Operation Mongoose (Once Upon a Time)
| "Operation Mongoose" | |
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| Once Upon a Time episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 21 & 22 |
| Directed by | Romeo Tirone and Ralph Hemecker |
| Written by | Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz |
| Production code | 421 & 422 |
| Original air date | May 10, 2015 |
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"Operation Mongoose" is a 2-part story comprising the twenty-first and twenty-second episodes of the fourth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time, both of which aired on May 10, 2015. Both episodes served together as the fourth season finale.
In this episode, Isaac becomes a wild card in Gold's scheme to change everyone's destiny as Emma Swan, Regina Mills, Mary Margaret, Captain Hook and David Nolan attempt to stop them. When Gold and Isaac forge ahead with their plans, they alter the destiny of everyone involved. Now, it's up to Henry to reverse the outcome and restore the destiny of his family, after he is drawn into the chaos, before it is too late.
The tower where Emma Swan is held is featured in the Forest in Part 1; a swan is featured in Part 2.
In our world, 1966, Isaac Heller (the Author) is working at a television shop as a struggling writer trying to sell color tvs, until he gets a letter from Star Publishing saying that he is wanted for hire. He arrives to find a mostly empty room, with the Apprentice at the desk, who then lays out a selection of different writing materials and demands that Isaac choose one as a test. Isaac picks the magic quill, which seems to approve of him in turn. The Apprentice creates a magic door to another realm, and both he and the Author go through it.
Emma, Hook, Henry, Mary Margaret, David, Regina and Robin are in the library of the mansion, searching for a way to stop Gold and Isaac from enacting a new reality with the newly activated ink. They are joined by August, who shows them a drawing of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, who might be able to help them. Hook remembers the Apprentice from when he and Gold trapped him in the sorcerer's hat. With the help of the Blue Fairy, they release the Apprentice, who immediately says that there’s no time to waste. He tells them that they must find the storybook page depicting the door, as well as the door's key, for only then will they be able to lock Isaac back into the book where he belongs. The group splits up, with Henry, Hook, David and Mary Margaret heading back to the loft for the book and key, while Emma, Regina and the Apprentice head to Gold's pawnshop.
At the shop, Gold is clinging to life as Isaac finishes up writing the new book, titled Heroes & Villains. He plans on a new universe in the Enchanted Forest for the inhabitants of Storybrooke, while he writes a new ending for himself in the Land Without Magic. When he writes the final words, "The End," magic appears out of the book and begins to distort space and time.
Henry awakens with the key in his hand at the loft, but runs downstairs to find that Hook, David and Mary Margaret have disappeared, along with the rest of the people of Storybrooke. He then drives himself to a restaurant in search of help, but notices a best-selling book on a shelf: a paperback version of Heroes & Villains by Isaac Heller.
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