Once Upon a Time (2011–2018): Season 5, Episode 2 - The Price - full transcript

Previously on
"once upon a time"...

Who's there?!
I'm just a voice
in your head.

Think of me
as your guide.

Someone needs to watch me.

You're the only one
who will do what is necessary.

I'm king arthur of camelot.
We've come to find you.

Merlin prophesied your
coming here a long time ago.

We're back.
I was just walking
into camelot.

-How long were we gone?
-Six weeks.

Our memories are gone.

Why are you doing this?



Because i am the dark one.

[ tires screech ]

Leroy: Come on. Someone's got to
see what this new curse does.

Any volunteers?

Happy: I don't want to turn
into a monkey.

Sleepy:
I like remembering who i am.

I'm afraid one of us is
gonna have to dig down deep

And find the courage
to see what happens

When we step over that line.

Not it. Not it.
Not it. Not it.

Dopey.

I'll take your silence
as bravery. Good for you.

Come on.

[ engine revs ]



[ siren wails, tires screech ]

Regina: Stop!

Sorry, sister.

We can't stay in storybrooke
as long as emma's the dark one.

Snow queen, pan,
trio of terror.

We can handle villains
like that.

But emma?

She was one of us.

She knows how
we beat bad guys --

Hell, she beat most
of them for us.

So tell me -- how do we
stand a chance against her?

If you're dumb enough
to cross the line, be my guest.

Who's gonna save us
if we stay -- you?

Go on.
Do it.

[ whoosh ]

Now,
if you'll excuse us.

[ rumbling ]

[ cracking ]

[ creaking ]

[ sighs ]

Oh, no.

Oh, well, that's new.

♪♪

[ birds chirping ]

Wow.

David: Wow is right.

I am so not dressed
for this.

Man: His royal highness,
king arthur.

And now allow me to introduce
the loveliest creature

In all of camelot --
my queen, guinevere.

Your majesty.

The pleasure is ours.

We have been
awaiting your arrival

From the moment
we heard merlin's prophecy.

Well, we hope you haven't been
waiting too long.

Only a decade or so.

[ chuckles ]
ah, sorry.

I'll wager
it's been worth the wait.

And as a bonus, it's given us
more than enough time

To prepare a ball
in your honor tonight.

Oh, see,
told you we should come.

Look what
we've been missing out on.

I like any party
i don't have to cater.

So do we.

Is this
really necessary?

You're lucky you're not
locked in granny's freezer.

Take it off.

Or i tell arthur
he just welcomed

The dark one
into his --

What's that, sis?

I can't hear you.

No one here knows who we are,
and it's gonna stay that way.

So you can either behave
and pretend

To be my mute handmaiden

Or go back to granny's

Where you can rely on doc
for prenatal care.

We don't have time to waste
on a bloody dance.

I'm not going to go dark
in one night.

I'm not willing
to take that chance.

Your majesty...

When are we gonna start
our quest to find merlin?

Wh-- find him?
We don't need to find him.

We know
exactly where he is.

[ birds chirping ]

So, the most powerful sorcerer
in all the realms

Is stuck inside
a bloody tree?

I said the same exact thing
the first time i stood there.

And you think
we can get him out?

Oh, we don't think --
we know.

Merlin's prophecies
are never wrong.

Percival: Why are you so eager
to free him?

Our home
is being threatened by...

It's called the dark one.

The dark one.

Yes, we're well aware
of that demon.

That is bad.

Well,
i pray merlin can help.

But, first, we must free him
from his prison.

It is said one of you
is the savior.

So which of you is it?

-I --
-i am the savior.

Regina: I'm the one who's going
to free merlin from that tree,

And then we can
take care of the dark one.

And all go home.

[ door opens ]

Hook: True love's kiss.

I need to know
why it didn't work

For you
and the bloody crocodile.

Why, it did work,
the first time.

It awoke the man
behind the beast.

But rumple got scared
of a life without power,

And he chose power
over love.

He pulled away from me,
and in that moment,

The darkness forever
regained its grip on him.

You know, a curse
isn't a curse anymore

When the afflicted
wants it.

That won't be a problem
with emma.

Killian, wait.

I know you think
you can handle a dark --

I've battled him for centuries.
I'm still here.

But you were trying
to kill him.

And now, well...

It's far easier
to hate a dark one

Than it is to love one.

Be careful.

Emma swan, emma swan, emma swan.

Henry.

Mom?

You don't have to
be scared of me.

What happened?

Why are you
like this now?

It's complicated.

I'm sorry, mom.

Whatever happened in camelot,

I'm sorry we failed you.

I know what i said last night,
but, henry, you didn't fail me.

Everyone else did.

Get away from my son.

What's the matter,
regina?

Are you afraid
henry will learn the truth

About what happened
in camelot?

If the truth
is so important to you,

Why did you
erase our memories?

It's a curse, regina.

I know, but what
i can't figure out is why.

If i wanted you to know,

I wouldn't have erased
your memories.

You know we won't stop
until we get them back.

It's not going to happen,
regina,

Because i did learn from you,
and i built this curse

Without the one thing you need
to break it --

A savior.

Hmm.

Well, we'll find a way.
We always have.

Yes, with me.

Now you're on your own.

You can do it, mom.

You can be the savior.

It's not
going to happen.

You don't think
i have it in me?

I know you don't.

Well, you're wrong.

I can protect this town.

We'll see about that,

Because there's a problem
headed to storybrooke

That only a savior
can solve.

It's too bad
there isn't one.

We just can't leave him there.
He'll starve.

What do trees eat?

-Sunlight?
-He liked tacos.

Yeah? How the hell are we
gonna give a tree a taco?

Yeah.
[ horse whinnying ]

Didn't anyone ever teach you

Not to mess with a dwarf
and his pickaxe?

[ groans ]

Didn't anyone ever teach you
to kneel before a king?

Now, tell me --

Where am i
and how the hell did i get here?

A curse?

That brought you
to our realm

And wiped the last six weeks
from your memory.

Who would do that?

We weren't completely honest
with you on the way to camelot.

Mary margaret:
Our daughter, emma, was --

Is the dark one.

She cast the curse.

You lied to me?

You let me lead
the darkest of souls

Into the heart
of my kingdom?

We thought
merlin would be able

To destroy
the darkness inside her.

Well, obviously
that didn't work out.

Where's the dark one now?
-Emma.

She's here
in storybrooke.

Well, then there's only
one way to defeat her --

The dark one dagger.

Defeat isn't exactly what
we had in mind.

She's our daughter,
and...

Well, she has the dagger.

I'm afraid you
and your knights

Aren't the only ones that
emma dragged here from camelot.

Little john said he
ran into some of your
subjects in the forest.

-Are they all right?
-They're a little shaken up,

But there may still be
some of them out there.

I'm gonna round up the merry men
and search the east woods.

I'll take the dwarfs.
We'll start in the west.

Arthur, you're with me.

What is it?

These toy soldiers.

I could kill them all
with a wave of my hand.

-Regina!
-Well, i don't mean i will.

My point is, this can't be
what emma warned me about.

She obviously brought them here
for a reason.

She said we were
going to face a problem

Only a savior can handle.

I'm telling you,

Something else
is coming our way.

Merlin's tower.

There must be something in here
to help get him out of the tree.

Never do that
to me again.

Oh, now you're talking
to me.

I don't know --
am i allowed to?

[ sighs ]

You gave this to me.

To protect me,
not use against me.

I saved your life.

-By pretending to be me?
-Oh, shut up and listen.

Oh.

I can get used
to this.

Look, if you told arthur
you were the savior,

He would have asked you
to free merlin.

You would have had to
use magic -- dark magic.

Do you remember what happened
last time you dabbled in that?

I lost control.

And you gave me this dagger
so that wouldn't happen again.

But i wasn't lying.

I don't care
what merlin's prophecy says.

I'm gonna figure out
how i can get that wizard out

So you won't ever
have to use dark magic again.

So, really, swan,
you should be thanking me.

Thank you.

Whatever.

Regina...

I mean it.

Thank you.

We covered the forest.

I think we found
everyone who came over.

Regina.

Regina.
-Hmm?

Oh, i'm sorry.
I was just...

What?
What happened?

What did emma say
to you?

[ sighs ]

She said nobody believes

I can protect this town.

That's not true.

Everybody knows
how far you've come.

Well, they may not see me
as the evil queen anymore,

But i need to prove to them
i can be more.

Forgiving me is one thing,
but...

It doesn't mean they're ready
to be led by me,

Ready to trust me.

Arthur!

Guinevere.

Oh.

Oh, thank god
you're all right.

I feared the worst.

Where is it?

Where is excalibur?

I'm afraid it was missing
when i arrived here.

David: Don't worry.

If your sword's here,
we'll find it.

You know of excalibur.

How?

[ chuckles ]

In this realm,
you're kind of a legend.

[ creature chittering ]

[ screams ]
daddy!

Regina!

[ creature shrieking ]

Help!

[ sighs ]

Where are you?

Don't make me summon you, swan.

You just did.

I was
looking for you, too.

The new look comes
with some other perks.

Where the bloody hell
are we?

My place.
Come on.

What do you think?

I think i'm surprised
you invited me in.

Just because
i'm the dark one

Doesn't mean
we can't still be together.

[ whoosh ]

I still also know
the fastest way

To a pirate's heart
is through his liver.

There's
an even faster way.

Now, there's the pirate
i remember.

It didn't bloody work.

You've been talking
to belle.

Why didn't it work?

It didn't work
because there's nothing to fix.

This is who i am now.
Why can't you accept that?

-Why can't anyone accept that?
-Because this isn't you.

What the hell
happened in camelot?

That seems
to be the question of the day.

Then bloody answer me!

[ sighs ]

I wish i could.

You can tell me anything.

But that would be no fun.

I'm tired of talking.

Now, do you want to stay
or not?

Sorry, swan.

This may be
who you think you are,

But this isn't who i am.

David: This way!

There it is!

[ creature shrieking ]

You're not
taking him anywhere.

[ groans ]

So, you want to do this
the hard way?

Good, because i love
the hard way.

[ groans ]

Mary margaret: Regina!

You okay?

I'm alive,
if that's what you mean.

She needs help.

Leroy,
get her to the hospital.

No, no, i have to go after --

I have to go after
that thing, robin.

You have to
get checked out.

You don't believe
i can do this.

That's what this is.

We won't let anything
happen to him,

But you need
to let someone look at you.

Go.

My lady.

For me?

You are the savior,
after all.

His majesty
would be honored

If you would wear this
to the ball tonight.

[ gasps ]

[ chuckles ]

I look forward
to a dance this evening.

He's not the only one
looking forward

To a dance with the savior.

Now, if he gets fussy,

He probably just needs
to be changed.

Are you sure you don't
want us to get granny?

If i go to the ball,

I'll just get stuck
being grumpy's wingman.

I can watch him.
I'm not going.

But you have to.

Everyone's
expecting you.

I should be figuring out
how to free merlin,

Not fox-trotting my way
across club med-ieval.

Regina.

-What?
-The truth.

I can't go, all right?

I can't.

Because why?

Because.

Because i don't know
how to dance.

Well,
that can't be possible.

You and i went to dozens
of balls together.

Where your father
was more interested in dancing

With his precious daughter
than his wife.

I doubt robin hood will mind
if you step on a few toes.

This isn't about robin,
is it?

People are expecting
a savior tonight,

Not an ex-evil queen.

How will they ever believe
i can free merlin

If i can't even convince them
i know how to dance?

You can if we teach you.

No.

Doc.

[ scoffs ]

-Your majesty.
-Wait, sorry.

The first thing my mother
taught me about dancing --

You have to learn
to move in a dress,

Not a sensible pantsuit.

Fine.

What?

It's a little...
Scary.

What he means is if you want
people to see you as the savior,

Maybe you should go
for something a bit less evil?

Now, that is perfect.

And it even matches
your necklace.

All right,
follow me.

Just feel it.

Step back with your left.
All right?

Mm-hmm.

And -- oh, oh,
that's okay.

That's all right.
You're fine, you're fine.

Ready?

And...
One, two, three.

One, two, three.
There you go.

[ both chuckle ]

Now, when we're done,

Everyone in camelot
will believe you're the savior.

One, two, three.
One, two, three.

[ chuckles ]

[ chuckles ]

I remember my first ball.

I was 8 years old,
and my mother said

I was finally old enough
to go.

It was magical --

All of the lights,
the music.

And i remember thinking,
"i can't wait to someday share

All of this
with a daughter of my own."

I'm glad i get to share it
with you, too, mom.

Footman: Presenting lady emma
and lady mary margaret.

[ applause ]

Swan, you look...

I know.

Presenting the savior.

[ applause ]

You son of a bitch.

You made me like this.

You made me the evil queen.

You're the reason
no one believes in me.

And i'm gonna prove you wrong.

I'm gonna prove them all wrong.

I just...

Regina, i, uh --
i found something.

Regina: A fury?

A demon sent
from the underworld

To collect the unpaid
price of magic.

Someone used magic in camelot
and didn't pay up.

Yeah, but, regina, the fury
doesn't come for just any price.

It comes when the price
for magic is a life.

Robin.

Y-you mean that demon is here
to drag him to the underworld?

Yeah,

But the portal only opens when
the moon reaches the zenith.

Then there's still
some time to stop it.

It's --
it's not that simple.

I'm afraid there's only one way
to save robin hood.

Someone has to give
their life in his place.

[ indistinct conversations ]

You know what i see
when i see that rose?

Hope.

Hope?

But every petal that falls
brings rumple closer to death.

And every petal
still on the stem

Is another chance
to save him.

Thanks, leroy.

Would, uh --
would you care to dance?

[ chuckles ]

[ indistinct conversations ]

David, look.

Uh-oh, first crush.

I'm on it.

You know you could just

Walk over there
and introduce yourself.

That's your strategy, gramps?
Introduce yourself?

Think about it.
You're from another land.

You're mysterious,
intriguing.

Use it.

[ chuckles ]

You, uh,
looked thirsty.

[ chuckles ]

You mean bored.

Thanks.

So, you're not having fun?

[ scoffs ]
please.

We have one of these practically
every night in camelot.

Uh, yeah,
it's pretty lame.

What is that?

Just a gift from --
from the savior.

A gift from the savior?
Really?

More like a token
of appreciation

For saving the day when
everyone was trapped

In an alternate universe.

Yeah,
i did that.

[ chuckles ]

How heroic.

Are you a knight?

Better --
i'm a writer.

[ chuckles ]

[ chuckles ]

♪ looking from a window above ♪

♪ it's like a story of love ♪

[ chuckles ]

♪ can you hear me? ♪
i'm violet.

Henry.

♪ came back only yesterday ♪

[ chuckles ]

♪ moving farther away ♪

♪ want you near me ♪

♪ all i needed
was the love you gave ♪

♪ all i needed for another day ♪

♪ and all i ever knew ♪

♪ only you ♪

May i cut in?

It would be an honor to dance
with the savior.

[ chuckles ]

I trust you're having
a lovely evening.

Oh, yes.

Everything's --

Who's that girl talking
to my son?

The better question is,
who are you?

[ chuckles ]
what are you talking about?

Let me tell you
a story.

Many years ago,
a boy returned to his village

In the enchanted forest
to find it ablaze.

Villagers screaming,
terror in their eyes --

His whole world
burning like a funeral pyre.

The boy hid,
praying for mercy.

But none came,

Only an angel of death.

And she slipped
through the flames,

Relishing
in the horror she wrought.

But before she escaped,
she saw the boy.

And amidst the carnage,
do you know what she did?

She smiled at him.

You were the boy.

And you were
the evil queen.

Who else knows?
Who have you told?

No one.

Why not?

Because arthur would have
stopped me from doing this.

Robin hood: Regina!

No, swan!
You can't use dark magic.

Robin!
Robin!

No!

No!

No, no, no!
No!

[ breathing heavily ]

No.

Swan!
Where the hell are you?

You know, it's customary to
bring a gift for a housewarming.

Maybe a nice bottle
of wine.

We need to talk.

I suppose we could bottle
that rage and drink it instead.

You're right --
i'm not the savior.

Glad you finally caught up
with the rest of us.

I don't have a choice.

I know the only way to stop
the fury is to pay its price.

Then why aren't you
off paying it?
Because i know what it is.

A life.

I won't sacrifice
someone else to save robin.

Now you're going to be heroic?
Now life is precious to you?

Emma...

Listen to me.

I know you.

The good you...
Is still in there.

You of all people know

There are no good or bad
versions of ourselves.

It is just me.
-Then call the fury off.

It's your test.
-No.

No?
Let me make
myself clear, regina --

I am done
fixing your problems.

My problems?!
You started this.

You called it here.
-Oh, you think i did this?

Would i be here
otherwise?

That's your problem,
regina --

You're always looking
for someone else to blame.

I did not summon
that monster.

The price is not mine
to pay.

-Then whose is it?
-Yours.

You are the one who did not pay
the price of magic in camelot.

You want
to save robin hood?

You want everyone to believe
you're the savior?

Then step up
and do what needs to be done!

Can you heal him?

[ gasps ]

[ whimpers ]

Why didn't it work?

[ sighs ]

This sword was enchanted
to kill me.

My magic can't heal him.

But maybe yours can.

No. No, we can't let her
use dark magic.

Regina,
this was the whole point

Of your pretending
to be the savior.

The whole point
was not for robin to die.

And i'm not asking you.
I'm asking -- i'm asking her.

I don't know what will happen
if i use my powers again.

I can use that dagger to make
you do this, but i'm not.

I'm asking you.

I've lost love before,
and i won't again.

Please.

Save him.

All right.

I'll try.

Attagirl.

-What are you doing here?
-I've told you --

I'm here to help you
embrace the darkness.

Emma,
who are you talking to?

No one.

This is too much
for her.

I'm fine.
I can do this.
Not yet, dearie.

First, you must take a price
for the magic.

I won't take one
to save somebody.

Well, sorry, dearie,
but these are the rules.

I didn't make them up.
There has to be a price.

Fine.

I'll pay it.

It doesn't work that way.

She asked for the magic,

She has to pay it.

It'll be different.

I'm the savior.
-[ chuckles ]

Emma,
who are you talking to?

What's going on?

It's okay.

I can do this.

[ gasping ]

Robin!

Robin.

Regina.

Emma,
you all right?

I'm fine.

I feel a little woozy.

I think
i'll lie down for a bit.

You liked the power,
didn't you?

No.

I just did what had
to be done.

Oh, well,
if that were true,

Then why didn't
your kiss stop that?

[ giggles ]

Tasty, isn't it --

The darkness?

[ wings flapping ]

[ fury chitters ]

[ sparkling ]

Mary margaret: There it is!
Over there!

David: What is it?
[ fury shrieks ]

No!
Stop!

If you want a life, take mine!

[ fury shrieks ]

Regina,
what are you doing?!

What i should have done
in camelot!

You don't have to
do this alone.

I'm with you.

Me, too!

Leroy: I've got you,
sister!

[ fury shrieks ]

[ all gasping ]

Oh, my god.

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

It appears you found
a few believers.

How did you know
that would work?

Lucky guess.

Regina, we weren't gonna
let you go.

Standing up to
that monster proved one thing --

If anyone's gonna
save this town, it's you.

David:
Uh-oh, here's another one.

You know, granny will give you
a glass if you ask.

You tried to kiss her?

Aye.

She didn't even flinch.

I'm sorry.

It's not over.

I spent over a century trying

To find a way
to kill the bloody crocodile.

I can spend
at least that long

Trying
to save the woman i love.

Yeah.

What is this?

Is it magic?

Sort of.

We call it a jukebox.

Oh.

If you feed it,
it will sing for you.

[ "only you" plays ]

♪ looking from a window above ♪

♪ it's like a story of love ♪

Right.

You're not from here.

♪ can you hear me? ♪
our music
takes some getting used to.

♪ came back only yesterday ♪
no, it's...

♪ moving farther away ♪

I -- i feel like
i've heard this before.

♪ want you near me ♪

♪ all i needed
was the love you gave ♪

I'm violet.

Henry.
Hi.

♪ all i needed for another day ♪

[ both chuckle ]

♪ and all i ever knew ♪

♪ only you ♪

Mary margaret?

It's okay.

We're gonna get emma back,
and we're gonna win this fight.

I know.

You're forgetting
one thing, david.

If we win...

Emma loses.

♪ all i needed
was the love you gave ♪

♪ all i needed for another day ♪

♪ and all i ever knew ♪

Arthur: I hope
you'll accept my apology.

We don't normally try
and kill our guests in camelot.

Percival's actions
were inexcusable.

But he was right.

I am the evil queen.

Camelot is a place
of second chances.

Who you were doesn't matter,
just who you are.

And if you were able
to save him with your magic,

Then you really are
the savior merlin prophesied.

Thank you.

These strangers
frighten me, arthur.

You know merlin's prophecy
as well as i do.

They're meant to be here.

Merlin tells us what happens,
but he doesn't tell us how.

Percival...

Is dead.

Who knows what other trouble
they'll bring?

They're here
to destroy the dark one.

That won't be easy.

But helping them may be
the only way

I'll ever get my hands
on that monster's dagger.

Guinevere, if i don't make
excalibur whole again,

We'll lose everything
we worked so hard to build.

What's the matter,
dearie?

Feeling left out?

What are you doing here?

I already embraced
the darkness.

You did, but i'm back

Because there's more work
to be done --

Something bigger
than both of us.

[ door creaks ]

As long
as the dark ones existed,

One thing
has always held us back.

The pull of the family we were
so desperate to protect.

The friendships
that make it

Impossible to forget
who we used to be.

The magic that threatens
to undo our most evil deeds.
[ sneezes ]

And, worst of all...

The love that refuses
to give up on us.

You see,
no matter how hard we try,

We can't escape
the reach of the light.

But, emma swan,
you can change that.

That's why you brought
that sword here.

You can do what no dark one
before you has ever done.

You can make
that weapon whole again

And use it to snuff out
the light...

Forever.

[ giggles ]

Did you really think
it would be that simple,
dearie?

If you want that sword, you're
gonna have to pay the price.