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Previously on "Once Upon A Time"
I was in an accident.
You're not gonna believe what I saw.
If I own that
dagger, I control The Dark One.
- Don't break our deal!
- I have to!
Papa!
Do you remember that favor
you owe me, Ms.
Swan?
I'm cashing it in.
I need to find my son.
Nonstop service to New York City.
Milah?
Milah.
I'm nearly finished.
Oh, you learn quickly.
I have a good teacher.
Mwah.
What is it?
What brings you home so early?
Milah.
My weaving days are behind us.
I've been called to the front.
The ogres war.
I report for training in the morning.
No.
Rumple, I've heard stories.
The front it's a brutal place.
Oh, Milah, I know, I know.
I I can't say that
I I won't be frightened.
But but this is the chance
I've been waiting for
all my life.
You know, I've lived under the shadow
of my father's actions for too long now.
Just because your father was a coward,
it doesn't mean you are.
Oh, I know that.
As do you.
But to the world?
Fighting in this war
finally gives me the chance
to prove that to everyone else.
Go.
Be brave.
Fight honorably.
Oh, God, I love you.
I love you, too.
When you return,
we can start living the life
we've always dreamed of.
Yeah.
- We can have a family.
- A family.
What's wrong? This is the right place?
Yes, it is.
Let me guess.
He's not expecting you.
Well, who doesn't love a surprise?
Once Upon A Time 2x14 - Manhattan
Original air date February 17, 2012
What is it, sweetie?
It's Henry.
Emma left town with Gold,
and she took him with her.
And you didn't stop them?
I didn't know until after they had gone.
I'm sure he's safe.
And as soon as Gold's done,
Henry will be back.
But not with me.
Back? From where?
Where's Rumplestiltskin gone?
I don't know.
Well, if he's left town,
then he's powerless.
He can be killed.
The moment either of us leave,
we lose our magic and our advantage.
Your memories?
None of us were victims of the curse.
It's not about memories.
It's about magic.
Well, I don't need magic.
I'll go after him alone.
Even if you could find him,
do you really think you
can just walk up to him
and stab him in the heart with your sword?
Well, I prefer my hook,
but I can't find that now.
You're not going anywhere.
I deserve my vengeance.
You're right.
You're right.
You do,
and with The Dark One gone,
we can search for the one magical item
that can actually
kill him here his dagger.
No Baelfire.
Yeah, that probably
wouldn't fly as an alias.
Your magic globe didn't give you
an apartment number?
It doesn't work that way.
Do any of these names
mean anything to you?
Well, names are what
I traffic in, but sadly, no.
Here's your boy.
No.
Or it could just be vacant.
You might traffic in names and magic,
but I traffic in finding people
that don't wanna be found,
and those sort of folks
don't like to advertise their whereabouts.
U.
P.
S.
package for 407.
Maybe you should've said Fedex.
He's running.
That that favor you owe me
this is it.
Get him to talk to me.
I I can't run.
Watch Henry.
I'll be back.
Hey.
No.
Neal?
Emma?
Neal?
I don't understand.
What are you doing here?
- What am I doing here?
- Yeah.
I'm not answering anything
until you tell me the truth.
Are you Gold's son?
What are you talking about? Who's Gold?
You played me.
You're from there.
You played me.
- And he played me.
You both played me.
- Whoa, okay.
- You and Gold.
- Emma, slow down.
What are you talking about? Who's Gold?
Your father.
Rumplestiltskin.
He's here?
Why else would I be in New York?
You brought him to me?!
Why would you do that?!
Hey! I am the only one allowed
to be angry here!
Did you know who I was,
where I was from, the whole time?
Was this just some sort
of sick, twisted plan?
- Did did you even care about me at all?
- Emma, do not
I wanna know! I want the truth, all of it!
Fine! We we gotta get off the street.
We can't do it here.
We're out in the open.
I I spent a lifetime
running from that man.
I'm not gonna let him catch me.
There's a bar down the street.
We can talk there.
I am not drinking with you.
Whatever you're gonna tell me,
tell me now.
No, bar's better.
Don't worry.
You can keep yelling at me
when we get there.
Don't worry.
Emma's really
good at catching people.
Well, my son's been running away
for a long time now.
Now I have a feeling
he's equally adept at it.
Well, at least we found him, right?
Indeed.
Oh, and, uh, thanks for the hot dog.
I forgot.
You are quite welcome.
- And thank you.
- For what?
Well, if it wasn't for you
bringing Emma to Storybrooke,
none of this would have come to pass.
You are a remarkable young man.
You know I forgave her.
Emma for giving me up.
She thought it was the best for me then.
That's why she did it.
I'm sure your son will get it, too.
Alas, the circumstances
surrounding our separation
weren't quite so noble.
But you're here now.
And you want him back, right?
More than anything.
Then that's all that matters.
Well, what do you wanna know, Emma?
You want the truth? Ask away.
Did you know who I was when we met?
If I had, I wouldn't have gone near you.
Come on.
"Come on"? Come on, what?
I was in hiding.
I came here to get
a away from
all that crap.
So if you didn't know,
then you were just using me.
You just needed someone to take the fall
for all the watches that you stole.
I wasn't using you.
When we met, I didn't know.
I found out.
How?
When I went to sell the watches
I ran into a friend of yours August.
When you see what I have in
here, you're gonna listen.
You're gonna believe every word I say.
Yeah, right.
You left me
and let me go to prison
because Pinocchio told you to?
Emma I loved you.
I I was, um, I was tr
I was trying to help you.
By letting me go to jail?
By getting you home.
Are you telling me
that us meeting was a coincidence?
Because how the hell did that happen?
If it wasn't in your plan
or your father's?
Think about it.
He wanted you to break the curse.
Us meeting, that could have stopped it.
Maybe it was fate.
You believe in that?
You know, there's not
a ton about my father
that I remember that doesn't suck.
But he used to tell me
that there are no coincidences.
Everything that happens happens by design,
and there's nothing we can do about it.
Forces greater than us
conspire to make it happen.
Fate, destiny, whatever you wanna call it.
The point is
maybe we met for a reason.
Maybe something good
came from us being together.
No.
Not that I can think of.
I just went to jail.
That's it.
Doesn't matter now.
I'm over it.
And you.
Why do you wear the, uh,
key chain I got you?
To remind myself
never to trust someone again.
Come on.
I made a deal with your father
I'd bring you to him.
You made a deal with him?
Yeah.
And I'm upholding my end.
No, Emma, you don't have to.
You know that.
I know.
Okay, so this should be
really easy for you.
Tell him that you lost me.
Tell him you can't find me.
You do that
you'll never have to see me again.
Soldier.
Me?
I'm needed at the front.
You guard this crate with your life.
W what's under there?
A prisoner who could help us
turn the tide against the ogres.
Careful.
It's a tricky beast.
Yes, sir.
Rumplestiltskin.
You're a child.
Please.
I haven't had a sip in days.
How do you know my name?
I'm a seer.
I see all.
No, no, no.
That's that's not possible.
You must have overheard someone speak.
Rumplestiltskin, the son of a coward.
Raised by spinsters.
Scared of ending up just like his father.
Did I overhear that?
I told you.
I see all,
even what has yet to pass.
You mean the future?
You can see the future?
Indeed I can
including yours.
No, no, no.
Uh I won't indulge this
dark magic.
Even if what I see concerns your wife?
Milah?
Why? Has something happened to her?
Give me water.
Here.
Slake your thirst, witch,
then speak of what you know of my wife.
She's already with child.
I'm to be a father?
Your wife will bear you a son,
but your actions
on the battlefield tomorrow
will leave him fatherless.
I'm gonna die?
No, no, no.
You you must tell me how
I can stop that happening.
You can't.
Then I'm done helping you.
For now.
Someday you'll help me again.
I'll bet Milah isn't even pregnant.
You just said that
so I would give you water,
and now you're trying
to trick me into deserting.
You shall see.
Tomorrow.
When you see the army
ride cows into battle,
you will know I speak the truth.
Cows?
And who's gonna man
the catapults? Milk maids?
I have had enough with your fiendish lies.
There is no escaping it.
You will have a son,
and your actions
will leave him fatherless.
Wait.
Gold's son is Henry's father?
I know.
I know.
And the millions of questions
you have, I have, too.
The problem is,
it doesn't matter right now
because I don't know what to do.
Please tell me you're not
calling to ask me
to tell you to keep it from him.
Henry thinks his father is dead.
I told him that for a reason.
I wanna protect him.
No matter what this man did,
Henry has a right
to know who his father is.
The truth about your parents
Emma, you of all people should
know how important that is.
I don't want Henry to get hurt.
I just wanna protect him.
Are you sure this is
about protecting Henry
and not yourself?
Why are you so nervous?
When I found my mom, I was excited.
Because I have the benefit
of a little more life experience.
I know that things don't always happen
the way we want them to.
Sure, but in my book, it says
that you can see the future.
Why can't you just look
and see what's gonna happen?
Well, that ability is complicated.
I didn't always have it.
And then when I did
well
it's maybe not the gift one would expect.
Seeing the inevitable
can be a terrible price.
But you wouldn't have
to worry about stuff.
You'd just know.
But that's the great trap.
The future
is like a puzzle with missing pieces
difficult to read.
And never, never
what you think.
Hey.
Did you find him?
Sorry.
Your son got away.
Who are you?
So it is true.
You really don't remember anything.
Are we friends?
We spent some time together.
But I'm here because I believe
you can help me find something
that belongs to Rumplestiltskin.
Wh who?
Mr.
Gold.
I, uh, I don't know him.
Not anymore.
But you did.
Shouldn't we be pillaging his shop
or ransacking his home?
That would be the obvious choice, yes,
but Gold wouldn't risk
crossing the town line
and losing his memory
- without entrusting the dagger's
location to someone.
- Belle.
My guess is she hid it
in one of her beloved books.
Impressive, Regina.
Thank you, mother.
I'll be impressed when I'm
holding the dagger in my hand.
No.
It should be here.
Well, it's not, is it? May we go now?
Hold on.
What's this?
Oh, yes.
Crude.
To the untrained eye, a child's scribbles,
but to a pirate it's a map.
Gold may not have hidden the dagger here,
but I believe he's left us
the next best thing.
Its location.
Can you read it?
Well, lucky for you ladies,
I'm quite adept
at finding buried treasure.
So Rumplestiltskin is Henry's grandfather?
Apparently.
But I'm his grandfather.
You can have more than one.
So his step-grandmother is Regina,
the Evil Queen.
Actually, his step-great-grandmother.
And she's also his adoptive mother.
It's a good thing we don't
have Thanksgiving in our land,
'cause that dinner would suck.
Or
maybe this will mellow everyone out.
Gold, wait.
What are you doing?
I'm finding my son.
He's gone.
But he lives here.
He'll be back, and I'll be waiting.
Stop.
You can't just break in.
Yeah, well, actually, that's
something I'm quite adept at.
- He might not come back.
- Okay.
Finding people is what you do, Ms.
Swan.
I'm simply going to assist you.
There may be information in here
who he is, what he does,
who he loves.
No, don't do this.
There are things called laws.
I'll be lookout.
No, I
You could get arrested.
Then my son will have
to testify against me,
and we will be reunited.
This way.
Keep it moving this way.
Lucky ***.
Oh.
I think they'd beg to differ.
They're not dead,
but they can't fight, which means
they get sent home.
That's
the only way outta here alive.
When the ogres rip you limb from limb,
pray that they're quick.
Fortune favors us!
Fresh supplies have arrived from the Duke.
Today, we will not be
marching into battle.
We'll be riding.
Riding? Riding what?
What kind of question is that?
A horse, of course.
Now grab yourself a cow
and get ready.
I'm sorry, sir.
Wh what did you say?
A cow.
The saddles we just got in
made from the finest leather.
We call 'em "cows.
" Grab yours,
so at least the ride into doom
will be a soft one
on your backside.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
Yes.
You you go.
I'll catch up.
Oh, no.
So it's all true.
I'm going to have a son.
And I'm gonna die?
Answer me!
Ohh!
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Gold.
Come on, please.
We really shouldn't be here.
I don't think he's listening.
You find something, dearie?
Nothing.
Uh, it just looks like a dream catcher.
Yeah, well, if it's nothing,
why are you still holding it?
You're lying to me.
Just get back to looking, okay?
No, no, no.
You saw something.
Tell me.
- You don't know what you're talk
- Tell me!
- Henry, go wait in the bathroom.
- But I can help
Henry, go!
There's nothing here.
The guy's a ghost.
What, you think me a fool?
- You're holding back.
I wanna know what
and why.
- I'm not holding back
Did he tell you something?
- Gold
- Did he tell you something?!
Nothing.
He didn't say anything.
But you talked to
- Ah! Don't put words in my mouth
- Tell me!
You tell me, or I'm gonna
make you tell me.
You don't have magic here.
Oh, I don't need magic.
You really wanna do this?
- Do not push me.
- Don't push me.
We had a deal!
A deal! No one no one
breaks deals with me!
Hey!
Leave her alone.
Milah!
Milah!
Milah.
Milah?
Rumple?
Wh what's his name?
Baelfire.
A strong name!
Something he'll need
if he's to live with the shame
of being your son.
Wh what are you talking about?
Rumple, is it true?
Is what true?
Did you injure yourself
so that you wouldn't have to fight?
So that you would be sent home?
- Who told you that?
- Everyone.
Rumors travel quickly from the front.
Rumple, did you do this to yourself?
Did you do it to yourself?!
Yes!
A seer told me I was
gonna die in the battle.
You did this because
a seer told you to do it?
She was right about everything else.
I left the front to be with you
you and Baelfire.
You left because you were afraid.
You became what everyone
thought you were a coward.
- Stop.
- Just like your father!
I am nothing like my father.
He tried to abandon me.
I will never, ever do that to my son.
That's why I did this
for him.
All for the boy.
To save him from the same fate I suffered
growing up without a father.
You sentence him to a fate much worse
growing up as your son.
What? Wh what else could I do?
You could have fought, Rumple.
You could have died.
You don't mean that.
You don't mean that.
Ohh.
Oh, it's all right, Bae.
It's all right.
Your papa's here.
And I promise
I will never
ever leave you.
Bae.
You came back for me.
No.
I came to make sure you didn't hurt her.
I've seen what you do
to people who break deals.
Please, Bae, just let me talk.
I have no interest
in talking to you.
You can go.
I'm not going anywhere.
Get out of my apartment!
- Neal
- Emma, I got this.
You two know each other.
You two know each other.
How?
- You sent me chasing after him.
- No, no, no.
Stop it! You're lying.
How do you two know each other?!
Mom? Wh what's going on?
Hey.
Who's this?
- My son.
- What?
- Is that Baelfire?
- I need you to stay in the other room
for a little while longer, okay? Come on.
- Wait.
H how old are you?
- Don't answer him.
- How old are you, kid?!
- 11!
Now why is everyone yelling?
He's 11?
Mom?
Is this my son?
No.
My dad was a fireman.
He he died.
That's what you t told me.
You said
Is this
my son?
Yes.
Henry.
Henry?
Baelfire please.
Please.
All I want is a chance to be heard.
Get out.
Look, you came back to protect Emma,
to show that she had
lived up to her end
of her bargain with me.
- And now she has.
You can go.
- No.
Our deal was for her
to get you to talk to me.
If you truly want her
deal to be fulfilled
you have but one choice.
You have to talk to me.
You got three minutes.
Hey.
N no, I I'm okay.
Yeah.
No, they they said I'm
I'm good to go.
But, um, you know, I think
I'm gonna stay here for little while.
Why?
Well, take a look at this and see.
I give you the location of the dagger.
Well done, Hook.
We'll take it from here.
No.
You promised me!
Uhh!
The kris dagger's much too powerful
to be wasted on you.
So
is this what it was all about?
Getting Rumple's dagger so you
could obtain his dark powers?
If we possess the dagger,
we control The Dark One.
And when he returns to Storybrooke,
we can command him to kill Snow White,
Prince Charming, and Emma.
Our enemies will be vanquished,
and you will be blameless
in the eyes of the only person
who matters.
Henry.
So that's him.
Yeah.
Why didn't you tell me?
Because I never thought
I would see him again.
I never wanted to.
Why not?
He was a thief, Henry.
A liar, a bad guy, and he
he broke my heart.
I could have taken it, you know.
The truth.
I know.
He was just a part of my life I
wanted to forget.
That's why I didn't tell you.
I was thinking of me, not you.
I thought you were different,
but you're just like her Regina.
She always lied to me, too.
I'm sorry.
I wanna meet my dad.
Clock's ticking.
I know I've made mistakes.
But you must believe me.
I wanna make up for it.
There's no greater pain than regret.
Try abandonment.
Please.
Let me make it up to you.
How are you gonna do that?
I grew up alone.
- I grew up without a father.
You can make
up for that? - Yeah.
Yes, I can.
Two minutes.
Come with me to Storybrooke.
There's magic there.
I can turn the clock back.
Make you 14 again.
We can start over.
Are you are you insane?
I can't make up for the lost time,
but I can take away the memories.
- Bae.
- Take away who I am
no, thanks.
One minute.
Bae please.
Give me a chance.
You once loved me.
You were once a good man.
I can be that man again.
I've changed.
Look
I came here
to this city without magic.
Yeah, yeah, and you're
still trying to use it
to make up for your mistakes.
Still think that
that can make it all better.
It won't.
You can't.
You have no idea what I've lived with.
You're so worried about you.
You know what I've dealt with?
Every night
for more years than you could know
the last thing I see before sleep
is the image of you
you and me over that pit,
your hand wrapped around mine.
And then you open your grip.
And as I fall away,
all I can see is your face.
Choosing all this crap over me.
Letting me go
Now it's my turn.
Now I'm letting you go.
I'm sorry.
I don't care.
I didn't get closure,
so you don't, either.
Gotta go.
Oh, Bae.
No.
Time's up.
I've been expecting you.
Then you know exactly why I came here.
What I foretold during the ogres war
has finally come to pass.
Well, in a manner of speaking.
I, uh, hobbled myself on the battlefield,
was branded a coward.
My wife ran away and left me.
Then my son was called to the front.
Oh! Then I became The Dark One
Then Bae left me.
So, yes, my actions on the battlefield
left my son fatherless.
But it would've been nice to know
about all that pesky detail.
Knowing would not have made a difference.
You still would have been
powerless to escape your fate.
Just like you.
Now you know exactly why I came here.
You want to find your son.
Indeed.
You will find him.
How?
And this time,
don't leave out a single detail.
It will not be an easy path.
It will take many years
and require a curse.
A curse
powerful enough to rip
everyone from this land.
Yes, yes, there's more.
I know it.
Tell me.
You will not cast the curse.
Someone else will.
And you will not break the curse.
Someone else will.
Tell me!
I don't know.
Even my powers have limits.
Ah-ah-ah.
Not good enough, dearie.
If you want to see the path you must take,
there is only one way.
Take this burden from me.
Mm
gladly.
- He wants to meet you.
- You weren't gonna tell me about him.
No, I wasn't.
Yeah, well, he's my kid, too,
so you don't get to make that
decision by yourself anymore.
Great.
Go talk to him, then.
But
don't break his heart.
Trust me, I'm not gonna do
to him what he did to me.
And what you did to me.
Okay.
I get it.
We're all messed up.
What do you say we try
to avoid that with him?
All right?
All right.
So you're my dad.
Yeah.
I'm Henry.
It's nice to meet you, Henry.
Sorry I took so long.
It's okay.
You didn't know.
I can't
see anything.
It's too much.
It's nothing but a jumble.
The future is a puzzle
with many pieces to be sorted.
In time, you will learn
to separate what can be
from what will be.
- Uhh!
- Aah!
This is why
you wanted to give me your power
to free yourself from this torment.
In time, you will work it all out.
Wait.
As gratitude,
I offer you one piece of the puzzle.
You will be reunited with your son,
and it will come in a most unexpected way.
How?
A boy
a young boy will lead you to him.
But beware, Rumplestiltskin,
for that boy is more than he appears.
He will lead you
to what you seek.
But there will be a price.
The boy
will be your undoing.
Then I'll just have to kill him.