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00:16Once upon a time, an evil queen banished every storybook character you've ever known to our world.
00:24Who knows the truth? And who can break the spell?
00:28You don't play with a curse.
00:30My book!
00:31How'd you bury it here?
00:32My mom didn't find it.
00:33When people are supposed to be together, they find a way.
00:35The reason I go to Granny's is to see you.
00:37You gotta tell them you don't love him.
00:39Or you'll kill me.
00:40I'll kill him.
00:41My book!
00:42It's gone!
01:14I'll kill you.
01:15I'll kill you.
01:27Yes.
01:28So if you'll excuse me.
01:35Find him.
01:43I'll kill you.
01:45He's been killed.
01:46He's on fire!
01:50I don't know where he is.
01:50He's gonna kill you, so you don't know where he's coming.
01:54He's still alive.
01:55He's not dead.
01:56You're not dead.
02:01He's dead.
02:03I'm dead.
02:04He's just a dead man.
02:17Oh
02:48Chicken's delicious.
02:54David, there's something we need to discuss.
02:58Okay.
03:00I applied to law school.
03:04That's amazing.
03:06Why didn't you ever tell me?
03:08I don't know.
03:09Maybe because I didn't think I could actually do it.
03:13But I did.
03:15I got this today.
03:18I got in.
03:22It's in Boston.
03:27I know things have been hard between us.
03:29But maybe a fresh start is what we need.
03:32Maybe we've been fighting too hard to recapture
03:34old memories when we should have been making new ones instead.
03:46Who are you?
03:47What are you waiting for?
03:49Do you think I fear you?
03:56Abigail?
03:59What are you doing here?
04:00I wanted to get my hands on you before your father ripped you to shreds.
04:03How did you know I was going to...
04:04Because I have ears in the king's court.
04:07And despite everyone's best efforts to shield me from it, I know the truth.
04:13You love Snow White.
04:16And you have no intention of marrying me.
04:20I won't marry someone I don't love.
04:22Or give that despot the satisfaction that I helped him.
04:25And that means suffering the consequences?
04:28So be it.
04:29You're prepared to lay down your life.
04:32How charming.
04:34But I didn't come here to see you die.
04:38I came here to help you escape.
04:41Why would you do anything to help me?
04:44Because I don't want to marry you either.
04:50What did you tell her?
04:52That I needed to take a walk, clear my head, think about it?
04:57I'm guessing you didn't tell her that the walk was with me.
05:00No.
05:01No, of course not.
05:03Why is that our default?
05:08Lying.
05:10Because I don't...
05:11We're not being honest.
05:13I know it's hard, but...
05:15We have to tell her the truth about everything, about us.
05:23I don't know if I can.
05:28But you have to.
05:31If we can't be honest with other people, how can we be honest with each other?
05:35Is it really the best plan?
05:38What's your plan?
05:42Moving to Boston?
05:44No.
05:47The only way no one gets hurt here...
05:50is if we don't want to be together.
05:54Is that what you want?
06:00No.
06:02Well, then we have to stop hiding and do something.
06:06It's better if she hears it from you than from someone else.
06:09You have to make a choice.
06:16I choose you.
06:23Then it's time to tell Catherine.
06:50I've been meaning to bump into you.
06:53I've been meaning to bump into you.
06:54I've been meaning to have a drink you promised.
06:55Is that you asking me out?
06:57Well, if you're putting a label on it makes you more comfortable, sure.
07:01Let's call it a date.
07:02How about you came here to write and find inspiration?
07:05I'm optimistic about our date.
07:08See, I have a policy.
07:09I won't go out with guys who won't tell me their names.
07:11Kind of weeds out the ones who like to keep secrets like they're already married.
07:13Or they store body parts in their freezer.
07:18It's nice talking to you.
07:21It's August.
07:25August W. Booth.
07:27Really?
07:28With the middle initial?
07:30W's for Wayne.
07:33So, there goes your reason for not meeting me here after work.
07:46Who was that?
07:48I don't know yet.
07:50Yet?
07:51So, you're going to find out.
07:53It's nothing.
07:55Nothing with you means something.
07:56Because if it were nothing, you wouldn't be talking about it.
07:59I'm sorry.
08:00I thought you called me here to talk about you.
08:03Yeah, but talking about you is easier right now.
08:06What is it?
08:06What's going on?
08:10Remember when you told me to stay away from David and I agreed?
08:13Yes.
08:16I didn't.
08:18I didn't.
08:18Yeah, I know.
08:19You do.
08:20How?
08:21Because I'm sheriff and you are a lovesick school teacher.
08:25Covering your tracks is not exactly your strong suit.
08:27Well, I've been discreet.
08:28Discreet?
08:29Two teacups in the sink, new perfume, late nights, plunging necklines.
08:33It was not hard to connect the dots.
08:35Plunging.
08:36When I met you, you were a top button kind of girl.
08:40Mom.
08:41Why didn't you say anything?
08:43I'm not your mother.
08:45No.
08:45According to Henry, I'm yours.
08:47I just figured that you would let me know when it was time.
08:51I'm assuming it's time.
08:55He's telling Catherine.
09:00Everything?
09:02Everything.
09:10David?
09:12David, come take a look.
09:13I found a whole bunch of great apartment options.
09:15I have no idea which neighborhood to look at, but you ever been to Boston?
09:19No, no.
09:20I've never been.
09:21Maybe we should ask the sheriff.
09:22Emma, she's from there.
09:23She could probably help.
09:24Catherine.
09:27I can't go to Boston with you.
09:33Can't?
09:35Or won't?
09:36I'm sorry.
09:37I'm so, so sorry.
09:43I don't know what to say.
09:45Try the truth.
09:51David, is there something going on that I don't know about?
09:59No.
10:01Now, something happened.
10:04I don't know what it is.
10:05There is something that's preventing me from connecting, and it's not fair to you to let
10:12that screw up your life.
10:15You're right.
10:16You need a fresh start.
10:20It's just not with me.
10:36We have reached my father's realm.
10:39We should be safe here.
10:46I have provisions waiting for you.
10:52I can't take any of it.
10:54Not until you tell me what's really going on.
10:56I told you I'm...
10:56Stop playing games!
10:59I can't take any of it.
11:00If you have no feelings for me, as you've said, why show me any kindness at all?
11:04What haven't you told me?
11:06This isn't about you, James.
11:09It's me.
11:10I don't want to marry you because my heart also belongs to another.
11:15A man I was once to wed.
11:19A man named Frederick.
11:22What happened?
11:23We all have our own tragedies.
11:26Lost love being the worst.
11:28I thought reuniting you with yours might grant me some consolation.
11:32Well, I'm afraid I'm not able to help you then.
11:35My love told me in no uncertain terms that she does not feel for me as I do for her.
11:44Can't fight for something that doesn't exist.
11:49So, there's my tragedy.
11:55That's no tragedy.
11:57Come.
12:03Follow me.
12:08A moment, please.
12:16This is where my beloved Frederick sacrificed his life.
12:20I'm sorry.
12:23Did he die in battle?
12:25We were traveling with my father, King Midas.
12:27When our caravan was ambushed,
12:30Frederick bravely defended us
12:32and was cut down, saving my father's life.
12:35That's a fitting tribute.
12:38Craftsmanship is remarkable.
12:41I've never seen anything quite so lifelike.
12:44That's because the arm you're touching is actually Frederick's.
12:48Excuse me?
12:49It's not a statue.
12:51Frederick saw the attack when no one else did
12:53and threw himself in front of my father, knocking him to safety.
12:57Because of my father's curse, he was instantly turned to gold.
13:01All curses can be broken.
13:04Have you tried true love's kiss?
13:06And tell my love's blood.
13:09The gold got in the way.
13:12There must be something else to do.
13:21There is legend of a lake.
13:24Lake Nostos.
13:27Its waters are said to have magical properties
13:29that can return to you something that was once lost.
13:32And yet you haven't tried it?
13:34Of course I have.
13:35But the lake is guarded by a ghastly creature
13:38that drowns its victims.
13:40No one who's ever faced it has lived to return.
13:42Don't give up hope just yet.
13:45I will face this guardian
13:47and return with the water that will undo this wretched curse.
13:50None have succeeded.
13:51None have my fearless bravery.
13:52Or fearless disregard for their own safety.
13:56Either way, one of us should have our happiness.
13:59And if you die, neither of us will.
14:01That's not true.
14:02Don't you understand?
14:03If I succeed, you will be reunited with Frederick
14:06and your misery ends.
14:07If I fail, the misery that ends will be mine.
14:31Don't you understand?
14:32From you to the end, you have missed the last week.
14:33I will see you next week.
14:33Jersey Two and both deny it.
15:22Oh, go on. Open it.
15:25What's the occasion?
15:27The occasion is I love you.
15:31Go on.
15:39Now, I know you miss your book, but with this, you can do the heroics.
15:43You can save the princesses.
15:46You can be the hero.
15:50Henry, you have to believe me.
15:52When I tore down the playground, I did it for your safety.
15:54Please don't be upset with me.
15:56I really didn't mean to destroy your book.
16:02It's not just the book.
16:04Okay, then what is it?
16:06It's Emma.
16:09I want to see her.
16:13Virginia, are you going to...
16:16I'm sorry.
16:17Oh, don't worry about it.
16:19Henry, why don't you get home and start your homework?
16:22I'll be there in a bit and we can have dinner.
16:31Oh, Catherine, what is it?
16:34It's David.
16:37He's leaving me.
16:39That little homewrecker.
16:41Excuse me?
16:43She just couldn't stay away, could she?
16:45What are you talking about?
16:47Why, Mary Margaret, of course.
16:50What's Mary Margaret got to do with this?
16:53What's Mary Margaret got to do with any of this?
16:55Regina, do you know something?
16:59They've been having an affair.
17:08How do you know this?
17:10How?
17:10Did you see something?
17:12I saw pictures.
17:14Sydney was always looking for scandal.
17:16It sells papers.
17:17He showed me.
17:18I buried them, of course.
17:20Show me.
17:22Catherine.
17:22Show me!
17:32Catherine.
17:49Why didn't you tell me?
17:50Because I thought you two were working it out.
17:53I wanted you to work it out.
17:55Believe me, I want you two together.
17:58Why?
17:59Why do you care about any of this?
18:02Because I'm your friend.
18:04No, you're not.
18:05A friend wouldn't do this.
18:07A friend would lie.
18:10A friend would lie.
18:10A friend would lie.
18:11A friend would lie to me.
18:19What's this?
18:21It's a shrine to the guardian of the lake.
18:24Every man who faces it leaves an offering here first,
18:27asking for the creature's mercy.
18:32I go the rest of the way alone.
18:35No, this is for me.
18:36You have to let me come with you.
18:37No.
18:38The only life I want in my hands is my own.
18:44Good luck, then.
18:45And don't forget.
18:49A lot of good it did them.
19:14Hey, did I...
19:17Did you do it?
19:18Yeah, it was bad.
19:21I'm sorry.
19:23No, it was, um...
19:26It was really bad.
19:27But you told the truth.
19:29So now we can pick up the pieces.
19:31We can start over from a real place.
19:36Hey, I want to see you.
19:37Can I come by when you get done at school?
19:39Of course.
19:40I'll see you then.
19:41And David, you did the right thing.
19:51Oh, hey.
19:52Where are you going?
19:56Catherine.
19:57I'm...
19:58I'm sorry.
20:02Oh.
20:03Screw you.
20:04You're sorry.
20:06I understand you're upset.
20:07You have every right to me.
20:08Thank you for that insight.
20:09Can we...
20:09Can we please talk somewhere private?
20:11Private?
20:12Why do you get any consideration at all?
20:14You have shown none for me.
20:16Either of you.
20:17All you did was lie.
20:19We should have talked to you sooner, but we've been completely honest.
20:24We didn't lie.
20:25You didn't lie?
20:26You snuck around?
20:27You have him break up my marriage with a pack of lies?
20:30With some crap about not being able to connect?
20:34He didn't have any trouble connecting with you.
20:38David didn't tell you about us?
20:39No, of course not.
20:41That would have been the honorable thing to do.
20:44But he said he would tell you.
20:46Well, and he lied to you two.
20:49Good luck making it work.
20:52You two deserve each other.
21:24Where are you?
21:26Make yourself known to me.
21:30Beasts.
21:32Show yourself.
21:55Here I am.
22:07You're going to come in?
22:09I thought you wanted that dream.
22:11I do.
22:12But I didn't say here.
22:14Hop on.
22:15You want me to get on the back of that bike?
22:17That's what hop on means.
22:19How about if we go somewhere I drive?
22:21How about you stop having to control everything and take a leap of faith?
22:26You owe me a drink.
22:27Hop on.
22:28I know a good watering hole.
22:30If you don't, I will.
22:59A watering hole?
23:01Literally?
23:03Say what you want about me.
23:04And I always tell the truth.
23:06I just thought a drink was like wine or whiskey.
23:09Do you want me to get you drunk?
23:11No.
23:12Next time.
23:14You are optimistic.
23:18They say there's something special about this well.
23:21There's even a legend.
23:25They say that the water from the well is fed by an underground lake and that lake has magical properties.
23:33Magic?
23:33You sound like Henry.
23:35Smart kid.
23:37So this legend, it says that if you drink the water from the well, something lost will be returned to
23:42you.
23:43You know an awful lot about this town for being a stranger.
23:47And you know very little for being the sheriff.
23:49How do you know of this?
23:50Have you been here before?
23:52I know all of this for one very simple reason.
23:56I read the plaque.
24:05You actually believe that?
24:07I'm a writer.
24:08I have to have an open mind.
24:10Yeah, but magic?
24:12Water is a very powerful thing.
24:15Cultures as old as time have worshipped it.
24:18It flows throughout all lands connecting the entire world.
24:22If anything had mystical properties, if anything had magic, well I'd say it'd be water.
24:30That's asking a lot to believe on faith.
24:33If you need evidence for everything, Emma, you're going to find yourself stuck in one place for a long time.
24:39Maybe.
24:40Or maybe I'll just find the truth before anyone else.
24:44Well, Miss Skeptic, there's one thing I can tell you for sure that requires no leap of faith, and I
24:50know you'll agree with me.
24:53What's that?
24:54It's good water.
25:12You don't need to say anything.
25:15What's wrong?
25:18Oh, gosh, I'm sorry, I did...
25:19Excuse me, I must not have been looking.
25:21You.
25:22Excuse me?
25:24You should be ashamed of yourself.
25:37What's your name?
25:43Would you like to know mine?
25:46Because I can be anyone you want me to be.
25:49Stop.
25:50I know what you are.
25:51You're a siren.
25:52And your deceitful words are a spell meant to lure me to my death.
25:56I would never hurt such a brave, powerful man like yourself.
26:01Not when there are so many other things we could do.
26:05I said stop.
26:06I will not fall prey to your deceptions.
26:09Really?
26:11You're immune to me.
26:28Like me more now, Charmaine?
26:30No.
26:32You're not really her.
26:33It's an illusion.
26:35I know it's not real.
26:36Sometimes illusions are better than truth.
26:40Everything you want that you can't have, I can give it to you.
26:48All you have to do is kiss me.
26:57I know you want to.
26:58I can feel it.
27:00No.
27:25I don't want an illusion.
27:27I want reality or nothing.
27:28And this doesn't feel real.
27:38It's no.
27:40Oh.
27:41That's right.
27:42It's me.
27:47I love you.
27:49I love you.
27:51No.
27:52It's not you.
27:54Yes, it is.
27:55I love you.
27:56No.
27:56This is not real love.
27:58I felt it.
27:59And this isn't it.
28:01I know the difference.
28:03Congratulations, Prince Charmaine.
28:06You're the first.
28:09Oh, my God.
28:38Oh, my God.
29:25Oh, my God.
29:38Who did this?
29:42I don't know.
29:44I'm sorry.
29:45I don't know how any of this happened.
29:47You don't know.
29:48Really.
29:51Hey, Margaret, I can't control what other people do.
29:53No, but you can control what you do.
29:56And you lied.
29:57And now everyone is calling me a tramp.
30:01Who told her?
30:04That is exactly the wrong question.
30:08The real question is why didn't you do what we discussed?
30:11Why didn't you tell her?
30:13I thought we could spare her feelings.
30:15Right, you thought.
30:16Not we.
30:18You.
30:19And we discussed this.
30:23I didn't want anyone to get hurt.
30:26Now everyone is hurt.
30:29We had an understanding.
30:32We had an agreement.
30:34But you not only lied to her, you lied to me.
30:38Remember, Margaret, please, listen to me.
30:41If we want to see if this, if what we have is love,
30:48we have to do what you said.
30:51We have to pick up the pieces and we kind of move on.
30:57David, this isn't love.
31:00What we have is something else entirely.
31:04What we have is destructive.
31:06And it has to stop.
31:13What are you saying?
31:16That we shouldn't be together.
31:40We don't stand.
31:47Let's go.
32:16It's beautiful.
32:18I had no idea you were so good with plants.
32:22Well, better than with people, it would seem.
32:26What are you doing here?
32:29I thought after what happened yesterday, I'd be the last person you'd want to see.
32:33So did I.
32:35And then I thought about it, and I realized I owed you an apology.
32:39Catherine.
32:39I know you'd never do anything to hurt me.
32:41I was just so angry and confused, and I snapped.
32:46I'm sorry.
32:47I've just been fighting so hard to hold on to David, I've never stopped to ask myself why.
32:54He's your husband.
32:55You love each other.
32:56You always have.
32:58No, we haven't.
33:03See the way he looks at her?
33:06He's never looked at me like that.
33:08Not even before his accident.
33:11Catherine.
33:13Relationships take work.
33:15You can't give up so easily.
33:17Have you ever been in love?
33:19Yes.
33:22Once.
33:24And you're lucky.
33:27Because what I'm coming to understand is that I haven't.
33:32What they have is real.
33:34It's true.
33:37My marriage to David, it just was like an illusion.
33:40I don't know how it happened, but it was never real.
33:44I know that now.
33:47The way David looks at Mary Margaret, that's what I want from me.
33:53And I'm going to go out there, and I'm going to find it.
33:56What are you talking about?
33:59I'm sticking to my plan.
34:00I'm moving to Boston.
34:02Alone.
34:03If I stay here, I'll never be happy.
34:06And what about David?
34:08I wrote him a letter.
34:10Him and Mary Margaret.
34:11I told them they should be together.
34:13I'm sorry, you did what?
34:15I can't see him.
34:17Not now.
34:18It's just too painful.
34:25I'm going to miss you, Regina.
34:27You've been a good friend to me.
34:30You're really going?
34:33That's funny.
34:35I've always had this irrational fear of leaving Storybrooke.
34:37Like something's just holding me back.
34:39Is that crazy?
34:42No.
34:43Change is always frightening.
34:46But you know what, Catherine?
34:48This just may be what you need.
34:54Maybe you'll find what you're looking for.
35:09Water from Lake Nostos, as requested.
35:13Remarkable.
35:14But how did you manage to slay the beast?
35:16Well, the fate of your true love was at stake.
35:19I knew it was a battle I couldn't afford to lose.
35:47Ah!
35:49Oh!
35:50Ah!
35:57Abigail, what happened to me?
35:58You were trapped, but now you're free.
36:08This is James.
36:12He's the one who freed you.
36:16I am forever indebted to you.
36:19Well, pay me back.
36:20By walking down the aisle with someone you truly belong with.
36:25And perhaps giving me a horse and supplies for a journey as well.
36:30Done.
36:32So much.
36:34Where will you go?
36:36To find Snow White.
36:38You are going after her.
36:40True love isn't easy, but it must be fought for.
36:45Because once you find it, it can never be replaced.
36:51Yeah.
36:53How will you know where to find her?
36:55Well, the bird helped me track her down once.
36:57Hopefully it can again.
36:59Well, then, good luck.
37:02Oh, and James, please make haste.
37:05When King George discovers that the union of the kingdoms has been ruined, he will come after you.
37:10Some people will stop at nothing to destroy the happiness of others.
37:39Some people will stop at nothing to destroy the happiness of others.
37:59Well, I love that game.
38:02Space Paranoids, right?
38:04Yeah, my mom got it for me.
38:06I used to play that all the time when I was a kid.
38:10Relax.
38:10It's all in the wrist.
38:17My mom's picking me up in like five minutes.
38:20All right.
38:21I'll be quick then.
38:22I just have something I'd like to give you.
38:27You found it.
38:28Where'd you get it?
38:29I found it in a gutter.
38:31It must have fallen off the dump truck on the way to the junkyard and got tossed around
38:34in the rain and somehow made its way back to me.
38:36Wow.
38:37That's crazy.
38:38What other explanation could there be?
38:41I don't know.
38:44Well, whatever happened, it came back to me.
38:48Maybe it means our luck is changing.
38:50Operation Kilbra is back on.
38:52It's a sign.
38:53Things are gonna be better.
38:55I hope you're right, kid.
38:56Gotta go.
39:09Snow!
39:12Snow White!
39:20Snow!
39:21Are you there?
39:23She's gone.
39:24She never came back after she went to find you.
39:31Then I'll find her.
39:34I will always find her.
39:36And I will convince her that we belong together.
39:38We will always fight for her, no matter what comes between us.
39:41There won't be much of a fight.
39:43What are you talking about?
39:45Snow wants to be with you more than anything.
39:49Don't mock me.
39:51Snow told me that we can't be together because she doesn't love me.
39:55She left here to break up your wedding because she's in love with you.
40:02Unless something changed her mind along the way.
40:06Not something.
40:08Someone.
40:09James?
40:11Who are they?
40:13That's someone.
40:14King George.
40:15Bring me his head!
40:16Come on!
40:18...
40:19Don't you?
40:23No!
40:26No!
40:28No!
40:30No!
40:45Ah!
40:46You got it!
40:47Are you talking about it yet?
40:48Nope.
40:51You gonna be alone?
40:56Nope.
41:21I'm sorry.
41:54I don't know.
42:27I don't know.
42:55I don't know.
43:24I don't know.
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