Once Upon A Time 4x21 - Emma Becomes the Dark One

Emma Swan takes on the darkness to save Regina.

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[BigMacBraaap]

Emma: *Aggressively saves Regina’s soul as just a friend*

[clarke]

The close up on the blade will always be my favorite part

[ThomE]

Really one of the best scenes of the show. A true hero's sacrifice for friend and family. Just wish they had really given us the Dark Swan seen in the teaser afterward.

[MariaCastillo-ecue]

I was so mad when earlier in the episode Emma didn’t tell Hook she loves him but then after watching this scene I couldn’t think of a better time for her to tell him. 😭😭❤️

[BeeKee]

You know what I kinda think would've been cool? If David, Snow, Hook, Henry and Emma all absorbed the darkness into them and became a family of dark ones and it was up to Regina and Robin to stop them from their evil dark one acts and save them! Maybe that's just me.

[ppo]

This was one of the best season finales of all time

[megzforrest]

imagine if emma hadnt saved regina and then regina would have been the dark one

[harveyhale]

This ending + the promo had me SO Hyped back in the day. Then the season happened ...

[niaselah]

This is one of my favorites scenes of the show

Something that sometimes is missed is that this is a story of generational healing. Regina is Emma's grandmother. By acknowledging her suffering and her efforts to be better and taking her place, Emma is healing that generational wound.

Reflection: in which ways this applies to your own family story?

[nel-son]

Regina as the Dark One would have been soo awesome and majestic. I know that would not be fair to her, after all she has been through. But just saying...

[jpierce]

Stop it’s actually so crazy how Emma was so similar to Buffy. Like her red jacket was similar to what Buffy wore. But THIS! Emma is wearing almost the same white top that Buffy wore when Buffy sacrificed herself to save her sister Dawn on BTVS by jumping to a pit of dark energy just like Emma is sacrificing herself to save Regina. And the hairs are even similar. 😱

[MJ]

emma to hook "i love you" *saves regina* so really she loves regina not hook #swanqueen

[JDFoncearangeralwaysaranger]

why did the darkness go after Regina? Isn't Emma pure light shouldn't it have gone after her?

[sarajett]

This is very similar to the Swan Princess transitioning into a swan.

[dahliajohnson]

All these years later I still think they shouldve died her hair black