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Lucy, it's time. Let your belief go.

Victoria to Lucy

"One Little Tear" is the ninth episode of Season Seven of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Christopher Hollier & Adam Karp, and directed by Steve Pearlman. It is the one hundred and forty-second episode of the series overall, and premiered on December 8, 2017.

Synopsis

Victoria strikes a deal with Weaver in an attempt to free herself from jail and wake Anastasia, but the cost of saving one life could mean the loss of another. In a flashback, we learn Lady Tremaine's surprising connection to another classic fairytale when Mother Gothel offers to help her family. Meanwhile, Jacinda and Nick share an exchange that could alter her future with Henry.[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, Rapunzel (a young Lady Tremaine) tries to get radishes from Mother Gothel's garden to save her sick husband and feed their hungry children. Gothel agrees to give her the radishes in exchange for trapping Rapunzel in her tower. After 6 years of captivity, Rapunzel manages to cut off most of her hair and use it as a rope to climb out of the tower. She succeeds in doing so only to find her husband remarried to Cecilia and raising a stepdaughter, Ella.

Gothel reappears and tempts her into making Cecilia flee with a mushroom from New Wonderland. Rapunzel at first disagrees, only to become increasingly jealous of Cecilia's bond with her girls and ends up making her flee to New Wonderland. Her husband chases her, but eventually gives up and comes back to Rapunzel to make a perfect family.

One winter day, while playing outside, both Anastasia and Ella fall through thin ice. Marcus jumps in, however, he ended up only saving Ella and not Anastasia, since he claims he could only save one of them. A distraught Rapunzel brings her daughter to Gothel, who manages to magically preserve Anastasia's last breath at the price of keeping her in the tower, which explains why Anastasia has been in this comatose state. Unknown to Gothel, Rapunzel snatches the potion that sends people to the tower and uses it on Gothel, leaving Gothel trapped in the tower until someone in her bloodline takes her place, which in the future will be baby Alice. Rapunzel vows to her daughter that she will find a way to save her.

In Seattle

In the present day, Victoria is confronted by Ivy, who wants her mother to give up her plan to revive Anastasia, which falls on Victoria's deaf ears. Victoria later strikes a deal with Weaver to help him find the Guardian in an attempt to free herself from jail and wake Anastasia. During this confrontation, Victoria and Weaver acknowledge each other as Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin, respectively.

With Weaver releasing Victoria, a furious Rogers isn't happy about this, so he starts looking into a storage area that Weaver keeps hidden and discovers a treasure trove of information on everything about the residents, including Rogers. Later on with Sabine's help, Rogers discovers that Sabine had once been confronted by Weaver, and that he asked her to clutch a knife. She draws the knife to show Rogers, and it is revealed to be the Dark One's dagger. He catches up with Weaver to demand answers and Weaver tells Rogers that he was doing all this in order to find Belle. Rogers believes him and agreed to help Weaver.

After she is released, Victoria strangely gives full custody of Lucy to Jacinda, claiming to be "a changed person" after jail but used surveillance set up in the apartment to spy on Jacinda and Nick, who later came by to verify the custody papers as authentic, then gave each other a brief and accidental kiss. Victoria then goes on a mission with Weaver to find Henry's original “Once Upon a Time” storybook. They are knowingly tailgated by Ivy and Gothel.

At the hospital, Victoria shows Lucy her family's life story in the book. Using a deceiving ploy to end her beliefs, she convinces Lucy that happy endings aren't real, since Victoria didn't get hers. She also shows Lucy video footage of Jacinda and Nick kissing and tells her that Henry and Roni left town, but lies about Henry giving up on Lucy. All of this shatters Lucy's belief in happy endings, causing her to cry, then run home to Jacinda. Victoria then drops Lucy's tear on Anastasia. Anastasia wakes and is revived, while, at exactly the same time, Lucy collapses at home in Jacinda's arms.

Anastasia recognizes her mother, and they embrace, but are watched from afar by an upset and jealous Ivy and she walks away from her sister's hospital room in tears.

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


Cast[2]

Starring

Guest Starring

Co-Starring


Trivia

Title

Production Notes

  • PRESS RELEASE: A couple of mistakes were made on the press release:
  • Sophia Reid-Gantzert is misspelled as "Reid-Gant", instead of "Reid-Gantzert".[2][5]
  • Lula Mae Melenchuk is misspelled as "Melench", instead of "Melenchuk".[2]

Event Chronology

Episode Connections

Disney

Fairytales and Folklore

Lost

Popular Culture

  • When Ivy tells Victoria that "Orange looks better on the women on that Netflix show", she is making a reference to the comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.
  • Ivy mentions that her mother has "no money, no lawyer, no Chanel". Chanel is a famous French high fashion house.
  • Weaver shows Victoria a set of handcuffs and says that they're not exactly Tiffany's, a reference to the American luxury jewelry retailer.
  • Hook responds to Victoria's explanation of how she utilized her own determination to get what she wants in life by saying he "didn't ask for a TED talk." A TED talk is a type of conference where people share stories on-stage with the purpose of engaging their audience in a topic or idea.
  • Sabine describes Weaver's dagger as "something out of a Tim Burton movie", a reference to the American filmmaker known for his dark, gothic, eccentric and quirky horror and fantasy films. Among Burton's films is the 2010 adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Props Notes

  • USE IT AGAIN: Henry, Lucy and Jacinda drink hot cocoa with cinnamon from the same kind of mugs when Henry visits in "A Taste of the Heights".[14]
  • USE IT AGAIN: When Henry is reunited with Lucy and Jacinda in "Chosen", Lucy, Jacinda and Sabine are all drinking hot cocoa from the mugs (Sabine is holding one of the mugs as she talks about putting another cup of cocoa on the stove,[15] and if you look in the background, you can see three mugs on the table[16]).
  • HIDDEN DETAILS: The photographs in the files at the police station are all taken from the filming of previous episodes:

To Do List

- Buy cleaning supplies
- Measure Interior
- Apply Graphics
- Sanitize Interi[obscured]
- Tape out Service [obscured]
- Tape out fryer and fridge
- Mark extingusher position x 2
- Finish/Make Meny
- Do kitchen supply run
- Make opening day checklist
- Buy ingredients
- Makes us some scratch!

Set Dressing

  • CREW NAMES ON PROPS: A wall plaque at the police station commemorates the following police officers:[33]

Costume Notes

Filming Locations

International Titles


Videos

References

  1. Porter, Rick (December 11, 2017). ‘Blue Bloods’ adjusts down: Friday final ratings. TV by the Numbers. “Once Upon a Time (ABC) (...) 2.45”
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 LISTINGS: ONCE UPON A TIME. The Futon Critic. “Air Date: Friday, December 08, 2017. Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:01 PM EST on ABC. Episode Title: (#709) "A Little Tear".”
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  4. TwitterLogo Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) on X, formerly Twitter: Here's another #OnceUponATime #titlespoiler -- hope to see ya 10/6! (September 30, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  5. TwitterLogo Sophia Reid-Gantzert (@SophiaReidG) on X, formerly Twitter: Yup it's true, that's me as Young Anastasia (even if they missed a few letters from my last name 😉) (December 2, 2017). (backup link)
  6. As stated by Cinderella in "Pretty in Blue", Marcus searched Cecelia for an entire year before giving up on her.
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  11. "Emma Swan" Neverland lantern from Once Upon a Time Season 3.. iCollector. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. “[...] Also seen used by Rapunzel in "One Little Tear".”
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  13. Perasima Mug. COLOR: LILAC.. Anthropologie UK. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019.
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  30. File:705Dresses.png
  31. Crimson Crown Toadstool from Once Upon a Time Season 5, Episode 4 [sic].. iCollector. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved on December 11, 2019. “Crimson Crown Toadstool from Once Upon a Time Season 5, Episode 4 [sic]. (Disney-ABC, 2011-2018) Mushroom 4.5x4 Painted plaster The Crimson Crown toadstool also appears in season 7 (S07E09) where it is used by Rapunzel to poison the guests at Drizella's birthday party.”
  32. ONCE UPON A TIME Crimson Crown (Stunt). Propabilia. Retrieved on January 19, 2020.
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  38. File:216FifthInLine.png
  39. File:414WeddingDress.png
  40. File:709ImAware.png
  41. "Regina Mills" Storybrooke costume ensemble from Once Upon a Time Season 1, Episode 3.. iCollector. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018.
  42. File:710ShesRightThere.png
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  56. File:622YourStorybook.png
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  59. InstagramIcon Craig Clarke (@vfxsup) on Instagram: Repost from @emmalovesluna (Central Park (Burnaby)) (February 20, 2018). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
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  64. Steve Pearlman on the Season Six DVD/Blu-ray Audio Commentary for "The Other Shoe"
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  65. ENCHANTING FOXGLOVE FARM – $4,600,000. PriceyPads.com. Retrieved on June 11, 2018. (The fourth photograph down)
    File:719GothelSeeingDresses.png (note the identical furniture, doors, floor, chandelier and pillars)
  66. 6742 224 St Langley, British Columbia. Google Maps (August 2014).
    File:719ApproachingShed.png (note the identical building and tree around the entrance)
  67. "The Sandkings" ~ The Outer Limits (Full Episode). YouTube (July 7, 2017).
  68. Screenshot from Stargate SG-1: "Icon"
  69. Screenshot from Stargate SG-1: "The Gamekeeper"
  70. Screenshot from The Vampire Diaries: "Pilot"
  71. Screenshot from Supernatural: "Everybody Hates Hitler"
  72. Screenshot from Supernatural: "Celebrating The Life Of Asa Fox"
  73. Screenshot from The Magicians: "Have You Brought Me Little Cakes?"
  74. Screenshot from Arrow: "Bratva"
  75. TwitterLogo Sean Maguire (@sean_m_maguire) on X, formerly Twitter: Sorry I'll get this right. Tonight @E4Tweets 9pm find out who won the war? (January 4, 2017). (backup link)
    Screenshot from Timeless: "Party at Castle Valar"
  76. InstagramIcon Jonathan Whitesell (@jonwhitesell) on Instagram: 🏡#beyond (July 8, 2016). (backup link)
    Screenshot from Beyond: "Tempus Fugit"
  77. Screenshot from Riverdale: "Chapter Nineteen: Death Proof"
  78. Screenshot from Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
  79. 606 Clarkson St, New Westminster, British Columbia. Google Maps (June 2016).
  80. 20 Sixth St, New Westminster, British Columbia. Google Maps (June 2017).
  81. 680 Clarkson St New Westminster, British Columbia. Google Maps (June 2016).
    26 Lorne Mews New Westminster, British Columbia. Google Maps (July 2017).
  82. 682 Clarkson St New Westminster, British Columbia. Google Maps (August 2017).
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  83. File:709AndRemember.png (the sign for Sew Sweet Rose Bridal which is located opposite of the alley way on Columbia Street can be seen in the background of Rogers and Weaver's scene)
  84. 28 Lorne Mews New Westminster, British Columbia. Google Maps (July 2017).
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  85. Screenshot from Supernatural: "Hook Man"
  86. Screenshot from Arrow: "Home Invasion"
  87. Screenshot from Timeless: "Karma Chameleon"
  88. File:IGmo_co_lee-709.png
  89. 710 Columbia St, New Westminster, British Columbia. Google Maps (June 2017).

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