Once Upon a Time

Previously on Once Upon A Time...

Where has Rumplestiltskin gone?

Do you really think you can just stab him in the heart with your sword?

Well, I prefer my hook, but I can't find that now.

With the Dark One gone, we can search for his dagger.

Here's your boy.

- Neal? - Emma?

Get out of my apartment!

- Neal... - Emma, I got this.

You two know each other! How?

Mom? What's going on?

Is this my son?

A young boy will lead you to him.

The boy will be your undoing.

Then I'll just have to kill him.

Let's be certain she's seated as far away from the Duke as possible,

for the Duchess's sake.

Yes, ma'am.

Do you like it?

Oh, my dear Snow, you are an absolute vision.

You are gonna be the talk of the ball.

And not just because it's for your birthday.

Come. I can hardly believe you're growing up so fast.

Which reminds me.

I have a gift for you.

It was my mother's once, and her mother's before that.

And soon it will be yours.

Johanna? - (GASPS) Oh!

Oh, Your Majesty! Please forgive me. I just wanted to see the...

How dare you?

That's mine!

It's not for a servant.

It was my mistake.

- Servants don't wear crowns. - Enough.

- I'm sorry, Your Majesty... - No. I was talking to Snow.

Me?

I thought I raised you better than that, Snow.

It doesn't matter whether one is a servant or royalty.

Everyone in the kingdom deserves our love and respect.

But she took my tiara...

She apologized. And it isn't yours yet.

Your Majesty, it's all right.

You are kind, Johanna, but Snow must learn.

My dear, we are all the same.

But I thought we were royals.

We are. But that doesn't make us better than anyone else.

The upcoming ball, for instance. Can you tell me what it's for?

It's to honor me. On my birthday.

No. It's for you to honor them.

By showing them you will be a kind and benevolent leader

when that time comes.

Please.

When you're crowned with this on your birthday,

it will be a symbol that you will always hold

goodness in your heart and rule justly.

Now do you understand?

I do, Mother.

It's beautiful.

And it's heavier than it looks.

- Your Majesty? - Mother!

I'm fine.

No, no, you're not.

Come. There. I'm getting the doctor.

Mother.

I'm fine, dear.

- What are you doing? - Making breakfast.

Why?

I'm hungry-

You think I don't know what you're doing?

We talked about this. We had a deal.

I know, I know.

But with the curse broken, I thought maybe you would change your mind.

Well, I didn't.

What's this?

- A birthday present. - No, I told you.

- It's not from me. - No one else knows.

Apparently, someone does.

And they also think you should celebrate.

It was left outside the door this morning.

What is it?

I thought that was lost when the curse hit.

So did I.

Johanna?

I didn't know she was in Storybrooke.

Neither did I.

After the curse, you were gone for a while.

You know, we're all still finding each other.

It hasn't been easy.

I have to go.

Okay. Hey.

Happy birthday.

Thank you for understanding.

You should go. It's getting late, you have to go to work.

I know. I just... (SIGHS)

I just wish this day made you happier.

I know. But we both know it can't.

Apologies, mate. But I think you have something of mine.

Johanna?

Snow.

It's Mary Margaret here.

No. You will always be my dear Snow.

- Ah! - Om (CHUCKLES)

I never thought I'd see you again.

- Or this. - Oh.

I came across it in Mr. Gold's shop and I knew how much it meant to you.

I knew you had to have it.

Thank you.

I haven't seen those flowers in a long time.

They reminded me of you.

Because they could survive the harshest winter.

And you were born during the harshest one of all.

That's why she named me Snow.

I thought keeping this garden would be a nice way to honor her.

It is.

I miss her, too.

Oh.

- (RUSTLING) - (WINGS FLAPPING)

What was that?

Stay here. I'm sure it was nothing.

- Snow. - No, please.

Please, just stay here, I'll be right back.

And you're sure this is where we're supposed to dig?

Yes. Hook marked it clearly.

Rumplestiltskin's dagger is here.

Unless Hook lied to us.

Then this map is useless.

Gold is the only one who can translate it.

Oh, don't worry, sweetheart.

Hook could have saved us a lot of effort with honesty,

but the truth is, we don't need anyone.

I can reconstruct the map. It'll just take a bit more time.

And when we find it, I promise you,

I'll use that dagger to force the Dark One

to kill anyone you like.

David!

David! David! David!

Oh!

- David? What happened? - (GROANS)

Hook. He ambushed me. (GRUNTS)

Are you hurt?

No, I'm fine.

It's not me he wants, it's Gold.

And his hook.

Yeah, I'm gonna enjoy throwing his ass in jail.

Hook isn't the problem, David.

- Tell that to my head. - It's Regina.

She's been lying to us.

She's working with Cora to find Gold's dagger.

The dagger controls him.

If Cora gets it, she can force Gold and all his power to do her bidding.

Or become the Dark One herself.

Neither one of those options sounds good.

Lucky for us, we can call the man himself. He's with Emma.

Tried it. I sent a message.

Well, we can't just wait.

No, we have to buy time until they call us back or return.

HOW?

Regina. She doesn't trust her mother. Never has.

If we can put some doubt in her about Cora's motives,

it might slow them down.

And you think she'll just trust you?

Well, she doesn't need to trust me. She just has to listen to me.

And I know how to get her to do that.

So, uh, you like pizza?

Yeah. Let me guess,

you're gonna tell me the best pizza's in New York

and I gotta try it, right?

Actually, it's in the Kingdom of Damarian

on the north shore of the Dragon Fields of Zorn.

Nah, it's in New York. Here, let's get you a slice.

So you're really from there?

Yeah, I am.

Do you think that we should...

If we were welcome, I feel confident an invitation would've been extended.

It's a sad truth that the people closest to us

are the ones capable of causing us the most pain.

That's our common ground, Miss Swan.

Guess my lying to him just caught up with me.

Give him time, he'll forgive you.

Is that you projecting your own hopes?

My son and I have some way to go.

I can see that.

I need you to speak to him.

Try and convince him to come back to Storybrooke with us.

If I recall, there was only one favor I owed you.

And I think I'm paid up.

This isn't about me anymore. You'll do it for Henry.

How do you figure that?

Well, because if you don't, you're gonna wake up one morning

and discover he's hopped in a bus back to New York.

He ran away to Boston to be with you.

He'll do the same thing for his father.

Until Neal lets him down. Which he will.

It'll be a hard lesson, but then at least Henry will understand

that I lied to protect him.

Someone's beginning to sound a lot like Regina.

I think the real reason you lied was to protect yourself.

What's that supposed to mean?

- From getting hurt again. - That's not happening.

Do you want a second a chance with that man?