Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Once Upon a Time 3x05 Recap



We are still in Neverland and Henry is feeling more and more like a lost boy, the gang realise that this is going to be the case and set about trying to get a message to him. They hope to trick one of the lost boys and use him to give Henry a message that they are coming to rescue him.

This week it is all about Hook and we see a little into his past with his brother. He is flirting diabolically with Emma, but she is having none of it and even David/Charming warns him off his daughter. In his past we see Hook as Lieutenant Jones, with his brother the Captain setting off on a quest for the king to Neverland in order to retrieve ‘the world’s greatest medicine’ (I.e. Dreamshade) of course we as the audience know that it is in fact deadly. Upon arrival they run into Peter Pan who informs them of this, Hook’s brother does not believe this to be the case and they carry on with their quest.

In present day, David/Charming is succumbing to the poison of the Dreamshade, Hook tricks him into believing there is a sexton at the top of dead man’s peak that will decipher Neil’s star map and they set off together with David/Charming saying his goodbyes to the girls unknowingly to them. He also acknowledges that Hook is only here to save Henry for Emma. They bond on their journey as Hook tells David/Charming of his brother. Pan offers Hook a deal that if he comes back to work for him he will give him and Emma passage off the island, at a price...he has to kill David/Charming.

The girls are focused on getting Henry the message, the lost boy they capture is not willing to give it easily and so they are resorted to using Regina. She takes the boys heart in order to control him and gives him a mirror that will be able to show them Henry. Mary Margaret/Snow white is upset that Emma has allowed Regina to do this. But Regina argues that she is there to make the tough decisions and Emma is still good at heart.

Back in the past, Hook is convinced that Pan is telling the truth about the Dreamshade but his brother does not believe that the king would betray him like that as it could be used as a deadly weapon. In order to prove this to his brother he cuts himself and dies. Hook is undoubtedly distraught and asks Pan for help. The only cure is to drink the spring water he tells Hook, but there is always a balance with magic. As soon as Hook and his brother leave Neverland his brother dies, the magic only lasts on the island.

Hook’s brother dies as soon as he leaves the island. Hook offers David/Charming the deal, that if he drinks the water he can never leave Neverland. He asks why Hook would risk it for it, he said he didn't do it for David (i.e. Emma)
Back in the present, Hook offers David/Charming the same choice he can drink from the water and live but he can never leave the island, or die. He chooses the first option and they return to the girls, David/Charming tells them about how Hook saved his life, but not the truth. Emma thanks Hook and they kiss, however she tells him that it will be a one time thing.

Hook buries his brother at sea, and becomes captain. Hook destroys the Pegasus sail so that no one can fly back to Neverland and starts the rebellion against the king by becoming a pirate and renames the boat The Jolly Roger.
In the end Pan tells Hook that Neil is still alive and is on the island. He leaves it up to Hook to either tell Emma or not.

Final Thoughts:
Who is in the other cage with Neil
Everyone drank from the rum bottle Pan gave Hook, except Regina. I expect this may become significant.

There are so many different story avenues it just keeps getting better.

How will Snow White cope with Charming having to stay in Neverland

Where is Rumple?


Will Hook tell Emma about Neil? I’m really enjoying the relationship blossoming between Hook and Emma but Neil is her soul mate so I don’t know whether I want him to tell her or not.

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