A mission to save Hook from Hades results in Rumple making a deadly deal
Oh, Hook.
What have you gotten yourself into?
(He leaves his dad the Pan whistle.)
Credit: ABC/Jack Rowand
He finds the gang at Snow and Charmings apartment, where theyre assessing the damage done by Cerberus.
He proposes he and Emma go because Rumple can get living souls by Hades using a dead persons aura.
And hes got someone in mind!
None other than Rumples pre-Dark One, ex-wife, Milah (Rachel Shelley).
But, hey, Theyre dead, anyway.
TheOncefamily tree is truly screwed up.
(In like, season 10 probably).
Emma, Rumple, and Milah go to Emmas house and find the River of Lost Souls, a.k.a.
the Gates of Hell, in her basement.
Milah suddenly becomes sympathetic toward Emma and offers to go with her to Hades.
Regina, for her part, is looking for the Blind Witch.
She finds Cruella instead and asks for help finding someone in the graveyard.
But Cruella has a map from Cora about how to interpret Underbrooks very complicated headstones.
Apparently theres a worse place than even Hades underworld.
She gets emotional telling him goodbye for real, and how hell always be her one true love.
I have so many feelings.
NEXT: Id show him who was king of the forest!
Rumple is ignoring his curious son; unfortunately, that means Baelfire finds a poisonous snake that bites him.
Naturally, Rumple is the one thats supposed to do the deed and hes terrified and cowardly.
Who swoops in to save the day?
Milah is enchanted with the idea of the sea, but she cant leave because she has a child.
But Hook assures her he comes into port often.
Rumple later attempts to steal the potion but gets caught and when Fendrake catches him.
Fendrake makes him a deal: Hell give him the antidote, but magic comes with a price.
I dont know much about deals, says Rumple, who just wants to save his sons life.
(Rumple, very soon you will become a MASTER at deals, trust me.)
And hes going to check that he has no one left to save him.
For now, at least…
In the boat, Milah and Rumple talk and venture to mend their differences.
Best laid plans, though.
Hades shows up soon after and offers Rumple a deal because hes known they were there the whole time.
Rumple knows ALL ABOUT DEALS NOW.
But Hades wants these new friends of his gone because theyre kind of pissing him off.
He tells Rumple he needs him to sink the boat (a.k.a.
their only way out) and then asks a tantalizing question: How eager is he to get home?
(Judging by that opening scene where he sees Belle?
Good news, he can totally make that happen.
He didnt even have to kill anyone!
He just had to promise him his second born child.
I dont think therapy can fix that one.
But I guess becoming the Dark One can.
So much for that therapy session.
Emma and Hook arrive and Rumple says that Hades sank the boat.
Well, Rumple reallydidjust want to get home.
The three lucky ladies?Regina, Snow… and Emma!
(The Charming family!)
In Underbrook, Rumple isnt happy about what hes had to do.
But Hades isnt quite willing to send him home yet.
Why did Rumple drop it?
Apparently not because he was upset Belle was eating dinner with a dwarf.
To make matters worse, Hades brings back Fendrake.
Even though Rumple broke their deal years ago, death doesnt nullify a contract, here.
And lucky for Rumple, Fendrake just signed over the contract to Hades.
Man, Rumple really IS in high demand.
Rumple, doesnt look overly happy to be doing Hades bidding.
Unfortunately, he knows he has no choice.
Something tells me this isnt going to end well.
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