Ariel returns to Storybrooke and pleads with Hook to help her find Prince Eric, who never returned to the town when the new curse was invoked. Emma agrees to let Regina teach her how to use magic so that she can help defeat Zelena, and Mary Margaret and David try to prove that they can be just as much fun as Hook is with Henry - who thinks they are boring. Meanwhile, in Fairy Tale Land during the past year, an angry Ariel confronts Hook over her missing Prince Eric, who she assumes was kidnapped and possiblyhuged by the swarthy pirate. But when Hook confesses that the Jolly Roger has been stolen and Eric is most likely the thief's prisoner, Ariel unknowingly provides him with a clue as to who the culprit is, and Hook - with Ariel in tow - goes off in search of his ship.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 3 Episode 17 of Once Upon a Time was watched by 6,500,000 viewers, resulting in a 2.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Is Once Upon a Time Renewed or Cancelled for Season 4?

Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - The Heart of the Truest Believer
• s03e02 - Lost Girl
• s03e03 - Quite a Common Fairy
• s03e04 - Nasty Habits
• s03e05 - Good Form
• s03e06 - Ariel
• s03e07 - Dark Hollow
• s03e08 - Think Lovely Thoughts
• s03e09 - Save Henry
• s03e10 - The New Neverland
• s03e11 - Going Home
• s03e12 - New York City Serenade
• s03e13 - Witch Hunt
• s03e14 - The Tower
• s03e15 - Quiet Minds
• s03e16 - It's Not Easy Being Green
• s03e17 - The Jolly Roger
• s03e18 - Bleeding Through
• s03e19 - A Curious Thing
• s03e20 - Kansas
• s03e21 - Snow Drifts
• s03e22 - There's No Place Like Home

Once Upon a Time Show Summary

Emma Swan knows how to take care of herself. She's a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who's been on her own ever since she was abandoned as a baby. But when the son she gave up years ago finds her, everything will change. Henry is 10 years old now and in desperate need of Emma's help. Henry believes that Emma actually comes from an alternate world... and is Prince Charming and Snow White's missing daughter.

According to his book of fairytales, they sent her away to protect her from the Evil Queen's curse, which trapped the fairytale world forever, frozen in time. Of course Emma doesn't believe a word, but when she brings Henry back to Storybrooke, she finds herself drawn to this unusual boy and his strange New England town. Concerned for Henry, she decides to stay for a while, but she soon suspects that Storybrooke is more than it seems.

It's a place where magic has been forgotten, but is still powerfully close... where fairytale characters are alive, even though they don't remember who they once were - including the Evil Queen who is now Henry's foster mother. The epic battle for the future of all worlds is beginning, but for good to win, Emma will have to accept her destiny and fight like hell.