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| − | When an icy spell is cast on [[Marian]], which will ultimately freeze her heart and kill her, the [[Storybrooke]] residents place the blame on [[Elsa]]. But unbeknownst to anyone, a mysterious [[Ingrid|woman]] who runs the town’s ice cream parlor has the same powers as Elsa and is trying to frame her. [[Emma Swan|Emma]] and [[David Nolan|David]] find former [[Merry Men]] member [[Will Scarlet]] rummaging through [[Robin Hood (Lacey)|Robin Hood]]’s tent, [[Regina Mills|Regina]] teams up with [[Henry Mills|Henry]] to try and discover who the author of the [[Once Upon a Time (Book)|fairy tale book]] is, [[Mary Margaret Blanchard|Mary Margaret]] is having trouble balancing her duties as leader of Storybrooke and mother to young Prince [[Prince Neal|Neal]], and [[Hook]] begins to suspect that [[Mr. Gold]] is still in control of the [[Dark One |
+ | When an icy spell is cast on [[Marian]], which will ultimately freeze her heart and kill her, the [[Storybrooke]] residents place the blame on [[Elsa]]. But unbeknownst to anyone, a mysterious [[Ingrid|woman]] who runs the town’s ice cream parlor has the same powers as Elsa and is trying to frame her. [[Emma Swan|Emma]] and [[David Nolan|David]] find former [[Merry Men]] member [[Will Scarlet]] rummaging through [[Robin Hood (Lacey)|Robin Hood]]’s tent, [[Regina Mills|Regina]] teams up with [[Henry Mills|Henry]] to try and discover who the author of the [[Once Upon a Time (Book)|fairy tale book]] is, [[Mary Margaret Blanchard|Mary Margaret]] is having trouble balancing her duties as leader of Storybrooke and mother to young Prince [[Prince Neal|Neal]], and [[Hook]] begins to suspect that [[Mr. Gold]] is still in control of the [[Dark One Dagger|dagger]] that calls upon him to be the Dark One. Meanwhile, in [[Arendelle]] of the past, Elsa and [[Kristoff]] set off to stop [[Hans]] from attempting to take control of the kingdom.<ref name="Premiere">http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20141006abc25/</ref> |
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| − | The episode opens with the Hood family walking through [[Storybrooke]]. [[Robin Hood (Lacey)|Robin Hood]] is attempting to explain things to [[Marian]] while [[Roland]] begs his mother for ice cream. The trio goes into [[Any Given Sundae]] where the [[Ingrid|Snow Queen]] serves Robin and Roland some rocky road ice cream and serves Marian vanilla ice cream on a cone with sprinkles, which she secretly curses before giving it to her. In the next scene, [[Emma Swan|Emma]], [[Hook]], and [[Elsa]] interrogate [[Mr. Gold]] about whether he knew Elsa was trapped inside the [[Magic Urn|urn]] that he had in his [[Mr. Gold|pawnshop]]. Mr. Gold denies he did. [[Belle French|Belle]] uses the [[Dark One |
+ | The episode opens with the Hood family walking through [[Storybrooke]]. [[Robin Hood (Lacey)|Robin Hood]] is attempting to explain things to [[Marian]] while [[Roland]] begs his mother for ice cream. The trio goes into [[Any Given Sundae]] where the [[Ingrid|Snow Queen]] serves Robin and Roland some rocky road ice cream and serves Marian vanilla ice cream on a cone with sprinkles, which she secretly curses before giving it to her. In the next scene, [[Emma Swan|Emma]], [[Hook]], and [[Elsa]] interrogate [[Mr. Gold]] about whether he knew Elsa was trapped inside the [[Magic Urn|urn]] that he had in his [[Mr. Gold|pawnshop]]. Mr. Gold denies he did. [[Belle French|Belle]] uses the [[Dark One Dagger|dagger]] on him and proves to the trio that he's not lying. |
In the next scene, [[Mary Margaret Blanchard|Mary Margaret]] is holding a town meeting in the [[Storybrooke Town Hall|mayor's office]] while also taking care of [[Prince Neal|Neal]]. The town is upset over Elsa's mayhem while Mary Margaret, [[David Nolan|David]], and the Hood family defend her. As they speak, a strand of white begins to frost into Marian's hair and she collapses, causing a panic amongst everyone else. |
In the next scene, [[Mary Margaret Blanchard|Mary Margaret]] is holding a town meeting in the [[Storybrooke Town Hall|mayor's office]] while also taking care of [[Prince Neal|Neal]]. The town is upset over Elsa's mayhem while Mary Margaret, [[David Nolan|David]], and the Hood family defend her. As they speak, a strand of white begins to frost into Marian's hair and she collapses, causing a panic amongst everyone else. |
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At [[Granny's Diner]], [[Henry Mills|Henry]] is sipping on a mug of [[Hot Cocoa with Cinnamon|hot chocolate]] when [[Regina Mills|Regina]] comes in and puts down some comic books for him. He is happy over her gift, to which Regina remarks that she wasn't sure which kind he liked anymore, so she got a bunch. As Henry begins flipping through one, Regina questions him about the writer of his [[Henry's Once Upon a Time Book|storybook]]. He inquires why she is asking. At first, Regina says she wants to ''force'' the storybook [[Isaac Heller|author]], before changing her wording, and explaining she wants to ''ask'' the author to rewrite a happy ending for her. Henry agrees to help her find him, and the two decide on the name of the mission to be "[[Operation Mongoose (Operation)|Operation Mongoose]]". Robin bursts into the diner and requests that Regina help Marian. Henry, Regina, and Robin rush to the town hall where Regina observes Marian. Emma and Elsa later come too. Elsa states there is only one way to save Marian, which Regina knows painfully, is [[True Love|true love's kiss]]. Robin then kisses Marian, hoping it will cure the curse, however, nothing happens. |
At [[Granny's Diner]], [[Henry Mills|Henry]] is sipping on a mug of [[Hot Cocoa with Cinnamon|hot chocolate]] when [[Regina Mills|Regina]] comes in and puts down some comic books for him. He is happy over her gift, to which Regina remarks that she wasn't sure which kind he liked anymore, so she got a bunch. As Henry begins flipping through one, Regina questions him about the writer of his [[Henry's Once Upon a Time Book|storybook]]. He inquires why she is asking. At first, Regina says she wants to ''force'' the storybook [[Isaac Heller|author]], before changing her wording, and explaining she wants to ''ask'' the author to rewrite a happy ending for her. Henry agrees to help her find him, and the two decide on the name of the mission to be "[[Operation Mongoose (Operation)|Operation Mongoose]]". Robin bursts into the diner and requests that Regina help Marian. Henry, Regina, and Robin rush to the town hall where Regina observes Marian. Emma and Elsa later come too. Elsa states there is only one way to save Marian, which Regina knows painfully, is [[True Love|true love's kiss]]. Robin then kisses Marian, hoping it will cure the curse, however, nothing happens. |
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+ | When Emma decides to go and find the one truly responsible for the spell on Marian, Regina asks her to take backup because it seems like the town was busy saving the "[[Saviors|savior]]" than the other way around. Emma asks Regina not to lash out at her and tells Killian that she can manage it on her own, and could he please stay out of it. But she is later shown to be disturbed by what Regina said. |
In the meantime, Killian disobeys Emma, and he (along with Elsa) visit Mr. Gold with a strand of Marian's hair to find out who is actually behind the curse. When Mr. Gold doesn't seem to be in a mood for business as the duo have nothing to offer, Killian informs him that Mr. Gold can purchase his silence, as he knew that Belle never had the real dagger. Mr. Gold accepts and performs [[Locator Spells|magic]] on the strand of hair turning it into snowflakes, revealing that this is indeed [[Ice Magic|ice magic]], but of a different kind from Elsa's. But like a snowflake, it is unique, and it will return (Mr. Gold says) to its source. Killian and Elsa follow the snowflake. |
In the meantime, Killian disobeys Emma, and he (along with Elsa) visit Mr. Gold with a strand of Marian's hair to find out who is actually behind the curse. When Mr. Gold doesn't seem to be in a mood for business as the duo have nothing to offer, Killian informs him that Mr. Gold can purchase his silence, as he knew that Belle never had the real dagger. Mr. Gold accepts and performs [[Locator Spells|magic]] on the strand of hair turning it into snowflakes, revealing that this is indeed [[Ice Magic|ice magic]], but of a different kind from Elsa's. But like a snowflake, it is unique, and it will return (Mr. Gold says) to its source. Killian and Elsa follow the snowflake. |
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"Rocky Road" is the third episode of Season Four of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by David H. Goodman & Jerome Schwartz and directed by Morgan Beggs. It is the sixty-ninth episode of the series overall, and premiered on October 12, 2014.
Synopsis
When an icy spell is cast on Marian, which will ultimately freeze her heart and kill her, the Storybrooke residents place the blame on Elsa. But unbeknownst to anyone, a mysterious woman who runs the town’s ice cream parlor has the same powers as Elsa and is trying to frame her. Emma and David find former Merry Men member Will Scarlet rummaging through Robin Hood’s tent, Regina teams up with Henry to try and discover who the author of the fairy tale book is, Mary Margaret is having trouble balancing her duties as leader of Storybrooke and mother to young Prince Neal, and Hook begins to suspect that Mr. Gold is still in control of the dagger that calls upon him to be the Dark One. Meanwhile, in Arendelle of the past, Elsa and Kristoff set off to stop Hans from attempting to take control of the kingdom.[2]
Recap
The episode opens with the Hood family walking through Storybrooke. Robin Hood is attempting to explain things to Marian while Roland begs his mother for ice cream. The trio goes into Any Given Sundae where the Snow Queen serves Robin and Roland some rocky road ice cream and serves Marian vanilla ice cream on a cone with sprinkles, which she secretly curses before giving it to her. In the next scene, Emma, Hook, and Elsa interrogate Mr. Gold about whether he knew Elsa was trapped inside the urn that he had in his pawnshop. Mr. Gold denies he did. Belle uses the dagger on him and proves to the trio that he's not lying.
In the next scene, Mary Margaret is holding a town meeting in the mayor's office while also taking care of Neal. The town is upset over Elsa's mayhem while Mary Margaret, David, and the Hood family defend her. As they speak, a strand of white begins to frost into Marian's hair and she collapses, causing a panic amongst everyone else.
At Granny's Diner, Henry is sipping on a mug of hot chocolate when Regina comes in and puts down some comic books for him. He is happy over her gift, to which Regina remarks that she wasn't sure which kind he liked anymore, so she got a bunch. As Henry begins flipping through one, Regina questions him about the writer of his storybook. He inquires why she is asking. At first, Regina says she wants to force the storybook author, before changing her wording, and explaining she wants to ask the author to rewrite a happy ending for her. Henry agrees to help her find him, and the two decide on the name of the mission to be "Operation Mongoose". Robin bursts into the diner and requests that Regina help Marian. Henry, Regina, and Robin rush to the town hall where Regina observes Marian. Emma and Elsa later come too. Elsa states there is only one way to save Marian, which Regina knows painfully, is true love's kiss. Robin then kisses Marian, hoping it will cure the curse, however, nothing happens.
When Emma decides to go and find the one truly responsible for the spell on Marian, Regina asks her to take backup because it seems like the town was busy saving the "savior" than the other way around. Emma asks Regina not to lash out at her and tells Killian that she can manage it on her own, and could he please stay out of it. But she is later shown to be disturbed by what Regina said.
In the meantime, Killian disobeys Emma, and he (along with Elsa) visit Mr. Gold with a strand of Marian's hair to find out who is actually behind the curse. When Mr. Gold doesn't seem to be in a mood for business as the duo have nothing to offer, Killian informs him that Mr. Gold can purchase his silence, as he knew that Belle never had the real dagger. Mr. Gold accepts and performs magic on the strand of hair turning it into snowflakes, revealing that this is indeed ice magic, but of a different kind from Elsa's. But like a snowflake, it is unique, and it will return (Mr. Gold says) to its source. Killian and Elsa follow the snowflake.
Meanwhile, Emma and David are in the forest, around Robin and Marian's tent where they split up to search for clues to whoever cast the spell. Emma discovers an intruder, and in her chase through the forest, she trips and loses him. However, David manages to capture him. The intruder is Will, one of the Robin's Merry Men, and also a thief, who offers a clue regarding the ice cream store, which he had tried to rob on the day of the power outage. He reveals that despite the power outage, all the ice creams seemed strangely unmelted. The trio visits the store and verifies the truth, although Will manages to escape after stealing money from the cash register.
As seen in a past flashback, Elsa is still frantic about her missing sister Anna. There is news that Prince Hans and his army are planning to attack Arendelle. Kristoff secretly spies on Hans' and his brothers, and discover that their plan involves retrieving a magical urn that can trap magical beings of Elsa's kind. Kristoff and Elsa then set off in search of this urn. While Kristoff begs Elsa to destroy the urn immediately, Elsa is curious and wants to know if it can reveal more about herself. They are apprehended by Hans' party, who take the urn from them and open it in the hope of capturing Elsa. However, there is another that is trapped inside it. And it is the Snow Queen, (who is the same lady who manned the ice cream store). The Snow Queen tells Elsa that she is her mother's sister, and promises to help her find her sister Anna.
Meanwhile, back in the present, Killian and Elsa discover the Snow Queen, who in turn discovers them spying on her. She traps Killian by frosting over his feet and trapping him in place. Elsa seems to have no recollection of the Snow Queen. The Snow Queen tells Elsa that her memory has been wiped out by the Rock Trolls and that her own sister Anna trapped her in the urn. The Snow Queen wants Elsa to learn the lesson that ordinary folk will always see them as monsters which is why she cursed Marian and directed the blame at Elsa, and which is also why she will now kill Killian. Elsa's magic cannot stop the Snow Queen.
Just when it seems Killian will die from icicles falling from the sky, Emma and David arrive just in time, and Emma's magic is powerful enough to stop the Queen. The Snow Queen is shocked by the sight of Emma, and it seems she knows Emma, though Emma has no recollection of her. The Snow Queen escapes. Emma is angry at Killian for having put his life in danger.
Later, Killian tries to charm Emma into having a drink with her, one that she refuses. He follows her, trying to tell her that he understands how it is to have the weight of the world on her shoulders, and how she finds it hard to trust him (an insight he hears from Elsa). However, Emma says that this is not about trust, but about her fears because the people she loved before him all died and she is afraid that anyone who loves her will die. Killian assures her that if there is anything he is good at, it is surviving.
Regina manages t remove Marian's heart from her chest before the ice touches it which preserves Marian's life. Now she just needs to find a cure to unfreeze Marian and return the heart.
The Snow Queen is seen walking away in the forest. Mr. Gold seems to be there, looking for her to cross by. It appears they know one another, and Mr. Gold wonders aloud why the Snow Queen has not yet come to him for help. The Snow Queen says she will come to him when she is ready to make a deal, and Gold indicates that he is waiting eagerly for that day. He also asks if Emma recognized the Snow Queen, and shouldn't the Snow Queen be worried that she would.
Deleted Scenes
"Unnamed Scene"
Mr. Gold, Belle, Elsa, Emma and Hook approach the farmhouse in order to help Elsa understand her origins in Storybrooke. Gold collects ashes from the urn and explains that magic can never be destroyed, only change. Emma then assures Elsa that they will find her sister.[3]
Cast[2]
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Trivia
Title
- The title card features Any Given Sundae.[4]
- The title of this episode was announced by Adam Horowitz via his Twitter account on July 30, 2014.[5]
- This episode shares its name with a type of ice cream, which was mentioned by David when he offered to give Regina a ride home in the first season episode "The Stranger".
Production Notes
- The opening shot of the Storybrooke library[6] is re-used for an establishing shot of the library in "Family Business".[7] Note that the time on the CGI clock tower is different.
- For at least one filming day, Christie Laing was ill with food poisoning, so it was a reprieve for her to lay down during the scenes where her character is supposed to be a frozen ice statue.[8]
- The Snow Queen is barefoot as she walks, which was Elizabeth Mitchell's decision. She described herself as a "gazelle in galoshes", and otherwise, she would be "tripping over everything."[9]
- For the scene where the Snow Queen freezes Hans, Tyler Jacob Moore had to be 3D modeled, and stand with his hands up and a frozen look on his face.[10]
- Henry and Regina's mission, Operation Mongoose, references the real-life carnivorous animal of the same name. Mongooses feed on cobras in the wild,[11] and are usually unaffected by cobra venom at low doses.[12] This is ironic considering Emma and Henry's first mission together was named Operation Cobra.
Event Chronology
- The Arendelle flashbacks occur after "A Tale of Two Sisters" and before "The Apprentice". (For more details, see the Arendelle timeline)
- The Storybrooke events take place after "White Out" and before "The Apprentice". (For more details, see the Land Without Magic timeline)
Episode Connections
- The ice cream shop, Any Given Sundae, was first featured in "White Out".
- Emma informs Mr. Gold that Elsa was trapped inside an urn he stored in his vault. She saw this relic in "There's No Place Like Home".
- Mr. Gold insists he is a changed man since losing a son and gaining a wife. These events occurred in "Quiet Minds" and "There's No Place Like Home".
- Emma warns that she can tell when someone is lying by using her superpower. She first noted this in "Pilot".
- Mary Margaret welcomes townspeople into her office since becoming mayor, a role she first took on in "White Out".
- The ice wall surrounding the town was created in "White Out".
- Leroy mentions Elsa freezing his car in "A Tale of Two Sisters".
- Granny's recollection of Elsa creating the snow monster and the creature attacking Marian are events from "A Tale of Two Sisters".
- Marian's affliction is cured in "Heroes and Villains".
- Regina conceived the plan to change Henry's storybook in "A Tale of Two Sisters".
- At Henry's suggestion they undertake a mission together, Regina recalls "Operation Cobra" that he had with Emma, which began in "The Thing You Love Most".
- When Robin Hood fails to wake his wife with true love's kiss, David remembers Frederick, a knight, who was accidentally turned into golden statue. Frederick's fate is further explored in "What Happened to Frederick".
- Breaking into Any Given Sundae, Emma once again performs a lock-picking trick, which she used to escape the Evil Queen's dungeon in "There's No Place Like Home". How Neal taught her the trick is also featured in the same episode.
- The reason behind Any Given Sundae's missing cooling system is explained in "White Out".
- Elsa says that she should have destroyed the urn when she had the chance, which she eventually does in "There's No Place Like Home".
- How Snow Queen ended up inside the urn, and why Elsa has never heard of her aunt, is revealed in "The Snow Queen".
- How Elsa herself was trapped inside the urn, and how it ended up in Rumplestiltskin's vault, is revealed in "Smash the Mirror".
- The real reason why Anna's necklace came into Mr. Gold's possession is explained in "Smash the Mirror".
- How the Snow Queen knows Emma is first revealed in "Breaking Glass", and further explored in "Shattered Sight".
- Why Emma has no memory of the Snow Queen is explained in "Shattered Sight". Emma gets her memories back in the same episode.
- Graham and Neal's deaths occurred in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" and "Quiet Minds". Walsh's death occurred in "New York City Serenade".
- Emma's reason for distancing herself from Hook is revealed in this episode, and was previously alluded to in "A Tale of Two Sisters".
- Hook claims to be good at surviving. Pan described him the same way in "Good Form", and Hook himself used those words for the first time in "The Evil Queen".
- Hook refers to what he says to Emma in "Heroes and Villains".
Disney
- This episode features Elsa, Kristoff, Sven and Hans from the Disney movie Frozen, as well as their homeland Arendelle.
- Elsa talks about making a living snow man with the Snow Queen, which is a reference to Olaf from Frozen.
- 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 the Snow Queen from the fairytale of the same name, Captain Hook from the Peter Pan story, as well as Robin Hood and Marian from the "ballad".
Popular Culture
- Robin Hood buys Rocky Road ice cream for himself and Roland at Any Given Sundae.
- Regina gives Henry a set of comics, which includes issues of the Marvel Comics Thor and S.H.I.E.L.D.[13] A Spider-Man advertisement can be seen on the back cover of the comic that Regina is reading.[14]
- The comic Henry is reading is Thor: God of Thunder #23,[13] released in June 2014, two months before the episode was filmed.
- The comic Regina is reading is S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 2 #3,[13] released in October 2011.
- Emma calls the Snow Queen "Dairy Queen", a reference to the ice cream franchise of the same name.
- Operation Mongoose is the name of a United States Government mission to overthrow Fidel Castro and return democracy to Cuba.
Props Notes
- When Elsa touches the magic urn, strange characters appear.[15] Elsa recognizes the inscription as "ancient Futhark runes", but is unable to read them. However, two of the characters are Elder Futhark runes:
- Laguz (ᛚ, meaning L), which means "water" or "lake"
- Isaz (ᛁ, meaning I), which means "ice"
- Ironically, in "A Tale of Two Sisters", Elsa's mother's diary contain Elder Futhark characters,[16] which she could read perfectly. However, the characters also look similar to old Italic script,[17] which the runic alphabet was derived from.
Set Dressing
- The painting outside the mayor's office in the town hall[18] is A Calm at a Mediterranean Port, an oil painting from 1770 by the French painter Claude Joseph Vernet.
- In the Season Five episode "Labor of Love", the Underworld version of the painting is hanging outside Cruella's office.[19]
Costume Notes
- Roland is wearing[20] a J.Crew Boys' Baseball Henley[21] (no longer available).
- The epaulettes worn by the General[22] are the same design worn by Gerhart[23] and Alphonse Frankenstein[24] in the Season Two episode "In the Name of the Brother", the Royal Palace Guards of Oz in "Heart of Gold",[25] the Season Five episode "Our Decay"[26] and the Season Six episode "Where Bluebirds Fly"[27] and by Captain Nemo in the Season Six episodes "Dark Waters",[28] "Page 23"[29] and "A Wondrous Place".[30] The same epaulettes are worn by the Duke of Weselton[31] and King Harald[32] in "The Snow Queen".
- Belle is wearing[33] a Tory Burch Lidia Lace & Ruffles Polo Shirt[34] (no longer available). Note that the buttons on Belle's shirt have been changed and the sleeves have been shortened by the costume department.
- Mary Margaret is wearing[35] a Christopher Kane Gray Pleated Carnation Skirt[36] (no longer available).
- Emma is wearing[37] a James Perse Sheer Slub Crew Neck Tee.[38]
- David is wearing[37] a Tailored Plaid Shirt from Paul Smith Jeans[39] (no longer available).
Filming Locations
- Delta, British Columbia doubles as the Storybrooke Wilderness Park for the scenes in the Storybrooke forest and the Merry Men's camp.[40]
International Titles
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| Language | Title | Translation |
| Finnish | "Lumihiutaleita" | "Snowflakes" |
| French | "Jeter un Froid" | "To Cast a Chill" |
| German | "Im Winter der Schneekönigin" | "In the Winter of the Snow Queen" |
| Italian | "Un sentiero gelato" | "A Frozen Path" |
| Portuguese | "Estrada Rochosa" | "Rocky Road" |
| Spanish | "Rocky Road" | "Rocky Road" |
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