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For the spell, see Spell of Shattered Sight. |
"Shattered Sight" is the tenth episode of Season Four of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Scott Nimerfro and Tze Chun, and directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton. It is the seventy-sixth episode of the series overall, and premiered on December 7, 2014.
Synopsis
Storybrooke is in a state of chaos with all the residents under the Snow Queen’s Spell of Shattered Sight at each other’s throats. Emma and Elsa race against the clock to free themselves of the ribbons and take down the Snow Queen and her curse. David can only watch when Regina clashes with Mary Margaret in an epic battle. Meanwhile, Gold gathers Belle and Henry as he prepares to leave town forever, and Will Scarlet looks to square his tab with Hook. Kristoff’s thick-headedness leads Anna to a heartwarming discovery.[2]
Recap
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Mary Margaret, David, and Kristoff begin to argue amongst themselves in the police station because of the spell of shattered sight. Anna joins Elsa and Emma, and recalling how the spell was broken in the story, informs them that the only way to break the spell is to kill Ingrid. Leaving Neal with Anna, Elsa and Emma try to fight Ingrid at Any Given Sundae, but the love in the ribbons prevents them from hurting her. Emma theorizes that hate of the same magnitude could destroy the ribbons and they set off to find Regina, who was sealed up in her vault.
Emma removes Regina's shielding spell around her vault and deliberately provokes Regina into using a fire spell. The spell burns through the ribbons on Elsa and Emma and they flee after Emma delays Regina with magic.
Deleted Scenes
"The Ice Cream Lady"
This scene is included on Once Upon a Time: The Complete Fourth Season.
During the Dark Curse, after Ingrid comes to Storybrooke in search for Emma, Regina is walking down the street, unhappy with the emptiness in her heart. She stops at Any Given Sundae, confused at why it's there. She looks through the window and sees Ingrid. Not knowing who she is, she looks back, confused, and enters the shop asking her who the hell she is. Ingrid replies that she's the ice cream lady, offering her some Chunky Monkey ice cream. An angry Regina asks her, "Do you see this figure? Do I look like I eat Chunky Monkey?." She then proceeds to approach Ingrid, asking why hasn't she seen her before. Ingrid says that she doesn't know and says "I've worked here since... well..." as Regina cuts her off and says "forever?" Ingrid agrees and says that she hates the cold and doesn't know why she even has this job. She adds, with a chuckle, "It's like I pissed someone off in a past life and... they cursed me." Seeing that Regina isn't amused, she asks her if she's sure she doesn't want something. Regina says no and leaves the shop, with one last glance of confusion. Ingrid crouches behind the counter, revealing Dopey tied up. She says that he has to remain silent and forget, adding that there may not be magic in this world, but that she brought her own. She then pulls out a memory crystal and says that the Evil Queen needs to stay blissfully unaware.[3]
Cast[2]
Starring
Guest Starring
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Co-Starring
Uncredited
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Note:
*: Only in archive footage
Trivia
Title
- The title card features a blizzard.[4]
- The title of this episode was announced by Adam Horowitz via his Twitter account on October 21, 2014.[5]
Production Notes
- HIDDEN DETAILS: When Hook walks through Storybrooke, in the background, you can see Floyd, the cook at Granny's Diner, being harassed by two of the diner waitresses.[6] After the spell is broken, Floyd and the waitresses are standing next to each other as the townspeople are happily crowding in the street.[7] In the opening montage in Storybrooke in "Darkness on the Edge of Town," you can see Floyd crossing the street, side by side with one of the waitresses.[8]
- ♫ MUSIC: The background music that plays when Ingrid sacrifices herself would be used again when Henry and Jacinda are about to kiss in the Season Seven episode "Flower Child."
Event Chronology
- The Land Without Magic flashbacks occur in various places of the overall timeline.
- The events that feature Snow Queen and Madame Faustina takes place in 1982, immediately after "Smash the Mirror," and approximately 1 year before the birth of Emma.
- The events where Emma moves into Ingrid's home takes place in 1999, the year after "Breaking Glass" and 2 years before "Tallahassee" and "There's No Place Like Home."
- This story also takes place in the same year as "Lily."
- The scene with Ingrid and Emma at the funfair takes place about six months after they began living together,[9] between August 26. and September 1.[10]
- The flashbacks where Ingrid tries to make Emma explore her magic powers take place a week later. (For more details, see the Land Without Magic timeline)
- The Storybrooke flashbacks also occur in various places of the overall timeline.
- The first flashback takes place in 2001, the same year as "Tallahassee," "There's No Place Like Home," "The Heart of the Truest Believer" and "Save Henry," and 8 years before "Firebird."
- The second flashback with Ingrid and Emma takes place in November 2011, between "The Price of Gold" (Emma is wearing her blue leather jacket, which arrives with the rest of her things in this episode[11]), and "That Still Small Voice," where Emma becomes deputy sheriff (Emma is about to call Sheriff Graham to have him arrest Ingrid; if she was already a deputy, she would have the power to arrest Ingrid herself).
- The present day Storybrooke events take place after "Fall" and before "Heroes and Villains."
Episode Connections
- The Spell of Shattered Sight was cast in "Smash the Mirror" and hit the Storybrooke residents in "Fall."
- HIDDEN DETAILS: The dress Regina magics up when under the influence of the Spell of Shattered Sight[12] is the same dress that she later magic up when selecting a dress for the ball in Camelot in "The Price."[13]
- Hook had his heart stolen by Mr. Gold in "Smash the Mirror."
- David mentions Mary Margaret's one night stand with Dr. Whale, which took place between the episodes "The Shepherd" and "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," and was discovered by David in "Broken."
- David and Mary Margaret recount their injuries from when they first met; something which happened in "Snow Falls." An alternate version of these events is shown in "Snow Drifts" and "There's No Place Like Home."
- Kristoff mentions Anna postponing their wedding by thirty years. Anna postponed it in "A Tale of Two Sisters," and they discover that they were frozen for thirty years in "Fall."
- HIDDEN DETAILS: The ring that Emma wins at the funfair[14] is in her box of keepsakes in "Breaking Glass"; it is one of the items that Hook picks up.[15]
- A picture of Emma's reunion with Ingrid appears in "Breaking Glass."
- In the 2011 flashback:
- Emma is seen having curly hair, reflecting her early look from most of the Season One episodes.
- Emma hesitates calling Henry her son, which is a nod to her adjusting her new role in his life and her walls.
- Ingrid gives Emma some Rocky Road ice cream at Any Given Sundae, the same flavor that she served Roland in "Rocky Road." Emma also mentioned Ingrid's Rocky Road when she broke into her ice cream truck in "Family Business."
- Will attempts to get revenge against Hook for punching him in "The Apprentice."
Religious
- A statue of an angel can be seen next to the heart vault.[16]
- As Emma and Elsa run away from a furious Regina, one of the headstones in the Storybrooke graveyard is shaped like a Celtic cross.[17]
Disney
- This episode features Elsa, Anna and Kristoff from the movie Frozen.
- Mary Margaret snidely remarks, "Still wanna hold hands, sing "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"?," a reference to the famous song from Song of the South.
- This episode contains a number of other references to Disney works. See the list of Disney references for more.
Lost
- In the first scene at the sheriff's station, the clock shows 8:15,[18] a reference Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 from Lost.
- This episode contains a number of other references to ABC's Lost. See the list of Lost references for more.
Fairytales and Folklore
- The episode features the Snow Queen from the fairytale of the same name, the ugly duckling from the titular fairytale, Captain Hook from the Peter Pan story, and the Knave of Hearts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who is also Will Scarlet from the Robin Hood ballads.
- The shards of the trolden glass turns everyone into their worst self and makes them turn on each other; a reference to the events of "The Snow Queen" fairytale, where the shards of the troll mirror makes people see only the bad and ugly in people and things.
- Teenage Emma wins a stuffed dalmatian at the fair,[19] a nod to the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians and a foreshadowing of the introduction of Cruella De Vil in the next episode.
Popular Culture
- Young Emma makes references to Harry Potter, the title character of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
- In the 2011 flashback, Ingrid gives Emma some Rocky Road ice cream at Any Given Sundae.
- Mary Margaret refers to Anna as Swiss Miss. This is the name of a real-life brand of cocoa powder and pudding products sold by the American company ConAgra Foods.
- When Ingrid tells Emma that she "can accomplish anything" by focusing enough, Emma replies, "Ingrid, that's a plastic ring; not a scholarship for Yale," a reference to the university in New Haven, Connecticut.
Props Notes
- REUSED PROPS: The mug which Ingrid drinks hot cocoa from in the Minnesota flashback[20] is the same cup that Emma is drinking hot cocoa with cinnamon from when she first visits Mary Margaret in the Season One episode "The Thing You Love Most."[21] It is also the same cup that the Desk Sergeant is drinking from when Henry first drops by the Hyperion Heights police station in the Season Seven premiere "Hyperion Heights."[22]
- Emma[23] and Mary Margaret[24] both drink hot cocoa from cups of the same design when they discuss Henry's plan for Mary Margaret and John Doe in the Season One episode "Snow Falls."
- The cup can also be seen sitting on Mary Margaret's kitchen counter in the Season Two episodes "The Crocodile"[25] and "Child of the Moon."[26]
- The envelope which Ingrid shows Emma, is from Twin Cities Adoption Services,[27] a fictional company used in an online adoption social worker resume sample from resume builder Live Career.[28] While the online version is located in Saint Paul, the show version is in another city in Minnesota: Minneapolis, where Emma lived as a child, according to the Season Five premiere "The Dark Swan" and the Season Six episode "Tougher Than the Rest."
- REUSED PROPS: The sword Mary Margaret is using against the Evil Queen[29] is the same design as the swords King George's guards use against a dragon in the Season One episode "The Shepherd."[30]
- MYSTERIOUS WRITINGS: Gerda's message in a bottle is written in Elder Futhark runes.[31] The actual translation is longer and slightly different than the one that is read aloud on-screen:
you need to know the truth about why we went to this voyage. It wasn't what we told you. I wish we could be telling you in person but alas that does not appear possible. |
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not know if your father and I will ever get back to you but I need you to know we were so wrong. We were wrong to tell Elsa to conceal her powers. You must know this. I feel terrible. This happened before and I cannot let it happen again. |
don't know if your father and I will ever get back to you, but I need you to know we were wrong to tell Elsa to conceal her powers. I feel terrible that it happened before and I can't let it happen again. |
mistake with my sister Ingrid. |
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I never told you about my sisters Helga and Ingrid. |
I never told you about her or my other sister Helga, but I should have. |
were beautiful and kind and Ingrid they they were beautiful [sic] and kind and wonderful and I [sic] was fearful and I let that fear guide me. |
and kind and wonderful, and I was fearful. And I let that fear guide me. |
of letting Ingrid hide when we should have celebrated her for how she was. I loved her so much. |
should have celebrated her for the person she was. I loved her so much. |
of my sisters which I stole from the people of Arendelle. Please return them. My sisters deserve to be known. In a cave in the north valley, you will find an urn that contains my sister Ingrid. Please do what I should have done years ago and release her. |
of my sisters, which I stole from the people of Arendelle. Please return them. My sisters deserve to be known. In a cave in the North Valley, you'll find an urn that contains Ingrid. Please do what I should have done long ago and release her. |
be remembered and more importantly like you, Elsa and Anna, she deserves to be loved. | |
I love her and that I am sorry. Tell her I would give anything to take back what I did, to hold hands with her just one more time. |
I love her and I'm sorry. I'd give anything to take back what I did, to hold her hands one more time. |
Set Dressing
- HIDDEN DETAILS: One of the carousels at the funfair that Emma and Ingrid visit, has pirate flags.[33]
- HIDDEN DETAILS: According to a sign, the funfair that Emma and Ingrid visit, takes place in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, between August 26. and September 1.[10] Interestingly, when Lily tracks Emma down in "Lily," she lies about her and Emma having been in the same group home in Falcon Heights.
Filming Locations
- The Boston flashback was filmed in Gastown, Vancouver.[34] The antiquities store[35] Salmagundi West doubles as Madame Faustina's psychic shop.[34]
- Vancouver's Stanley Park doubles as the Storybrooke graveyard for this episode.[38] The same location was used to film the Storybrooke beach scene with Anna and Kristoff.[39]
- The scene with Ingrid and young Emma at the funfair was filmed in Vancouver's Playland amusement park.[34]
- RECYCLED SET: The scene with Emma and Neal at the Portland amusement park in part two of the Season Three finale, "There's No Place Like Home," was filmed in the same location.[40] The amusement park was also used as a background plate for Emma's dream/vision of Neal in the Season Five episode "Souls of the Departed"[41] (the scene itself was filmed indoors on a soundstage).[42]
Goofs
- In the 1999 flashback, Emma mentions Harry Potter's ability to transport anywhere in seconds. That kind of magic, called apparition by author J. K. Rowling, while first referenced in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), was not experienced by Harry himself until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which was released in 2005.
- In the 2011 flashback, when Emma opens the door of Any Given Sundae, the curtain used to insert the Storybrooke's main street as background is seen, thanks to its shadow in the middle of the road and a few folds reflecting the light.[44]
International Titles
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| Language | Title | Translation |
| Finnish | "Vääristynyt näkö" | "Shattered Sight" |
| French | "Ultime Sacrifice" | "Ultimate Sacrifice" |
| German | "Im Zauber der zersetzenden Sicht" | "In the Spell of Shattered Sight" |
| Italian | "Sguardi infranti" | "Shattered Sights" |
| Polish | "Zaburzone widzenie" | "Disturbed Sight" |
| Portuguese | "Visão Partida" | "Shattered Sight" |
| Spanish | "La vista hecha añicos" | "The Shattered Sight" |
Videos
4x10 - Shattered Sight - Promo
4x10 - Shattered Sight - Promo 2
4x10 - Shattered Sight - Sneak Peek 1
4x10 - Shattered Sight - Sneak Peek 2
References
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