TEXT: -[Storybrooke]- (Mr. Gold's car comes to a stop in front of the town boundary. He gets out and then pops the truck, where Smee is bound and gagged inside. Mr. Gold removes the gag and leads Smee over to the town line.) Mr. Gold: This will only take a moment. Smee: Don't...push me over. If I cross the line, I'll lose my memory. It's a cruel fate. Mr. Gold: A fate you were more than willing to bestow upon Belle. (Mr. Gold kicks Smee to the ground and takes his hat.) Mr. Gold: You've had this rag since the day we met. Why is it so important to you? Smee: My grandmother made it for me when I was a boy. It's always brought me good fortune. What difference does it make? (Mr. Gold pours a potion over the hat, causing it to glow with magic.) Mr. Gold: Oh... All the difference in the world. It's your only chance. (He throws the hat back to Smee, who quickly puts it on.) Smee: What do you mean, my only- (Suddenly, Mr. Gold pushes Smee over the town boundary. A surge of blue magic pulses through his body, and then stops.) Mr. Gold: What's your name? Smee: William Smee. Mr. Gold: And who am I? Smee: Rumpelstiltskin. The Dark One. I remember everything! How can this be? Mr. Gold: Well, it seems our little experiment was a success. Now go. (Smee flees the scene.) Mr. Gold: I have a trip to plan. [SCENE_BREAK] (Several of the Storybrooke residents are gathered around a casket and a tombstone. It reads 'Archibald Hopper - Friend and Conscience'. Mary Margaret gives a eulogy to the crowd.) MMB: Some of us knew him as Archie. Others, as Jiminy. But we all knew him as
SUMMARY:
Mr. Gold finds an unwilling test subject to see if a spell he has concocted will allow him to cross the border of Storybrooke -- without losing his memory -- and go in search of his son, Bae; Belle stumbles upon a vengeful Hook in the Storybrooke harbor whose main goal is to eradicate Rumplestiltskin; and Mary Margaret and David go house hunting in search of a bigger place to live. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Belle meets Mulan as the two set out to slay a fearsome beast called the Yaoguai, who has been ravaging the land.