Welcome Hook and Cora

Captain Hook and Cora have finally arrived in Storybrooke, and have already killed in the first ten minutes of being there. Cora killed Archie or so you think in the beginning of the episode anyways. At the welcome home party for Mary Margaret and Emma there is shock when Regina shows up trying to be nice, and even more surprise when they hear that Emma has invited her. Regina is trying to be a better person because she really does love Henry no matter how much she hates his mother, and grandparents. Cora wants to strip everything away from her daughter so she finds out that Regina is angry with Dr. Hopper so she takes form of Regina and goes into his office to kill him. Once that is done she walks out and you see her turn back into Cora. The next day Pongo comes out barking from Archie's office, and Ruby being the wolf can sense something is wrong with him. Emma and Ruby rush to Archie's office where they find a dead Archie on the floor and it is all very sad. So Ruby tells Emma she thinks Regina is the one who killed him, but when they question her she is genuinely shocked that he is dead so Emma thinks that she is innocent. This of course makes her parents a little angry because they know just how evil Regina can be. In Fairytale land they trap Regina and are about to have her killed when Snow stops the whole thing and says that even the Evil Queen deserves another chance to be good. Rumplestiltskin offers Snow a spell that will protect her from Regina if she ever tried to kill her again. Then when Regina fails the test Snow is giving her she is banished from their Kingdom and forced to live in her own misery. That of course just makes her want to lauch the curse even more so she begins to work on that so she can get her revenge. Emma finds more and more evidence against Regina, and that makes her think that it is a frame job so she goes to Gold. She thinks that since all the evidence is pointing to Regina that Gold is framing her so that he can have some sort of revenge on her. Only this time Gold was not the bad guy trying to hurt Regina, and he told Emma to ask the witness which was in fact Pongo. They bring Pongo in and Gold says that they could use magic to extract his memories. Emma points out that if Gold uses magic then he could just use the magic to make it seem like its Regina. So Gold tells them that he won't be the one to use magic and that Emma would be the one to do it. Emma has magic inside of her which we saw in the "Queen of Hearts" episode. So Emma goes and uses the dream catcher Gold hands her and focuses her magic on it and creates a picture of memories that Pongo had the night Archie died. They clearly see Regina only it is in fact Cora so they go to trap Regina again, but she disappears using magic. Emma has to tell Henry that Archie is dead and that Regina is the on responsible for his death. The episode ended with Cora telling Hook that she took someone who could help him get to Rumple. My heart started pounding and I immediately thought that she had kidnapped Belle, and I was like NO! The total twist was when she opened the hatch and revealed a tied up Archie! That was a great oepisode of Once this week and I am truly glad that Emma Archie is not actually dead. Cora used magic to make it look like Archie but she killed someone else so now they can try to get info on Gold from him. That was some crazy stuff happening in that hour, and next week is going to be good too.

Next week Hook runs into Belle, and gets his butt kicked by Rumple which I personally can't wait to see, I love Hook but I also love that Rumple is kicking his butt with out magic. Gold finds out that he can cross the town line and still keep his memories in tact. That means he can go look for his son, and Hook has a gun that is pointed at Gold. This show just keeps getting better and better. I love the way the writers come up with all this stuff, and how it's the same characters we know and love but they also have their own unique twists.

Just a note Neal is going to be making an appearance in an upcoming episode titled "Manhattan" and that should be good. So any thoughts on who Neal is? I think he might be Bae, Rumples long lost son. Thinking about it he has to be a fairytale character because everyone on the show is, and when August showed him whatever was in the box its like he instantly just understood that Emma had to go break this curse. So I am hoping he is Bae because that will lead to some great twists where Rumple are concerned. Henry would be the grandson of Snow White and Prince Charming, and Rumplestiltskin. That would be truly awesome in my opinion, so please post comments letting me know who you think Neal might be? Or if you think he is just a normal guy?