ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” is another show that has come back from the winter hiatus, and once again, viewers were immediately sucked back into the worlds of Storybrooke and the fairytale land. This time, we got to see a bit about the backstory of Rumpelstiltskin.
In Fairytale Land, we learn that Rumpelstiltskin was a nice, simple man who wanted to protect his son from the Ogre Wars, a war that, ultimately, doesn’t solve a thing and only ends with the small village’s children being killed for no reason. Rumple is intent on stopping his village’s children from being slaughtered, including his own son, so he decides to steal the source of black magic, which involves killing the master of dark magic, who originally speaks to Rumple as a beggar. Rumple succeeds in killing the dark master, only to realize it was the beggar all along. Shocked at being tricked and scared of his new magic, he begs the beggar to tell him how to handle the magic, but the beggar dies before he can tell him anything more about magic, except for the fact that “Everything comes with a price.” Having learned this the hard way, Rumple comes back, kills the evil powers-that-be, and feels like he is protecting his son. However, his son is now afraid of him.
Meanwhile, in Storybrooke, Emma is intent on becoming the next sheriff after the death of Graham. However, Regina doesn’t want that to happen. Instead, she appoints Sydney Glass as the next sheriff. However, a stipulation in the Storybrooke laws state that the mayor can only appoint a candidate for sheriff, and that the town will have to vote. Mr. Gold, who is slowly revealing himself to be against Regina (for opportunity?), makes Emma out to be the hero by staging a fire, causing Emma to save Regina. When Emma realizes the deception, she refuses to be a pawn in Mr. Gold’s plan, and at the debate for sheriff, she reveals the fire plot. However, this honesty causes her to win the election. It turns out that this was Mr. Gold’s plan all along. Now the threat of the favor Emma owes Mr. Gold is weighing heavily in the air.
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