Once Upon a Time this week started off with Alice going full Mad Hatter because she is so lonely. She ends up celebrating her birthday by serving tea to stuffed animals and wishing for her freedom. At first, it looks like her wish won’t come true, but then the roof of her tower gets ripped off by a troll who offers her a hand. In Hyperion Heights, Tilly is sprung from her own certain incarceration by Rogers, who believes she’s innocent.
Back in the past, Alice observes her father through a telescope, but Robin thinks she’s a spy and of course she gets caught in a cage. Robin figures out that she’s the daughter of “Nook” (“New Hook”) and Robin mentions that she’s spent her whole life trying to live up to the legacy of her late namesake. Their differences then become clear as Robin is out to kill the troll who is messing up things, but Alice has him to thank for her cage-free existence.
Meanwhile, Lucy and Regina are plotting how to spy on Facilier/Samdi. On the one hand, Facilier might be the person to help them break the curse, but on the other, Regina needs some details on what he’s really here for, plus she also doesn’t want Zelena to know about their ‘extracurricular activities’. Henry is talking to Ivy and suggests that she apologises to Anna, so Ivy decides that she’s ready to make amends for everything that she’s done, but it looks like everything isn’t going to go to plan.
Meanwhile, Rogers still believes that Tilly couldn’t have killed the Blind Baker and he is out on a mission to find Tilly’s alibi. Tilly is doing some investigating as well as she is unwilling to be locked in Henry’s apartment and ends up discovering that as far as her hometown is concerned, she doesn’t exist. The grocer who sells her daily marmalade sandwiches doesn’t remember her and neither does the lady who sells her apples (huh, weird!).
At the same time, Alice compares with Robin in order to discover who’s the loneliest of all. Alice apparently ‘talked to a hat’, but Robin says she had to grow up without a dad. Robin steals yellow VW bugs and Alice dresses her toys up for tea. Despite this, Robin is still on a mission to kill the troll, and after they are captured by an angry mob who are on the same mission, Robin springs herself from the cell, but leaves Alice behind.
Meanwhile, Regina is busy coaxing Facilier out by asking him on a lunch date, so Lucy can go through his place, but Zelena tails them and figures out that Facilier is awake and knows that Regina is not ‘Roni’. She causes a scene, not knowing that she’s put her grandniece in danger.
Now, back to the troll who is surrounded by the mob and Robin steps in front of the line to take him. She introduces herself as Robin Hood, the daughter of the same fabled one, and claims the honour of shooting the troll herself. However, Alice storms in to save the troll. The villagers lose it, and Robin rushes to Alice’s defence. They’re about to be swarmed, but Robin’s old stolen vehicle springs them from their peril, and brings them face to face with Alice’s old grounds. She’s upset to see it, but she admits that ever since she escaped, she’s wanted nothing but to go back. Robin challenges Alice to confront the troll a she shows the troll that she is alive, well and free and the troll disappears. Alice is now left to wander the world with anyone she likes.
In Hyperion Heights, Tilly starts finding weird things in her backpack such as locks of hair. Rogers still doesn’t believe that she’s the killer, but Tilly isn’t convinced. She wants to leave before she hurts anyone else, but visits her troll spot first where she ran into Margot (Robin’s counterpart) who agrees that strange people are awesome. She realises that the troll has a security camera buried inside which might be able to tell her where she was at the time of the murder. Convenient, huh?
Samdi figures out that Lucy has been rifling through his things and she did snap a photo of his tarot card layout that includes the death card. He tells Regina she can have a great love in her future if she chooses it, but she’ll have to step aside and let him complete his business in town. And what’s this business? Why, it’s to recover Rumple’s dagger and Regina does not like that one bit.
She confesses to Zelena, who is a lot less hurt upon hearing it (especially once Robin comes back), and the two have to figure out how to navigate the tricky waters of Regina’s affection for Facilier and his dark desires.
Final Thoughts?
I really liked this episode especially the whole new romance for Alice which is beyond adorable.
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