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For the Storybrooke group of characters, see Sisters of Saint Meissa. For the Season Five episode with a similar name, see "Sisters." |
"Sisterhood" is the fifteenth episode of Season Seven of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Christopher Hollier & Adam Karp, and directed by Ellen S. Pressman. It is the one hundred and forty-eighth episode of the series overall and premiered on March 30, 2018.
Synopsis
When the Candy Killer attacks, Ivy will have to risk what remains of her family, while Jacinda and Henry grow closer and Roni questions her relationship with Samdi. Meanwhile, Drizella faces an unthinkable challenge in her attempt to join the Witch's Coven.[2]
Recap
In a flashback in the new realm, a young Drizella is playing hide-and-seek with Anastasia, but when Drizella gets lost, Anastasia lights a lantern that leads Drizella to her. Anastasia then says that as long as they're together, they can always find their way home.
Years later, and with Anastasia now lying in a comatose state, Drizella admitted to planning on casting the new dark curse in order to make her mother suffer. Regina soon joined Drizella to offer help but turned her down, just in time to reveal Regina as Gothel in disguise and tempting her with an offer to join a group of women known as the Coven of Eight. As Drizella accepted the offer, Gothel only had two spots left while going through a recruiting process. Gothel says she's hidden two golden flowers somewhere in the forest and whoever brings her the flowers will prove themselves worthy of joining the Coven. Gothel tells Drizella that she has to do the task alone, but she instead partners up with another recruit named Gretel.
As the two women bond over having to deal with the loss of a sibling, with Gretel revealing how her brother Hansel had changed after the events of dealing with a witch but has never been the same since and has taken on a new identity. Both Drizella and Gretel comes across a fork in the road, the two agreed to separate then meet up. During this separation, Gothel appears to Drizella to reveal that the test was actually an elimination that determines eligibility into the sisterhood. Gothel wants Drizella to kill Gretel with a sai or tekpi-type weapon but Drizella decided against it because of Gothel's true intentions. When Gretel returns, Drizella suggest that they form their own sisterhood in order to get what they wanted, but soon that idea is scratched when Gretel reveals the same weapon that Drizella had. It turns out Gothel had set them both up with orders to kill one another. The women soon fight each other but as Gretel was about to kill her Drizella sends her weapon towards Gretel and she kills her instead. Gothel appears to Drizella, telling her that she has been accepted into the Coven of Eight, thus marking the events leading up to the Dark Curse.
As Ivy continues her search for Anastasia, she is enticed by Gothel to once again join her Coven, but Ivy turns down Gothel's offers as she wants her sister's powers and she will not sacrifice herself in order to do so. Gothel then hands her a heart shaped box of chocolates which were outside in the lobby, implying that she is the next target, warning her of a serial killer that are after women who have ties to the Coven, but Ivy doesn't believe Gothel's story, that is, until later on that night when the masked Candy Killer goes after Ivy but she escaped his attempts. Ivy then approached Regina for help afterwards. Regina is still upset over what Ivy did to her and Henry but agreed to help. As Regina consulted Weaver on this situation, Ivy is approached by Samdi, who knows about what and why the Candy Killer is after her. Samdi tells Ivy the only way to save both her and Anastasia is using a magic bean that can create a portal, using reinforcement by Anastasia's powers.
Later that evening, Ivy and Anastasia finally meet up, with Ivy ready to forgive Anastasia and promised to help each other get home to their realm with a magic bean. But instead of pulling the bean out of her pocket, she pulled out poppy dust, betraying Anastasia and putting her to sleep. When Ivy takes Anastasia back to Samdi, their attempt to exorcise her powers is interrupted by Gothel, who wakes her up and compels her to kill Ivy. However, Ivy pleads with Anastasia, saying that if she does kill her she would end up giving in to Gothel's control, but Anastasia refuses to kill her sister, much to the dismay of Gothel, who escapes angrily. When Regina and Weaver arrived to see the damage done in the place, they're relieved to see Ivy and Anastasia embraced each other as sisters again. Ivy also apologized to Regina for what she did to Henry and her, with Regina saying she understands. As Ivy and Anastasia say goodbye to Regina and Weaver, Anastasia uses her magic to create the portal, and they go back to their realm.
Back at the bar, Regina confronted Samdi over what happened, but Samdi assures Regina that he was doing this to save Henry by extracting Anastasia's magic into a bottle so Henry will live once his curse is broken but at the same time warns Regina about Weaver's intentions. And as Samdi leaves the bar, Weaver is waiting for him, saying that he's keeping the dagger in his possession, despite Samdi's cautionary message about Weaver's desire to be with Belle.
In between the events, Lucy and Regina come up with a way to perk up Henry while at the same time must keep him and Jacinda from kissing each other, so Regina suggests that Henry get together with Rogers and Nick for a night out (since Hook and Jack were his best friends in the past life). Thanks to Regina texting Rogers and Nick, the guys are able to track Henry to Flynn's Barcade, a local bar that Henry frequents. The two suddenly decided to stick around and help Henry out with his romantic feelings towards Jacinda, giving Nick an idea by making a bet that Henry can move on from Jacinda, by asking out the first woman who walks into the bar, who, as fate would have it, was Jacinda herself. After the two talk for a while, Jacinda challenge Henry to a game in which he had a coin that if he tossed it into a glass then he would believe in the fairy tales that Lucy had told him. When he threw the coin, a bartender takes up the glass and it misses. However, Jacinda doesn't stay long as she has to meet up with Sabine later; surprisingly enough when Jacinda threw a coin into a glass back at home, she succeeded. Hours later after the bar closes, Henry, Rogers, and Nick say their goodbyes, with Nick wishing Rogers good luck on the case. Unbeknownst to Henry and Rogers, after they left Nick alone to fix a flat tire, Nick opens up his car trunk which revealed the heart-shaped boxes, envelopes, objects, and the mask, revealing him to be the Candy Killer who has been targeting the coven witches.
Cast[2]
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Trivia
Title
- The title card features the Flynn's Barcade sign.[4]
- The title of this episode was revealed by Adam Horowitz via his Twitter account on January 3, 2018.[5]
Production Notes
- This is the last episode to ever feature a sneak peek before the episode aired.
Event Chronology
- The Seattle events take place after "The Girl in the Tower" and before "Breadcrumbs." (For more details, see the Land Without Magic timeline)
- The New Enchanted Forest flashbacks occur in various places of the overall timeline.
- The flashback with Anastasia and young Drizella takes place several years after Rapunzel was imprisoned in Gothel's Tower in "One Little Tear," and before Anastasia falls through the ice in the same episode.
- The rest of the flashbacks take place at an unspecified point between "Wake Up Call" and "The Eighth Witch."
Episode Connections
- Drizella talks about how Anastasia left her and has been lying in a box ever since, referring to how the latter was put in a magic stasis after nearly dying in "One Little Tear."
- Regina recalls how she taught Drizella magic, something that took place in "Wake Up Call." Drizella announced her plans to cast the Dark Curse in the same episode.
- Ivy began looking for Anastasia in "Knightfall."
- It was established in "Knightfall" that the killer gives his victims a heart-shaped box before he kills them.
- Lucy is aware that breaking the Dark Curse will kill Henry, something she discovered in "A Taste of the Heights."
- Nick's counterpart, Jack, was first introduced as Henry's close friend in "Pretty in Blue."
- Weaver is trying to repair the chipped cup, which was broken in "Beauty."
- Drizella poisoned Henry's heart in "The Eighth Witch."
- Mr. Samdi mentions the death of Ivy's mother, which happened in "Secret Garden."
- Roni learned about Samdi's desire for the Dark One Dagger in "The Girl in the Tower."
- Nick makes a reference to Henry's love for John Hughes movies, which was previously established in "I'll Be Your Mirror" and "Wake Up Call."
- Weaver's quest to reunite with Belle began after he became awake in "Beauty."
- Nick is revealed to be the "Candy Killer," who was first seen carrying out a murder in "Secret Garden."
Disney
- Flynn's Barcade is a reference to Flynn's Arcade from the movie Tron and its sequel Tron: Legacy.
- This episode contains a number of other references to Disney works. See the list of Disney references for more.
Lost
- When Ivy enters the pub, Roni is pouring four shots of MacCutcheon Scotch Whisky,[6] a fictional brand on Lost. However, when she sees Ivy, Roni removes the bottle and snidely remarks that they have a strict "no whisky for witches" policy.
Fairy Tales and Folklore
- This episode features the evil stepsisters from the "Cinderella" fairy tale, Dame Gothel from the "Rapunzel" fairy tale, and Gretel from the "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale.
- The magic bean used by Ivy and Anastasia to cross realms is from the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk."
Popular Culture
- ♫ MUSIC: The song playing in the background when Jacinda and Lucy visit Roni's together is "Float" by Jude Shuma.
- The same song could be heard when Henry was having drinks with Ivy in "Beauty," and when Henry was sitting at the bar and received a text message from Jacinda in "A Taste of the Heights."
- Henry says to Rogers, "Aside from seeing me at geek DEFCON 1, what are you doing here?"; a reference to DEFCON (DEFense readiness CONdition), an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces.
- The game Henry is playing at Flynn's Barcade is Galaga,[7] an arcade game in which the player controls a spaceship battling a fleet of aliens. The in-game ship was the inspiration for an animated logo that plays at the end of every Kitsis/Horowitz production.[8]
- Among the other games sitting in the background are Pac-Man,[7] Marvel Super Heroes,[9] Q*bert,[9] Bubble Bobble,[9] a Neo Geo game,[10] Creature from the Black Lagoon,[11] Taxi,[11] FunHouse[11] and Gladiators[12] (a pinball game released by Gottlieb in 1993).[13] In addition, Rogers remarks that he was always "more of a pinball man."
- Nick remarks that there are plenty of women who would find Henry's John Hughes outlook charming, a reference to the famous American filmmaker who directed and/or scripted some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and early 1990s.
- When Roni returns to the bar at the end of the episode and finds Mr. Samdi there, "Lost in the Sun" by Joe Marson (SoundCloud link) is playing in the background.
Props Notes
- HIDDEN DETAILS: According to the street sign, the photograph of Anastasia was taken on King Street.[14] 23 King Street appears on Rogers' list of locations acquired by Belfrey Developments in "One Little Tear"[15] and on Jacinda's mobile phone in "Breadcrumbs," where it is revealed to be the address of Henry's apartment.[16]
- The tarot cards that Samdi shows to Ivy are specifically designed for the show and are not based on any real-life game.
Set Dressing
- HIDDEN DETAILS: When Ivy seeks out Roni at the bar, you can see that the label on the beer bottle sitting on the counter begins with the letters "Asch."[17] When Henry gets a bottle of the same brand from Ivy's stepsister Jacinda in "A Pirate's Life," you can see that the full name of the fictional brand is Aschenputtel,[18] which is the German name for Jacinda's New Enchanted Forest counterpart, Cinderella.
Filming Locations
- Vancouver's Stanley Park doubles as the New Enchanted Forest for this episode.[19]
- A scene with Ivy Belfrey was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.[20]
- The headquarters for the New Westminster Police Department doubles as the exterior of Flynn's Barcade.[21]
- The headquarters for the New Westminster Police Department has also doubled as locations for other productions:
- The National City Police Department in the Supergirl episodes "Survivors"[22] and "Crossfire" (a show which stars Once Upon a Time co-star Andrea Brooks and guest star Sam Witwer).[23]
- The Seattle Police Department in the Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency episode "Horizons" (an episode which features Once Upon a Time guest stars Ty Olsson, Richard Schiff, Aaron Douglas, Zak Santiago and Paul Lazenby).[24]
- The Oakland Police Department in the Rogue episode "The Aquarium" (an episode which features Once Upon a Time guest stars Jarod Joseph and Michael P. Northey and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland guest star Leah Gibson).[25]
- The headquarters for the New Westminster Police Department has also doubled as locations for other productions:
International Titles
| International Titles | ||
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| Language | Title | Translation |
| French | "Le Cercle des Sœurs" | "The Sisters' Circle" |
| German | "Schauderhafte Schwesterschaft" | "Horrible Sisterhood" |
| Italian | "Un dono inaspettato" | "An Unexpected Gift" |
| Portuguese | "Irmandade" | "Sisterhood" |
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