4. The Apprentice — Episode — Once Upon a Time

4. The Apprentice

After Emma asks Hook out on a real first date, Hook visits Mr. Gold and asks for his hand to be reattached so that he can embrace her with both hands. But magic always comes with a price. Henry and Mary Margaret try to offer hope to Regina when she becomes frustrated over not being able to find a cure to save a frozen Marian, and Will Scarlet attempts to break into the Storybrooke library to find a special book. Meanwhile, back in the Fairy Tale Land that was, Rumplestiltskin is after a magical box that the Sorcerer's apprentice is guarding, and he may use Elsa's sister Anna to help him get it.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Hook prepares for his first real date with Emma by making a deal with Gold to restore his missing hand in exchange for keeping Gold's secret about the Dagger that he gave Belle being fake. Hook discovers his restored hand brings out his dark side, and is forced into doing a favor for Gold to rid himself of the hand. Gold traps the Apprentice inside the Sorcerer's hat, and makes Hook responsible to ensure he won't tell Belle. Will tries to steal a book that features someone from his past and gets caught, while the Snow Queen's Storybrooke alias is revealed to be Sarah Fisher. Henry takes a job at Gold's pawn shop to find out who wrote the story book. In the past, Anna makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin in exchange for information on why her parents had traveled to the Enchanted Forest.

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