Once Upon a Time Recap: "Shattered Sight"

Written by Shae

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Okay, did anyone else lose their cool during this episode? Maybe I was slightly tired, but I may have actually shed a tear or two. The spell of Shattered Sight has finally been unleashed, and Storybrooke is not holding up well. Already, people are fighting in the streets, and some are lucky to be locked up. Snow White and Prince Charming seem to be in a tit-for-tat spat through bars, while baby Neil is silently sleeping. Kristoff isn’t immune and is taking part in the nit picking, but thankfully nobody is really trying to kill each other, just yet.

Ingrid is dead set on having her sisters. The ribbons around Elsa and Emma’s wrist restrict their magic, so much so that they cannot use it against our Snow Queen. With every turn, the two are trying to figure out how to break free. Sadly, the only way to truly break the spell is to kill Ingrid. Elsa and Emma both object, but they have to save the town. Neither are willing to commit this act, though. First things first, they need to find a way to get the ribbons off. Gold’s shop is the perfect place, but Gold isn’t anywhere to be found. That doesn’t stop the girls from trying to physically cut the ribbons by any means. What binds the ribbons, however, is a love unrivaled. Once Elsa repeats this Emma has an idea. Maybe nothing else will break the ribbons…but maybe the exact opposite of unrivaled love can do the trick.

Facing Regina isn’t the wisest of choices. It seems the Evil Queen is hit the hardest. Reverting back to her old style of dress, even. She blames Emma for locking her in her own vault, despite the fact that Regina did that to herself. Still, she’s livid. Emma showing up and saying everything the Evil Queen is thinking doesn’t help. The powerful magic Regina releases at Emma is just enough to break the ribbons completely. Finally free, Emma and Elsa go to find Ingrid, while Regina goes to hunt down Emma and make her pay for everything. Along her vengeful trek, Regina happens upon Snow and Charming, locked in the little jail cells. She threatens to take baby Neil first, but Anna keeps getting in the way. In a fury, Regina sends them ‘back to where they came from’, before releasing Snow and conjuring a couple of swords. If they’re going to do this, they’re going to do it the old fashioned way. 

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What about Anna and Kristoff? They end up on the beach. Upon where, Kristoff decides he’s going back to Arendelle, even if he has to swim there, and that he was happier without Anna. Knowing it’s the spell talking, Anna can’t just let him swim off into, well, they don’t know where. So she breaks a nearby bottle over his head. The contents of the bottle happen to be a letter….from Anna and Elsa’s mother. Letter in hand, Anna rushes off to find her sister and hopefully find a way to stop this.

Emma and Elsa have finally tracked down the Snow Queen. The showdown isn’t going as planned though. Neither of them can bring themselves to use their magic to hurt Ingrid, let alone kill her. Then again, they are determined to save the whole town. The decision gets made for them when Anna shows up and reads the letter. It contains a stone that holds all of the memories of Ingrid and Helga. The letter is Gerda’s confession. A tearful one filled with regret and sorrow for never accepting Elsa, for locking Ingrid away, and so much more. The final request is to return the memories to Arendelle, so that Gerda and Ingrid can be remembered and honored as they should have been the entire time.

The letter is enough to make Ingrid change. Finally, she has the love of the sisters she’s so desperately wanted. With that, she pulls the spell into herself. How? Well, magic? The spell kills her, but the resulting snow fall reverses the effects of the spell. Regina and Snow stop trying to kill each other and laugh, and within minutes the town is filled with joy, hugs, and reunions. All seems well…but then again, there’s no such thing as a happy ending when a villain is around. Gold is still determined to be free of the dagger, and kill Hook….can our Pirate escape his fate?

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