TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] It's dying. The Dark One can't die. But Rumplestiltskin can. Want to find who wrote this book and ask them to write me a happy ending. Now, then, it's time villains finally win. [SCENE_BREAK] [ Scarsdale - Past ] [SCENE_BREAK] (A knight rides his horse on TV. Isaac tries to sell a new TV to a couple.) Man: I don't know. Do we really need color? Isaac: "Do we really need color?" Do we need to settle for what came before? Don't you want to really see the world? It's a complicated place, and people are complex creatures. Their interior lives are painted with many different hues and shades. And the Zenith Marseille color TV... It brings the profound complications of the universe right into your living room. Man: Does it have a clicker? Isaac: What? Man: A clicker. Boss: You mean the space command remote? Why, that's included in the price, sir. Man: Now we're talking. Boss: Hey. Were you a ranger? Man: Damn right. 25th infantry division. You were in the service? Boss: You bet, 187th airborne, company "A." We heard a lot about your unit. You guys were real heroes. Tell you what... Why don't you take this out for a test drive, huh? See how it feels. [SCENE_BREAK] Boss: What the hell are you doing, Isaac? Huh? Rambling on about weird technical crap? Isaac: You're supposed to be selling. (I was.) Boss: No. No. You were sending them across the street to Gimbels. Now, I hired you because you said you wanted to be a writer. Isaac: I'm a writer. Boss: Stacks of rejected manuscripts in the break room don't count. But I figured you knew something about telling stories. That's how you sell. But now I get why you don't have a picture on the back of a book yet. You don'
SUMMARY:
In Part 1 of the two-part fourth-season finale, the Author aligns with Gold and no one can stop them as they turn the tables on both the heroes and the villains. Henry then realizes he has the daunting task of helping his family and restoring the balance of good and evil.