An Untold Story

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"An Untold Story"
Once Upon a Time episode
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Episode no. Season 5
Episode 23
Directed by Dean White
Written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
Production code 523
Original air date May 15, 2016
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"An Untold Story" is the twenty-third episode and season finale of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time, which aired on May 15, 2016.

In this episode, Henry, Violet, Emma, Regina, and Mr. Gold work together to bring Snow, David, Hook, and Zelena back home. Meanwhile, Snow, David, Hook, Zelena, and Dr. Jekyll try to get away from Mr. Hyde. Near the end, Regina takes the Evil Queen out of her, and Mr. Hyde arrives in Storybrooke.

Plot

Opening Sequence

There's no special background, symbolizing the destruction of magic.

In The Land of Untold Stories

Dr. Jekyll awakens in a straightjacket, finding Poole unconcious from too much whisky; feeling himself, he ate ala Poole's keys as Hyde has hidden the wand. Freeing Zelena, Hook, Snow, and David, he explains that "The Warden" stole Zelena’s wand. They find themselves in the “land of untold stories,” filled with escapees from various worlds seeking refuge; as they are in this realm, their stories have halted as time does not pass here.

Dr. Jekyll has just finished with a blue serum with flower sap that turned into a red serum which will separate the evil from the good in a person. However, Poole enters and forces him to transform into Mr. Hyde once again by using the blue serum. After they escaped, Mr. Hyde uses the red serum to inject his hand and split himself and Dr. Jekyll apart, but as Hyde tries to kill Jekyll, Hook and the others rescue Jekyll. Zelena uses fireball at Poole an Snow uses Poole's magical gizmo to zap Hyde unconscious. Useless, Jekyll takes his serum and tools with him just before Hyde wakes up.

As the group keeps try to escape out of the universe, they end up ultimately running into dead ends at every turn. Suddenly, thanks to Henry inspiring the New Yorkers to toss coins into the Bethesda fountain, a portal opens, and Hook, Snow, David, Zelena, and Jekyll escape and find themselves in New York City, right in front of the fountain. (They see Emma, Regina, Henry, and Violet as they reunited and hug)

Later on, Hyde begins to throwing tantrums in his laboratory, where he is surprised to see Gold, (Gold slipped through the portal to find Belle). Gold wants to threaten Hyde with death, but lets him live upon learning that Hyde knows how to wake Belle. This results in a deal made between Gold and Hyde.

In New York City

In a hotel, Gold swipes a sterling silver tray from a concierge and gives him $100 to be left alone. When Emma learns via text that Zelena, Hook, and the others have disappeared, Regina goes right to Gold’s hotel room and tells him that she may be turning to darkness again.

Emma tries to snag the Olympian Crystal as Gold is distracted, but he is on to their scheme and is about to vanquish them, when Henry enters with the Holy Grail and destroys all magic, Emma gets a text from Granny in Storybrooke about a portal being used the with Sorcerer's wand, knowing what Henry just did has trapped Belle, Hook, Zelena, David, and Snow in the Land of Untold Stories. Henry is then left feeling like a fool, as he has just made things worse with his prejudice view of magic.

Gold then says that Storybrooke was never destroyed, and not only that, there is another person in New York City who has kept his magic. This is revealed to be The Dragon (who had been alive and not dead as Tamara had claimed earlier). Though he refuses to help Gold because of his selfishness, the Dragon agrees to help Regina, who is fighting the urge to become the Evil Queen again. The Dragon uses the lotus flower on water to use magic to see the realm of the Land of Untold Stories and tries to bring the heroes back to New York City but it doesn't work. He tells them that the Real World has magic, but it's harder to tap into as it has been neglected over the centuries.

Henry sulks at the Bethesda fountain, where Emma reminds him of their time in New York between the first and second Dark Curses; she always told him to wish away his problems and toss a coin into the fountain. He proceeds to wish for his family to be brought back, encouraging Emma, Regina, Gold, and Violet to do the same. Suddenly, the crystal starts to pulsate. Henry then climbs a statue and convinces the citizens of New York City to help them return magic to the world. The portal opens in the Bethesda fountain, and Gold walks through it (ends up in the Land of Untold Stories).

Hook, Snow, David, Jekyll and Zelena appear in front of the others. Regina, Henry, Emma, and Violet see them in the Bethesda fountain as they reunited. Unfortunately, Henry is left saddened that the crowd believed that the rescue was simply an illusion; Emma consoles him, explaining that it's the only way they can understand it. She was much like them until his near-death experience forced her to believe in magic.

Afterwards, Regina decides to have some time to think, and, as Snow tries to console her, Regina believes there's nothing she can do to get rid of the Evil Queen inside of her. But Jekyll reveals that he had another dose of the separation serum, allowing Regina the chance to push the Evil Queen out. Snow injects the red serum into Regina's arm, and Emma and Snow stand by, ready to help. Regina and the Evil Queen split into two entities, and Regina rips the evil queen's heart out and crushes it, destroying her darkness.

In Storybrooke

Upon arrival in Storybrooke, Dr. Jekyll finds the town more beautiful than they described it to him; David and Mary Margaret take him to Granny's for a meal. Emma tells Hook she loves him, with both ready to take their relationship further. Henry prepares to say good-bye to Violet, believing she and her father, Sir Morgan, will return to Camelot. However, Violet reveals that while she was born in Camelot, her father is from Connecticut, but fell into a portal to Camelot at one point; thus they will remain in the Real World. Happy to hear this, Henry shares a kiss with Violet. (After many seasons of helping others find their own, Henry finally obtains his own happy ending.)

Henry later meets with Regina, asking how she feels no longer shackled to the Evil Queen; Regina responds that she feels freer than she ever did. Regina releases Storybrooke's magic from the Olympian Crystal, with the crystal vanishing after being emptied. To their surprise, Mr. Hyde appears in front of them, grateful for the return of magic as lacking it would have been dreadful. Regina immediately realizes Gold sent Hyde to Storybrooke as part of deal. Hyde explains that Gold gave his ownership of the town to him in exchange for the information to wake Belle from her sleeping curse; he also brought some of his "friends" as Storybrooke is the ideal place for the populace of the Land of Untold Stories to have their lives unfold. Regina taunts him, telling Hyde that he's the loser of his own story. However, Hyde returns the taunt mysteriously warning that darkness is not that easy to snuff out as she believes.

In Chinatown

The Dragon's shop, he hears his windchimes ring as a dark lime smoke enters. The smoke takes the form of the Evil Queen, something that doesn't surprise the Dragon; it's possible that like Mr. Gold, Merlin and the Author, the Dragon can see the future. The Evil Queen tells the Dragon that he was right about one thing: there was a battle raging within Regina. She then laughs that Regina should have never let her out to play (repeating what Regina told Emma in the previous episode). However, now that she's out, there's going to be a war. With a dark smirk, she rips out the Dragon's heart, but doesn't crush it. Grinning, she declares that the Queen is back.

Cultural Reference

Reception

Andrea Towers of Entertainment Weekly gave it a good review: "And if you thought we were done with surprises to set up next season, let me assure you we’re just getting started. Who shows up in Chinatown? None other than the Evil Queen, who claims “Regina never should have let me out to play.” And this is a war now. You thought the Big Bad for season 6 was Hyde? Try Dark Regina instead. And yes, I’m into it. Lana Parrilla is one of the best things about this show, and I’ll take anything that gives her a chance to flex her acting chops."[1]

In a review from Rickey.org, Nick Roman said, "Last week, I was pretty miffed about Once Upon A Time and its treatment of Regina (Lana Parrilla). While I ultimately liked the episode, it felt like the show was continuing to use her as a punching bag to move the plot forward. Need something bad to happen to one of our characters? Just take it out on Regina! Granted, it’s a formula that has served Once Upon A Time in the past, but at this point, it just felt repetitive. That’s why “Only You” and “An Untold Story” provided such a fresh change of pace for a season finale that not only sets up the next phase of the story, but also promises to put Regina in a more central role."[2]

Amy Ratcliffe of IGN said of the episode, "Once Upon a Time's trend of setting up the next season in the finale continued with the final installments of Season 5. Regina thankfully didn't go back to her Evil Queen ways and they, in fact, put a fresh spin on her turmoil and tied it nicely to the Jekyll/Hyde mythology. The only hiccup – and it was a big one – was Henry's all over the map behavior that caused all sorts of action. Two jam-packed episodes after a somewhat sleepy half season in the Underworld was jarring and made you realize how much story the show can churn through when it's not stretching out a "themed" plot."[3] Ratcliffe gave the episode a 7.9 rating out of 10.[3]

Gwen Ihnat of The A.V. Club gave the episode a good review, giving it a B overall.[4] In her recap: "There are two competing themes in this Once Upon A Time double-episode finale, and one is leagues more successful than the other. Just when you get the feeling that OUAT can do little else but beat a dead horse forever (Hades’ blue hair! The River Of Lost Souls!), it pulls out actual insight about the duplicitousness of personality, handily personified by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as the Evil Queen herself, Regina."[4]

Christine Orlando of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.8 out of 5.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Once Upon a Time recap: 'Only You' / 'An Untold Story'" from Entertainment Weekly (May 15, 2016)
  2. ↑ "‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 5 Episode 21 Review: Regina Is Finally Free Of Darkness—But At What Cost?" from Rickey.org (May 15, 2016)
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