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This episode was really good and really sad. The flashbacks were about Killian’s attempt to free Alice, but it lead to his heart being cursed. The clip in the sneak peek of Killian falling out of the tower was Alice having a nightmare. This caused Killian to decide to ask for help from Wish Rumple to free her. But before he left, he gave her a chest with vials of sand and ocean water and they gave each other their knight and rook chess pieces. I really loved that he did that because it not only shows that he is willing to do anything to free Alice, but that he’s also willing to free his greatest enemy if his daughter will be free from her prison. It shows a lot of character development. I also loved seeing Imp Rumple again. Bobby is such a great actor and him and Colin were amazing in this scene.

I loved Killian’s interactions with Captain Ahab, they reminded me a lot about his interactions with Blackbeard. It was wonderful to see that Killian was willing to trade the Jolly Roger (even though it technically wasn’t his at the moment) for Maui’s fishhook (yay for a Moana reference!) if he won a game of dice, which he did. Ahab was pestering him about not being the man he used to be and challenged him to a duel. Killian’s pride was hurt and he accepted. The counting off of the steps and Killian seeing his life with Alice flash before his eyes (flashes included holding her as a baby, sword fighting, giving her a doll, dancing, and playing chess) was really great. Killian was shot in the shoulder and seemed fine, but it turned out that Gothel poisoned the bullet so when he went to hug Alice once he got back, he was blasted back. Gothel showed up and put a mark on Alice’s left wrist, which I’m fairly certain hurts when she’s near Killian. So they’re both in physical pain near each other. Gothel then poofs Killian out of the tower and Killian is trying to crawl back, but he’s in so much pain, and Alice is calling for her Papa and this hurts a lot. I just want them to be happy, okay?

In Hyperion Heights, Rogers and Weaver continued their investigation on the witch killer. Rogers interviewed Gothel who told him he isn’t going to find answers unless he knows who he is and to find the killer, he has to follow his heart. Rogers knows there’s something up with Gothel so he played along with her and discovered that the witches who’d died had had boxes of heart shaped marzipan chocolates delivered to them before they died. This lead to Rogers and Weaver finding the blind baker/witch murdered in her hospital room with Tilly hiding under the bed holding the scalpel.

During this episode, Tilly had been very upset and was convinced that something bad would happen. She tried distracting Rogers with a game of chess, and tried to stop him from showing a painting he did to Gothel. Oh, by the way, Killian Jones is an artist and he taught his daughter the ways of a paintbrush. They both like painting ships and the ocean in general. And they’re both really good. Rogers and Weaver tried to get Tilly to calm down who was hysterical and brandishing a scalpel. Tilly ended up jumping out the window and running away. Neither Rogers nor Weaver believe Alice is the killer, but they found a board with the coven symbol painted on it with two of the spokes crossed out. Rogers went after Tilly to try and prove she’s innocent. I think that it’s going to be very difficult because she, unfortunately, has a lot of evidence stacked against her.

Meanwhile, Ivy, dealing with her mother’s death, sought out comfort from Henry and ended up kissing him. Which I am so not here for. She’s his step-sister-in-law and she’s awake so she knows he’s married. I get that some people want Henry to be with Ivy instead of Jacinda/Ella, but this is kind of like the Kathryn situation so I don’t get why you would. I do see the chemistry and if they weren’t family, I wouldn’t be as against it as I am. I do, however, like them having a friendship. Ivy also went to Jacinda and gave her a box of her old stuff. Jacinda then gave Ivy a rag doll she once had which made Ivy realize she has to finish what her mother started. I’m not sure what that is though.

The episode ended with Lucy bringing the page of Henry being poisoned to Regina who revealed she was awake. Regina then suggested they use walkie talkies to help break the curse, which is cool. It did annoy me that Regina implied it was something her and Henry used to do, which isn’t true. It was Emma and Henry’s thing. I do like the name Operation Hyacinth though.