Once Upon A Time Season 4 Episode 7 Recap The Snow Queen

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s got the suckiest life of them all? It’s going to take a disaster to convince anyone in Storybrooke that the answer isn’t “Me, me, me.” Once upon a time season 4 episode 7 wrap up us each is entrenched in her own little world. They bump against one another in flares of conflict and then retreat to brood over their peerless misery. Add in the inevitable tragic back story of our most recent Big Bad, and the viewer is left exhausted.

Emma is upset about her parents giving so much attention to their newborn son when she was “abandoned” as a child. Didn’t we already resolve the abandonment issues like three years ago? Well never mind that, because the important part is that Emma is upset and she is losing control of her powers. She presumes that her family thinks she’s a monster because Snow looks sort of freaked out when she explodes a building. Then she runs off to panic about it all by herself, because that’s always a good idea.

Robin Hood has decided he’s done with the almost-dead Marian and he’s going back to Regina. Unfortunately, Regina has now taken on a noble role and tells him no. But then he starts kissing her and she just goes with it, possibly hoping he’ll get it out of his system and get his wishy-washy cheating ass out of there.

Elsa’s lines continue to be variations on “Where’s Anna?” and “Oh no my powers!”

Rumple appears to have completely regressed into villainy because of dead Neal. He is now planning to take over the world. Finally having a wife and a family and a positive role in his community just isn’t doing it for him.

Is anyone else feeling the urge to smack these people? Please tell me, because this episode is so packed with rampaging emotions I can’t even tell how to feel anymore.

On the bright side, Charming gets clocked by a lamppost but takes it like a champ. Good job Charming.

In flashbacks, the Snow Queen is a young girl named Ingrid who discovers her destructive powers and secludes herself for fear that people will hate her or she will hurt someone. Luckily she has two supportive younger sisters, Helga and Gerda. But Ingrid is the pessimistic sort and fends off their assurances, insisting that her powers are going to be a source of disaster if she doesn’t keep them under wraps. With that attitude, it’s no wonder her claims become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Ingrid trades her and her sisters’ ribbons symbols of their solidarity with Rumple for gloves to control her powers and an urn that can be used to trap her if it ever becomes necessary. Later, when the Duke of Weselton makes unwanted advances on her, she shoots ice at him but accidentally hits her sister Helga. Helga freezes and crumbles into ice cubes. When Gerda learns what Ingrid has done, Ingrid pleads for understanding, but Gerda traps her in the urn.

The relationship between the sisters is nice, if a little saccharine. The part where Helga takes Ingrid’s side rather than her suitor the Duke’s is especially great. But the majority of this plotline involves Ingrid’s unfounded worrying, up until her worst fears come true suddenly and spectacularly. We’ve got inseparable sisters; then one sister accidentally kills another; then the third turns on the first. It’s high drama du jour, spoon-fed right to us.

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Revenge Season 4 Episode 6 Recap Emily Reveals Herself in David

Ladies and gentlemen, Revenge season 4 our proverbial cat is finally out of the bag. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement. More accurately, the cat emerged from the bag, ripped it to shreds and peed all over it. Meow.

That was my roundabout way of saying that Emily finally revealed her true identity to David in the final moments of Sunday’s episode, though it wasn’t exactly the warm-and-fuzzy reunion we’d all been hoping for. Upon discovering that David had been monitoring Amanda’s activities in the Hamptons, Emily lashed out at her crazy bearded father for not coming to her aid sooner. Needless to say, he was a little too stunned to explain himself.

So how does Victoria plan to avoid being exposed for the double-crossing, impeccably dressed villainess that she is? Well, it turns out Vicky always has a Plan B — even when she doesn’t realize she has one. A brewing storm struck down a power line outside Emily’s old place, knocking Victoria unconscious as she attempted to flee the scene of the Clarke Family Reunion 2014.

Of course, Victoria wasn’t the only Grayson who had a shocking encounter with Emily this week. Daniel who finally knows Emily’s secret, thanks to Charlotte’s pre-exit confession — attempted to intimidate her during an unfortunate elevator run-in, but in typical Daniel fashion, Emily shut his ass down almost immediately. It’s often said that God doesn’t give with both hands, and I’m pretty sure Daniel Grayson is living proof of that.

I’ve said it once, but it begs repeating: The crazier Louise gets, the more I love her — and this week, we finally learned the source of her insanity. She’s been having visions of her mother, played to absolute perfection by Carolyn Hennesy, who doesn’t seem to think Louise is good enough, no matter how hard she tries. This week’s wacky action involved Louise locking Margaux in the steam room at their health club, nearly killing her. But neither attempted murder, nor a glass of wine in the face — courtesy of a steaming mad Margaux was enough to convince Daniel to drop Louise as a client. He sure does like ‘em crazy.

Have Nolan’s days of Liberace-esque excess finally come to an end? Tired of the media hounding him night and day he’s even managed to predict the arrivals of news helicopters to the second the former party boy bought himself a new, off-the-grid Batcave this week, and from Mr. Sheffield, no less! I have no idea what Nolan’s next move is, but should he decide to adopt a trio of golden-haired children, I’m sure the house’s former owner could recommend some good help.

When he told Jack he wasn’t allowed to make a personal call to Emily during his shift, I became one of those nut jobs no offense, Louise who talks to people that aren’t there, though I’d rather not repeat what I yelled at TV-Ben in the event that children are reading this. Anyhoo, Ben continued his investigation into Conrad’s murder, and at this point, I have to ask: Does anyone else think the former Grayson patriarch might still be alive?

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Once Upon A Time Season 4 Episode 6 Recap Family Business

Once Upon a Time season 4 episode 6 Family Business took us back to Arendelle and revealed the secrets of Belle and the Frozen sisters’ family! Find out more in our full recap.

The ogre wars stole Belle’s only memory of her mother’s final moments, but they also led her on a journey to Arendelle that intertwines the two worlds even more.

Even as ogre’s storm the kingdom, Colette refuses to let her books go without a fight. But her and Belle’s eagerness to hold onto the bound volumes of other lands, led to their capture and her mother’s death. Maurice refuses to let Belle search for any answers, but her determination takes her to a land where rock trolls hold the power of restoring memory.

Anna returns to Elsa in Arendelle, but keeps the knowledge of their parents mission to herself. Their reunion is interrupted by a relative who, yet again, throws the Once Upon a Time family tree into the fire to be rewritten. Anna takes her skepticism of their relation to Ingrid to Kristoff. He is not ready to jump on her crazy idea train without first reminding her that she agreed to marry a man after only ten minutes and then met him the next day. Still he lets her head off to seek the wisdom of Grand Pabbie.

The Emma files: Not written in any book are the answers to Elsa’s past. Arendelle does not exist in the volumes on the shelves of the Storybrooke library, but some knowledge exists in an unlikely place within the building. Rumpelstiltskin insists he has no idea how the Snow Queen infiltrated their world and goes off in search of her himself.

Henry points out that the ice cream truck is the answer to Ingrid’s location. Regina and Robin attempt to make it past their issues, but with “Captain Eyeliner” and Emma around, talking is not exactly an option. Robin is curious why Regina is upset about him loving her over Marian, but it is the lack of options to bring back Marian that bothers her more. With nothing good enough, the only option left is for Robin to forget about Regina and fall in love with his wife again.

Rumpelstiltskin is not the only person in Storybrooke figuring out their leverage over those from Arendelle. Needing to fix a grave mistake she made in her past, Belle asks Rumpel for his help to find the Snow Queen. He rightfully refuses, but this forces Belle to betray her end of the trust bargain that, against her knowledge, Rumpel has already betrayed. Once at the Snow Queen’s cave, Belle tells Rumpel that she needs to find a magical hat that has the power to strip Ingrid of her powers. Needing to pretend to be under the control of the dagger, Rumpel is forced to let her go into the cave.

Back in the forest, Emma finds a large collection of paintings, essays, and cards written to Ingrid during the six months she spent in her foster care. Hook makes a point to tell her that stirring up wounds from the past typically hurt the worst in the present. In a card to Ingrid, Emma writes, “Thanks for being the family I never had.” There is a scroll that is written in a language unknown to anyone in the search party.

Grand Pabbie knows: Belle and Anna meet in Oaken’s Trading Post where they find their missions are leading them to the same destination. Once they arrive at Gran Pabbie’s residence, Belle’s memories are returned to her in the form of a stone that when steeped in tea shall restore all that was lost. The truths that Grand Pabbie has for Anna are much harder to bear.

He reveals that Anna’s mother Gerda was the youngest of three. The two older sisters, Helga and Ingrid vanished. Not wanting the kingdom to mourn, the rock trolls wiped the memory of the girls from the kingdom’s memory. Anna takes a tumble down the mountain side forcing Belle lose grip on stone and choose between saving Anna or saving her memories. When the stone shatters, it is also too late to grab Anna’s hand. The Snow Queen greets the unconscious girl at the bottom of the cliff and takes her and the hat into the mist. The Snow Queen’s mirror from last week, casts its terrible reflection on Belle. She sees a version of herself that distorts her sight and freezes her heart to all the good that she has learned of the world. The mirror reminds her of the poor choices she made in Arendelle and taunts her about her marriage to Rumpelstiltskin. Belle begins to truly believe the mirror, as the dark magic intends them to, but deep down you know what kind of beast you are.

Back at the shop, Belle begins to misplace her trust in Rumpel and reveals that she knew of Anna all along. Belle’s guilt over Anna’s disappearance turned her mute until she was sure that she could make it right again. Following their affirmations of love, in an otherwise toxic relationship, Rumpel heads off to find Ingrid, this time with the leverage of the hat. Guards saw that the ogres and stood in the path so the guards could save you. Dare not speak his name, I know he can reveal the secrets, hero sacrifice everything to save the people they love, go to save land from ogres.

The remaining secrets: Anna awakens in a cell where Ingrid makes sure that not a single person will lose their magic to hat. Belle’s father fills her mind with tales of Colette’s bravery in the face of the ogres. That inspires an interesting reaction in Belle to go and seek the help of a man named Rumpelstiltskin who has the power to stop the army before anymore lives are taken.

Inside the Sheriff’s station, Elsa is able to present a book containing the lineage of her family. However, we are not entirely sure how such a record exists since the rock trolls removed all traces of their history. In the portraits, the other missing sister Helga looks just like Emma. Elsa is able to decode the scroll to reveal that the Savior named Emma will be her sister. This may explain why Ingrid is set on getting close to Emma. With Anna the spitting image of her mother and Emma the near identical of Helga, Ingrid’s family portrait will be restored as close to the original as possible.

Belle reveals the secrets of the mirror to the remaining members of the search party, sans Regina and Robin, and Hook suggests smashing it to bits. While that may seem like a logical plan, the mirror is cursed with a terrible magic that will cast the spell of shattered sight across the entire town, turning them against one another until no one is left.

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