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For the Season Three episode, see "Dark Hollow (episode)". |
The Dark Hollow is a Neverland location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It appears in the seventh episode of the third season.
History
Following his release from the Echo Caves, Neal brainstorms a plan to ensnare Pan's Shadow and use it to fly off the island. Heading to the old Lost Boy cave, Emma and Hook go with him to retrieve a star map. Fashioned out of two coconut halves, with the top half decorated with holes, the star map contains a candle inside, which when light, can trap the shadow. While Emma is away searching for the item within the cave, Hook discloses to Neal, under the pretense the latter already knows, that he and the blonde shared a kiss. Next, they head to Dark Hollow, the home of all captured shadows. On the trek there, Neal checks a path blocked by tall grass. When he returns, Emma gives him a knife to cut through. Neal recognizes the weapon as his own, and upon learning Hook gave it to Emma as a memento, he angrily snaps at the pirate out of jealousy. After more walking, the trio reach Dark Hollow where Neal explains they'll trap the shadow by lighting the candle inside the star map and closing the lid once it's sucked in. Seeing as Neal is having trouble with the lighter, Hook offers to help, but the two end up arguing over Emma. When the lighter is accidentally flung near a tree, both go to get it as three shadows attack. Two shadows quickly take out Hook and Neal, by attempting to rip out their shadows, until Emma uses magic to light the candle and absorb Pan's shadow. ("Dark Hollow")
Trivia
Popular Culture
- Once Upon a Time co-creator Edward Kitsis is a noted fan of the band Grateful Dead.[1] Dark Hollow shares its name with a song from their 1973 live album History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) and their 1981 double live album Reckoning. The song was originally recorded by folk singer Bill Browning in 1958. It opens with the lyric "I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever shine," which parallels Emma's comment when she first hears about the location: "Really? Why couldn't it be called something like Sunshine Valley or Rainbow Cove?" ("Dark Hollow")
Appearances
| Once Upon a Time: Season Three | ||||||||||
| "The Heart of the Truest Believer": | "Lost Girl": | "Quite a Common Fairy": | "Nasty Habits": | "Good Form": | "Ariel": | "Dark Hollow": | "Think Lovely Thoughts": | "Save Henry": | "The New Neverland": | "Going Home": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "New York City Serenade": | "Witch Hunt": | "The Tower": | "Quiet Minds": | "It's Not Easy Being Green": | "The Jolly Roger": | "Bleeding Through": | "A Curious Thing": | "Kansas": | "Snow Drifts": | "There's No Place Like Home": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
- ↑ Monica (October 21, 2013). Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis Talk New Seasons of OUAT and OUATIW. CableTV.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. “I was a deadhead, loved The Grateful Dead. When you are a deadhead it becomes less about the music and more about the community…”