Hook tells Emma that her fate is at stake in Gold's plan while Regina leads the villains on a wild goose chase. Henry makes a breakthrough in his search to find the Author, but Mary Margaret and David need a moment to reconsider the best course of action. In a Fairy Tale Land flashback, Snow and Charming search for a way to ensure their child will grow-up to be a hero. When a traveling peddler directs them to visit a kindly old hermit, Snow and Charming are presented with a choice that could secure their child's goodness, but at a price that will haunt them for years to come on.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 17 of Once Upon a Time was watched by 5,480,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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Once Upon a Time Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - A Tale of Two Sisters
• s04e02 - White Out
• s04e03 - Rocky Road
• s04e04 - The Apprentice
• s04e05 - Breaking Glass
• s04e06 - Family Business
• s04e07 - The Snow Queen
• s04e08 - Smash the Mirror (1)
• s04e09 - Smash the Mirror (2)
• s04e10 - Fall
• s04e11 - Shattered Sight
• s04e12 - Heroes and Villains
• s04e13 - Darkness on the Edge of Town
• s04e14 - Unforgiven
• s04e15 - Enter the Dragon
• s04e16 - Poor Unfortunate Soul
• s04e17 - Best Laid Plans
• s04e18 - Heart of Gold
• s04e19 - Sympathy for the De Vil
• s04e20 - Lily
• s04e21 - Mother
• s04e22 - Operation Mongoose (1)
• s04e23 - Operation Mongoose (2)

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.