NARRATOR: Once upon a time, an evil queen
banished every storybook character you've ever known to our world.
Who knows the truth and who can break the spell?
You don't play with the curse.
I don't understand. You're not going to kill me?
Run!
But you not only lied to her, you lied to me.
What are you saying?
That we shouldn't be together.
It's been 24 hours since Kathryn went missing.
Have you found anything?
EMMA: I need you to come to the Sheriff's station with me
and tell me everything.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
Thank you.
I hope Kathryn is somewhere warm. Not out in the cold.
David.
I think you need to start worrying about yourself a little bit more here.
Your wife is missing.
You are in love with another woman.
There's this unexplained phone call...
I know. I know. I just...
I can't explain why it says that.
I didn't do anything to my wife.
I'm pretty good at spotting a liar,
and honestly,
liars have better material.
Now, go home.
I can go?
We don't even know if there was a crime yet.
So, get some sleep.
Thank you.
And, David, maybe get a lawyer.
(WOLF HOWLS IN DISTANCE)
You can't be serious.
A whole year without a roof over your head?
You get used to it.
And plus I had the motorcycle,
so if I didn't like a place after a while...
(IMITATES WHOOSHING)
- GRANNY: Ruby? - (SIGHS)
I've never even been out of Storybrooke.
What was your favorite place?
Nepal.
Best people.
They have these prayer temples,
carved into mountains that are overrun with lemurs.
- What's a lemur? - Ruby!
Just give me a sec!
They're little animals.
Yeah. And they have these eyes that reflect light,
so at night it looks like they glow.
Ruby, stop flirting and get over here!
WOMAN: Who's there?
Let me in.
WOMAN: I'm just a poor old widow. Spare me!
- Let me in, or I'll... - Yes?
I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow...
(CHUCKLES) You'll huff and puff?
I couldn't think of nothing.
So you thought you'd level the house with the power of your breath?
Hmm.
Well, a case could be made...
- (CHUCKLING) Oh! - Shh!
Granny's in the other room.
You know she doesn't like me opening the shutters.
No, she doesn't like me.
That's what I meant.
- You gotta get out of here. - I know.
Anywhere.
A blacksmith's boy can get work all over.
You'd leave everyone you know?
You'd do that for me?
I'd do anything for you.
(CHUCKLES)
Peter, watch out, your air of danger is slipping.
Come out. Just for a minute.
It's already dark. She'd never let me.
GRANNY: Red? Where are you? What are you doing?
Let go.
Pay the price. One kiss.
GRANNY: Red, get in here!
(GIGGLES)
What's going on?
Nothing that concerns you.
Just a bunch of fools trying to get themselves killed
over a few dead sheep.
Wolf took out a dozen last night.
So you called me in here to what?
Just to keep me in sight?
TOMKINS: Good evening, Red.
We're just forming up a hunting party.
You're hunting the wolf?
Can I go with them, please? I'll be safe in a big group.
Don't be ludicrous. You're staying inside
and you're keeping that hood on.
You know red repels wolves.
They're not wearing red.
They're damn fools, too.
There're only two more nights left in wolfstime.
Let it take a few sheep.
Now, go home.
I hope they kill the wolf.
Then we can have lives again.
You just want to roam around the woods with that wastrel, Peter.
He's not a wastrel.
He works hard. He has plans.
Oh, lam sure he does.
Now come on.
You know what to do.
Now, go to sleep, girl.
Yes, Granny.
I hope I don't see that boy mooning around here tomorrow.
And wear the hood!
Yes, Granny.
I can't believe you did that. That was humiliating.
I want you to start working Saturday nights.
Come on. We have an agreement about Saturday night.
I want to start training you to do the books and the reorders.
Business is booming lately,
and with more money comes more paperwork.
Yeah, none of that sounds good.
It's gotta be done.
Is this a punishment? For talking to that guy?
If I wanted to punish you, I'd have better reasons.
For one thing, you were late.
For another thing, Liza,
you dress like a drag queen during fleet week.
And you dress like Norman Bates
when he dresses like Norman Bates' mother.
Ruby, you're a grown woman.
You can't keep acting like some kid.
You just want me to act like you until I turn into you.
Well, I am not a fossil yet, Granny.
I should be out there having adventures with lemurs!
Well, as long as you work here, you are gonna listen to me.
I didn't ask to work here.
Then what's keeping you?
Nothing. I quit!
(DOOR BELLS JINGLE)
Did you get any sleep at all last night?
I'll sleep with the trolls in the afterlife.
Here.
I'll get the shutters.
You go check if that wolf left the chickens alone.
Yes, Granny.
(SIGHS)
Wear your hood!
(CLUCKING)
(THUDDING)
I'm sorry. I can go.
- Are you stealing our eggs? - No.
Not a lot.
Hey, hey. It's all right.
Thank you.
It was just that last night, there was something out there.
It was howling, and I heard it, and it was so cold, so...
Hey, come on.
Come with me.
Everyone calls me Red.
I'm Sn...
Frosty.
Frosty? Really?
No. It's just that someone's looking for me, so...
You don't know or trust me yet.
Hey, I get it. I just need something to call you.
Uh, Margaret. Oh, no.
Uh, Mary.
Mary.
Well, then, Mary, come on.
I just gotta bring in some water before we go in.
It'll just take a second.
What was all that howling?
It's wolfstime. Killer wolf out there.
As big as a pony but a lot more bloodthirsty.
(SIGHS) It's been stalking the area pretty regular. It kills cattle and...
Hang on. This sticks sometimes. Could you just...
(GRUNTS)
Look. Look at that.
Mary.
Look at the water.
Mary.
Mary
Mary?
(SPLASHES)
(PANTING)
(OWL HOOTING)
Is he okay? David?
Oh, yeah. He's a little shaken up, but he's headed home. He's fine.
Any word from Kathryn?
Nothing new.
Did you check with Boston again?
She's not there, Mary Margaret.
(SIGHS) So we have no idea what happened to her?
All we know is that she found out about you two,
gave you a well-deserved slap and then disappeared.
"Well-deserved"?
Do you really believe that?
No.
I'm just preparing you for what everyone else is gonna think.
You two are gonna look bad until we figure the truth out.
You mean David?
That people are going to think, in order to
be free with me, he...
Some are.
And he's not doing himself any favors.
So if there's anything you could think of
to pin down his whereabouts that night...
He wasn't with me. We really are through.
Sorry, no. Don't need a ride.
MAN: It's awfully cold out here.
I'm fine. Really.
I can carry your bag. Where are you headed?
MARY: Dr. Whale?
Mary Margaret. Emma. Hello there.
Hey.
I was just having a talk with Ruby here, but I should...
Yeah. Yeah, you should.
Yeah.
Was he bothering you?
(SCOFFS) The day I can't handle a letch is the day I leave town.
Which this is, I guess.
You're leaving?
I had a fight with Granny, quit my job.
You quit?
Where are you going?
I don't know. (CHUCKLES)
Away.
Yeah, well, buses out of town don't really happen.
And you might want a destination first.
Hey, if you need a place to figure things out,
you could always come home with us.
(STAMMERS) Yeah. Just for a little while.
Come on.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
The one thing I know is that
last night was the very last massacre!
ALL: Yeah!
TOMKINS: You know, if I had stayed with that party for another 10 minutes,
I too would be among the dead.
And when I think if I'd only doubled back,
maybe I could have caught it in the act.
Maybe I would have been able to slay the creature.
You would not.
Widow Lucas.
This creature is more powerful than you can imagine.
You wouldn't have a chance.
Stay inside, hide your children, forget your livestock.
You've said all this before.
But I haven't said howl know.
Nearly three score years ago,
I was a child with six older brothers
big as oak trees,
all of them veterans of the second Ogres-war.
And my father, the biggest of them all.
Come one wolfstime, he decided to go out and take on the wolf.
A different wolf back then, of course, but just as fearsome.
They went out there to protect me.
I was supposed to be asleep,
but I crawled out on the roof to watch and lay down in the thatch.
They had the beast surrounded, the seven of them,
with spears all pointed in at it.
And then it started.
It was lunging.
Not at the men, at the spears,
grabbing with its teeth, breaking the shafts.
They stabbed it with the splintered end,
but it didn't matter.
It tore their throats so fast
that not one of them got a chance to scream, or pray,
or say goodbye.
When my father died, I tumbled from the roof.
And I landed in the blood in front of the wolf.
I felt its breath on my face.
And it clamped its hot jaw on my arm
and I rolled away.
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
Then it looked at me with eyes so black they weren't even there.
And it walked away.
You ever see a wild animal just turn its back and walk away
like you don't matter?
If this wolf is like that one, there is no defeating it.
It's already won just by existing in our world.
You don't kill it. You just hide.
So, your granny is kind of intense.
Yeah. (CHUCKLES) A bit.
I feel like a rat in a trap.
Is this trap keeping you from
being with someone?
How did you know?
Well, I saw some looks exchanged back there.
And I hate to break it to you, but it wasn't subtle.
(GIGGLES)
Yes.
Peter. We've been friends forever,
but now things are...
Well, changing.
That must be nice.
Do you have someone?
Oh, no. And I'm not sure that's in my future.
You're lucky, Red.
I know.
And we're talking about going away together,
but I don't even get any time with him.
Granny's too afraid of the wolf to let me out alone.
You saw what the wolf did.
Sometimes I wonder if she's right.
Oh, she's right about the wolf.
But she's wrong to use it to keep you from love.
You think that's what she's doing?
Let's kill the wolf.
Uh...
Hang on.
We'd be heroes.
Red, teams of trained hunters have been killed.
But they go at night, when it's got the advantage.
If we went now, we could find it slumbering in its den
and kill it in its sleep.
- Oh... - Come on.
Red, I don't know.
(SIGHS) I'm going, with or without you.
But you're right.
I can't let her keep me trapped forever.
(TWIG SNAPS)
(RUSTLING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(RUSTLING)
(SIGHS)
It's you.
(SIGHS)
You okay?
You're looking for Kathryn, too?
I'm looking.
She knows you didn't do anything.
Emma, I mean.
She can tell when people are lying. So she knows.
And I'll stand with you.
I'll tell everyone this isn't possible.
And she's going to turn up somewhere.
That's why we're out here, right?
I'm looking.
David?
David!
What about that?
That's a dog. See how small that is?
Don't look where the snow's drifted, it covers tracks.
Hey. Over here.
That is a rabbit.
What we're looking for will be huge.
Like a dog print, but big,
like eight-inches across, with big long claws.
Like these?
(SIGHS DEEPLY) Yes.
And those.
Oh, my gods. How big is this thing?
This was one stride?
From here to there?
Come on.
Over there, through the brush and off towards the hill.
You're good at this.
When there's something I want,
I'm good at tracking it down.
(PHONE RINGS)
HENRY: Wanna be a bike messenger?
Bike messenger?
That's about taking things to people in a little basket.
No. Yeah, see, I'm not so great at bike-riding.
How about taking things on foot to people in a little basket?
- I'm not so sure that's a real job. - (PHONE RINGS)
Why do the phones keep doing that?
Oh, the non-emergency calls go to a machine when Emma is busy.
(RINGING)
Sheriff's station. How can I help you?
Mmm-hmm. I'll get her to return.
- Thank you, too. - (RINGING)
Sheriff's station. Hey, Ms. Ginger.
No, that's not a prowler. That's Archie's dog, Pongo.
Throw him a vanilla wafer. He'll quiet down.
Did you still want to talk to Emma?
Great. Glad I could help. (CHUCKLES)
How's it going, you two?
Great. Except I can't do anything.
I'm sure that's not true.
I just saw you on the phone. That was good.
That? That's nothing.
- No, no, it isn't. - (SIGHS)
I actually have some money in the budget,
if you want to help out around here.
Yes! Thank you! Yes.
Um, I could answer phones and help out.
Is there anything else that you need done?
Organize files, cleaning up? Please, I want to be useful.
I'm swamped with the Kathryn Nolan thing.
If you maybe want to grab us lunch,
I would never say no to a grilled cheese.
Done. You want anything?
Two chocolate chip cookies, a half a pie and a hot dog.
He ate at school.
Hey! Lunch, Mary Margaret? I'm getting for everyone.
No, I'm not hungry.
David's in the woods.
There's something wrong with him.
He looked right through me. It's like...
It's like he was a different person.
(SIGHS)
Here's another one.
Right. And then here's...
What?
This print, it looks like it's half wolf and half boot.
See?
Wolves don't wear boots.
No, they don't.
And it just continues like it was a man.
Like it was a man and a wolf.
Red, what kind of monster is this?
RED RIDING HOOD: So... SNOW WHITE: Yeah.
Wolfstime is once a month. On the full moon.
There's a story I heard once, about a creature...
Hey.
Aren't we awfully close to the cottage?
Who's gone to your window, Red?
(SIGHS)
Is it Peter?
Red, has he been at your window?
Last night.
Before the killings.
And he never joined the guys to hunt the wolf.
But I'm sure he wouldn't have killed them.
He wouldn't.
But when the wolf takes over...
What about tonight's hunting party?
They're gonna kill him.
Or he's gonna kill them.
It doesn't have to be that way.
What can we do?
Tell him.
If he doesn't know, tell him. Stop him.
If he'll listen to anyone, if he'll believe anyone, it's you.
You think I can save him?
I think you can save everyone.
It's gonna be dark soon.
Granny will be out of her mind with worry if we're not home.
She'll go out there.
Mary, this is so bad.
So do something.
You're right.
I have to.
(DOOR BELLS JINGLE)
(DOOR CLOSES)
I need a couple of grilled cheeses.
I'm working over at the Sheriff's station now.
Sort of like a...
Like a deputy, you know?
I guess sometimes your fate finds you.
Seems kind of like you're doing the same thing you've always done.
- Plus so much more. - Hmm.
Those will be right up.
Yeah.
Tony has to unwrap the cheese slices.
I help solve crimes.
I'm sure you do.
I hope you're finding what you're looking for.
I am.
You think this wolf-man is me? Red, you know me.
I know it's not you really.
But I think it's using your body.
Wouldn't I know?
Wouldn't I wake up in the woods?
- Wouldn't I remember something? - Maybe.
Maybe it makes you forget.
Oh, my gods.
Those men,
they died.
If I did that...
Forget the past,
think of the future.
We can go now, Peter!
And have lives.
All we need to do is tie you up during the wolfstime.
And I know where to get rope.
No.
Not rope.
(CLANKING)
Chains.
Just in case.
Just in case you're right.
I'll show you how to rig it up so that I can't get out.
And then you need to get away from me.
No.
I'm staying with you.
I'll stay with you all night.
And for all the nights to come.
You'd do that for me?
I'd do anything for you.
(SIGHS)
Okay, kid, I don't mean to kick you out,
but I gotta go see if David's in some kind of trouble out there.
It's okay. I'm supposed to meet my mom.
- There. - Nice.
You know, you can let Ruby do more.
She's Little Red Riding Hood.
With the little basket? (CHUCKLES) Yeah, she seems like a badass.
She is. She just doesn't remember how cool she is
or what she's capable of.
- But it's true. - (SIGHS)
- Hey, Ruby. - Hey, Henry.
Got your grilled cheese.
Thank you.
- You all right? - I guess.
I mean, this is something I know how to do, so yay.
Okay. Let's pack these back up.
And we can eat it in the car.
I need to do a little wilderness search,
and I need your help.
I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna screw it up.
I mean, I'll screw it up with flair, but...
No, you won't. Come on.
You can do this.
This place is massive. How are we supposed to find one guy?
Shh. Hey, shh. We might be able to hear him.
It's massive.
I'm following the path because there are boot prints
so just stay close.
I shouldn't even be here. I'm just gonna screw everything up.
- Wait. - Ruby.
I hear him.
- Really? - Yeah, really.
I hear him or something,
I mean, I know where he is. Don't you?
No.
What are you doing?
- He's over here! - Ruby.
Ruby?
David?
Oh, God. Come on. David. Come on. Wake up.
David, wake up!
Hey.
Emma?
What? Ruby?
Do you remember where you are?
No, I...
What the hell?
I was in your office and...
Did you bring me here?
You don't remember anything since you were in my office?
Last night?
No.
I don't.
Well, he's bruised, scratched up, a little dehydrated...
What did you expect?
He's got a cut on his head.
WHALE: It's superficial.
I can refer him to Dr. Hopper for a mental health eval,
but it's my opinion that whatever caused this blackout is
the same phenomenon we observed when he came out of his coma.
Moving around, acting out, not remembering it later.
We will figure it out.
(SIGHS) It's so strange. I can't even believe it happened.
How functional could he be during one of these episodes?
I mean, he talked to someone.
People in similar states, even under sleep medication,
do all sorts of things.
Cooking, talking, driving a car.
You want to know if I could've made that call.
Or more.
You want to know if I could've, what, kidnapped her?
- Killed her? - Take it easy, there.
No one's saying you did anything bad, David.
No, but it would explain why it didn't seem like I was lying.
I wouldn't know.
Stop talking, David.
What are you doing here?
Why doesn't this man have a lawyer present?
Have you even read him his rights?
No. Because he's not under arrest. We're just talking.
Right. Just talking.
What are you doing here?
Mayor Mills is still Mr. Nolan's emergency contact.
You have to be kidding me.
I thought that changed to Kathryn.
Well, Kathryn is currently unavailable.
Some people haven't found her yet.
Stop trying to place blame and just find her.
There's a whole lot of Maine to search, Regina.
Well, you covered this room.
I suggest you branch out.
(PHONE RINGS)
Sheriff's station, thank you for calling.
How may I direct...
EMMA ON PHONE: Hey, stop. It's me.
Here's the thing.
The last time David went for a dreamwalk,
he went to the toll bridge. You know the one?
It's a crazy hunch,
but I want you to take my Bug and go and see if he was there.
I could get somebody else to.
Ruby, you were great out there.
I still don't know how you found him. You can do this.
I don't know.
It's gonna be dark out soon. David's gonna be let out.
If something's there, we gotta get there first.
We don't have time to argue.
Can you do this?
I mean, what am I even looking for?
Anything out of the ordinary.
Something that doesn't belong there.
And if I find something?
Just follow your instincts.
(THUD)
(SCRAPING)
(SIGHS)
You can't give me a clue what I'm looking for?
Anything of Kathryn's.
Ruby? What's going on?
Did you find something?
(SCREAMS)
- Ruby? - (WHIMPERING)
Ruby?
(FOOTSTEPS)
(DOOR OPENS)
Where's Mary?
Come on, girl, wake up. We'd best bar the door.
If Mary's not back by now, she'll have to take her chances.
(GASPS)
- She's in no danger. - What have you done?
No, it's okay, it's all right,
- it's fine. - Where is she?
Well, she's with Peter,
and I know you don't like him, but that's really beside the point.
You stupid, careless, ridiculous girl.
No, you don't understand.
Peter isn't...
This is going to be difficult to accept.
You just have to trust me.
He's the wolf.
You think Peter is the wolf?
Yes.
This terrible creature is also human.
It's okay, though.
He won't hurt her. She's got him tied up.
He's tied up?
Oh, that poor boy.
(CLAN KS)
Red! No! Red!
- It's me! Don't! Don't, please! - (GROWLING)
Red! No!
Red! (GRUNTS)
- Red!
No.
Is... Is that what I think it is?
Yeah.
I can't look.
(SIGHS)
Are you okay?
(SIGHS) I don't know what I am.
It's gonna be all right. We can figure out what happened now.
(CHUCKLES)
Ruby, you did good.
This is doing good?
Yeah. It's amazing.
First, you found David, and now this.
I know you say you don't know what you are, but whatever it is,
I gotta say, I'm impressed.
(CHUCKLES) Don't be. I was scared out of my mind.
But you did it anyway.
(WOLF HOWLS)
SNOW WHITE: You knew?
GRANNY: Of course I knew.
Her mother was one too before a hunting party killed her.
I thought maybe Red didn't get it,
but when she was 13, it started.
I paid a wizard for that cloak.
It keeps her from turning, but she doesn't wear it,
and she's found some way out of the house.
Why didn't you tell her?
I didn't want her to have that burden.
It's a terrible burden.
That story you told.
That was her grandfather.
He marked me that night, then came back, found me,
turned me.
Turned you. You're...
(WOLF HOWLS)
Granny? How are you tracking her?
By smell.
I still have that, even though the rest of it has faded away.
Gods, I was a fool to think I could keep this from her.
I am a fool, and I've cost so many lives.
You didn't mean to. That's the main thing.
- Is it? - (WOLF HOWLING)
Here.
A silver-tipped arrow will drop her.
- Oh... - Shh!
Follow me.
We're approaching from downwind, so we have a chance.
(SQUELCHING)
- (TWIG SNAPS) - (GASPS)
(GROWLING)
- (YELPS) - (THUD)
Cloak!
- (WOLF WHIMPERING) - (BREATH ES HEAVILY)
(GROWLING)
(WIND BLOWS)
It's too late.
He's gone.
RED RIDING HOOD: Who's gone?
Get up, girl! Get ready to run!
- What's going on? - Come on, Red.
Don't you hear them?
We have to go.
Go? I don't understand.
I'll explain it later. We must hurry.
Huh? I'm confused. What's happening?
Where's Peter? (PANTING)
He wasn't the wolf.
Granny?
I was wrong to keep it from you.
But now you have to go.
- (MEN SHOUTING IN DISTANCE) - Red, go!
It's me?
(SHOUTING GROWS LOUDER)
(CRYING) Oh, gods, it's me.
Red, go!
I don't want to go like this!
- GRANNY: You have to. - No.
- No, no, no, no. - It's okay. It's gonna be okay.
- Mary, there's no time. - I know.
- I'll get her out of here. - Go.
(SHOUTING)
(DOOR BELLS JINGLE)
You look good.
Thanks.
You want something for the Sheriff?
No.
(GROANS)
Your arm okay?
Same as it is every full moon. Ah!
What are you doing here, Ruby?
Are you here to tell me more about your fine new job?
I want to come back.
Why? You were pretty mad.
I wasn't mad.
Looked like mad from here.
Mmm-hmm. Yeah. Here's the thing. (CHUCKLES)
You were talking about having me do all this stuff, and I wasn't sure...
I said that you wanted me to turn into you.
But what I meant was,
I don't know how to be you.
You're a tough act to follow.
Oh.
And then you wanted me to take on all this extra responsibility and...
I guess I just got scared.
Don't be. You shouldn't be.
Well, lam. But it's okay.
I can do it anyway.
I sort of found someone in myself that was more than I expected.
What about adventure? What about lemurs?
Emma was my lemur. Did that.
Found out I could do that.
And also that I don't want to.
I don't want a job where a good day means ruining someone's life.
I wanna do something that makes me happy.
Somewhere I love.
Look, just so you know,
I wanted you to do the books and everything
so you can take over when I retire.
Own the whole place.
- Own it? - Sure.
I mean, who else would I give it to but someone who loves me back?
Proud of you.
What was that?
You heard me.
David, it's going to be okay.
Really? How do you know that?
Because I honestly can't say anything about my actions any more.
There has to be an explanation.
You're right.
But the problem is,
I don't think it's a good one.
(DOOR CLOSES)
What is it? Did you find her?
We found a box.
What does that mean?
We think it...
We think that she...
What?
There is a human heart inside it.
Oh, my God.
DAVID: (SOBBING) No.
(CRYING)
We're gonna send it out for some tests,
but there aren't any other missing people.
(WHISPERS) Maybe you should go.
There is more.
What?
There were fingerprints inside the lid of the box.
I ran them through the records of everyone in town,
and there was a match.
- Arrest me. - No!
David...
Arrest me. Emma, do it.
David, the fingerprints weren't yours.
(WHISPERS) What?
They were Mary Margaret's.