So episode two opens with a statue Sneezy being carried on top of a van heading for the towns line, I'm going to say that SPOILERS ARE coming, so scram if you haven't seen this yet!
So due to recent events, Leroy/Grumpy (Lee Arenberg) and the rest of the dwarves are dead set on crossing the line. Remember once you cross you can't return. Unless, I dunno, true love? So then the gang shows up and try to talk them out of it. Leroy then bullies Dopey (Jeffrey Kaiser) into crossing and then he turns into groot I guess? A tree, but wait he doesn't talk?
We then are treated to a flashback, back six weeks to Camelot. King Arthur (Liam Garrigan) tells the villains/hero combo that tonight there shall be a ball in there honour as they have been waiting for there arrival for ten years. He then introduces us to his wife Guinevere (Joana Metrass) and her dress is gorge.
During the introductions there is a great back and forth between Regina (Lana Parrilla) and Zelena (Rebecca Mader). I was laughing all the way through it, they both have great chemistry. Regina then tells Camelot she is the saviour, poor Emma (Jennifer Morrison) has to stand there and be in the background while Regina gets to play her role, no wonder it didn't work.
Merlin is a tree, or well stuck inside a tree to be more specific, hey just like Dopey back in Storybrooke. Regina gets a gift, a lovely necklace for the ball as she is the saviour. She then explains her actions to Emma, you see if Emma used magic it would be dark, therefore to keep Emma safe Regina, the only other fully functioning magic user had to step up. Saving her in the process. Got it?
Rumple (Robert Carlyle) is still I'm a coma as Belle (Emilie De Ravin) and Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) talk in Golds shop. Hook wants to know if true loves kiss works, she tells him it worked the first time, not the second.
Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) summons the dark one for a chat. We find out that he was the only one to stick by Emma, and he still got his memory erased. Something is up here guys, I get playing with the ones who didn't believe in you but even not trusting the one who still believed in you is fishy. Something more is at work here.
Regina appears angry that Henry is with Emma, they exchange and we find out Emma built the curse with no saviour. Regina might think she's a saviour but she is not. What a knockout blow by the dark one, the positions have finally changed as Emma pulls off season one Regina. Oh and guess what a problem is coming to the town which only a saviour can deal with, tada!
Turns out Camelot has came to the town of Storybrooke, horses and all. King Arthur is not happy and like our gang can't remember anything beyond walking into Camelot six weeks prior. The others are in the forest, this is weird but a fresh twist on our memory wipe storyline.
Could they be the problem only a saviour could solve? I didn't think so either. That problem is a demon tree who swipes down to the make tent area for Camelots population and picks up Robin (Sean Maguire), flying off with him. Regina tries to fight it but she can't, ending up with a minor concussion.
Hook summons the dark one, who appeared early as apparently she was looking for him. They go back to her place, she let's him in and as he focuses on a creepy door, he leans in and kisses her. True loves kiss, but it didn't work. She's just as dark as ever, telling him he just needs to except her for how she is now. He can't except it and walks out.
We are then treated to Charming (Josh Dallas) teaching Regina how to dance and to Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) fixing Emmas Daisy hair for the dance. Both these moments are fun and lighthearted, I loved Emmas hair and Reginas dresses where both equally fabulous. We then go to the ball and Hook is still dressed like a pirate, he never changes does he?
Present day Regina is in a bad mood, and is focusing her anger on an unconscious Rumple. Belle appears to tell Regina she has found something, you see the tree demon is called the fury, a demon from the underworld who deals with unpaid magic. The fury doesn't just come for any old unpaid magic, but the price of life, taking those to the underworld who have not paid. The only way to Save Robin is to pay the price of life, freaky or what?
Belle and her rose jar are at the ball, Leroy joins her and they discuss the rose. She states that she can't seem to do anything but watch it wilt, Leroy suggests that it's a good thing, reminds him of hope. They then join everyone who are all dancing having a fun medieval time. Henry spots Violet across the room, and Charming suggests he go talk to her, use the fact he's from a different world. He does so and it ends in a cut interaction with a mp3 player and some 80s tracks.
All of a sudden this knight appears to cut in between Regina and Robin. He knows her true identity as Evil Queen and tries to kill her. Robin gets caught in the middle and a stab wound, as David kills the knight while Regina tries to save Robin. Back in Storybrooke Regina bursts into Swans pad demanding answers. She admits she isn't the saviour but wants it to stop, and she also won't sacrifice anyones life for Robin.
The Dark One gets pissed, tells Regina that she didn't conjer the fury, the fury is settling what Regina didn't pay for in Camelot. She is sick of cleaning up Reginas messes and tells her the only choice she has is to sacrifice herself, it's like she's moulding Regina into a saviour.
You see Emma was right, as Robin lay dying/dead due to a cursed sword which wouldn't except Reginas magic she had one choice, as the dark one. Rumple appears to tell Emma to set a price, Emma was convinced she could pay the price, as everyone wondered who she was talking too. After Emma uses magic she has a weird kiss woozy reaction and her hand has her first flex of gold.
Back in Storybrooke the fury, Robin and what looks like the boatyard are about to take a journey until Regina sprints to sacrifice herself but along with a little help from Mary Margaret, David, Arthur and Leroy her sacrifice alongside there's saved Robins life. It looked a bit Guardians of the Galaxy esq but it was affective at paying the price.
Yeah they saved Robin, Reginas the saviour, everybody is happy, even Henry and Violet meet again for the first time. Everyone that is except Emma who is watching from the outside. Back in Camelot it turns out the necklace records everything, creepy. Arthur and Guinevere are chatting at the round table, they will destroy the dark one and make exchalibre whole again, creepy x2. Not as creepy as Emma having the sword in the stone though!
My overall view is damn it took ages to write this, but that's because it was such a good episode. No complaints here, everything was well written, acted and the suspense was great. I love a good puzzle me. Whatever is going to happen it's going to be great! Check out the next episode teaser below and tune in next week.
REMEMBER DEARY, MAGIC ALWAYS COMES WITH A PRICE!
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