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Your father went on a little detour because there's more important things to him than his daughter. He fought a duel for his precious honor.

Gothel to Alice

"Knightfall" is the thirteenth episode of Season Seven of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Jerome Schwartz & Miguel Ian Raya, and directed by Steve Miner. It is the one hundred and forty-sixth episode of the series overall, and premiered on March 16, 2018.

Synopsis

Rogers strikes a deal with Eloise despite Tilly’s fair warning, while Ivy struggles to find herself after Victoria's death. Meanwhile, in a faraway realm, Hook confronts Captain Ahab over a legendary magical talisman which can free Alice, only to learn that his quest may have unintended consequences.[2]

Recap

This section is a detailed recap of this episode. There are major spoilers. Click to expand.
In the Past

In the new realm, Alice is experiencing a nightmare that Gothel will come for her, but as she wakes up, Hook is there to comfort her, promising to end the nightmares once and for all. The two then take a pair of Chess pieces, a white knight for Alice and a black rook for Hook. Later on, he seeks out the still jailed Rumpelstiltskin for help and the two agree to a deal. Rumple informs Hook of a device that will help save his daughter, but it's already in the possession of another seafarer.

Hook arrived to confront Ahab, the current possessor of Maui's fish hook. However, Ahab starts taunting Hook, and rather than fighting, Hook and Ahab decided on a dice game with the winner getting the Jolly Roger and keeping the fish hook. Surprisingly enough, Hook wins the throw. But Ahab isn't convinced that Hook has returned to his swashbuckling ways, and as he follows Hook back to Rumple's cell the tensions between the two reach the point of taunting Hook for abandoning Alice. This leads to a gun duel between Hook and Ahab, and Hook again emerges as the winner, then runs off to return to Alice.

Unfortunately, the nightmare of Alice being taken away by Gothel comes true, as Hook returns to use the fish hook to free Alice, only to have Gothel appear and taunt Hook before banishing him for good from the Tower and acquiring the fish hook, leaving Alice screaming and crying out for her father, who is now left a weakened man.

These events are what led to Hook becoming the old, beer-bellied, depressed drunkard that was first encountered in the wish realm.

In the Present

Tilly starts to have strange reactions to Gothel's presence that has made her nervous, but Rogers and Weaver ignore her subliminal cry for help, as they try to focus on the case at hand involving the killings of the witches. Eloise suddenly shows up at the station and agrees to being interrogated, but only by Rogers, and Weaver allows it. The interrogation between Rogers and Gothel is turned into a mind game as Eloise uses Rogers' psyche to gauge his past, but to no avail. Outside the room, Tilly becomes concerned for Rogers as she watches by means of the surveillance camera screen, especially after he leaves the room for a second and Eloise looks directly at the camera in order to scare and taunt Tilly. Tilly again expresses her anxiety to Weaver, who blows her off yet again, claiming that Rogers is handling things.

Back in the room, Eloise tells Rogers that the killer is grappling with pain to fill a void, then offers a clue, in which the victims had a heart shaped box, and gives Rogers a cryptic message to follow his heart in order to capture the killer. When Rogers and Weaver arrive to the hospital upon learning of a delivery of heart-shaped boxes to the intended victims (including one that died years earlier), the two learn that the blind baker has been killed, and they find Tilly in the hospital room, freaking out while holding a bloody scalpel. She shouts at them, very frightened and disoriented, before escaping out a window. Rogers and Weaver come across the witches' symbol back in the warehouse but with two sectors crossed out, indicative of the two deaths. Weaver tells Rogers that he doesn't think the killer is Tilly.

When asked why she stopped Henry from kissing Jacinda, Lucy claims it is because she is jealous of Henry and looking for more time with her mother. Henry explains to Regina about what happened one morning, (Regina having just left Facilier's house) and Regina offers solace. Later on, Ivy visits Henry at his apartment, but as expected, he isn't interested in Ivy but suggests that she should find comfort with her family. Ivy somehow takes that advice and pays a surprise visit to Jacinda's by returning everything Victoria took from her as a way to bury the hatchet. Jacinda and Ivy make up and Jacinda returns to Ivy a doll that she had kept. This gives Ivy an idea, so when she returns to see Henry, she asks him to help find Anastasia as she believes that he can do this and he agrees.

Later that evening, Lucy goes to speak to Regina at her bar and shows her the page about Henry dying. When she shows the page to Regina, Regina reveals to Lucy that she is awake, and the two agreed to help find a way save Henry. The two come up a new code name for their mission, called "Operation Hyacinth."

This episode summary is adapted from Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).


Deleted Scenes

"I Know Who You Are"

This scene is included on the Once Upon a Time: The Complete Seventh and Final Season Blu-ray, but not the DVD.

An extended version of the scene where Ivy packs up her mother's things in Victoria's office. Ivy finds the photograph of her mother and looks at it yearningly before she packs it up. Lucy then shows up at the office, but Ivy tells her to go away, as she is not in the mood for "plucky and precocious". Lucy says that Ivy is angry and heartbroken because she (Lucy) knows Ivy is Drizella, and she knows Drizella poisoned Henry thanks to a storybook page that came to her yesterday. Ivy dismisses her, saying that she doesn't have time for fairytales. Lucy begs Ivy to save her father because her mother is gone now and she doesn't have to be evil. She also says that Ivy will never be with Henry, because good things doesn't happen to bad people, who are always alone in their misery. Before Lucy goes away. she advises Ivy to give up being a villain. To prove Lucy is wrong, Ivy decides to call Henry.

Cast[2]

Starring

Guest Starring

Co-Starring

Uncredited

  • Unknown baby as Alice*

Note:
*: Only in archive footage

Trivia

Title

Production Notes

  • HIDDEN DETAILS: Instead of immediately going back to his daughter, Wish Hook engages Captain Ahab in a duel to defend his honor. However, he soon realizes that his family is more important than his pride. J.M. Barrie has openly admitted that the character of Captain Hook and his vendetta against the crocodile, was inspired by Herman Melville's Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick.[5] This means that Wish Hook is essentially battling a version of himself, and the duel can be viewed as a representation of his inner struggle.

Event Chronology

Episode Connections

Disney

Lost

Fairytales and Folklore

Popular Culture

Props Notes

Set Notes

Costume Notes

  • BRAND INFO: Roni is wearing[33] a T-Sily-D Leopard Tee by Diesel[34] (no longer available). She continues to wear the tee in "The Girl in the Tower".[35]

Filming Locations

International Titles


Videos

References

  1. Porter, Rick (March 19, 2018). NCAA Tournament adjusts down: Friday final ratings. TV by the Numbers. “Once Upon a Time (ABC) (...) 2.38”
  2. 2.0 2.1 LISTINGS: ONCE UPON A TIME. The Futon Critic. “Air Date: Friday, March 16, 2018. Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:01 PM EST on ABC. Episode Title: (#713) "Knightfall".”
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  4. TwitterLogo Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) on X, formerly Twitter: Here's another #OnceUponATime #titlespoiler -- hope to see ya Friday! (November 13, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  5. Wilson, An (October 27, 2008). Moby-Dick - a modern tragedy. The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. “Barrie openly acknowledged that Captain Hook and his obsession with the crocodile was an English version of Ahab.”
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  12. "Henry" and "David" (3) play swords from Once Upon a Time Season 2, Episode 3.. iCollector. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved on December 5, 2018. “Also seen used by Hook and Alice in S07.”
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  17. Sandro Pearl Embellished Peplum Sweater. evaChic. Retrieved on August 25, 2018.
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  20. 20.0 20.1 Tumblr ONCE UPON A TIME fashion and finds (@ouatfashionfinds) on Tumblr: Jack Spade Solid Henley as seen on David in episode 3x21 "Snow Drifts" and 3x22 "There's No Place Like Home" (no longer available) (March 19, 2014) (backup link; the user's account and the original post have been deleted)
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  34. RONI'S LEOPARD PRINT TEE ON ONCE UPON A TIME. WornOnTV. Retrieved on August 17, 2018.
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  36. TwitterLogo 👽Green🚀Machine👽 (@DeanMachine16) on X, formerly Twitter: Just a heads up to @WhatsFilming and @yvrshoots we just got these notices at work this week. (November 29, 2017). "Dunno if anyone has already sent this one in but it looks like Stage 49 (I think that's Once Upon a Time?) is filming in New West again on Monday on Begbie and Columbia from 7am-10pm.." (backup link) (archive screenshot) (filming notice) (note that the other filming locations mentioned in the tweet are for the streets where Roni's and the Hyperion Heights 42nd Precinct Police Station are filmed)
  37. InstagramIcon Craig Clarke (@vfxsup) on Instagram: #It doesn' surprise me that Smee's birthday is right after Hook's 😂 (Bridge Studios) (January 27, 2019). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  38. InstagramIcon Craig Clarke (@vfxsup) on Instagram: #bTS from last weeks episode... Colin about to put this wannabe pirate in his place. (Bridge Studios) (March 22, 2018). (backup link) (archive screenshot)

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