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It’s linked to Belle’s Beast and if he goes, she’ll know. Regina doesn’t want to turn to her sister, but Hook reminds her she owes it to Emma to return the favor and save her.Įmma gets her first taste of darkness by threatening a villager without even realizing she’s doing it.īelle (Emilie de Ravin) doesn’t want to leave Gold’s side in case he dies, so the Blue Fairy (Keegan Connor Tracy) puts a rose under glass. They need Zelena’s help because she’s still evil. You’re going to embarrass yourself and waste our time.” Regina and Hook argue a bit, and Hook tells her she’s done too much good.
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Hook tells her to stop waving it around, saying, “Enough. It has all the light magic but needs to be wielded by both light and dark. He can’t take them there, but a special wand from the Sorcerer, from Merlin, could help them get to Emma. Hook and the gang go visit the Apprentice who tells them Emma is now where all darkness is born. Emma is done with this nonsense and wants to go see Merlin because he can destroy the darkness. She says she’ll never turn to the dark and he says the only way to stop it from happening is if she’s stopped, permanently. Rumple will be Emma’s guide as she becomes dark. Rumple says Gold still is and that he himself is many things, including the Dark One’s powers inside all of the Dark Ones. Rumple (Robert Carlyle) appears and Emma’s shocked to see him because he’s supposed to be in Storybrooke in a coma. Meanwhile, the portal opens and out pops Emma in the Enchanted Forest. Emma is not in this world and therefore can’t be summoned. I thought you knew the dagger’s rules,” says Regina. “Put that down before you hurt yourself, guyliner. Regina, not so gently, explains why it didn’t. Hook (who is looking even more handsome this season) picks up the dagger, tries to command Emma to return, and doesn’t understand why it doesn’t work. “It’s not like she rode off on a unicorn! She rode off on a vortex of evil!” says Regina, never one to mince words. Mary Margaret and David defend Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and say she’s still good, and Regina hopes that’s true. Regina (Lana Parrilla), Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin), David (Josh Dallas), Robin (Sean Maguire), Hook (Colin O’Donoghue), and Henry (Jared Gilmore) stand in the middle of the street, with Regina calling Emma stupid for recklessly saving her life. A quest begins for the missing half of the sword…and the other half is shown as the Dark One’s dagger with Emma Stone’s name now on it. They have no idea why the sword is broken but decide not to tell the people anything other than that they have a new King. Next up is Arthur who doesn’t hesitate, grips the sword, and removes all but the end of Excalibur from the stone. He should have listened because as he pulls on the sword, he turns to dust and disappears. Sir Kay (Lee Majdoub) has beat them to Excalibur and although Arthur warns him not to, Sir Kay attempts to pull it from the stone. She doesn’t understand, but he goes on to tell her that one day she’ll have the opportunity to remove Excalibur from the stone but she must not do it.Īrthur (Liam Garrigan), Lancelot (Sinqua Wells), and Percival (Andrew Jenkins) ride through the hills to the location of Merlin’s prophecy. “When you do something you’re not supposed to do, even if you do it for the right reasons, bad things will happen, Emma. About to rip into a stolen candy car, an usher calls her by name and tells her not to do it. “The Dark Swan” opens in Minneapolis in 1989 with a young Emma at the theater about to watch The Sword in the Stone. This is a recap and review, so all the details of the episode are about to be talked about. If you haven’t watched the episode read no further unless you love spoilers. “The Dark Swan” launched a new chapter of Once Upon a Time as it set up the potential for Emma’s complete transition into the Dark Swan, making this season’s first episode one of the best season openers of Once Upon a Time’s five seasons.
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Jennifer Morrison and Robert Carlyle in ‘Once Upon a Time’ season five (Photo by Jack Rowand / ABC)ĪBC’s hit fantasy series Once Upon a Time returned for a fifth season on Septemwith an episode that found our Storybrooke heroes, and a sprinkling of former and current villains, prepared to help Emma Swan fight off the darkness.