What an awesome episode of Once Upon a Time. Anytime this show focuses on Rumpy it usually turns out to be a very, very good one. Last episode it didn't show Mr. Gold/Rumpy but this time it is Rumpy filled with not a whiff of Snow, Emma, or Regina. Well, not really. We do have a brief moment of a picture of Snow and Emma, Charming and Henry pop up throughout and a particular way of killing a person will most certainly bring us back to a certain moment or moments with Regina. Although that particular act was probably taught to Regina by the actual person who does the act in this episode. Okay, enough of that! Let's begin!
STORYBROOKE:
The episode starts with Rumpy and Belle with a sickeningly sweet moment between the two which seems strangely written just for us Rumbelle fans. Sort of like "is this what you want fangirls?" lol! Something seemed off after Rumpy gives Belle the necklace and she's all "I'm so happy you're changing for the better" or something. Too cheesy and not the Once Upon a Time I know. Right then and there I was hoping one of them was dreaming. Actually I though it was Rumpy dreaming it. Leroy/Grumpy bursts in and wants his ax which should have put warning bells in people's minds then. Remember, the dwarfs already have their pick axes. They bought them from a store earlier and Grumpy didn't seem peed then. Well, the two argue over it until Rumpy grabs Grumpy when he asks Belle how could she love a person like that. Belle says to Rumpy you're not like this and suddenly Dark One Rumpy's head is on Mr. Gold's suited body telling Belle this is who he is and always will be! LOVE THAT PART! I'm glad we still have old school Rumpy to look and listen to and the contrast between his two selves is even more pronounced when you get to see the two played so quickly from one to the other! You know Robert Carlyle was making movies long before Once here. He actually said in an interview once that not enough people were watching what he was making in the theater so he wanted to go back to the small screen. He said something like that which I find hard to believe. So this is movie star quality what we're watching. Right here in our living rooms! Hehe! Anyway, Belle wakes up and finds Gold working in his basement with his spinning wheel making straw into gold and making magic spells.
She confronts him later about it and doesn't like what she hears. She thinks he is too afraid to be honest with her so she leaves. Rumpy comes to her room later and finds that she is gone. Of course he thinks she is missing and not just over at the diner talking to Ruby Red about finding a job. Of course Belle talks about her love for books with Red and I LOVE that they've kept that part about her here. Just like the Belle in the original Disney version! Remember when Beast gives Belle his library in the castle? Belle visits the shut down library and meets Smee who asks if she is meeting anyone. We all know this guy is Smee just because he wears a red tobogin. Smee kidnaps Belle and who else thought he was going to take her to Hook with a possible new ship and shipmates at the Storybrooke docks? lol! Nope, Smee is working for Mo, Belle's father. Same guy that just earlier Rumpy was asking if he'd seen Belle. No luck then but later...
Gold asks Charming who is now sheriff for help in finding Belle. Speaking of Charming he was helping the dwarfs find fairy dust in the mines earlier and Henry comes to talk to him . This is where we find out Charming hates mine dust and will be taking Emma's place as sheriff for now. Rumpy and Charming team up to find Belle and as they walk the town, Rumpy asks Charming to give him some "dating advice." Awww. How sweet. Of course Gold denies that's what he's doing but we all know better right? You have to speak from the heart Rumpy! Tell her about Bae for one! The two meet up with Ruby Red and she says she can help because she can smell her. So Red's heightened senses are coming back to her! That could be dangerous in the newly magic land. Could we be seeing an upcoming episode where Ruby wolfs out in Storybrooke? Hmmm. She tracks Belle down to Mo's Game of Thorns shop. They're too late to find Belle there because when Mo found out Belle loves Rumpy he forced her to go with Smee to cross the town border to forget about Rumpy and every one she loves! WOW! That's really harsh Mo! I was hoping her father would be a more caring, compassionate man but Rumpy did beat the crap out him earlier.
Rumpy is about to beat the crap out of Mo again to find out where Smee took Belle because borders are being controlled above ground. Charming notices some mine dust on Mo's hand and we're off to the tunnels. Smee handcuffs Belle to a mine car and lets her have an Indiana Jones flash back ride to the border. Taco Bell will not be waiting if you race to this border so after a little helpless girl act from Belle Rumpy takes charge and brings her back just in time. Belle is saved but their love is not. Belle now wants nothing to do with either man. Mo or Rumple. Belle goes back to the diner, Ruby gives her a key from a "friend," and now Belle will be the owner of the Storybrooke Library. Who else thinks this library will be in some major use in future episodes? Rumple gave the library to her just like in the story. He admits to her he is a coward and talks to her about Bae. This is enough for Belle to ask to eat hamburgers with him. Ooookay. Back in Gold's basement we learn that when Smee was taken to Storybrooke with the curse, it did not take Hook. He was left behind.
FAIRY TALE LAND PAST
Rumple is just a poor weaver with his wife Milah and son Bae who appears to be around five or six here. He comes home one evening to find Bae alone. He tracks down his wife at a local tavern with some pirates. One is a cutie with too much guyliner. She tells Rumpy she doesn't want to leave because she's jealous of all the other women who are widows of men who fought the ogre wars but she is stuck with a coward. When Bae makes his presence known though she leaves with them. At home Rumple wants to know if she really thinks of him as a coward. She just wishes he would have fought in the wars she says. Who else thought that Milah looked a little like Belle? Understandable why he fell for Belle now. Later Rumple hears that the pirates took Milah with them and so he goes to confront them. They have a scene where we see Rumple limping over to the pirate ship. This show loves to shove the fact that Rumple limps a lot. Non-magic Rumple limps and Mr. Gold limps but Dark One Rumplestiltskin does not. I'm right about this right? He must use magic when he's the Dark One so he doesn't have to limp. I'm wondering if we'll ever get the story about that limp. How long ago was it when he got that injury? Will we ever see a very young Rumple before the limp? Is that limp the original reason why Rumple became such a coward? Anyway, Guyliner cutie challenges Rumple to a duel but he's too frightened to fight. We also learn this Guyliner dude is named Killian Jones.
Years later, after Rumple becomes the Dark One and Bae has left him using the magic bean that the Blue Fairy gave him we find Rumple meeting Smee in a pub who wants to have eternal life or something. Smee bargains with Rumple that he'll give him a magic bean he has if Rumple will give him
what he wants. First Rumple wants to see this bean. Suddenly, Killian Jones and his buddies come into the pub and Rumples sees his chance for revenge. Later outside Killian calls Rumples a crocodile. Very clever having Rumple be a crocodile especially for who this Killian turns outs to be by the end of the episode. Rumples makes it clear to Killian who he is and has a duel with him. Then he begins to take out his heart just like we've seen Regina and Cora do! They learned it from him of course! The appearance of Milah stops him. Milah knows about Smee and their bargain. She'll give Rumple the bean if he'll leave her and Killian alone. Milah fell in love with Killian and that is why she left Rumple.
Later on Killian's ship Rumple seems to agree to their bargain but wants to know why Milah would leave Bae. Her answer that her passions took control of her isn't good enough for Rumple and when she says she never loved him he takes out her heart in front of a tied up Killian. He actually KILLED Bae's mother! Now that's really going to place him on the Best Father list with Bae when he finds him! If Bae ever finds out about this oh my gosh! Also, I feel sorry for Belle. What if a misunderstanding comes up in Storybrooke that makes Gold really angry at Belle! Would Gold do the same thing in an act of passion to Belle! I certainly hope not! This hurts. Rumples cuts off Killian's hand, the one he thinks has the magic bean. Killian stabs Rumpy with a hook. Of course it doesn't do anything to The Dark One. He disappears leaving the hook for Killian to use as a replacement for his hand. HOOK IS BORN! Smee now works for Hook who uses the magic bean to go to Neverland!
FAIRY TALE LAND PRESENT:
Regina's curse effected Neverland too because now Hook is shown with Cora in whatever is left of the fairy tale lands. She shows Hook the little bit of dust from the wardrobe she has place in a vial. Hook exclaims that wow, she has a bottle of dirt. Who else was reminded of Captain Jack Sparrow and his jar of dirt. Cora has jar of dirt. Cora has jar of dirt...and guess what's inside it!
Next time scenes look really different from the norm. Maybe because it's teasing us that we'll finally find out who Mr. Whale is. Judging from the scenes it looks like Mr. Whale could be Dr. Jekyll or could it be Dr. Frankenstien?!! It does seem like he's trying to bring back a certain loved one from the dead! Guess we have to wait and see!
Go here for an awesome podcast about the episode The Crocodile!
http://oncepodcast.com/once-upon-a-time-podcast-057-the-crocodile-initial-reactions/
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