In flashbacks to Henry’s senior year of high school, Henry ponders over his next step and tells Regina that he wants to explore colleges outside of Storybrooke. He ends up being accepted to every college he applied to, but having to lie about his life experiences has him doubting about leaving town. In the present day, Regina and Lucy try to thwart Gothel’s plot to wipe out mankind. After multiple failed attempts to wake Henry, Regina reveals that the curse took them back in time. When a disbelieving Henry decides to call a phone number listed on his adoption papers, a young Henry picks up on the other line. It is revealed that the curse took them back to the same time period shown in the flashbacks; it is currently Henry’s graduation night. The adult Henry gives his younger self some advice, which gives him the push he needs to be okay with leaving home. When Henry finds Regina hurt by Gothel, he gives her true love’s kiss, which breaks the curse over the entire neighborhood. Alice finds the strength to defeat Gothel, with her father and Robin by her side. Rumple pays a visit to Facilier’s office and their standoff halts when his Wish Realm counterpart suddenly appears and kills Facilier. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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In a flashback, young tree nymph Gothel yearns for interaction with humans. Though warned against it by her nymph family, she explores a house and meets a group of ladies who appear accepting of her magic and invite her to a ball. It turns out that the girls only sought to humiliate her, stealing her key to enter the nymphs’ grove and destroy everything and everyone in it. Avenging the death of her kind, Gothel goes on a destructive rampage and turned her home realm into what is later known as the Land Without Magic. In the present day, Gothel tells Tilly that she is her mother and Tilly goes to Rogers with this information. The two of them go to Henry, who has already begun to seriously consider that the stories in his book are real. Lucy and Facilier successfully cure Henry of his pre-curse ailments, but when Henry and Jacinda kiss, the curse doesn’t break. Meanwhile, Rogers and Tilly’s stakeout on Eloise ends with Tilly being blackmailed into becoming the final member of Gothel’s revived coven. The sisterhood then releases their magic back into the land. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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In the past, Mr. Gold, still dealing with the loss of Belle, is challenged by Facilier to rid himself of the Dagger by seeking out the Guardian. When Gold finds Alice and believes her to be the person he seeks, he tests out the theory on Facilier by pulling his heart out, but Rumple has a change of heart, withholding his transfer of power to Alice so she can be happy with Robin, not dealing with the burden he carries. In the present, Nick’s death has Weaver suspecting Samdi of stealing the dagger, but Samdi says he had no involvement with taking it. Weaver betrays Roni by using the magic needed to save Henry in order to track down the dagger, which leads to Tilly, whose first date with Margot is distracted by the voices from the dagger itself. Henry discovers that Nick was telling him the truth about the blood test results that confirmed him as Lucy’s father and shares the results with a stunned Jacinda. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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In a flashback, a Blind Witch, who is in possession of Hansel and Gretel, has settled in Oz, to Zelena’s disdain. After Zelena refuses to help the kids, she is magically weakened by the witch and faints in the forest. She is taken in by a blind man named Ivo, who happens to be Hansel and Gretel’s father. When Zelena decides to go back for the children, she finds that they have already escaped and told their father about their encounter with her. When the family refuses to give her a second chance, Zelena angrily burns Hansel. In the present day, Jack tells Henry everything about their fairytale past, but Henry still refuses to believe. Jack kidnaps Chad to lure in Zelena so he can get his revenge, though he is rendered unconscious by Zelena. Zelena ends up having to tell Chad her real name and hints at her wicked past, though he recommits his engagement to Zelena and the two decide to move back to San Francisco together. Meanwhile, Facilier uses Naveen, who is actually not cursed, to get magic for a voodoo doll that he uses to kill a detained Jack. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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In a flashback, Henry expresses his desire to find his own story, as he feels unworthy of Ella. When he mentions to Hook that he wants to propose with a special ring like his grandparents’, Hook suggests that they retrieve one from Davy Jones’ locker and the two sneak aboard the Jolly Roger to overtake it from Blackbeard. However, it is revealed that it was all a set-up by Hook so that Henry could feel like he partook in an epic adventure. A little while later, Henry ends up proposing to Ella anyway. In the present day, Henry lands a job interview in New York, but before he can leave, Weaver finds his novel at the crime scene and insists that he help the police identify the Candy Killer, whom they conclude is a man who believes he is the “Hansel” of the story. When Henry gets a flat tire driving to the airport, Nick offers him a ride, which ends with Henry getting kidnapped by Nick, who confirms the former’s suspicions of him being Hansel and the Candy Killer. Zelena finds herself to be the killer’s next target. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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In a flashback, Gothel recruits Drizella to compete for one of two spots in her coven. Drizella strikes a partnership with Gretel and they agree to help each other out on the course, but it turns out the real test was that one would have to kill the other to win. In the present day, Drizella is attacked by the neighborhood “Candy Killer”. Facilier offers her a way to escape to her home realm, though it would be at the expense of Anastasia’s life. Initially, Drizella lures Anastasia in under the guise of wanting to rekindle their sisterhood and brings her to Facilier to perform the ritual. When Anastasia unexpectedly awakens and is forced to choose between Drizella or Gothel, she ultimately chooses her sister. The two leave Hyperion Heights and return to the New Enchanted Forest to start anew. Meanwhile, Lucy organizes a boys’ night out for Henry, Rogers, and Nick, which ends with the revelation that Nick is the Candy Killer. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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In a flashback, Alice makes a birthday wish to get out of the tower and, shortly after, a troll appears and helps her escape. Years later, Alice is caught spying on the resistance group by Robin, who had just recently arrived to the New Enchanted Forest. Robin intends to honor her father’s legacy by hunting down Alice’s troll, who has since been destroying villages, but Alice goes after her to protect it. In the present day, Rogers, Henry, and Tilly are looking for evidence of Tilly being elsewhere during the time of the baker’s murder to clear her name. As she retraces her steps, Tilly grows frustrated when she finds that no one can remember seeing her at the places she visited. Meanwhile, Regina asks Facilier out on a date so that Lucy can break into his suite to look for clues as to what he seeks in Hyperion Heights. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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In flashbacks, after a young Alice has been receiving frightening visions of Gothel attacking her and Hook in the tower, Hook vows to help her escape and seeks help from the Rumplestiltskin in the Wish Realm. Rumple tells him to procure a magical fish hook from Captain Ahab. He wins it from Ahab over a die roll but, when Ahab comes back to taunt him about his former pirate status, Hook agrees to a pistol duel. When he returns to the tower, Hook and Alice find themselves branded and cursed by Gothel, who poisoned the bullet that hit him. In the present day, Rogers and Weaver interrogate Eloise about her cult, though she is only interested in playing mind games with Rogers. Tilly, who is experiencing a manic episode, desperately tries to convince the detectives to see Eloise for who she really is. When they deduce that Eloise was trying to mislead them about the case, they check up on Hilda in the hospital, only to find her dead, with Tilly holding a scalpel in the room. So grab a cup of tea and join us as we explore the magical world of Storybrooke and beyond with Chelsea and Roger.

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