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This episode begins with Mary Margaret still feeling down on herself and David still wanting to treat her with kid-gloves. Emma has different ideas and thinks her mom needs to pick herself up and move on. Mary Margaret decides to try and goes to the woods for some time alone to do just that. What she finds is August hiding in a dirty old trailer. I've been wondering what happened to him ever since we saw him open his eyes when the magic returned to Storybrooke and now we know. It turns out August may have woken up, but he is still made out of wood.
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The reason August is still wood is that he did a very bad thing, actually quite a few bad things. The return of magic couldn't take back the fact that he hadn't been as selfless, brave and true as he promised the blue fairy he would be when she made him a real boy. When he began turning to wood, he went to see an old shaman and found another woman seeking help. The woman was Tamara , who is now in Storybrooke visiting Neal and claiming not to believe one word he says about being from a magical kingdom. But Tamara Neal knows and the Tamara August knows are two very different people. It seems she's in cahoots with Owen and has been looking for anyone connected to magic for a very long time.
August discovers Tamara's secret and though he has a moment of weakness and almost runs away to seek the bottle of potion she says will cure him, he comes back to make things right. He decides to warn Emma and everyone else about Tamara, but she attacks before he can and leaves him gravely injured. August uses his dying breath to try and warn Emma, but expires before he can give her a clear message. Just when we think all is lost, Henry realizes that his last act is indeed selfless, brave and true and should be enough to cure him. The blue fairy waves her wand and poof. August is a little boy again.
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OK, so if you were happy with that ending for August, you may want to stop reading right now and skip ahead to my favorite bits. Because I'm about to indulge in a mini rant. I understand that that was supposed to be happy and yes, of course, I'm glad little Pinocchio isn't dead. But why did they have to make him a kid again? I adore Eion Bailey and I am utterly disappointed that they've once again found a way to keep him off the show. Why can't he be made into a permanent or semi- permanent character?
Alright, now that my mini rant is over, let's take a look at my favorite bits, shall we?
My favorite bits —
I know it was wrong, but I totally giggled at the name of that place where August woke up.
Poor August discovering that his lady friend couldn't see his wooden leg.
Not being at all surprised to find out that Hook escaped.
Emma advising Neal to tell Tamara everything.
Mary Margaret playing herself a little Joan Jett.
August asking how his papa was doing. Aw.
My poor heart breaking when August called himself a "wood pile of failure."
Laughing out loud when Neal told Tamara that he was from a place called The Enchanted Forest.
Seeing Tamara behind that scarf.
Sort of giggling at the surprised look on August's wooden face when he saw Tamara at his door.
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"For someone who spent his entire life running, you should be in better shape."
Everyone's shock when Mary Margaret slapped Marco. Whoa!
"You haven't met me, at least not the real me." I guess they don't call him The Dragon for nothing.
August going back. Yes!
"I counted on you to wanna save yourself."
"Maybe that's what I'm trying to do."
August realizing that only he could fix himself.
Literally cursing the show out loud at the mere thought that they might kill August.
NO WAY! I'm with Mary Margaret, it CAN'T end like this.
I know that was supposed to be a happy moment, but all I could think was that I was very mad that Eion Bailey will no longer be on the show.
What did you think of this episode of Once Upon a Time? What exactly do you think Owen and Tamara are up to in Storybrooke? Were you happy at the way August's story ended in this episode?