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"Ill-Boding Patterns" is the thirteenth episode of Season Six of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Andrew Chambliss & Dana Horgan, and directed by Ron Underwood. It is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of the series overall, and premiered on March 19, 2017.
Synopsis
When Gideon resumes his mission to kill Emma and become the Savior, Mr. Gold steps in to ensure that the use of dark magic does not poison his son. Meanwhile, Robin proves willing to ally himself with anyone offering the possibility of escape from Regina and Storybrooke. Hook gathers the courage to come clean to Emma, but not before she discovers he’s been keeping a secret. And in a flashback to Fairy Tale Land, the legendary folk hero Beowulf sets his sights on Rumplestiltskin after the Dark One uses his powers to defeat the ogres and win the war for humanity.[2]
Recap
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Cast[2]
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Guest Starring
Co-Starring
Uncredited
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Trivia
Title
- The title card features an ogre.[3]
- The title of this episode was revealed by Adam Horowitz via his Twitter account on November 15, 2016.[4]
- The episode's title appears in a passage between the lines 1455 to 1458 of the poem Beowulf, in which Hrunting - the sword given to Beowulf by Unferth - is described: "The iron blade with its ill-boding patterns had been tempered in blood".[5]
Production Notes
- When the ogres are fighting the soldiers, sending them flying through the air one by one, a Wilhelm scream is heard. The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect of a man screaming that has been used in hundreds of movies and television episodes.
- In the episode script, Regina visits Snow to talk with her. Snow is surprised to see her, and asks her what is wrong.[6]
- The exterior shot of Granny's Diner in the evening, is a close-up version of stock footage from the Season Four episode "Heroes and Villains". This can be seen from the identical position of the pavement sign and leaves on the ground, and the identical foliage on the climbing plants.[7] Footage from this shot was also used in "A Bitter Draught".[8] Even though the people walking by the diner are different, the parked car and the leaves on the ground are exactly the same.
Event Chronology
- The Enchanted Forest flashbacks take place after "Desperate Souls" and before "Nasty Habits". (For more details, see the Enchanted Forest timeline)
- The Storybrooke events take place after "Murder Most Foul" and before "Page 23". (For more details, see the Land Without Magic timeline)
Episode Connections
- Rumplestiltskin became the Dark One in "Desperate Souls".
- Emma defeated Gideon in "Tougher Than the Rest". The Hrunting sword was broken in the same episode.
- Mr. Gold mentions the loss of his first son, an event that took place in "Quiet Minds".
- Gideon mentions how his mother gave him her copy of Her Handsome Hero, which happened in "Changelings".
- Hook addresses Archie as "cricket", just like he did in "The Cricket Game".
- Gideon transformed the Evil Queen into a snake in "Wish You Were Here".
- Gideon and Mother Superior talk about how Mother Superior became his fairy godmother and was supposed to protect him, referring to events in "Changelings".
- Regina calls the Evil Queen "queenie", just like she did in "Dark Waters". Emma used the same word to address the Snow Queen in "The Snow Queen". It is also similar to "greenie", Regina's nickname for Zelena in "Mother".
- Emma notices that Hook has been drinking rum and playfully comments that she "thought they were switching to water", referring to what she said in "Tougher Than the Rest".
- The chest where Emma says she found Hook's engagement ring is the same chest that Hook brought with him from the Jolly Roger when he moved in with Emma in "Strange Case".
- Hook comes clean to Emma about his secret in "Page 23".
Fairytales and Folklore
- This episode is a rendition of the Beowulf poem with Beowulf, his sword Hrunting and a mention of the Grendel.
- It also features Rumplestiltskin from the "Rumplestiltskin" fairytale, Robin Hood from the ballad, Captain Hook from the Peter Pan story, the evil queen from the "Snow White" fairytale, and the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz story.
Popular Culture
- When Emma kisses Hook, she finds that he tastes like Captain Morgan, a brand of rum.
Props Notes
- According to the label, the bottle that Hook is drinking from contains Hector's distilled and hand blended River Rum from Oracabessa, Jamaica.[9]
- The first two pages in Gideon's spell book[10] are adapted from The Book of Ceremonial Magic by the American-born, British poet and scholarly mystic A. E. Waite. The book was first published in 1889, and is an attempt to document many of the famous grimoires (textbooks of magic). The excerpt in Gideon's book is from the section "The Conjuration of the Book"[11] in Chapter VII,[12] which is about The Grimoire of Pope Honorius, an 18th to 19th-century grimoire, claiming to be written by Pope Honorius III. Note that in The Book of Ceremonial Magic, the text on page two of Gideon's book actually appears before the information on page one, with the information on page one being a direct continuation of the text on page two.
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| You shall obey, serve, instruct, impart and perform all in your power for the benefit of those who command you, and the whole without illusion. If perchance some of the invoked spirits be unable to come or appear when required, they shall be bound over to send others vested with their power, who also shall swear solemnly to execute all that the reader may demand, and ye are all hereby enjoined by the |
You shall obey, serve, instruct, impart and perform all in your power for the benefit of those who command you, and the whole without illusion. If perchance some of the invoked spirits be unable to come or appear when required, they shall be bound over to send others vested with their power, who also shall swear solemnly to execute all that the reader may demand, and ye are all hereby enjoined by the |
| Names of the Omnipotent Ones, |
Most Holy Names of the Omnipotent Living God, ELOYM [sic], JAH, EL, ELOY, TETRAGRAMMATON, |
| to fulfil [sic] everything as it is set forth above. If ye obey me not, I will force you to abide in torments for a thousand years. |
to fulfil [sic] everything as it is set forth above. If ye obey me not, I will force you to abide in torments for a thousand years, as also if any one of you receive not this Book with entire resignation to the will of the reader. |
| I [illegible] and so [illegible] with good [illegible] may read [illegible] and recognized [illegible] valid, you [illegible] in [illegible] are called accordingly [illegible] shall judge. In [illegible] you make any [illegible] |
I conjure and command you, O Spirits, all and so many as ye aye, to accept this Book with good grace, so that whensoever we may read it, the same being approved and recognised as in proper form and valid, you shall be constrained to appear in comely human form when you are called, accordingly as the reader shall judge. In no circumstances shall you make any attempt upon the body, soul |
| or spirit of the reader, [illegible] on those who may accompany [illegible] by mutterings, tempests, [illegible] scandals, nor yet by [illegible] hindrance in the [illegible] of [illegible] commands of this book. I [illegible] to appear immediately when the conjuration is made, to [illegible] dallying all that is [illegible] enumerated in its proper place in the said book. |
or spirit of the reader, nor inflict any harm on those who may accompany him, either by mutterings, tempests, noise, scandals, nor yet by lesion or by hindrance in the execution of the commands of this Book. I conjure you to appear immediately when the conjuration is made, to execute without dallying all that is written and enumerated in its proper place in the said book. |
- One of the accompanying illustrations[10] is a modified version of the first pentacle of Venus, an illustration from Key of Solomon, an old grimoire incorrectly attributed to King Solomon, which probably dates back to the 14th- or 15th-century Italian Renaissance.
- Another page reads:[13]
in time with scores of differing hands on
the hilt. Like an oft blood letted vein, energy
escapes. To invigorate the instrument in
question, the practitioner should find the smith
who originally forged the blade. Some blood of
that might will needed [sic] to commence the great
work.
Make a magic circle with rope and estab-
lish the four quarters with a dedication to
the old ones. Mix the blood of the smith
with some wolfsbane and some juniper berries.
Pour this concoction into a cauldron and
stir it in a deasil motion on a clear evening
when the moon is waxing gibbous.
When the concoction has cooled, dip the blade
into the cauldron while willing the lost magic
to return.
North
Sanguinem et
ferrum*
South
- According to magic lore, wolfsbane can be used to prevent shapeshifting, and has traditionally been used to protect homes from werewolves. Bundles of wolfsbane can be placed around barns and pastures to protect livestock from predators (this requires taking care that the livestock have no access to the plant, as wolfsbane is highly poisonous, and ingesting even a small amount can kill you). It can also be used to bring harm to another by creating "elf bolts" of sharpened flint dipped in wolfsbane juice and using it to pierce a poppet for the victim.[15]
- In "The Black Fairy", wolfsbane is the last ingredient Fiona needs to create the Dark Curse.
- As Zelena prepares to leave Storybrooke with Wish Robin, her suitcases are green.[16]
Costume Notes
- Belle is wearing[17] a J.Crew Sailor skirt in Double Serge Wool[18] (no longer available).
- The skirt was also worn by the character Sabrina Pemberton on The Mick episode "The Country Club".[19]
- Emma is wearing[20] a Jenni Kayne Striped Cashmere sweater[21] (no longer available). She wears the same sweater in "Page 23".[22]
- Regina is wearing[23] a Helmut Lang Pixel Suit Jacket[24] (no longer available). She also wears this garment in the Season Two episodes "The Cricket Game",[25] "In the Name of the Brother"[26] and "And Straight On 'Til Morning".[27]
- The jacket was also worn by the character Laurel Lance on the Arrow episode "Suicide Squad"[28] and Robin Scherbatsky on the How I Met Your Mother episode "The Stamp Tramp".[29]
Goofs
- The Evil Queen's appearance has changed since she was turned into a snake in "Wish You Were Here".[30] Her earrings have been changed and a scarf has been added around her neck.[31]
Filming Locations
- Some scenes of the episode were filmed at the Deer Lake Park[32] in Burnaby, British Columbia.
- Some of the outdoor scenes with Rumplestiltskin and Beowulf were filmed in the forests of Vancouver.[33]
- The scene with Robin of Locksley and Regina in the Storybrooke forest was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.[34]
International Titles
| International Titles | ||
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| Language | Title | Translation |
| French | "La Guerre des Ogres" | "The Ogres War" |
| German | "Sieh, das Böse liegt so nah" | "See, the Evil is so Close" |
| Portuguese | "Padrões Agourentos" | "Foreboding Patterns" |
Videos
6x13 - Ill-Boding Patterns - Promo
6x13 - Ill-Boding Patterns - Sneak Peek 1
6x13 - Ill-Boding Patterns - Sneak Peek 2
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