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| + | In Arendelle past, Elsa is overjoyed when she sees that her sister has returned. Anna claims that she didn’t find out any real info. She’s surprised to meet her Aunt Ingrid, who has been teaching Elsa how to control her powers. Anna has doubts about her icy new aunt’s story. She wants Grand Pabbie to help her get some answers. She has no idea Aunty Ingrid was eavesdropping on the entire conversation. |
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| + | In present day Storybrooke, Emma gathers everyone together to show them the video featuring her and the Snow Queen. Henry suggests they look for clues in the ice cream truck. It’s been cleaned out by the time they arrive with the exception of a locked freezer. There’s a folder containing an article about Emma since the time she landed in this world. |
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| + | Belle and Elsa look for clues on the Snow Queen at the library. It’s slow-going. Belle is careful about what she says, as she’s hiding the fact that she’s been to Arendelle before. She excuses herself to retrieve a pickaxe vowing that she will find Anna. It’s the same type of pickaxe she had with her in Arendelle during a time when she saw that Anna has the hat that she stole from Rumplestiltskin. |
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| + | Anna’s box troll grand-poppy gives Belle what she needs to regain her memories. He also reveals that Anna’s mother was the youngest of three sisters, with Ingrid being the oldest. She vanished along with the middle sister, Helga. All the memories of all the people in Arendelle were erased so they could forget about this tragedy. |
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| + | Anna and Belle struggle to keep from falling off the side of a cliff. The Snow Queen has unleashed her wrath on them. Anna is in trouble. Belle doesn’t move to help her right away as she instead tries to save the crystal that will give her back her memories. She fails to do so. She also fails to stop Anna from falling. The Snow Queen looks up at her warning her to stay out of family business. Later, Snow Queen locks Anna in a cell. She’s going to look for someone to take her place in her family with Elsa. |
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| + | Belle learns from her father that her mother sacrificed her life to save her daughter. She read about a powerful wizard who can save them from the attacking ogres. She knows that magic comes with a price, but she will summon Rumplestiltskin if it means becoming a hero to save their people. |
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| + | In present day Storybrooke, Regina has been avoiding Robin Hood. She doesn’t know how to tell him she may not be able to figure out a way to save Marian. He needs to find a way to fall in love with his wife again. True love’s kiss is the only thing that can save her at this point. |
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| + | Belle asks Gold to come with her to confront the Snow Queen. That’s not going to happen. So Belle reluctantly pulls out the dagger to force him to take her to the Snow Queen’s cave. She’s looking for the hat. It’s the only way to get her to fess up as to where Anna is. |
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| + | Belle finds the Snow Queen’s mirror. There’s a version of her inside that’s torturing her about the mistakes of her past. She learns the dagger she holds may not real. Gold comes in and takes them back to his shop. Belle tells him that she’s the reason Anna is missing. She wants to make things right. Later, Gold lets the Snow Queen know that he won’t let her hurt anyone he cares about. His leverage to keep this promise is the magic hat. |
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| + | Emma realizes that the Snow Queen has a file of things that suggests the two of them once cared for each other. A scroll that’s not from their world is also found. Elsa learns from a heraldry book in the library that the Snow Queen is her aunt. There’s a photo of her Aunt Helga, who looks just like Emma. The scroll says that the savior shall become Ingrid’s sister. She’s looking to replace her sisters. |
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"Family Business" is the sixth episode of Season Four of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Kalinda Vazquez & Andrew Chambliss and directed by Mario Van Peebles. It is the seventy-second episode of the series overall, and premiered on November 2, 2014.
Synopsis
The race is on to track down the elusive Snow Queen, who was once a foster mother to a young Emma - whose memories of this event have been erased - in order to discover what her ultimate end game is for Elsa and the residents of Storybrooke, and unaware that she does not possess the real blade that controls The Dark One, Belle attempts to use it to get her reluctant husband to show her where the Snow Queen is hiding. Meanwhile, back in the past, Belle travels to Arendelle and, with Anna's help, seeks out Grand Pabbie to help her regain her lost memories in order to discover the fate of her mother.[2]
Recap
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In Fairytale Land past, Belle and her mother come under attack by ogres. Their attempt to hide in the castle library is futile. Belle awakens after the siege to discover that her mother is dead. She has no recollection of what happened. Belle plans to journey to the one land where she can find answers from being known as rock trolls in a place called Arendelle.
In Arendelle past, Elsa is overjoyed when she sees that her sister has returned. Anna claims that she didn’t find out any real info. She’s surprised to meet her Aunt Ingrid, who has been teaching Elsa how to control her powers. Anna has doubts about her icy new aunt’s story. She wants Grand Pabbie to help her get some answers. She has no idea Aunty Ingrid was eavesdropping on the entire conversation.
In present day Storybrooke, Emma gathers everyone together to show them the video featuring her and the Snow Queen. Henry suggests they look for clues in the ice cream truck. It’s been cleaned out by the time they arrive with the exception of a locked freezer. There’s a folder containing an article about Emma since the time she landed in this world.
Belle and Elsa look for clues on the Snow Queen at the library. It’s slow-going. Belle is careful about what she says, as she’s hiding the fact that she’s been to Arendelle before. She excuses herself to retrieve a pickaxe vowing that she will find Anna. It’s the same type of pickaxe she had with her in Arendelle during a time when she saw that Anna has the hat that she stole from Rumplestiltskin.
Anna’s box troll grand-poppy gives Belle what she needs to regain her memories. He also reveals that Anna’s mother was the youngest of three sisters, with Ingrid being the oldest. She vanished along with the middle sister, Helga. All the memories of all the people in Arendelle were erased so they could forget about this tragedy.
Anna and Belle struggle to keep from falling off the side of a cliff. The Snow Queen has unleashed her wrath on them. Anna is in trouble. Belle doesn’t move to help her right away as she instead tries to save the crystal that will give her back her memories. She fails to do so. She also fails to stop Anna from falling. The Snow Queen looks up at her warning her to stay out of family business. Later, Snow Queen locks Anna in a cell. She’s going to look for someone to take her place in her family with Elsa.
Belle learns from her father that her mother sacrificed her life to save her daughter. She read about a powerful wizard who can save them from the attacking ogres. She knows that magic comes with a price, but she will summon Rumplestiltskin if it means becoming a hero to save their people.
In present day Storybrooke, Regina has been avoiding Robin Hood. She doesn’t know how to tell him she may not be able to figure out a way to save Marian. He needs to find a way to fall in love with his wife again. True love’s kiss is the only thing that can save her at this point.
Belle asks Gold to come with her to confront the Snow Queen. That’s not going to happen. So Belle reluctantly pulls out the dagger to force him to take her to the Snow Queen’s cave. She’s looking for the hat. It’s the only way to get her to fess up as to where Anna is.
Belle finds the Snow Queen’s mirror. There’s a version of her inside that’s torturing her about the mistakes of her past. She learns the dagger she holds may not real. Gold comes in and takes them back to his shop. Belle tells him that she’s the reason Anna is missing. She wants to make things right. Later, Gold lets the Snow Queen know that he won’t let her hurt anyone he cares about. His leverage to keep this promise is the magic hat.
Emma realizes that the Snow Queen has a file of things that suggests the two of them once cared for each other. A scroll that’s not from their world is also found. Elsa learns from a heraldry book in the library that the Snow Queen is her aunt. There’s a photo of her Aunt Helga, who looks just like Emma. The scroll says that the savior shall become Ingrid’s sister. She’s looking to replace her sisters.
Belle tells Elsa the truth about how she knew Anna. She also lets everyone know about the Snow Queen’s mirror. It’s imbued with terrible magic. It’s part of an awful spell that will make everyone in town turn on each other to the point where they will destroy each other. The only people left will be her, Emma and Elsa: her perfect family.
Deleted Scenes
- As described by Andrew Chambliss on the Season Four Blu-ray Audio Commentary:
During the scene where Emma and Hook discuss the Snow Queen's file, Hook opens up about his childhood and how his father abandoned him. The scene was cut because of time.[3]
Cast[2]
Starring
Guest Starring
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Co-Starring
Uncredited |
Note:
*: Only in archive footage
Trivia
Production Notes
- The title card features the Snow Queen's ice cream truck.
- The title of this episode was announced by Adam Horowitz via his Twitter account on September 1, 2014.[4]
- Emma says that she is "thirteen, maybe fourteen" in the video recording, but since "Shattered Sight" establishes that the recording was made in 1999, Emma would actually have been fifteen or sixteen at the time.
- The establishing shot of the Storybrooke library[5] is stock footage from the opening shot of "Rocky Road".[6] Note that the time on the CGI clock tower is different.
- In the episode script, when Emma and Hook discuss the Snow Queen's file, Hook reveals to Emma how his father abandoned him and his brother when he was a child. The three of them were voyaging on a ship, and one morning the brothers awoke, and discovered that their father was not in the cabin. They searched the ship in vain, and discovered that their father had stolen a dinghy while they were sleeping. It was a dreadful experience for Hook, but thankfully, he had his brother to steady him. He would never have survived without him.[7]
- According to Andrew Chambliss, the scene was filmed, but got cut because of time.[3]
- An altered version of the story was later incorporated into the episode "Swan Song".
- The moment with the Snow Queen standing in front of the mirror at the end of the episode, was not scripted, but added by the editors in post-production.[3]
Event Chronology
- The Enchanted Forest flashbacks occur after "Her Handsome Hero" and "The Apprentice" and shortly before "Skin Deep" and "Smash the Mirror". (For more details, see the Enchanted Forest timeline)
- The Arendelle flashbacks occur after "The Apprentice" and before "Smash the Mirror". (For more details, see the Arendelle timeline)
- The Storybrooke events take place after "Breaking Glass" and before "The Snow Queen". (For more details, see the Land Without Magic timeline)
Episode Connections
- The book Belle is holding, while the library is stormed,[8] is the same book that she's holding in the opening scene in "Skin Deep".[9] The book is elaborated upon in "Her Handsome Hero".
- Emma and her family the watch the video recording first found in "Breaking Glass".
- The video recording was made during "Shattered Sight".
- The reason why Emma doesn't remember the time she spent with the Snow Queen is explained in "Shattered Sight". Emma gets her memories back in the same episode.
- How the Snow Queen ended up in the Land Without Magic is explained in "Smash the Mirror".
- The time Emma spent with the Snow Queen is explored in "Shattered Sight".
- Regina comments on Hook and Emma "making eyes at each other". She made a similar comment in "The Jolly Roger".
- The newspaper article about Emma[10] first appeared in "True North".[11] August showed Emma the same article in "The Stranger".[12] Emma shows the cashier the same article in "Firebird".[13]
- The circumstances surrounding the event described in the article was revealed in "The Stranger".
- Belle tells her father about a wizard, Rumplestiltskin, who can help them, which leads up to the events of "Skin Deep".
- The Spell of Shattered Sight is cast in "Smash the Mirror". The spell strikes in "Fall", and is broken in "Shattered Sight".
Biblical
Disney
- This episode features Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Oaken, and Grand Pabbie from Frozen and the Sorcerer's Hat from Fantasia.
- While Belle is researching, she wears a dress with embroidered roses,[15] a reference to the film Beauty and the Beast.
- This episode contains a number of other references to Disney works. See the list of Disney references for more.
Fairytales and Folklore
- This episode features Belle from the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale and the Snow Queen from the fairytale of the same name. The episode also features Captain Hook from the Peter Pan story and Robin Hood from the ballad.
Lost
Popular Culture
- Emma makes a joke about the ice cream flavor Rocky road while searching the Snow Queen's truck.
- Emma refers to the Snow Queen as "Dairy Queen", a reference to the ice cream franchise of the same name.
Props Notes
- Belle holds a book, which she describes as the first story her mother read to her, which is called Her Handsome Hero.[8]
- In the original script for "Skin Deep", Rumplestiltskin picks up the very same book in Maurice's castle and opens it.[17] In the actual episode, Belle is holding the book, but the title is never seen.[9]
- The seventeenth episode of the fifth season is named after this book.
- When Belle is looking up information on how to retrieve lost memories, she is reading a page about rock trolls. It says:[18]
Trolls are creatures who are said to be formidable
telepaths and are said to ably employ subtle acts
of persuasion to bend others to their will.
Some earlier scolars [sic] even went so far as to
say that they have the ability to restore
memories that have been lost.
The Talismanic Adornments of
the Rock Troll
ᛏᚱᚩᛚᛚ ᚾᛖᚳᚳᛚᚪᚳᛖ*
Trolls can cast powerful enchantments – in particular spells used
to wrest someone's heart or mind.
They do this by the emanation of a magical frequency generated
through the crystals they wear about their body. The power of
this working is increased by their entire number acting
in unison.
The crystals made of andradite and peridot are worn by the
trolls also as protection and defense from the evil around
them including the machinations of men.
*Anglo-Saxon runes, which transliterate as "troll necclace [sic]
- The name of the news reporter in the newspaper clipping about baby Emma, in Ingrid's file, is "M. Soparlo",[10] a reference to Mark Soparlo, a member of the production staff on the show.
- "M. Soparlo" is also listed as one of the author of one of the books on a Storybrooke Library shelf where Cora finds Mr. Gold's map in "Manhattan".[19]
- "M. Soparlo" is also listed as one of the reporters in the newspaper that Isaac reads in "Operation Mongoose Part 2".
- The article can be read in its entirety in "Firebird".[13]
- There is a photograph of young Emma in Ingrid's file.[20]
- The Snow Queen's scroll found by Hook and Emma is written in Elder Futhark runes.[21] It says:[22]
I have travelled the
world near and far
My search knows no
bounds
My obsession will
not leave me
My search will
continue to the ends
of the earth
One thing I know
for sure
The name of the
savior is Emma
The savior shall be
my sister
The family must be
complete
- During the shooting of the episode, Ingrid, Helga and Gerda's portraits had not yet been added to the family book that Elsa finds, so green circles were used instead.[23] The portraits were inserted digitally in post-production.
- The names of Ingrid, Helga and Gerda are written in Elder Futhark runes[22] under the pictures in the family tree.[24]
- According to the family tree, the sisters' parents were King Harald and Queen Sonja.[22] Harald is the name of the current king of Norway, and several ancient kings of Norway and Denmark. Sonja is the name of the current queen of Norway. Ingrid of Once Upon a Time shares her name with Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, the grandchild of King Harald of Norway, and heir apparent of the Norwegian crown prince.
- The sisters' paternal grandparents were King Olaf and Queen Astrid whereas their maternal grandfather was King Magnus.[22] Olaf was the name of many ancient kings of Norway and Denmark. The father of King Harald of Norway was King Olav. Princess Astrid was King Olav's second daughter. Many ancient kings of Norway and Sweden were called Magnus. It is also the middle name of Prince Haakon, crown prince of Norway.
- The small caption above each name transliterates as "his majesty" and "her majesty".[22]
Costume Notes
- Mary Margaret is wearing[25] a Free People Team Lace Varsity Jacket[26] (no longer available).
- The same jacket was worn by the character Lindy Watson on the I Didn't Do It episode "Falling for... Who?".[27]
- Belle is wearing[28] a RED Valentino Fine Spot Cardigan [29] (no longer available).
- When searching for the Snow Queen, Belle wears a dagger-printed scarf;[30] a reference to the Dark One's Dagger.
- The scarf is a Classic Dagger Scarf from Rag & Bone.[31]
- Emma is wearing[32] a Pointelle Midi Pullover by Anthropologie[33] (no longer available).
International Titles
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| Language | Title | Translation |
| Finnish | "Perheasioita" | "Family Businesses" |
| French | "Secrets de Famille" | "Family Secrets" |
| German | "Das Faksimile der Liebe" | "The Facsimile of Love" |
| Italian | "Affari di famiglia" | "Family Business" |
| Portuguese | "Assunto de Família" | "Family Affair" |
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