That Still Small Voice

"That Still Small Voice" is the 5th episode of Once Upon a Time.

Summary
As Sheriff Graham deputizes Emma, the ground shakes and a giant sinkhole mysteriously appears at the edge of town. But a curious Henry's life is placed in danger when he decides to explore the innards of the sinkhole to see if its contents can link the inhabitants of Storybrooke to the fairytale world. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale world, Jiminy yearns to leave the family business and transform into the person he wants to be.

Plot
"There is a town in Maine..."

We see an overview of the streets of Storybrooke. Emma Swan makes her way to Granny's Bed and Breakfast, inside, she reuqests a room, she is given a key and Granny tells her, "Welcome to Storybrooke.".

"Where every storybook character character you've ever known..."

Henry looks at a picture of Snow White and Prince Charming's wedding in his storybook. Prince Charming kisses Snow White on her glass coffin, awakening her with true love.

"Is trapped between two worlds..."

Mary Margaret Blanchard releases a blue bird out of her classroom window. Snow White releases a blue bird from her hand off of her balconey. "An Evil Queen sent a bunch of fairytale characters here?" Emma asks Henry. Queen Regina crashes the wedding of Snow and Charming. Regina stares at Emma from her doorsetp. "And now they don't remember who they are." Henry says, answering Emma's previous question.

"Victims of a powerful curse..."

The Evil Queen's Dark Curse envelops Prince Charming's Castle. "Everything you love, everything all of you love, will be taken from you." Queen Regina promises that land whilst crashing the royal wedding.

"Only one knows the truth..."

Regina looks at Henry's storybook, worried about the safety of her curse, and then looks up into the mirror.

"And only one can break her spell..."

Emma stares at Regina as the shot moves around her blonde head. "It's your destiny, you can bring back the happy endings." Henry assures Emma as they sit on his "castle". "Enjoy your stay." Mr. Gold tells Emma, welcoming her to Storybrooke. The Storybrooke clock ticks.

ONCE UPON A TIME

Act I
In the fairytale land that was, a small crowd of people are crowded around a puppet theatre on a stage, as one of the puppets, a damsel, walks on, she is cheered for. "Oh, I wish, I wish, but nothing changes!", the puppet exclaims in a put-on, high pitched voice, the crowd laughs. "I wish I was better at wishing!", the puppet exclaims, the crowd laughs again. As the damsel goes onto talk about a fearsome dragon, a small boy is seen within the crowd, moving through the audience members discretely. As the crowd enjoys the show, the boy kneels down and pick-pockets a woman, taking money from her pouch. A kinight puppet joins the small theatre and is greeted by claps, as he talks about how he may slay the fearsome dragon, the boy takes from another person's pocket, adding it to his satchel. The damsel leaves the stage and a dragon puppet emerges, the crowd gasps as the dragon begins his dialogue with the knight. As this is going on, the boy retrieves a small knife and uses it to slice open someone's bag and take the contents for himself. As the show goes on, the boy walks away from the crowd, unnoticed, and goes into the carriage behind the stage. Later, in a field, the boy sits on the back of the carriage and pours a pouch of money out before his parents, his father tells him to be careful as they might disappear (doing a magic trick with the coin as his does so, making the coin disappear and pulling it out from behind the mother's ear), the boy seems unimpressed. His father places the coin back into the pile and the boy pulls out of his satchel a small cage witha cricket in it, "Ooh, a cricket! I love crickets!", he exclaims, happily. "Crickets are trouble. Noisy bugs.", the mother tells him, "But they get to do whatever they want. Hopping from place to place. They're free.", the boy explains, "You're free.", his mother rminds him, "To do what you want.", the father weighs in, "To be who you are.", "You are who you are.", the parents finish. "Well maybe I wanna be something else! Maybe I don't wanna steal!... Maybe I wanna be good.", the boy tries, "All that from a cricket?" asks his father, "Told you... trouble.", his mother reminds them, "Good is another word for weak.", his father says, his mother puts her glasses on, "Let us do the thinking for you.", "That's what parents are for.", "To help you.", "You are who you are, and there's no changing it, Jiminy." his father tells him, Jiminy seems disappointed with this, but accepts it. Jiminy's father has the cricket in his hand and makes it disappear, similar to what he did with the coin, "Problem solved.". In Henry's therapy session in Storybrooke, Archie is taking some notes when Henry mentions, "You weren't always a cricket.". "I wasn't always a wha- Oh, right, because... because you think I'm Jiminy Cricket?", Archie says, before asking Henry the reason why he thinks that. "It's just because of who you are.", Henry explains, "And who am I?", Archie asks, "You're a conscience. You help people see right from wrong.", Henry tells him. Archie asks if this means that all of the crickets in Storybrooke were once people too, Henry stands up and walks over to Archie's window, "There aren't any crickets here.", he points out, telling Archie to listen. Archie does so and hears no chirping of crickets, however, he aparantly chooses to ignore the coincedence, he suggests that maybe it isn't late enough, "There's never been crickets here, you've just... never noticed.", Henry tells him, "So you think that's proof that there's a curse?", Archie asks, "Yes, but I know it's not enough. I'm looking for more.", Henry assures him. There is a pause which is broken by Archie, "So, Henry, I've asked you this before and you said you'd think about it, but... why do you think it's so important that this is real?", he asks, "...it... It just is.", Henry reveals, rather redundantly. Archie tells his patient to keep thinking about that answer as he believes something to be burried there. At the sheriff's station, Emma lifts her new deputy's uniform over her chest, it's clearly not meant for a woman, "A tie? You know you don't have to dress a woman as a man just to give her authority.", she tells Graham, "So you think you can get people to do what you want in that red coat?", he asks her, she points out that she's getting him to do what she wants right now, before throwing the shirt onto the desk. Graham asks her to at least where the badge, saying that fi she really wants to become a part of the community, she has to make it official. Emma contemplates this and takes the deputy's badge from Graham's hand, sliding it onto her belt. As soon as she does so, there is a sudden earthquake and a shocked Emma grabs onto the desk as Graham steadies himself. As the earthquake slows down, things stop falling from shelves and barking dogs and car alarms can be heard from outside. The phones of the sheriff's office begin to ring, numerous at a time, Emma becomes stunned and looks at her badge. In a crater on the outskirts of town, there has clearly been a collapse in a mine shaft and the citezens begin to gather around as the sheiff's car arrives. "Everyone step back please!", Regina exclaims as she steps out of her car, clearing the crowd. Ruby is talking to Marco and asks him if that's a crater, he tells her that something's collapsed, the mayor clears them out of the way, trying to end the panic. She tells Marco to help with the fire department so she may talk to Graham who's standing with Emma, "Miss Swan, this is now official town business, you're free to go.", Regina tells her, Emma tells her that she's part of the town and Regina is confused, she looks to Graham, "She's my new deputy.", he tells her. "I see the mayor's always the last to know.", she points out, "It's in my budget.", Graham says. "Indeed. Deputy, why don't you go and make yourself useful and help with crowd control.", Regina instructs her, Emma looks to Graham, who nods, she then obliges. Regina looks at Graham with anger before going to give a speech to the crowd. "People of Storybrooke, don't be alarmed. We've always known this area was honeycombed with old mining tunnels, but fear not. I'm going to undertake a project to make this area safe...", she begins, Henry arrives on the scene with Archie and Regina continues with her speech, "...to rehabilitate it into city use. We will bulldoze it, collapse it, pave it.", she finishes. "Pave it?!", Henry asks, emerging from the crowd, before wondering if something's down there. Regina is shocked to see him and asks him what he's doing there, "What's down there?", he persists, "Nothing. Now step back.", she tells him, pushing him backwards, "In fact, all of you, all of you step back!", she exclaims to the crowd, the oblige. Regina leans down and picks up a shard of glass, she stares at it and places it into her pocket. "What was that?", Henry asks Emma, "Henry, enough.", she tells him, pulling him away from Emma to explain to him that where they are is a safety issue, she orders him to wait in the car. The mayor tells Emma and Graham to tape off the area, they go to do so. In the car, Henry looks to see if Regina is watching him before stepping out of it. He sees Dr. Hopper, "Hey, Archie, over here!", Henry exclaims, Archie walks over to his patient, a little confused, as does Emma, hearing this. "This requires all of 'Operation Cobra'. Both of you.", he tells them, "I didn't realize I was in 'Operation Cobra'.", Archie says, "Of course you are, you know everything.", Henry tells him, before turning to both of them and saying that they can't let Regina do what she's doing as there might be something down there. "They're just some old tunnels.", Emma tries, "That just happen to collapse right after you get here.", Henry points out. He tells her that she's changing things, weakening the curse, "That's not what's happening.", she assures him, "Yes, it is. Did you do anything different today, because something made this happen?" Henry asks her, Emma clutches her badge. "Henry, I told you to wait in the car,", Regina reminds him, walking up to them, Henry leaves, "Deputy, do your job!", Regina dictates, Emma walks away and Regina asks for a word with Dr. Hopper. They talk. "Okay, we're done with this.", Regina tells him, "Excuse me?!", he asks her, confused, "My son! We need a new treatment plan. Everything I do he thinks is part of some horrible plot. I can't cover up a safety hazard without making him think I'm hiding something. How am I hiding something terrible in an old mine?! How is any of this logical to him?!", she asks, angered, "He has an imagination.", he tells her, "Yes, which you've let run rapid!", Regina exclaims, "I think it wrong to rip away the world he's constructed, I find it better to use it to-", Archie tries, "Sometimes I think you've forgotten! You work for me! You're an employee! And I can fire you... This is my town, and you will lose your office, lose your house, I can cut you down until you're a tiny, shrunken, little creature, and this will be the only roof over your damn head!", she yells, grabbing his umbrella from him. Archie pauses, "What would you like me to do?", Archie asks, "You take that delusion out of my son's head... and you crush it.", she instructs him, viciously handing him back his umbrella. She leaves and Archie seems unknowing what to do.

Act II
In the fairytale land that was, villagers move around a small gypsy camp. Myrna, Jiminy's mother, steps out of their carriage and calls for her son who, now being a fully gorwn man, steps out after her. "Oh, I remember this place. Looks like it's been a god year.", Myrna points out, "You can tell by all the fat people.", Martin, Jiminy's father, tells his wife who laughs. As Myrna tries to reminice about a past scheme, Jiminy asks his parents if they can just put on a show, telling them that they make enough as it is doing them and asks if they have to steal too, "We don't have to but it's nice, we steal from then, and then they steal from someone else.", Martin tells him, "It's called an economy.", Myrna adds, "We're a vital part of it.", Martin finishes. Jiminy asks if he can leave and his parents seem fed up, this not being the first time he's asked, telling him that they're old and need him, before listing their several conditions. He is told to set up and unhappily obliges. Later, it's raining heavily upon all of the carriages and tents and Jiminy is setting up the show, "Puppets!", a young boy exclaims, "Wow, what a cool job you have.", he tells Jiminy. Jiminy doesn't reply, "You don't like it?", the boy asks, disappointed, "No, no I don't.", Jiminy tells him, still setting up, going on to say that it's the same every year. "Then why don't you just do something else?", the boy asks, Jiminy smirks, "This is just who I am.", he explains, "Did you just come here to watch us set up?", he asks the boy, "No. I came here to listen to the crickets!", the boy exclaims, "Crickets?", Jiminy notes, saying that he heasn't listened to the crickets in a while. Thunder is heard rumbling above, "Hey, you better get home or you're gonna catch a cold.", Jiminy tells him, "So will you, here, have my umbrella. I don't live far.", the boy offers, handing his umbrella to Jiminy. The man gratefully accepts the boy's umbrella and the latter runs away, covering his hat, promising he'll be back to see the show. Jiminy smiles. Archie sits in his office in Storybrooke, contemplating Regina's threat, soon, Marco walks into the office and greets his friend, he is asked by Archie what he;s doing here and Marco reminds the therapist that they were supposed to meet for lunch. Archie aplogizes, seeming rather panicked, and tells his friend that he's got another patient, "Another time?", he offers, "Sure. But of course.", Marco agrees. Henry rushes into the office, he is told by Marco to have a good session before Marco leaves. As Henry sits down, he asks, "Are you recruiting Geppetto for 'Operation Cobra'?", he asks, "You think Marco's Geppetto?", Archie notes, "Sure, he's Jiminy Cricket's best friend and Marco's yours.", Henry points out. Archie tells Henry that they really have to talk about all of that but Henry cuts him off, saying that he knows he doesn;t believe him but he knows where he can get proof. Henry takes his backpack and Archie looks through it, he pulls out some candy bars and supplies and realizes where Henry is going: the mine. "Oh, no, you can't go down there.", Archie warns the boy, Henry says that he realizes no one believes him but mentions that Emma's in town and stuff's happening - "I have to look at it.", Henry explains. Archie grabs Henry's arms and lowers him down to the couch, telling him to stop. "There is no proof. Look, all of this, all of this is a delusion!", Archie exclaims, "Do you know what a delusion is?", he asks, Henry says he thinks so, "It's something that's not real, and not healthy. And I thought that you'd out-grow this but, Henry, you know, now it's turned into a psychosis, do you know what psychosis is? That's where you can no longer tell what's real! And if that continues, well... then they have to lock you away. Henry, look, this has to stop for your own good, you gotta wake up!... This nonsence must end." he finishes. Henry stares at his doctor with anger in his eyes before getting up and storming out of the office, leaving Archie with tears of regret in his eyes over what he has just done to his patient. Over at the hospital, Mary Margaret is holding a note pad with David's hangman word on it, trying to guess the letters, "I don't know, 'M'?", she asks, he tells her that there are two, adding them to the word with his pen. She laughs, "Get it yet?", he asks her, "Yes, and I am completely mortified. I almost got hanged on my own name.", she tells him. "Don't worry, I would never let you hang. I would've added toes, a hat, maybe a horse.", he assures her. Mary Margaret asks him if it's a game he played alot before, he pauses before revealing that he does not know. "It'll come back.", the teacher assures him, "They're sending you home in a week, they have to think you're progressing, don't they?", she says, "Physically.", he tells her, "Well, you're making new memories just fine.", she points out, "Maybe I'll like these better.", he notes. Mary Margaret smiles at this and suggests they play again, "Can I guess too?", asks Kathryn, walking into the room, she is greeted awkwardly by Mary Margaret who says that it's noon already and she didn't realize. Mary Margaret decides to leave and Kathryn wishes her a good day, Mary Margaert leaves the room and David keeps one eye on her as Kathryn talks to him. She opens a box of photographs and pulls one out to show David, "It's our old dog, Ajax!", Kathryn exclaims, asking him if he remembers. David takes the photo and looks at it, "Yeah.", he tells her, "Yeah, Ajax.". Mary Margaret sees this response and becomes disappointed, she then signs out and leaves the hospital. "I'm the worst person in the world!", Mary Margaret exclaims later in her apartment when making her and Emma a snack, "Really? In the whole world?", Emma asks, "If Kathryn was horrible, it'd be easier, but... she's so... nice.", Mary Margaret mentions, disgruntled. "And what exactly would be easier?", Emma points out, Mary Margaret realizes what her friend is catching onto and tells her that it's nothing. "Nothing's a good idea. You're smart, you know it's not the best idea to get involved with a married man. It's not worth the heartache... trust me.", Emma says, Mary Margaret looks up at this. There is a knock at the door and Emma gets up to answer it, it's Henry, and he's heavily crying. "Kid, what happened?", Emma wonders, beckoning her biological son inside. Archie is having a drink in his office sat next to his dalmatian, Pongo. There is a sudden knocking at his door, Emma is the culprit, she calls for him but he doesn't answer, she soon merely walks in, "What did you do?!", she exclaims, "You told me not to take the fantasy away! You told me not to devastate him!", she reminds the doctor. He tells her that the therapy was not working, she asks if it was Regina, wondering if she threatened him, Archie is silent. "What could be strong enough to drown out your own conscience?!", Emma asks, he tells her that he doesn't have to confide his professional decisions to her, Emma's cell phone rings just as she is about to respond and she retrieves it from her pocket and answers it. "Hello Madam Mayor, nice work!", Emma tells Regina, who asks Emma if she's with "him", "Yes, I'm with Dr. Hopper. And guess what, you left your finger prints all over him when you tried-", "Not him! Henry. Is he with you?", Regina asks, "...I dropped Henry at your office an hour ago.", Emma tells her, "Well he's not here.", Regina tells her, "I don't know where he is...", Emma tells her, worried. Emma then hangs up, noticing Archie's guilty reaction, "Oh... I do.", he tells her. Henry stands outside of the collapsed mine, determined. He soon walks forward and into one of the tunnels, ignoring all of the yellow tape. He shines his flashlight into the tunnel and walks in further, determined to prove that the curse is real.

Act III
In the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin is spinning straw to gold at his wheel, as he turns the material, Jiminy walks in holding a bag of goods, Rumple giggles, "Thank you very much.", he says, Jiminy displaces the good upon Rumple's table. "And the names?", Rumple asks, at this, Jiminy pulls some paper from his inside pocket, "To whom do these treasures belong?", Rumple asks eccentrically, standing up, Jiminy silenty places the list onto the bag of goods. Rumple cuts a piece of gold thread and throws it to Jiminy, telling him its a reward for his thievery. "Thank you, you can go.", Rumple tells Jiminy, blatantly. Jiminy begins to walk away, "But you want something else.", Rumple notes, the thief stops. Rumple places some more gold thread into a dish, asking if he's correct, "Something with... magic.", he says, pouring some potion in with the gold thread, making it shine and fizz. Jiminy is hesitant, "Every year, I'm stuck in that damn wagon. I wanna be free, I wanna... I wanna be someone else, but... something keeps holding me back.", Jiminy explains. "Something or someone?", Rumple asks, hovering his hands over the potion, "It's my parents.", Jiminy reveals, Rumple turns the potion in the dish into a vile and hands it to Jiminy, telling him that it's exactly what he needs. Rumple explains that it will set him free and tells him to pour it, sprinkle it, put it in their drinks, anything will work. Jiminy goes to garb the potion but Rumple pulls it away from him, "Ah, but you have nothing else to give to me.", he points out, "Tell you what, after the potion has... done it's work, leave them where they are, and I'll come collect them. They'll be my fee.", he offers. "What will become of them?", Jiminy asks, "...worry you not. They'll be in safe hands. And you'll be free.", Rumple assures him, handing him the potion. Jiminy hesitantly accepts the vile and walks away with it. At the entrance to the collapsed Storybrooke mine, Emma and Archie call out for Henry, looking for him. Pongo, Archie's dalmatian, runs across the crater and begins to sniff around the entrance, "You find something, Pongo?", Archie asks, hopegully. "I don't think he's here.", Emma says, "Yeah, he is,", Archie says, picking something up from the entrance, "Candy bar.", he says, showing Emma the wrapper, saying that he had them with him. Within the abandoned mine, Henry is navigating his way around it through torch light. He makes his way down a tunnel along a mine cart track and turns a corner. Soon, Henry's walking in a further section of the mine, being cautious as he does so. He shines his torch upon a wall with a small crack in it, he walks closer to inspect the wall and pulls someting from the dent, a shard of glass. He shines his torch upon the glass as he takes a closer look. There is soon a noise heard follow by large rumbling, the ground shakes as does the whole mine, Henry begins to worry. As small rocks begin to fall from the ceiling, Henry backs away, this then turns into a run when a whole segment of ceiling falls down, he speeds back through the tunnels. Back up on the surface, Emma is attempting not to fall down the hill of the crater thanks to the earth tremor as Archie steadies himself on the fragments of the broken tunnel entrance. Archie calls out for Henry, worried about him, and begins to climb into the tunnel, Emma tries to warn him against it whilst still trying not to slide down the crater, however, she goes ignored and Archie walks into the mine. Just as he does so, the entire entrance collapses and is blocked by rocks, emmiting a cloud of dust. The earth tremor stops and Emma runs to the entrance, calling out for Archie. Inside, Archie is okay, he grabs onto the edge of an old mine cart as the rubble settles. "Archie! Henry!", Emma exclaims, unable to get through. Inside again, Archie lights a match on the rim of the mine cart and uses it as a source of light, he picks his umbrella up, "Henry?", he whimpers, looking down the tunnel. He calls out Henry's name, a little louder this time and it is suddenly reciprocated by, "Archie!", as Henry runs out from the corner and startling Archie by the light of his torch, they're happy to see each other. Henry assumes that Archie's there to help him but the doctor tells the boy that they need to vacate the place, "So, you're still against me?", Henry notes, "Henry, there's no time for that! Come on, Henry! Come on!", Archie exclaims, Henry backs away from him, "You don't believe me?! You'll see! You'll see!", Henry cries before running in the opposite direction from Archie, down the tunnel. Archie yells for Henry to return, however, he does not, he looks at the exit and back to Henry's direction, he runs after him.

Act IV
In the fairytale land that was, Jiminy, Martin and Myrna step out of their wagon and approach a small cottage, the loud chirping of crickets is heard. As they approach the door, Jiminy turns to his parents in an attempt to reason with them, "Look, can't we just skip this tonight? We don't need the money.", Jiminy tries, his parents groan, "Everything isn't about money, Jiminy. It's about the principal.", Myrna tells him, "A commitment to excellence.", Martin adds. "Excellence at stealing money.", "Now go ahead and take the elf tonic, Jiminy.", his father tells him and both his parents laugh to each other. Myrna knocks on the cottage's door and a couple answer it, "Ooh, such beautiful young people.", Myrna says, putting her act on, "Excuse me, do you have a place in your hearts for an honest man and his... elderly parents?", Jiminy asks them. "Of course, come in.", the husband beckons and the three of them walk inside. The wife tells them that she'll heat up some broth and Martin compliments their home. The door closes. Soon, Jiminy and his parents are being served broth by the married couple and Jiminy thanks them, making Myrna scowl before returning to her act, "I just can't get it out of my mind, that family.", she says, "Terrible way to go.", Martin adds, his wife shrieks. "What? What happened?", the wife asks, Martin and Myrna look at each other and then back to the couple, "Plague.", they say simultaneously. The couple gasp and Myran tells them that it's in the next town over and that they just passed through, "The plague?", the wife asks, "Well, a plague, certainly.", Mynra tells her. "Could be coming here.", Martin warns her, "Are you two okay?", the husband asks, "Oh, no, we're immune.", says Martin, "We have elf tonic.", his wife adds, "Made by elves, from elves.", "Four out of five court positions recommend it.", "Fifth one died before he could try it.", Martin says, the two of them laugh. "Well you have it, right? Smart folks like you?", Myrna asks, "We've never heard of it.", the wife says, "Oh no!", Myrna exclaims, "Oh, dear God!", Martin adds, "Oh, no, you're going to die. You need elf tonic.", Jiminy says in a clearly rehearsed and unconvincing way. "I wish we had extra!", "We don't have extra!", Jiminy's parents say before he reports in a monotone, "There is no extra.". The wife suggests that they could pay for it, Martin says that they have a tiny bottle but Myrna points out that they need that for themselves. "What can we give you?", the husband asks, "Surely there must be something here you could want?", the wife offers. Jiminy hangs his head. "I'm sure we could come up with something.", Myrna says as her and her husband look around at the contents of the cottage. Martin and Myrna are soon accepting a pile of gold coins from the couple before taking them and wrapping up a whole load of their goods in a blanket. Jiminy says nothing. "Well, I guess we should get loading up.", Myrna says, Martin hangs the sack of goods over his shoulder as heand his wife leave. Jiminy approaches the couple and hands them the bottle, "Here you go.", he says humbly, "Thank you.", the husband says in all sincerity, accepting the vile of "elf tonic", "Thank you.", the wife says as well, Jiminy smiles before walking away and feeling guilty, he closes the door. Otside, his parents are loading up, "Those are good people, they would never hurt us like that!", Jiminy exclaims to his parents, "That's where they went wrong.", Myrna says, "It's better to be the kinda people who take.", Martin says, "Instead of those that are taken from.", Myrna finishes. Jiminy contemplates something before retrieving a vile from his pocket, the one that Rumplestiltskin gave him. He holds the vile and stares at it as his parents continue to load up the wagon, "...I'm sorry...", he tells them. His mother looks at him in shock, "You've given me no other choice.", he explains, clearly saddened by the situation. Jiminy throws the contents of the vile over his parents who scream in horror, however, nothing happens, Jiminy is surprised but his parents just smile. "How frail do you think we are, son?", Myrna asks, "Rain water won't hurt us.", Martin says, Jiminy is confused. His father tells him that he's pretty good at a swtch of the hand, and Jiminy realizes that the viles were switched. He turns to the house, "But this was the elf tonic.", he says. "Oh, my, we must've given whatever you had to that family.", his father says, unconvincingly, "Oh, I hope it wasn't dangerous!", his mother lies. They giggle as Jiminy runs back to the cottage's door. Jiminy opens the door and walks in, there are no signs of people but he picks up an opened bottle of potion from the floor. Jiminy looks past the door, realizing that the potion's been drunk, to see two dolls, man and woman. Jiminy gasps, noticing that this is the couple that drank the potion. He looks at their wooden faces and their holding hands, they seem to be screaming, Jiminy sits down in a panic and his parents walk in. "Ah, look at that.",his father says, "New puppets for the act.", his mother laughs. "Mama! Papa!", a young boy exclaims, running up to the house with a pale of water. The boy becomes confused, wondering who's in his house, he then sees his parents in their doll form and is distraught, "What did you do to them? What did you do to them?!", he asks Jiminy. Back in Storybrooke, in the mine, Archie walks around the corner cautiously, "Henry?!", he tries, wanting to find the child. Archie moves through the collasped metal and shafts, umbrella in hand, and soon sees a torch light, he recongnizes it as Henry and runs towards it. "You gotta slow down.", he tells the kid who's shining his flashlight down a small tunnel, "There's something shiny down there.", says Henry, looking down the hole. "Henry, this is seriously dangerous, we gotta get out of here.", Archie tells him. "It could be something!", Henry tries, "Look at me! Look at me!", Archie exclaims, the kid obliges, "I'm frightened for you!", "Because you think I'm crazy?", Henry asks, "No!... No... it's because we are trapped underground in an abandoned mine... and there is no way out.", Archie explains. Henry is stunned. Up on the surface, Archie's dog, Pongo, barks next to Ruby who's sitting on the hill of the crater amongst the townspeople who are all worried about the safety of Archie and Henry. Regina looks annoyed at the dog and turns her attention back to what she was doing. Elsewhere in the crater, Emma is standing with Graham and Marco, "Archie's smart, he will keep the boy safe until we get to them.", the latter assures them as the three of them watch the rescue team slowly remove rocks and boulders which are blocking the entrance to the mine. There is suddenly another earth tremor and the three of them steady themselves, the rescue team retreat and Regina runs over telling Emma that she's making it worse. The earth tremor ends. "I am trying to save him. You know he wouldn't have gone in the first place because of you because you made him feel like he had something to prove!", Emma exclaims, "Why does he think he has anything to prove? Who's encouraging him?!", Regina asks, "Do not put this on me.", Emma states, "Oh, please, lecture me while his oxygen runs out!", Regina yells before walking away from the deputy. Down in the mine tunnels, Archie walks around a corner containing another old mine-cart and is soon followed by Henry, asking him if he hears something, "It's Pongo!", Henry exclaims, acknowledging a bark from above. The two of them begin to run along the tunnel. On the surface again, Emma approaches Regina, "We have to stop this, arguing won't accomplish anything.", the former states. The saddened mayor turns to Emma and agrees with her. Emma asks Regina what she wants her to do, "...help me.", Regina tells her, Emma nods. Down in the tunnels, Archie and Henry continue to venture and come across a sheet of metal blocking a door way, Henry asks what it is and Archie removes the metal sheet, "Looks like... an old elavator.", Archie tells him. Back up on the surface, Regina is still talking to Emma, "We need to find a way to... punch through the ground. We need something big.", Regina suggests, "Like what?", Emma asks. Marco suggests explosives. In the tunnels, Archie and Henry inspect the elevator and Archie says that it would have been used to get the mine workers in and out of the tunnels - "It goes all the way to the top, that's why we can hear Pongo.", he explains. Henry asks Archie if it can be fixed, Archie steps out of the elevator, "Let's give it a shot.", he tells the kid. On the surface, the town people have been held back by yellow tape as the rescue team sort out the explosives, "Okay,", Emma says, "We're all clear.". In the tunnels, Archie and Henry are in the elevator and Archie is attempting to turn the wheel that accells them upwards, he isn't strong enough to do it alone as the elevator moves only a little, Henry runs over to help and the wheel begins to turn. "Blow it.", Regina says up on the surface, the people kneel down, anticipating the explosion. Underground, the elevator containing Archie and Henry is moving upwards at every turn of the wheel. They are slowly making their way up. On the surface, a member of the rescue squad looks at the blcoked entrance to the mine tunnels and holds a detonator, he soon presses it and the entrance blows open in a small, controlled explosion. In the mine, the elevator stops as Archie and Henry are startled by the rumbling that comes along with the explosion above. As the dust settles on the surface, the crowd stands up. Regina watches worridly as Emma runs under the yellow tape and into the smoke. The town watches, waiting, "Did it work?", Regina asks as Emma emerges, "It didn't open!", Emma exclaims. "Then what did it do?", Graham says, turning to a panicked Regina.

Act V
Over at Storybrooke's hospital, Mary Margaret gathers her things before beginning to leave, however, she walks into David. He asks her where she's going, "Home. I'm done for the day.", she tells him. She asks if he should be resting and he explains that as part of his physical therapy, he supposed to walk for thrity minutes a day on the tread mill or outside with an escort, however, they're low on personel due to what's happening at the mine. "Oh...", Mary Margaret says, vacantly, "So... maybe if there's a volunteer who's willing to help?", he suggests. Mary Margaret pauses and smiles in agreement. Later, David and Mary Margaret are strolling together near a lake and David tells his escort that he's trying to remember the place - "It's like I woke up in some strange land.", he tells her. "Is anything coming back?", Mary Margaret asks him, David shakes his head. "What about when you were with her? You remembered your dog.", she reminds him, David admits that he lied, surprising the teacher very much. "She's so loving, I don;t wanna disappoint her.", David explains, exhaling, "Not much of it feels right. A dog names Ajax, who would name a dog that?", he says. Mary Margaret laughs and David continues, "None of it makes sense, none of it... none of it feels real.", he tells her. "...that sounds lonely.", Mary Margaret points out. "Actually, one thing does feel real.", he starts, grabbing Mary Margaret's attention, "You.", he tells her. She is surprised, "What?", she asks, "I know it's crazy, but I swear you're the only thing in this whole place that feels... that feels right.". Mary Margaret smiles at this and begins to lean in to him, "Kathryn.", he says, "Right.", Mary Margaret agrees, however, David was actually addressing Kathryn, "You're here.", David tells his wife who's arrived on the scene, she explains that she knows it's outside of visiting hours but that she just wanted to see him. "I made some cranberry muffins. They used to be your favorite.", Kathryn says, handing David a muffin basket which he accepts, Mary Margaret standing by, awkwardly. "Well, I should leave you two", the teacher says, walking away, David calls after her, "See you tomorrow.", he tells her, she smiles and continues to walk away. At the recently exploded mine crater, Regina runs out from behind the yellow tape and asks the demolition people what happened, Regina begins to yell as Emma runs up to her, "They could have killed my son!", she exclaims, "I know, but this isn't helping.", Emma tells her. "If we knew exactly where they were, we could drill down to them.", Marco says, Pongo barks from the firetruck and, as Marco continues, Emma rushes over to the firetruck to let Pongo out, the dalmatian begins to sniff the ground in search of his owner. The dog stops at a particular piece of ground, "He's found something.", Emma says, Regina becomes hopeful and Emma says that that must be where Archie and Henry are, "What is it?", she asks. Graham and Marco move dirt and grass from a wooden square blocking something, they then remove the wood to reveal a grate in the ground. "What is that?", Emma wonders, "It's an air shaft.", Graham tells her. Down in the tunnels, Henry shines his torch to the roof of the elevator before sitting down with Archie, he tells the teary-eyed therapist that he's really sorry. "It's alright.", Archie tells him, "I just wanted to find proof.", Henry says, "No, it's really alright, Henry. I mean, I'm sorry too.", Archie apologizes, assuring the kid that he doesn't think he's crazy. "It's just you've got a very strong mother. She's got a very clear idea about the path you should be on and if you were to jump off that, she'd... get scared. And, you know, that's natural, but... it's also natural for you to be able to be free and... think the things that you wanna think.", Archie explains before apologizing for the things that he said to him. "Why did you?", Henry asks, referring to the things Archie said, "I guess I'm just not my own person. I'm not the man I wanna be.", Archie smiles. Suddenly, the elevator rumbles and shakes madly due to yet another earth tremor. On the surface, a hook is placed onto a bar of the air shaft's grate as well as several tools being welded under it and shifting it out of the ground. They manage to get it out of the earth and pull it upwards with the hook, putting it to one side of the hole in the ground. Regina, Emma and Graham look down into the air shaft, "So, what's next?", the former asks. In the mine's elevator, Henry breaks the silence, "I think you can be him. I think you can be a good person. I mean, you're Jiminy Cricket.", he tells Archie. "Henry, Jiminy Cricket, he was a... he was a cricket, okay? He's a conscience. And I really don't think that's me.", Archie tells the boy. "But before he was that he was a guy who took a long time to figure out... the right thing to do.", Henry says, "...yeah, sounds like me...", Archie admits. "Now it's harder for you, because of the curse.", Henry persists, telling him that he can be what he wants to be. There is another earth tremor and the stuck elevator rumbles and shakes again, shocking Archie and Henry. The tremor ends and Archie looks at Henry. Marco attatches the hook to a harness and says that it will be able to lower someone down the shaft. "Lower me down.", Regina states, "No way, I'm going.", Emma insists, "He's my son.", Regina says, "He's my son too.", Emma reminds the mayor. Regina is speechless, "You've been sitting behind a desk for ten years, I can do this.", Emma assures her, Regina moves in closer to Emma, "Just bring him to me.", she tells her, Emma smiles and starts being prepared to be lowered down as a saddened Regina turns away.

Act VI
Some pebbles fall onto the roof of the mine's elevator containing Archie and Henry, Archie wonders if he can ask Henry something, Henry wonders what it is and Archie talks on, "Why do you think it's so important that your... your fairytale theory is true?", Archie asks, "I don't know.", Henry shrugs, Archie tells him to have a try, "Because... this can't be all there is.", Henry explains, after handing Archie a candy bar. "I understand.", Archie tells him. "I wanted proof... but I didn't find anything.", Henry says, "That's not true, I was lost and you found me, right?", Archie reminds the kid. "You mean you remember?!", Henry happily exclaims, "No, I don't remember, but... I do remember what kind of person I wanna be.", Archie says, Henry smiles. There is suddenly lots of noise in the air shaft above the elevator and a light is shone through the roof, "What's that?", Henry asks as minor rocks fall, "It's a rescue.", Archie says as the two of them stand up. "You guys okay?", asks Emma who's hanging above the elevator, suspended by a harness, carrying a torhc, "Yeah. We're okay.", Archie tells her, happily. The blonde steps onto the edge of the elevator and lifts the grated roof from the top of it and places it to one side. Archie lifts Henry out of the elevator and into Emma's arms, she grabs Henry stabally but there is another earth trmor, Archie exclaims that the elevator isn't safe - "It's gonna fall!", he yells from within it. "Archie, I'm sorry!", Emma cries as rocks fall down, "It's okay!", he assures her, Emma calls out for him as the lift drops back down the shaft. There is a loud noise as it hits the bottom. Archie is shown hanging onto Emma's harness by the hook of his umbrella handle, she smiles at this, as does Henry, and the three of them begin to be lifted to safety. Thanks to the effort of the team above, Emma and Henry are safely pulled out of the air shaft, Marco pulls an umbrella from the shaft and after it, Archie, the townspeople cheer for the rescue. Regina hugs Henry who seems to want to stay with Emma, however, he is pulled away. Emma is then helped to her feet by Graham and Archie to his by Marco, the best friends hug. Emma runs over to Henry and asks him if he's okay, "Deputy, you can clear the crowd away.", Regina tells her, rather bluntly, Emma seems to hold back her anger at this. Regina walks over to Archie and thanks him, he tells her that he has something to say. "I'm gonna continue to treat Henry, and I'm gonna do it my own way.", Archie tells her, Regina is taken aback, "My relief at his safety doesn't change a thing, Dr. Hopper. You will do as I say or-", "Or what? You'll ruin my life? You'll do your worst? Because I will always do my best.", Archie states, "Don't test me.", she warns him, "Oh, I don't need to because you'll leave me alone and let me do my work... in peace.", she asks why that is, "Because some day, Madam Mayor, you may find yourself in a custody battle, and do you know how a court determines who is a fit parent? They consult an expert. Particularly one who has treated the child. So, I suggest that you think about that... and you will allow me to do my work... and let me do it in a way my conscience tells me to.", Archie explains. He walks away from a now angered Regina. In the fairytale land that was, Jiminy walks out amongst a field and his attention is caught by a star in the sky, "...I wish...", he says, closing his eyes and turning around, "I wish...", he says again. Jiminy opens his eyes, and, next to him, appears the Blue Fairy who flies towards him. "I hear your wish. You don't need to wish it so loudly.", the Blie Fairy tells him. Jiminy smiles, "But it is not possible, I cannot bring back the boy's parents.", the fairy tells him, Jiminy seems disappointed and goes on to say that it's his fault, he says that he has to make it right and that he would give his life to make it happen. "What's done is done. There may be another way.", the Blue Fairy suggests, intriguing Jiminy. "Tell me, please.", Jiminy begs, "The little boy, he will grow up to face many challenges. Do you want to help him?", the Blue Fairy asks, Jiminy explains that he can;t get away from his parents because they're who he is, the fairy asks him what he'd like to be if he didn't want to be that. Jiminy takes note of the chirping of the crickets, "Oh, I hear your wish.", the fairy tells him, she closes her eyes and works her magic, she waves her wand and in a flash of blue light, Jiminy becomes a cricket who flaps his wings and lands upon the fence post. The Blue Fairy asks him how he feels, the Jiminy Cricket chirps a chirp meaning, "Free.", "Go find the boy, he will live as many years as you need to help him. Just find him. Jiminy Cricket chirps another chirp meaning, "How will I? I don't even know his name.", "His name is Geppetto.", the Blue Fairy reveals to him, Jiminy Cricket stomps his little umbrella.

In Storybrooke, at the mine crater, Emma and Henry are looking at Archie and Marco are are happily socializing, "Is that Archie's father?", Emma asks, "No, they're just old friends.", Henry tells her. Emma places her hand on Henry's, "You really scared me.", she tells him, "I'm sorry.", he says. Archie, Marco and Pongo approach them, "Gentlemen.", Emma greets them, "Well, come on, your mom wants to take you home.", Emma tells Henry, "Hey, lsten.", he tells them, taking notice of the sound of all of the chirping crickets. "Crickets.", Archie says, "They're back.", Henry tells them. He turns to Emma, "Things are changing.", he assures her.

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