena tells her she's getting married and she needs to do this cos even if she remembers now, she still loves him. Zelena finding someone to love when Reggie can't. Henry finds out about Lucy and heads back. Zelena agrees to help cos that's what heroes do.
In the Other Realm, Drizella (Adelaide Kane) tells everyone what will happen on Lucy's eighth birthday with the curse and Henry is ecstatic he has a baby girl. Victoria (Gabrielle Anwar) uses magic to turn her to stone, but that will wear off in eight years too, coincidentally! Eight years on, on the day of Lucy's birthday, Gothel shows up with some of her minions (fellow witches) and breaks the curse releasing Drizella. With the impending curse Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) needs Rumples' (Robert Carlyle) help in finding a way to be with his daughter, Alice (Rose Reynolds). He gives him a white elephant, remarking on how everyone knows what that meas by now. Alice is willing to go through this as he is making such a sacrifice and she gives Hook a note for her love, which turns out to be Robin.
Lucy and Henry meet Tiger Lily (Sara Tomko) and she gives him Geppetto's axe which will cut down the tree, but it's too late as the witches find him. He tells Lucy to go to the other world and take the book with her. This is where we came in at the opening ep of season 7. The witches gather to cast the curse but Victoria tries to stop them and isn't powerful enough. Reggie and Zelena arrive with
the others but can't do anything since one of the hooded figures is actually Henry who's been poisoned by Gothel. Either Reggie casts the spell as she needs the final ingredient, a witch's magic; one who has crushed the heart of a true love, or Henry will die here, as they need to get to a land without magic. Reggie has no choice and it's what she has to do. Jacinda is concerned Lucy won't remember her and she's just a child. Sloppy writing there instead of referring to Lucy as a child, she calls her a 'kid', how twentieth century of her! Hook gives her the white elephant instead, which explains why Jacinda recalls Lucy in Hyperion Heights and Hook had the misfortune on missing out with Alice.
Before the cursed curse strikes, Rumples gives Alice the little teacup as a key to his remembering and that she should give it to him. As the curse continues, we get to see that it was actually Reggie who had to cast the curse again, Evil Queen past catching up to her again, but it's for the greater good this time round in saving Henry. We also get to see that symbol on t he tat/coin is the markings that the witches stand upon, thus it has eight sides.
Lucy still lies in a coma and Jacinda thinks if Henry reads to her, then it might help her wake up. He reads the part about how he was waken by Emma and true love's kiss and as he tries it with Lucy, saying he finally believes, it doesn't work. Reggie tells Zelena Henry tried that already and they have no choice, they have to bring back magic even if it means Henry will die. Alice shows Hook the symbol on the tat and drawing in the journal before it's washed off a wall. Anastasia can't control her magic as Gothel makes her appearance and she sweeps everyone away. But Ivy turns up and tells her she's Drizella all grown up and she puts on some vine bracelets to dampen her magic, as she takes her to Gothel. When she arrives, she also puts on those bracelets. But instead of Ivy getting the magic, Gothel gives it to Anastasia. Ivy saying how she betrayed her. She throws Ivy down into the well, where Victoria tells her not to look at her.
Gothel shows Anastasia the eight robes which need to be filled by the witches and they're in town. Thus the symbol appearing everywhere. Three months for the return but hopefully it will be a little less all the over the place and try and reach more of a conclusion to its various chapters. Once again poor Hook misses out on knowing Alice and Rumples doesn't tell him either, though he did tell him about Belle. As we ask ourselves who the other witches will be. Henry once again loses his belief as Lucy doesn't respond and Reggie will have to find some way of saving them both..... along with Zelena's help. Henry not believing is a complete reversal of the younger Henry who was the one who always had an answer for everything with his operations. Believing in fairytales and happy endings was all he ever wanted. Which is now turned around cos of the curse. Wonder why Reggie didn't give Henry any of the potion before they left for San Francisco, though that would interfere with the way the ep/season was written. But who cares, it would've helped in the longrun. Though no one knew that he was cursed to die if he came near magic!
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