Once Upon a Time

Previously on "Once Upon a Time"...

It was Excalibur. It was just a small cut.

A wound from it cannot be healed.

I can use the Promethean Flame

to release you from Excalibur,

and then I can tether Hook's life to it instead.

I'm not as strong as you are.

I've succumbed to darkness.

But our future.

Really?

I found this outside.

I suppose it's not the Dark One...

more like the Dark Ones.

Are you ready to learn what else happened in Camelot?

Aye.

But first we have to take care of her.

Get on with it, Captain.

That squid ink's going to wear off soon.

Killian, please.

What are you doing?

You took my memories, Swan.

You tried to stop me from knowing the truth.

And now I'm going to return the favor.

By the look on your face,

it would appear someone needs restraining.

There.

No more magic for you.

Now, I assume, given my helpfulness,

you'll allow me to go about my business undeterred.

As long as you don't get in my way,

I won't get in yours.

Ah. I like this new you.

Tell me, how does it feel to be a Dark One?

It feels like I've been reborn.

Milah!

You're no less a coward.

- I want you to suffer. - Just do it.

I promised you we'd have some fun first.

Emma, please!

Hi.

Bloody Crocodile.

Not exactly, but I understand the confusion.

That's not gonna work.

I'm not out here. I'm in there.

I am your guide... the voice in your head.

Save your speech. I know who you are.

All the Dark Ones in my head.

But it doesn't matter I won't listen to you.

What if I told you that together,

I could get you the one thing

you've wanted for hundreds of years?

Your revenge.

That's right.

I saw what you saw, dearie. I saw your pain.

And I can ease it.

Stick with me and you will finally do

what you never could before.

And what's that?

Why, kill me, of course.

Emma!

I'll check the basement.

I'll get the upstairs.

Emma! Emma!

Emma. Hey.

What happened?

You turned Hook into a Dark One?

It was the only way to save him.

And you didn't think of the consequences to everyone else?

I couldn't just let him die.

You can understand that.

Well, yes, but...

Now we have a bigger problem.

I know.

I didn't think any of this would happen.

I was trying to get rid of the darkness for good.

You can't tell me, after all Zelena's done to you,

your life wouldn't be easier if she were gone.

I was doing you a favor.

Come on.

This is premeditated murder, Emma.

There had to be another way. You should have come to us.

And risk losing someone else?

I thought the best way to control the darkness

was to isolate myself.

But when I did that, there was no one around

to give me hope or tell me when I was being stupid!

Fine. You're being stupid. So stop it.

Right now, we have to clean up this mess.

No. We don't.

Give us back our memories.

Your dreamcatchers...

Regina can access them, can't she?

We can piece together Hook's plan and stop him.

I'm afraid not.

Dreamcatchers you said were in the shed...

They're gone.

What the hell is Captain Dark One up to?

Emma turned you into a Dark One?

And now you've come for your revenge.

The thought had crossed my mind.

For this lovely piece of hardware,

I think I'll take your hand.

For Milah, your heart.

For filling Emma with the darkness...

hmm, I think your head will do quite nicely.

So what are you waiting for? Get on with it.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No.

I've been waiting centuries for this moment.

And I really want to...

savor it.

Get your affairs in order, dearie,

for we duel at noon on my ship.

Where it all began.

How poetic.

But we both know this weapon cannot kill you.

Ah, true. That sword can't kill me.

But this one... can.

Excalibur.

You have it.

Aye.

Well, now that it's whole, it can no longer control me.

But it can... oh, oh, oh!... kill me.

All you have to do is take it from me.

So, what say you, Crocodile?

Shall we finish what we started?

Indeed.

Once a pirate, always a pirate.

As a man, Hook spent centuries trying to kill me.

It makes sense that revenge would be on his mind.

Why wipe my memory if he was

going to announce his plan anyway?

There must be more to it.

Yeah, well, even if there is,

we only have until noon to stop him.

And to save you.

What about Merlin's message?

He said this "Nimue" is the key to stopping the Dark One.

Nimue was Merlin's true love.

And she was also the first Dark One.

I know.

How do we find out more about her?

Start your search with the Dark One chronicles.

There are many texts that can help us.

As much as I appreciate devotion to scholarship,

there is an easier way.

I am still a Dark One.

I can protect you, Gold.

You just have to take off the cuff.

You don't trust me.

Well, if the situations were reversed, would you trust me?

So it's true. You're here.

Henry.

I need you to tell them it's okay to take off this cuff.

It's the only way to figure it all out.

No.

What?

You lied to us... about Hook, about everything.

Why should we trust you now?

Henry, I'm your mother.

Are you?

Because the mom I knew wouldn't keep things from me.

I thought you were the one person who would understand.

I thought you were the one person I could trust.

So you can forgive Regina and Gold

for everything they've done, but not me?

They've changed.

They showed me they changed.

So did I.

When we first met, yeah.

But the minute things got tough, you didn't come to anybody.

You decided that you would figure it out on your own.

We were a team.

Operation Cobra. I remember.

But now you just want your dark magic back

so you can do it alone.

And I've seen what you do with dark magic.

He needs time, Emma.

We should really get to the library.

We've got a lot to do.

I have a stop to make first.

I'll meet you there.

Let me guess... I'm not invited.

Emma.

We love you.

You don't trust me.

We don't trust the darkness.

Stay here and let us save you.

It's for the best.

There's nothing we can do.

It's too late.

The vault has already forged Hook as its new Dark One.

He went this way.

This way!

And then the tracks disappear.

We should split up, search the woods.

He's a Dark One.

He can transport himself anywhere.

So can Emma.

We've got to start looking somewhere.

There's no time.