TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Mary Margaret: You're going to hell? Emma: The Underworld. I'm getting him back. Cora: My time in the Underworld is done. Yours can be, too. Just do what I say. Mary Margaret: Tell me your father's okay. Henry: He's in a better place now. Mary Margaret: That means everyone here... David: Can be saved. [SCENE_BREAK] [ Present. Underworld ] [SCENE_BREAK] (In Hades' underground prison, Hook is unconscious in a small space, before he suddenly gasps and wakes up. Screaming can be heard in the distance. Hook grimaces in pain as he manages to roll over and get onto one knee, clearly very injured) Hook: Is this a bloody trick?! (He manages to get to his feet, and goes to step off the small platform he is on, but is stopped by a female voice) Meg: Stop. That's exactly what it is... A trick. Don't move. He wants you to think you can escape, but... you can't. No one can. Hook: Aye. We'll see about that. (He takes one step off the platform) Meg: Don't! He'll hunt you down. Hook: Hades has already done his worst to me. Meg: I don't mean Hades. Hook: Who, then? Meg: No. Just don't. Hook: Look, this isn't my first cell. I don't just sit around and rot. Now, somebody's come down here to save me, and I need to make her job easier. Meg: How do you know she's here? Hook: She got me a message. Meg: How do you know that wasn't one of Hades' tricks? Hook: Because I know! When you love someone, you know. Now, what's keeping us in here? Meg: Something you don't want to face. Hook: Well, I'll be the judge of that. (He steps off the platform and grunts) Time to go. (He begins to limp towards her) Meg: Are you mad?
SUMMARY:
After a prisoner is sent by Hook to tell Emma that he is alive, a creature known as Cerberus begins pursuing the outsiders. This prompts Mary Margaret to turn to the only person who can defeat the creature, Hercules, as she learns that he has unfinished business and is therefore in the Underworld. Back in the Enchanted Forest, he was responsible for giving her the courage to fight back against the Evil Queen's bandits. When the outsiders learn that he has lost that confidence, Mary Margaret decides it's time for him to restore it as they square off against Cerberus and, with the help of the prisoner, kill the creature, giving Hercules and the prisoner, revealed to be Megara, their tickets out. In the process, Regina convinces Mary Margaret to again become Snow White, the woman who took risks before the original curse. A furious Hades vows to make the outsiders pay by forcing Hook to choose which living souls will stay behind as recompense for the souls they've redeemed. Meanwhile, Henry encounters Cruella, who wants him, in his role as The Author, to resurrect and return her to the world of the living, so that Emma's soul will no longer be branded a murderer's, but he keeps this offer to himself.