老实说，这一集有点让人失望。我们没有在本集中看到剧组承诺的「令人惊愕的悬疑结局」和「全剧开播以来最激烈的动作戏」，只看到了一堆老早就被无数人猜中的情节……这也难怪这一集收视率上不去。在这一集中，虎克船长被迫同时面对两个「邪恶女王」，Emma终于有了一点点魔法，而斯托里布鲁克迎来了一对不讨人喜欢的「宾客」。

在诅咒发生之前的童话世界

虎克船长企图从邪恶女王的城堡里劫走贝儿，但贝儿无助于虎克的「复仇计划」。虎克刚刚弄明白这一点，邪恶女王便现身了。邪恶女王没有为难虎克，反而提出与他「结盟」——邪恶女王称她的诅咒将把所有人都送到一个没有魔法的世界，虎克在那里可以轻易对付「手无缚鸡之力」的黑精灵。作为交换条件，邪恶女王要求虎克前往奇境替她杀一个人……她的母亲Cora！按照「去几个人回几个人」的原则，邪恶女王用疯帽子先生的魔法帽子将虎克和一个死人送了过去。虎克很快发现奇境里的红心女王就是Cora，但Cora的心脏在「和普通人不一样的地方」，虎克在Cora体内没找到她的心脏，反而被她轻松制服。Cora提出和虎克联手反制她女儿Regina，虎克同意了。Cora装死被虎克运回Regina的城堡，Regina深信不疑。可是没等Cora下手对付女儿，Regina已经释放了诅咒。Cora和虎克决定等上28年再动手——到那时「救世主」已经出世，Regina失去了一切，他们无论对付Regina还是对付黑精灵都易如反掌。

在诅咒发生之后的童话世界

Emma、Mary Margaret、花木兰和Aurora（处于间谍状态）来到当年囚禁黑精灵的牢房，只发现了一卷写满「Emma」名字的卷轴，并没有黑精灵提到的「魔法墨水」。Cora和虎克突然出现，将四人锁在牢房内。Cora夺走了Emma手中的魔法罗盘，并道出了Aurora的「间谍」身份。Cora和虎克走后，Emma情绪十分低落，她老妈显然冷静许多。Mary Margaret意识到这卷纸上的文字就是用所谓的「魔法墨水」写成的，她轻轻吹了一口气，「魔法墨水」在牢门上弄开一个大洞……她们自由了。Aurora仍然是个「间谍」，她们决定留下她。不过花木兰一网深情地对她说：别害怕，我会回来救你的，你要相信我！我看到io9网站的评论在笑话这两个角色——她们原本是一对情敌，现在看起来好像她们快变成一对了……

与此同时，Cora和虎克来到那个已经干涸的魔法泉边。Cora挥了挥手，尘土中涌出一口喷泉。Cora命令虎克将魔法衣橱的灰烬倒进去，传送门便打开了。正当他们准备跳进去（前往美国缅因州那个极乐小世界），Emma等四个女人已经杀到。我不知道这场动作戏是谁策划的，简而言之一句话就是「拙劣无比」……虽然虎克被制服了，但Cora将罪恶的手伸进了Emma的胸口！Emma吓了个半死，但……竟然什么也没发生！Cora没办法掏出Emma的心脏，她的「黑虎掏心功」第一次失手。Cora被Emma体内迸发出的魔力反制，Emma和Mary Margaret获得了这场战斗的最终胜利。两人牵着手（拿着指路的魔法罗盘）一起跳进了传送门。

Cora和虎克并没有失败——因为虎克身上有一颗已经失去魔力的魔法豆，而魔法湖水正好能补充魔力。虎克和Cora在海上使用了魔法豆，虎克的船把他们直接带到了斯托里布鲁克镇的外围海域。

虎克和Cora来到了斯托里布鲁克镇——这就是该剧前9集的「终极秘密」。你感到「震惊」吗？

当然，花木兰的Aurora的故事还没有结束……花木兰在混战中得到了Aurora的心脏，立刻一路小跑回到牢房把心脏安回Aurora体内。她们决定一起奔向美好的明天——去寻找Phillip失落的灵魂并俘获将他复活。嘿！Phillip是谁？你们还用得着找他吗？

在斯托里布鲁克镇

David仍在昏睡。Gold先生和Regina商议之后决定封锁传送门的出口（那口能让人找到失落之物的魔法井），杀死所有传送过来的人——无论来的是Cora、虎克还是Mary Margaret母女。Regina一开始反对，但后来被Gold先生说动了心。Gold先生用私藏的魔法棒（原本属于蓝精灵教母）偷走了矿井里所有钻石的魔力，又用这些魔力得到了闪电的力量。Henry赶来阻止他们，Regina又被Henry说动了心（邪恶女王什么时候变成了一个这么容易被人劝服的女人？），用自己的身体吸收了「闪电陷阱」的能量，使Mary Margaret和Emma平安归来。Mary Margaret立刻跑去吻了David，「睡美男」醒了。Mary Margaret、David、Emma、七个小矮人、Ruby，这些死党又其乐融融地团聚在一起了，只剩下Regina一个人孤独无依……倒霉的Regina。

晚些时候Emma去质问Gold先生是否早就知道她的命运，Gold先生并不否认，但称他只是利用了她的命运，并没有干预她的命运：「Everything you are, you’ve done yourself.」至于Emma无法被Cora掏心一事，Gold先生说：「I didn’t do that; you did.」

该剧下半季1月6日回归。

下面的访谈录介绍了该剧的后续情节并解答了本集的几个疑问：

IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR SNOW AND CHARMING’S HAPPILY EVER AFTER?
Regina, by helping get the girls back, in essence offered an olive branch. Plus, with her mother coming to town, surely she has other, scarier fish to fry, right? “I hope so,” says Josh Dallas. “But with all great epic love stories, there are always obstacles thrown in front of the lovers – particularly with our show.” So as much as the reunited lovebirds may want a breather to assess “what their life is like now,” Dallas hints, “There are some things happening that the Charming family has to deal with. Cora and Hook are showing up, and we have something else happening in Storybrooke that needs our attention.” Hmmm.

WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT EMMA/MR. GOLD CONVO?
Having become aware that Rumplestiltskin knew from before her birth that she was the savior, Emma upon returning to Storybrooke confronted Mr. Gold about keeping secrets – only to realize that she has a surprise to share with him. “It’s a game of chess for her, because if she has the power to not have her heart ripped out by Cora, that makes her pretty powerful,” says Jennifer Morrison. “She doesn’t understand that power, though, and she doesn’t know the rules, but she doesn’t want to ask him for help, so she is in a delicate way trying to figure out how powerful she is in relation to him.”

WHO’S THE SHERIFF?
Now that Emma is back in Storybrooke, expect her dad to hang up his badge. Somewhat. “David always said he was only going to take over until she got back,” Dallas reminds. “Of course, naturally he’s a leader, so maybe we’ll see some father-daughter sheriffing going on. He likes the gun holster, for sure!”

JENNIFER MORRISON, GINNIFER GOODWINHOW DID THE SHOW SEND EMMA TO FAIRYTALE LAND AND NOT ONCE GET HER INTO A PRINCESSY GOWN?!
“Ask Eddy and Adam!” Morrison says, deflecting the question to the show’s creators. “Because I was dying [wearing the same thing for 10 episodes]. I was like, ‘Can’t I lose my leather jacket and pick up someone else’s coat or something?’” Ginnifer Goodwin, similarly, is shedding no tears over shedding Snow’s fuchsia sweater. “We were in springwear. In Vancouver. In the winter,” she marvels. Plus, she points out, “We did visit the castle and my things are still there!” But in all seriousness, Goodwin says there was a good reason why Snow, specifically, stuck with her J. Crew look. “The costume department is actually very unbelievable about fighting tooth-and-nail to keep us warm… but [Horowitz and Kitsis] thought it would be easier for the audience to follow where and when we were – especially with me, since I’m a character you’ve seen in all times and all worlds.”

WHAT SORT OF WELCOME WILL HOOK AND CORA GET IN STORYBROOKE?
When I spoke to Colin O’Donoghue last week, he said that through episodes filmed to date, “Hook hasn’t had a huge interaction with many of the other characters” — possibly because he falls in with the wrong (meaning a righteous) crowd upon setting boot in the Maine burg. “It’s shocking and it’s exciting, and it’s not what you would expect,” Dallas says of Hook’s entrance into Storybrooke society. “He gets thrust into the group, as it were, quite violently!”

HOW DOES ONE SNEAK A VINTAGE PIRATE SHIP PAST THE COAST GUARD, ANYWAY?
Will Cora use fairy dust to transform Hook’s intimidating vessel into a mild-mannered shrimping boat? Will the captain pass himself off as a costumed tourist attraction? “People… don’t see the ship,” O’Donoghue teases. “He is with a very powerful person, after all!”