And if youve been following the news at all, its a lot to handle.
Tonight we saygoodbye to Emma.
Well, Emma and Henry.
Oh, and Charming and Snow.
Well, Emma,Henry, Charming, Snow, and Belle.
But its two hours, so lets dive in.
He makes sure his daughter still has theOnce Upon a Timestorybook and tells her to protect it.
She insists no one will ever believe the stories, but hes confident that someone will.
So his daughter runs, and he is left to fight the beast that has broken in his door.
Actually, no one remembers anything.
Andeven worse, Mayor Regina is now Mayor Fiona, and Henry isher son now.
Of course, she pushes Emma to take that medicine shes given.
But we dont get the details on that… not yet.
We flash over to Henry, who breaks into the asylum to get Emma out.
He takes her to the rooftop to remind her that shes the Savior.
Emma isnt having it at first, but then she starts having flashes.
Itreally doeslook like Henry is in charge of changing everyones minds again.
Lord help this boy.
Even with the flashes though, Emma isnt convinced.
She wants to leave, so Henry agrees to help her after dark.
In this world, Belle went to the store and never came back.
Fiona has torn them apart, and she has Emma just where she wants her.
Shes taken Reginas original plan andreallyamped it up.
And Fiona has a plan anyway: burn the book, which seems like aterribleidea.
And thats all part of the Final Battle.
Its not awarin the way youd first think.
Its a fight for Emmas belief, her hope.
And right now, Emma is losing.
Shes determined to figure out how to break this curse, but Hook has plans of his own.
He goes into the forest to find a gigantic beanstalk.
David is hot on his trail, but Hook is determined to follow through with this plan.
So they both jump in and climb that beanstalk.
Of course, she figures out quickly that the culprit is the Evil Queen.
Yes, the girls are back together now.
Total KO for Henry
In Storybrooke, Henry is being wheeled off in an ambulance.
The Black Fairy confiscates his book and seems devastated, well, for as long as sheneedsto.
The Black Fairy doesnt like that idea at all.
But she decides to pass on pictures of Belle in exotic places around the world.
Granted, these are the most Photoshopped images Ive ever seen, but theyre enough to convince Rumple.
Fiona opens up a conveniently placed furnace, and Emma drops the book in.
But as the pages fly open, she sees Hook in them and realizes that shemighthavemade a mistake.
Fiona literally serves the pages of that book to Henry on a platter.
Henry escapes the hospital to find Emma, who is packing up to finally leave Storybrooke for Boston.
She tells Henry that theres nothing to believe, and its a dark time.
Back in Storybrooke, Henry heads to Rumples place to discover that Rumple is awake as well.
Hes working on magic to find Belle because he knew Fiona was lying.
Henry asks for help, but Rumple isnt interested; hes only looking for Belle.
Henry asks if Rumple will at least give him one (or two) things that could help.
The furniture is so big theyll have to work together.
GUYS, how great is that??
On the table, Hook manages to use a gigantic knife to slice launch the glass holding the beans.
He grabs one, but theyre greeted by a dragon that comes in through the fireplace.
As Hook and David escape the beanstalk, that book is burning up.
Davids not doing so great, either and Snow senses it.
under a pile of vines.
David is nowhere to be found.
Snow sends Hook on his way to find Emma and make her believe.
But if the Evil Queen works with Regina, they may have enough magic to send Hook back.
But Snow gives him a kiss, and per usual, David wakes up.
Into the Future
Tiger Lily ends up coming upon that little girl from the beginning of the episode.
seems like Possible-Adult Henry is gone, and she protected the book.
Tiger Lily tells her she did great, but she cant lose hope, and shehasto protect that book.
He whips out that sword and heads off.
But as the magic continues to swirl, the Evil Queens sacrifice doesnt seem to be enough.
Meanwhile, Henry goes in to take out the Black Fairy, but hes stopped by Emma!
Shes returned to help.
Emma isnt convinced that the story is about her, but she knows its who she wants to be.
In Storybrooke, Rumple has tracked down Belle, and she has no idea who he is.
The Black Fairy has changed her.
And the Black Fairy is starting to lose a handle on a lot of things.
Thats when he grabs her wand and puts it to her throat.
So her death wont stop the Savior from dying.
But heres the deal… Fiona is dead, but she still has Gideons heart.
As that all transpires, Gideon is on the hunt to take out Emma.
Henry comes from behind and bashes Gideon on the head with a fire extinguisher.
They can hold him off for the moment, but time is running out.
Rumple heads down into the mines with a plan to save Gideon.
This is the Black Fairys spell were talking about.
With that, Emma and Gideon launch into a sword fight.
Gideon plunges his sword into Emma, and from the wound, light shoots out of her body.
Because thats true loves kiss.
But as they hug, they hear a cry.
Gideon has returned to his baby form.
It seems that Emmas sacrifice has given everyone a fresh start.
The final battle is over, but theres no The End.
Endings dont lead to happiness.
Being together leads to happiness.
As Storybrooke goes back to normal, even Regina Mills, Queen is etched on her door.
Robin shoots an arrow to the Evil Queen with a note that says, Ready for a new adventure?
Emma and Hook patrol the city for wrongdoings.
Belle and Gold dance it out together to Beauty and the Beast.
Zelena continues to raise baby Robin, and Snow teaches her class.
Well, for now.
We still have to talk about that little girl from the beginning.
Shes traveled to an apartment and knocks on it.
Her name is Lucy, and guess what?
She has her own book with this whole story in it.
She says, Are you Henry Mills?
Your family needs you.
And here we are, with thewhole story starting again.
