The Musketeers 3.8 "Prisoner of War" Review

                                          
Anne (Alexandra Dowling) has been sending messages to her brother, Philip in Spain in the hopes of peace and she sends Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) with a letter to meet with Spanish envoys at a secret location, without knowledge or consent of Louis (Ryan Gage) or Treville (Hugo Speer)  Of course Grimaud (Matthew McNulty) happens to overhear everything they say, being able to lurk and sneak about everywhere, including the palace still.  She's worried for France as Louis grows weaker and takes too much of his new medicine, he's in pain.

The Musketeers take Spanish generals to the prison and tell Marcheaux (Matt Stokoe) to treat them with respect. Porthos (Howard Charles) tells him to treat them how they'd expect to be treated and he replies that they slaughtered French soldiers and are to be hanged the next day.  Aramis rides to the rendevous point but is met by Grimaud and his men who take him hostage, sending demands to the Queen. The Spanish prisoners must be released in exchange for Aramis.  Also Gaston (Andre Flynn) is behind the attempt too as he wants Anne discredited and removed from the throne.  He has the backing of  the Duke of Lorraine (Robert Glenister) who wants the prisoners in his hands and Aramis killed.  However Grimaud has his own agenda for the Musketeers as he tells Gaston, they are his.

Louis wanders off and he ends up in the garden, hallucinating and passes out.  Treville has the Musketeers search for him and he is found by D'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino).  Louis says he saw Milady De Winter (Maimie McCoy) and is taken back to his quarters.  Treville tells them of his medicine.  Later he finds a handkerchief at Louis's side bearing her mark of the flower.  He heads to his quarters and finds her hiding there.  He says if he was going to be killed, he'd already be dead. She wants money from Louis since they were on good terms, but Treville instead says he will give her a retainer for her services.  She denies she's an assassin any longer even if she did kill the Duke's son.
Milady: "I'm disappointed by your calm demeanour.  I'd hoped for shock, panic.  Even a faint note of surprise would've been nice."  Alas no,  he doesn't seem to be surprised at anything which makes him truly a politician.  Compared to Athos (Tom Burke) who wasn't told about Milady being here, but promptly drops his apple upon seeing her, they kiss and embrace and then he leaves her for Sylvie (Thalissa Treixeira) an odd reunion if ever there was one.  Especially as she later asks what he'll do, kill her.  Well we all know how the story goes, but in this case there was dramatic licence, as always.

Treville says he will spare the Spanish prisoners but not by Royal Assent as he agrees to the men being exchanged for Aramis.  They must take the prisoners.  They arrive before they are hanged as Marcheaux has sped up their execution and are met by the wrath of the people.  Also D'Artagnan sees his cousin Espoir (Tim McCall) there who is also being hanged as he is a thief. D'Artagnan wants to take him too but Marchauex doesn't let him.  He pleads that he's French and all he did was steal bread whilst the Spanish are set free.  The Musketeers finally take the men and D'Artagnan takes Espoir. They meet in secret and he tells them about the farm being razed to the ground and how he came to Paris to find work and make an honest living but didn't find any work.  Athos agrees to him going with them but only if he's released before they reach their destination.  They think it could be a trap and the seal of the Spanish could have been forged.  Athos storms out of there when he finds out and will deal with Aramis himself.

Milady heads to the garrison and finds out about Athos and Sylvie and she will wait for him.  (See above).  Constance (Tamla Kari) tells Sylvie about the Queen wanting the poor to be educated and she can use the press to this end, as she prints out ages to be distributed to the poor to help them read. She asks about Athos and Constance explains he's well and she will tell him she asked after him, but Sylvie doesn't want her to. Grimaud holds Aramis suspended and he takes his cross from him and throws it into the fire, he doesn't need to fear God or anyone else, only him, after Aramis tells him about his mother and how she was brutalized by the soldiers.  Grimaud calls her weak, but Aramis says she was strong.

D'Artagnan releases Espoir as Athos tells him to and they make camp.  He takes him to a clearing where he stumbles upon Grimaud and his men holding Aramis as D'Artagnan sees his horse.  They plan a raid to free him and Athos asks if Espoir can shoot.  Seems after all that fighting, Grimaud once again escapes as was obvious he would and Espoir saves Athos from being shot.  Aramis is held as a shield by Grimaud and he tells Porthos to shoot him but he doesn't, allowing him to flee.  Aramis is angry they didn't shoot him, seems like he should've had a go and he wouldn't have missed, even if he was still shackled.  He's angry and Athos asks why he didn't tell them about the Anne's plans.  He replies he wants peace.  Don't they all.  They return to the palace and Aramis wants to speak with Louis himself but she doesn't want him to.  Anne hands out money to the poor in the street and they distribute leaflets with her seal on it depicting Anne and her lover.

Grimaud and Marcheaux planned this after Marcheaux shows Grimaud the leaflet being distributed by Sylvie to educate the poor.  The Musketeers rescue Anne and take her back to the place, as Athos storms out when he finds out what's happening to Sylvie.
Athos meets Milady and she says they're still married asking about Sylvie, he asks what she's done with her and she replies she's all right.  He rushes to find her and discovers she's been arrested for the leaflets and is about to be flogged.  Sylvie pleads with Marcheaux that there's no going back after this for him but he doesn't care.  The Musketeers arrive as Athos stops him and Marcheaux tells him he's disobeying the king's orders.

Anne wants to explain to Louis but he doesn't want to listen and mumbles "Spanish harlot," as he walks past her.  She wanted to give the crown a good reputation by helping the poor but Louis didn't want that.
Milady accept Trevilles offer.
Milady: "I'll kill for you."
Treville: "Not for me, for the crown."
Milady:" Spoken like a true politician."
Treville: "seems we've both found our place."
A bit of a funny conversation when Treville tells Athos he's a captain now and Treville's reminded he wasn't always a politician himself.  Also Gaston calling Anne a "bitch", hmm getting past the BBC censors, we'll wait and see.

Seems the title was apt considering Aramis is in many ways a prisoner, not only of war, but his love for Anne and not being able to see his child, as well as for his circumstances and not being able to find and get the peace that he so gravely desires.  A lot of scenarios being set up here for the series finale and yet the treachery continues from Grimaud, being the key villain in this series, he always gets away!

The Musketeers 3.7 "Fool's Gold" Review

                                                
The Musketeers are on the trail of Grimaud (Matthew McNulty) and interrogate an innkeeper, with Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) shooting a bottle off his head as he refuses to speak of his whereabouts. Then D'Artagnan (Luke Pasaqualino) gets the notion to use cadet Brujon (Tom Morley) to shoot an apple off his head instead, he pretends to have a shaky hand and he finally relents and tells them he's heading east.  The cadet fires the gun and the innkeeper is surprised, D'Artagnan adding he is a cadet but a Musketeer cadet.  Athos (Tom Burke) was losing patience with him, especially since he wants Grimaud more than anyone.  He says he's well enough to ride after being injured in the shootout. They ride out when they see a child in the forest and naturally they must follow her, Porthos (Howard Charles) and D'Artagnan are caught in a trap and shout for help.  The women have the others too. They know all about the soldiers in the forest and how they came to their village and took everything.

They have built this new place hidden away and Aramis and his comment about always being tied up by a woman didn't really help them any.  "I've been tied up by women too but it's only ever been recreational."
Juliette (Fiona O'Shaugnessy) doesn't want to help them, but one of the women, Theresa (Meera Syal) says they should and it's only for one night.  They meet some other women and one of them, Elodie (Lily Loveless) is pregnant, her husband is away fighting and she asks for any news about his regiment.  Porthos tells her they only know they were headed to another place.  They also have a man in their midst, Bastien (Howard Melling) who says he was made fun of by the soldiers since he's a cripple, knew he was lying.  They feed them and Juliette tells them that she knew Grimaud's mother when she was little, as Theresa also tells them that he was here and he's probably in a cabin in the woods.

They are raided by men and one of them kills a woman, as they realize they're looking for something. The women fend them off as best they can and Aramis asks for a poultice and bandages for Athos but Juliette refuses him, cos they don't have much and can't spare it.  They head after the remaining soldiers the next day as they invade their camp again and D'Artagnan tells Athos to continue on his own, as he heads back to the camp.  They capture one man, Robert ( and find out that they're deserters but they're also criminals.  He tells them they were taken by the soldiers to fight and calls them cannon meat.  He ran away and he may be a thief but he isn't a murderer of women and children.  He thinks he's going to be killed and tells him to shoot already.
D'Artagnan: "we're all afraid of dying, the trick is to just find something worth dying for."  Much the same as what Porthos said to Elodie about being afraid in the battle.  As he later says, "...fear has no power over you."  That's why he returned to his men.

Athos finds the cabin and is caught off guard as he's hit and is barricaded inside by Theresa who tells him she knew Grimaud's mother.  She was barely a child and was mistreated by the soldiers.  She could hardly look after herself let alone a baby and she rescued him when she left him in the river and brought him up as her own, well she didn't do a very good job of it.  Athos tells her she should've left him in the river.  She tells him he's better than him and much cleverer, er, don't think so, he may keep getting away but that's just what you'd expect from a sewer rat!  ha. Sorry.  Athos manages to get out and runs after her but she poisons him instead, oh no a woman got the better of him.  The others find him and bring him back to camp.  Er, one point, when he ran out of the cabin he didn't have his sword with him, but when he's found his sword is by him.  He wouldn't have been able to go back for it though, would he?

Elodie tends to him and tells them there's no antidote, if he makes it he makes it.  Porthos talks with her and tells her about her husband and that there were casualties, he's probably dead.  She's left alone now and he says his mother brought him up alone too and he turned out all right.  She hopes she's having a son and he also admits he was afraid in the war.  He even left one day and got a few miles away cos of what fear does to you, but then thought of his men and came back.  There's another raid and Juliette slits the throat of one of the men.  They're after gold and Bastien is behind it.  See the weasel was obvious!  They take her and leave a note for the gold.  Athos has nightmares and dreams of Grimaud and of Sylvie (Thalissa Teixeira) as Aramis later tells everyone, after he recovers.

Athos tells Aramis to meet by the blacksmith's place and they lay traps for the men and fight them. The women help and eventually they are victorious. Juliette tells Bastien she used the gold for the women and this place as he tries to kill her, Aramis shoots him.  Porthos tells Elodie he can stay here and help her if she wants but she tells him that France needs him more than her or her daughter. There last ep Porthos was speaking of not having a family and this ep he could've had a ready-made family of his own.

At court, Anne (Alexandra Dowling) tells Louis (Ryan Gage) to a name her regent and she'll look after their son and Louis doesn't want any part of it.  He later watches her play with the dauphin and Treville (Hugo Speer) tells him he should make peace with her.  He asks her for a drink with him and tells her he will name her regent as she promises to write history with the dauphin as his heir and how he may be Aramis's son by blood, but Louis taught him everything.  He will never be known as his son.  Admitting she slept with Aramis once, well once was enough wasn't it.  Aramis also acknowledging to Juliette that he has no children of his own either.  He couldn't exactly tell her could he.

Anyway this ep seemed more like a filler, rather than one where they find Grimaud and Gaston. Even though Louis doesn't want to believe that Gaston is in on the plot to raise an army.  He thinks Gaston could've been taken as a hostage.  He lost Feron and he doesn't want to lose another brother.  As Treville tells Louis he can't have a state funeral since he was a traitor, Louis adding that a traitor wouldn't have saved him.  Theresa vanished too so she probably knows where Grimaud i,s a wonder he didn't turn on her either, when she nursed him.

Once Upon A Time 4.19 "Sympathy For The De Vil" Review

                                           
Cruella's (Victoria Smurfit) back story ep where she's locked up by her mother and weren't meant to think that as in all fairytales, she's evil.  Growing up locked in the house in the 1920's, a writer/Isaac (Patrick Fischler) comes a-calling for a story and after noticing the three portraits of her mother's three husband's on the wall, he thinks he's onto something.  Back then writer's used to cold call like salemen then did they.  This one being Issac and he gets Cruella out of her attic and takes her dancing to a nightlcub.  Of course it was easy for him to write the key into her room.  As he is the Author of the book.  He has his fun as her mother told him he should leave and gets more than he bargained for, as Cruella leads him a merry dance too, claiming her mother poisoned her father and her other two husbands.

He can only see some sort of good in her as he writes her diamonds and also tells her about the pen and the special ink.  Giving her his car so she can finally leave her mother.  But she double crosses him and her mother reveals it was actually Cruella who poisoned them.  As she madly sews herself a fur coat made from the dogs.  Though he does catch up to her and writes her away for now, not before they struggle and she gets his ink in her hair, thus causing it to turn black and give her the two tone effect.  Even before the ombre effect came in!  Ha.  He also says that all of the times they've been living are all outside the realm of time itself.  Huh, which was a stonking bit of a mess, I mean making that Storybrooke library clock redundant!!??

Cruella kidnaps Henry (Jared Gilmore) and Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) and Regina (Lana Parilla) help Emma (Jennifer Morrison) look for him, but apparently Gold (Robert Carlyle) has a hand in this too since he wants Emma to turn dark and this was one way to speed up the process.  Emma not wanting Snow (Gennifer Goodwin) or David (Josh Dallas) to help cos she's as peeved as ever for their actions and lying to her about Maleficent's (Kristin Bauer) baby but not mad at Regina for keeping Snow's secret.  There was a kicker too in that Henry managed to free himself (again) with some broken glass he happened to be sitting by, must've been Robin's men littering beer bottles again, or maybe Will who's a beer guzzler of the most profuse variety.  Cos he managed to do the same in Neverland too.  As Snow and David get to the Author, he's written that Cruella can't kill anyone, what took him so long, with them having to tell Emma.  Too late as Emma uses her powers, sending Cruella over the edge this time, literally and not just cos she already was mentally over the edge.  Emma killing her in front of Henry came so easy to her didn't it.  Now everyone's thinking she's so totally dark, or has the potential, but no it was to save Henry.

Regina tells David and Snow that Zelena (Rebecca Mader) is really Marian and she killed Marian back in the woods after Emma rescued her.  Meaning Emma didn't change her fate or history after all, as Marian remained as dead as she ever was.  However, once again Emma did manage to act before thinking of the consequences.

Regina needed Belle's (Emile de Ravin) help with Gold and used her as leverage.  She did ask her for help when she saw her, but it seemed a little confusing in that Belle would willingly give up her heart to Regina.  As she manipulated Belle this time into meeting with Gold.   Then reveals herself in the woods, as well as Belle's heart, intending it as use for leverage.  As for the so-called evil twosome, Cruella got away with admitting she left Maleficen't baby in the woods and then uses her magic to send her to sleep as a dragon.  That was a bit of a yawn moment, where's their real evil and being at odds with each other.  She bears grudges against Snow and David for what they did to her baby, but she can't even fight Cruella over it.

Once Upon A Time 4.16 "Poor Unfortunate Soul" Review

                                             
Where we find out what happened to Hook's (Colin O'Donoghue) ship and why Ursula (Merrin Dungey) is an enemy of his and theirs as she sides with Gold (Robert Carlyle) and the other evil twosome.  She was a mermaid just like Ariel (JoAnna Garcia) but her father wanted her to use her singing to lure sailors onto the rocks instead of giving people the pleasure of her voice.  The only thing they both have left of their mother.  So no one used the word Siren in this, which is what she was really meant to be.  But this is OUAT and we had to expect different.

Had a feeling for a bit that somehow Emma (Jennifer Morrison) thought there was more to Hook and Ursula than just pirate and mermaid since he at first didn't want to tell her about their backstory, when he mentions her.  Obviously it wasn't going to be like that since Hook only had eyes for Milah until he met Emma, years later.  However he did have a soft spot for her since as I said, they've both been through loss, but really who said they were romantically involved, she was a bit young for him dearie!!  Hook tries to get Ursula to reveal what plans Gold has in store in finding the Author of the book and he has the very thing which will make her help.  This being her voice in a nutshell, or rather a seashell.  Flashing back to how she refused to do her father, Poseidon's (Ernie Hudson) bidding and wanted to run away from him.

Meeting our lovable pirate rogue in the process who offers her free passage cos he knows what it's like to lose someone.  (Course luv I'll take on free passage with ya!! ha. Plus I also have the right name!!  Mila!)  Of course her father wants her to come home.  Hook needs the squid ink in return for free passage but her father puts paid to that.  As we know, revenge is so hard for our would-be hero/villain to get on the Crocodile.  Thus he betrays Ursula and takes away her voice and whereby she gets a lesson in how cruel people can be in the real world.  Growing tentacles and losing her mermaid's tail.  Should I have said her innocent mermaid's tale for some reason.  Ursula had that bracelet from her father's vault, the same one sported by Ariel which Regina (Lana Parilla) gave her in season 3, so was there an abundance of these bracelets.  Though Regina, as Ursula back then, was a good scene.

Hook gives her back the shell but she doesn't get her singing voice back, later finding out the only one who can do that is the one who cast the spell, her father.  As Ursula throws him into the sea. Knew he'd be rescued by Ariel cos she hadn't seen her in a while and there's not many friendly mermaids we've come across.  She tells him she was angry about Eric since she had to rescue Blackbeard (Charles Mesure) to find where he was and the scene I liked was where Ursula bought back Hook's ship in a bottle!  Later we'll learn that it was Elsa (Georgina Haig) who cast a spell and did that, but not any more detailed explanation, would've liked to have seen that.  Okay the more plausible explanation is that Elsa shrunk the ship when Blackbeard had it after he doublecrosses Ana and threw them in the chest for Hans.  Thus Hook and Elsa not knowing each other.

[Just a gripe though, which seems to be an invalid gripe, just thinking out aloud) does this mean Elsa and Hook knew each other when they were back in Arrendelle, or wherever they met.  Cos they didn't appear to know each other when she got to Storybrooke and no mention was made of it either. ]
So father and daughter meet again when Ariel brings him back through a portal and she gets her voice back, keeping her bargains he tells him Gold intends for Emma to turn to her darkside.

Of course things weren't going well for August (Eion Bailey) since Gold can't get any answers from him about the Author or the book.  He gets a potion whereby his nose will grow when he's lying. Which it does as he questions him on the page from the book, he tells him he doesn't know where it is. Regina having to magic up some smoke through the chimney and enter Snow's (Gennifer Goodwin) body to give them the message about Gold and August, which must've been creepy.  Let's see, why didn't she use this sell in previous eps when the situation called for it.  Anyway she tells them where August is and they rescue him but not before they're confronted by Ursula and the Cruel one, Cruella (Victoria Smurfit) who's clobbered over the head with a frying pan by Snow.

Gold's plan/secret whilst the Saviour is around no one will get their happy ending, thus she needs to turn dark.  See once again Emma's the cause for all the palaver.  However Hook pics this time to tell her she's his happy ending.  (Everytime they said that phrase, my mind went back to Avril Lavigne's Happy Ending song.  But it's so relevant, "so much for my happy ending, all this time you were pretending..."  Getting back to Hook and Emma; if she's his happy ending, then something must go awry for them since he's really a villain turned good, cos it's the same as Regina not getting one either.

However August tells them the Author is inside the door and trapped inside the book itself which was convenient.  His nose grew cos he didn't know where Henry (Jared Gilmore) had the book. Oh and Regina tells Emma about her dream of seeing Robin and then the Evil Queen who appeared to be protecting him, was that from his fate, or rather was she really the Evil Queen.  She asks Emma to locate Robin in New York, umm, like getting a phone number, but she did know where he'd be.  Since she gave him the keys to Neil's apartment.

One other nitpick, relevant for 4.20 is how Emma can locate people, but she never felt remorse or any kind of inkling to find Lily and make things right.

Once Upon A Time 4.12 "Heroes and Villains" Review

                                                 
Rumples (Robert Carlyle) attempts to use the hat when the stars align thereby harnessing all the power under the stars! Well, no as he and Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) who still ain't got his heart back, poor luv! has to still be his pawn.  Anyway when the stars do align he'll be able to leave Storybrooke and head to New York with Belle (Emilie De Ravin) though why they haven't heard of any other places is beyond me.  I mean why not Tallahassee?

Back at his castle, Rumple's managed to get his hands on a gauntlet which was going to come back to bite him in Storybrooke.  You think if he knew, he'd not have bothered keeping it.  Where we get our first meeting of his with Cruella (Victoria Smurfit) Maleficent (Kristen Bauer) and Ursula (Merrin Dungey) as they kidnap Belle for the gauntlet.  Only he rescues her and gets it back too.  Why all the ruses at times, they seem pointless.

Regina (Lana Parilla) and Robin (Sean Maguire) manage to put Marian's (Christie Laing) heart back in her and unthaw her, well unfreeze is the right word, although neither one of them had their hearts in it)!)  Even had Marian willing to give Robin up for Regina but she in all her newfound goodness didn't want to come between them.  (Jumping forward, she should've just taken him considering the storyline with Marian.)

Meanwhile Hook and Rumples were street sweeping, following the broom to the mansion once again, where they were led to the portal to Arrendelle.  Storybrooke is full of portals to other fairy lands but not-a-one to New York?!!   Henry (Jared Gilmore) gets to work at the pawn shop, which didn't last long, as Belle was packing a suitcase and was in need of another one, I mean she didn't know she could get those and clothe aplenty in New York.  Well fashion isn't really Belle's strong suit.  As they scour for more cases, Henry chances upon the gauntlet, leading Belle to a flashback.

She ended up doing washing for Rumples, who appeared to have swiped someones clothes too, cos he certainly doesn't wear them (see New York's a calling for new clothes!)  She sees a puppy and then ends up tied up near a cliff.  Then Rumples gets a coin which turns out to have Princess Leia, er Belle where the gauntlet is demanded in return for her.  Thus leading us to meet the toothsome threesome, which sounds much better.

Hook tells Emma (Jennifer Morrison) about the portal to Arrendale, but it's Rumples talking for him, Emma sensing something was wrong with him, yeah especially since it took so long for him to utter his trademark "luv."  Seems these characters take a leaf out of each other's acts, like Regina manipulating Belle, then talking through Snow (Gennifer Goodwin).  Wonder if Hook still had the freewill to kiss Emma, or was that Rumples, ha.

It was more like a stab in the back rather than through the heart.  Even if that's exactly what Regina accomplished for herself after letting Robin go after they'd done the full on dirty a few times.   Robin decides he wants to be with Regina and shows her their page from the book together and their happy ending.  Cue Marian keeling over (and again jumping forward, nothing but a convenient faint no doubt on her part, to tear them apart.  The only option being Marian had to leave Storybrooke and Robin recalling his code had to go with her too.  They can leave but can't return, but do still have their memories intact.  As I said, convenient for future plot purposes.

Gold gets into Regina's car where they share a conversation about happy endings, what else, as he tells her he's leaving and going to find his happy ending.  As Elsa (Georgina Haig) and Kristoff (Scott Michael Foster) head through the door to Arrendelle, Ana (Elizabeth Lail) recalls Rumple's meeting with her and how he lies, seeing as he was also the one who found the door.  Trying to get Ana back before she blabbed about his plans.  A the clocktower he still plans to go ahead whilst waiting for the stars still to align, as he also plans to crush Hook's heart once and for all, but was taking his sweet time over it.  Now let's not be shedding Crocodile tears, as Emma arrives in the nick of time, but he freezes her to stop her using her magic.  This means his magic is more powerful than hers, well he's been using it for years.  They do seem to have some sort of a link since in season 1 he had a hand in wanting Emma to be born.  Only it was Belle who saved the day with the dagger, commanding him to give Hook's heart back.

Thus she realized the gauntlet was never traded for her, he would never lose his power or give it up for her and so he loves his power more than her.  Making him cross the Storybrooke line, well he got his wish, only not with Belle.  Who finally comes to terms that she can't have a happy ending with a villain either and goes in search of Will.  Probably why he frequented the library a lot.  Well it wasn't for the books! ha.

Elsa and Ana arrive home and prepare for her wedding, with the smell of chocolate in the air.  Will this be the last we see of them, well if Zelena (Rebecca Mader) can return...  Emma puts Hook's heart back and decides she must find Regina instead.  Henry finding a secret door in the mansion, why was he still there and blank storybooks, which means this must be where the Author is.  Why have an emergency supply of storybooks when they just magically seemed to appear in the one book anyway.  Emma agreeing she wants in on Operation Mongoose.  Rumples finds his way to New York where he meets Ursula, in an aquarium of all places.  They might have taken her out of the sea but they didn't get the sea out of her.  Where they plan some more evil.

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.