Once Upon a Time

This... This is impossible.

This shouldn't be here.

This is all wrong.

You're right.

A full-grown princess still living in her nursery?

I don't even have a proper vanity.

Emma, what...

What are you doing here?

I was looking for a place to practice.

I'm a little nervous about tonight.

Tonight? What's tonight?

The ball.

You know I've never been to one before.

I don't even know how to dance.

Teach me.

You're a natural, just like your mother.

And you are the best teacher...

a daughter could hope for.

Oh, Emma, this is everything I ever hoped for you.

Me, too. It's a shame I never got it.

What do you mean?

I'm not really here.

I was never here.

I should be, but I'm not, all for one reason...

You failed me.

Goodbye, daddy!

Emma, I'm sorry! I'll save you!

No! You can't save me! You failed me!

- There's nothing you can do! - No, Emma!

Don't fail the next one.

Emma!

Don't fail the next one...

Snow?

Look who's awake.

Come look at this view, Charming.

I'd forgotten how beautiful it was here.

Someone's in a good mood.

I am.

I have some pretty wonderful news.

We're pregnant.

You are?

- Are you not happy? - No. No, I'm not.

I am thrilled.

Once Upon a Time S03E58 "The Tower"

So now that we know who we're dealing with, how do we found this Wicked Witch?

Might I suggest we start by asking if anyone's seen a woman

with green skin running around?

We're cursed in Storybrooke. She'll look like any one of us.

Then we start somewhere we know she's been...

- Regina's office. - I went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

- She left no trace. - But you were combing for magic.

Maybe there's physical evidence that you missed.

Good idea. We'll track her.

If you want to waste your time playing Nancy Drew, be my guest.

But we can't let Henry wander around alone

with that witch and her flying monkeys out there.

Well, especially since one of those flying monkeys could turn out to be his father.

- Still no sign of Neal? - No.

Point being, someone needs to protect Henry.

He doesn't even know what's going on.

I'm guessing you're volunteering?

If you find anything, call me.

Just remember, he thinks we're here

because I'm on a case.

Well, look who's gotten good at lying.

And just don't let anyone slip up.

As... As far as Henry knows,

you're just Madam Mayor, and that's it.

I'm well aware of how Henry sees me.

Time's wasting.

There's something wicked in your town.

What do you say we go find it?

Enjoying your little toy?

The spinning cleans the mind, soothes the soul.

It cleans the mind, it soothes the soul.

Cleans the mind, soothes the soul.

You look as awful as you sound.

What?

You're not enjoying your cage, hmm?

Not appreciating your jailer?

Oh, no.

You look like you want to hurt me.

Go on, then.

Give it a go.

I'd love to see you try,

especially when we both know that you can't,

not when I have this.

You're a slave to it. And to me.

Frustration can be so intoxicating...

on others.

The only one that can do the hurting here is me.

So why don't you be a good boy and sit back down?

Well?

What are you waiting for?

Don't let me stop you.

All the voices in my head...

will be quiet when I'm...

dead.

I'm not here to kill you, Rumple.

But you really need to keep up appearances.

Appearances? Appearances? For what? For why?

Let me spin...

spin the madness away.

Spin away the madness...

No.

I think the spinning is bringing the madness.

Here. Come closer.

Now, hold still...

Lest you want me to nick that pretty face.

You're probably wondering how I know how

- to do this. -

Did I ever tell you about my father?

His hands used to shake

from drink or...

worse.

I didn't ask.

He didn't tell me. But he couldn't abide going a day without a shave, so...

I had to learn how to shave him.

He used to say that no matter what we were feeling on the inside,

we had to put on our best face.

In our land,

you and I never had that choice, did we?

No matter what we did,

our outsides showed exactly...

what was rotting on the inside.

But...

we're in a new land now, aren't we?

A land filled with opportunity,

not the least of which is to look our best.

Oh...

I'm so sorry.

Did that sting?

There.

Handsome as ever.

Appearances.

You don't care about appearances.

If you cared about appearances, you'd change my shirt.

Just exactly what is it you want?

What I'm after, Rumple...

is something you've spent a lifetime seeking...

Something that goes against your very nature...

Something that I can't afford...

to wait that long for.

Luckily, I won't have to.

Uh, hi.

Can I, uh... Can I help you?

Oh, you must be Mrs. Gold.

No, I'm, uh...

I'm... not.

Is Mr. Gold around?

Uh, he... No, he isn't.

He...

He died.

Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss.

Oh. Belle.

"Belle."

That's such a pretty name.

Look, I'm...

I'm so sorry to bother you,

but I was hoping to buy a baby gift

for a lovely woman I met at Granny's Diner.

Maybe you know her. She goes by Mary Margaret here.

See, I'm helping her with her pregnancy, and...

today's my first day on the job.

You know, curse or no curse,

a girl's got to work.

Mary Margaret.

Well, why didn't you say so?

I think I may have just the thing.

Bless you.

Just a second.

I think I have a partial footprint.

You guys see anything?

Other than an austere sense of design, nothing.

Is that blood?

It's berry.

Like a fruit?

No, like holly berry. They grow on bushes.

Are you some sort of botanist in this life, mate?

I worked in an animal shelter,

saw dogs track them all the time.

The bushes grow in the woods.

- You know where? - Yeah...

In the Northwest corner, not far from the troll bridge.

Everything okay?

Uh, Mary Margaret needs me to come back to the loft.

We're getting a midwife,

and she wants to meet the both of us.

A bit demanding, isn't she?

I meant the midwife.

It's fine. Go.