EPISODE

11. Tougher Than the Rest

With Snow still asleep in Storybrooke, David and Hook race to stop Gideon before he can confront Emma. Meanwhile, Regina struggles with the realization that everyone, even Robin, is better off in the alternate world where the Evil Queen was defeated. And when Emma inspires a familiar face to help her and Regina return home, she discovers the power to change her fate.

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Complete story — includes the ending

In 1990 Minnesota, a young Emma is told by a teenager that she has the power to change her fate. In present day, after missing their way out of the Wish Realm, Emma and Regina find another escape option in Wish August, who agrees to help make a new portal. After Regina tracks down Wish Robin, they're caught by the Wish Realm's Sheriff of Nottingham and later by Wish Rumple. Robin believes Regina when she tells him about their being in an alternate reality. Emma discovers that August was the teenager she met back in Minnesota and inspires his Wish counterpart to complete the portal. Emma and Regina, with Wish Robin in tow, return to Storybrooke, where Gideon explains to Gold and Belle his intention to kill Emma so that he can gain her powers and kill the Black Fairy, a move that has David furious and Belle concerned. Emma and Gideon meets and duels, with Emma surviving. Gold and Belle decide to work together for the good of their son.

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