ONCE UPON A REWATCH S4EP04: THE APPRENTICE is now available!

In which the Narrators Three discuss: What’s in the Booooox?, The Evil Hand/Murder Toupee Trope, Tony’s vs Granny’s, Support Your Local Library, Quality Visual Storytelling, Mission Impossible Mouse, Sondheim Musicals, and Alexa play “My Own Worst Enemy” by Lit for Killian

Regina Rising spoilers: So, it turned out Claire, Regina’s best friend, was working for Cora and had her heart taken by her. As revenge, with the help of some forgetting potion Regina made Claire marry the old man Cora tried to set Regina up with. I thought for sure Cora would kill Claire.

Back to the rewatch.

Zoso’s so creepy.

Zoso flip!

Emma: “I don’t pillage and plunder on the first date, just so you know.” Killian: Well, that’s because you haven’t been out with me yet.” Does that mean what I think it does? 

Eww. Rumple, why would you keep Hook’s hand like that?

Rumple is having so much fun messing with Hook and telling him his hand is evil. I bet he had a nice long chuckle when Hook left.

Aww. God bless Mary Margaret. She’s so excited to witness her daughter preparing to go on a date for the first time <3. It’s so cute but also upsetting, given all she’s missed out on. 

You just know Elsa wishes it was her going on a date with Emma instead.

Anna when she first meets Rumple: “Is there something wrong with your skin?” Lmao! I freaking love her.

Apparently Elizabeth Lail (who plays Anna) was genuinely frightened when she first saw Robert Carlyle in his Rumple make up.

But how does Rumple know her name?

Anna, I am begging you, please read that contract.

But surely the Apprentice must be wondering why some random stranger wants to come into his house.

American biscuits always render me slightly shocked for a little bit. In England our biscuits are more like cookies. Are American biscuits nice?

Are those two sharing the spaghetti meant to be Lady and Tramp? Would they have turned human in the same way Billy did? But then, why didn’t Pongo turn human? Did Billy only turn human in SB because of the spell that turned him into a footman in the EF?

Oh, this is the night, it’s a beautiful night 

And we call it bella notte.

I wish this was an Emma and Elsa date. 

Why does Killian just immediately hate Will? Is it because Will says “Bloody hell” more than him? xD

I’m glad his hand didn’t, like, grab her bum or anything on its own accord! But then and again according to Rumple, the hand is completely normal.

Lol! Snowing just sitting there having waited up for her! God bless them! Look at MM’s beautiful smile! She’s so excited!

Snow: “She seems happy.” David: “I guess he really has changed.” Emma, upstairs: “I can here you guys.”

Killian: “Bloody Hell.” Will: “That’s What I say.”

Will, honey, why are you trying to break into a library, of all places?

Oh yeah! For Anastasia!

LMAO! Killian, wtf??! Poor Will! Omg that was so uncalled for. And the fact that he’s actually in control of his hand but just thinks he’s not makes it even more hilarious! My mum and I couldn’t stop laughing at this scene. It’s so bizarre!

He could at least say sorry.

Killian, dude, your hand is fine. Chill, dude, chill.

I really like Anna and Rumple’s dynamic. He’s enjoying messing with her.

Rumple wanting Anna to help him due to her pure-heartedness reminds me of him wanting Alice’s help to free him from the Dark One curse. I always maintain that Alice and Anna would be the best of friends. In fact, I headcanon that when the realms are united, they meet and get on so well that they frequently visit each other. Okay, Anna in Alice’s own timeline is like, 20 something years physically older than Alice but if Alice and the HH crew remain back in time they’re about the same age, physically (cause Anna has an extra 30 years over Alice on account of being frozen for that long).

Rumple, you are not locking Anna up in your tower. She’s not freaking Rapunzel! That’s a different movie. 

He even did the same thing with tempting Anna to kill him as he did when he was trying to temp Alice to crush Facilier’s heart. I’ve gotta say, I love manipulative Rumple pushing those pure of heart to the edge. It’s so fun to watch!

Poor Anna! I love her to bits. I always forget how much I like her before rewatching 4a but she is definitely in my top 10 characters of the show.

Now I’m tempted to make gifsets of my favourite characters. That could be fun!

Anna to Rumple: “You’re a monster. You take the most precious thing in this world, love, and turn it into a weapon.”

I want to hug Anna!

Whoa! That ice is dangerous!

Lol. Ingrid playing hide and seek with Emma. Was there a reason for that or was it just for fun?

Lol. Belle finds out Will passed out in the library and thinks “hell ya, I’mma date this fool!”

Lol! Rumple the great evil sorcerer defeated by a freaking mouse!

No Rumple, you will not stab Anna! How dare you threaten my bby!

Anna: “Also, you can never hurt me, or my sister.” That is freaking brilliant. Why doesn’t everyone in control of the dagger say that??

Surely the apprentice can use magic to escape Killian’s grasp.

That sure is one expressive reindeer.

The fact that Elsa’s parents were going to try to take away Elsa’s magic has got me wondering what there plan was in the movie. In Frozen II we learn her parents were heading to Ahtohallan to seek help for Elsa but were they hoping to find something to take away her powers?

Now I have Frozen II songs in my head.

Now I wanna rewatch Frozen II. I love that movie. It’s either my first or second favourite Disney animated movie. I can’t choose between it and my long time fave, Tarzan (their little brother. I cannot be convinced otherwise).

“Dark one lies. Dark one tricks.”

That whole scheme of Rumple’s was actually really clever. 

Did Hook just threaten to rip Belle’s heart out and crush it without magic??!

And that is why you don’t make deals with Rumplestiltskin, example number 62.

The way Will looks at that picture of the Red Queen </3. What happened to her goddamn it?!

He’s crying! Someone huggle him!