- [series last lines]
- Regina Mills: I thought my story came to an end a long time ago, and then new people came into my life; people who gave me a second chance. I can't wait to see what's in store for me next. Well, for everyone. I refuse to believe there won't be more adventures... more love... more family. And yes, there will be more loss, because that's just a part of life. And in the end, we can get past it all, with hope.
- Regina Mills: My own son wants me dead. Or, at least, a version of him does. He doesn't... see me as his mother.
- Robin Hood: Like when we met? And I thought of you as a villain?
- Regina Mills: I was a villain.
- Robin Hood: You were, betwixt and between. But I knew that you could, and would, move to the light.
- Regina Mills: You were the one who got me there.
- Robin Hood: No. No, I only helped. You did the work. And Henry must, too. You can help him, too. You can show him it's possible. Your life is proof that no one's path is set.
- Regina Mills: It's not fair, Robin. Our story was so short.
- Robin Hood: Doesn't make it any less epic.
- Emma Swan: Madame Mayor.
- Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones: Uh, I think you'll find it's "Your Majesty".
- Emma Swan: Well, she'll always be "Madame Mayor" to me.
- Mr. Gold: Becoming the Dark One was the act of a coward, but I'm no longer that man. You are. And that weak coward will not be the Rumplestiltskin the world remembers.
- Rumplestiltskin: So what's your plan, then? Talk me to death?
- Mr. Gold: Oh, my plan is... to do whatever it takes.
- Alice: No, the line of the Guardians is gone. You'll never be with Belle.
- Mr. Gold: I know that. But I also know... you don't do the right thing for a reward. You do it because it's right. Now, I've been selfish for too long. I've been living on stolen time. Now I will finally face the unknown.
- [he rips out his own heart and gives it to Hook; Rumplestiltskin turns to ash and begins to dissolve into nothingness]
- Rumplestiltskin: No more Rumple?
- Robin: There's something I want to ask you. I'm not sure right now is the best time.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': This might be your only time.
- Robin: Can I... have your blessing to marry Alice?
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': Of course. Of course you have my blessing.
- Robin: And here's the thing. You're wrong. Your ending isn't at hand. I don't care what we're up against. No matter what, you are walking Alice down that aisle.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': Aye. I wouldn't dare argue with my future daughter-in-law.
- Granny Lucas: Who are you?
- Alice: It's a bit complicated, but, um, there was another curse. We were trapped in Seattle; great coffee, too much rain. And then we broke the curse, and Henry's wife and daughter, well, they were kidnapped, and now he's in trouble, and the point is Henry Mills needs our help!
- Dr. Archibald 'Archie' Hopper: I saw Henry at his graduation. He's fine. And he certainly doesn't have a daughter.
- Alice: [frustrated] Ugh! Do I have to explain everything? The curse brought us back in time. Our Henry's all grown up.
- Robin: And right now, he's in need of a serious rescue operation, so go tell Snow White and Prince Charming.
- Alice: Sorry. Do you understand us or do we have to try again?
- Leroy: Yeah, we understand you. We've been through this before.
- Alice: Ha, finally!
- Leroy: Intruders. Intruders!
- [while stuck in a prison cell, Regina sees a physical manifestation of Robin]
- Regina Mills: Is this a dream?
- Robin Hood: Well, if it is, it's an excellent one.
- Regina Mills: I thought you were gone.
- Robin Hood: I am. But I'm also in here.
- [puts his hand on her heart]
- Robin Hood: I'm always in here.
- Mr. Gold: [trying to break through Wish Rumple's snow globe] Our spirit's gonna break long before that glass.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': We should try another area. There must be a weak spot.
- Mr. Gold: There's that unshakable determination, however misguided. That's the reason I kept you as a partner, Detective. That and your good heart.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': Well, seeing as we're allowing certain death to bring up secret truths, I do have to ask you... Given the amount of power that you once held, how come you never used it to destroy me?
- Mr. Gold: Because you were the closest thing I ever had to a friend.
- Alice: Uh, we were looking for Regina.
- Zelena: She's not here. She and Emma took Henry on a graduation trip. Just... move along before I turn you both into flying monkeys.
- Robin: No, you won't. I happen to know that you don't have magic right now.
- Zelena: Excuse me?
- Robin: That's why you're driving Robin to Ashley's day care. If you had magic, you would just poof there. You always hated driving. Especially that car 'cause the brakes always jerk, but really it's just because you have a lead foot.
- Zelena: Who are you? And how the hell do you know so much about me and my daughter?
- Robin: Okay. This may be a little hard to process, but that five year old girl in that car seat there, that's me. So you better get your game face on and go get that magic bean hiding in the cupboard, because our family needs your help.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': I don't understand. Why are you cold? The Dark One doesn't get cold.
- Mr. Gold: I'm afraid... Rumplestiltskin used the Author's pen for more than he let on. He stripped me of my immortality, and of my powers. So I can neither escape, nor stop him.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': From doing what?
- Mr. Gold: Well, that's the question. You see, he is me, but with the darkness unchecked by the love of Belle. He will use this new power to hurt anyone he can, and drag us all into the darkness where he wallows.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': Seems like wallowing is something you have in common.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': Look, I'm sorry that you can't be with Belle, but you're not the only one who's suffered loss. I may never fix my heart. I may never be together with Alice again. But I'm not giving up.
- David Nolan: When I look around this table, I see old friends and a lot of concerned faces. Worry not. Snow and I led a war room like this once before, and we prevailed. Yes, a lot has changed since then. Enemies have become friends. A new generation has joined the fight.
- [looks at Wish Realm 'Hook']
- David Nolan: And a new friend, who feels like an old friend, has found his way to us.
- Mary Margaret Blanchard: But what hasn't changed is we are on the side of right. We know how dangerous Rumplestiltskin has been in the past, and this version is evil beyond anything we've ever seen. When we went to rescue Regina, we found a room full of new storybooks.
- David Nolan: And let's just say for each and every one of us, he's crafted a terrible fate. One that's designed to pierce our hearts and break our spirits.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': What happened?
- Alice: He did it. He gave you his heart.
- Wish Realm Captain 'Hook': [looking at Gold's dead body] Goodbye, old friend.
- Regina Mills: [learning Gold sacrificed himself] Thank you for one last lesson: that darkness can always find the light. And thank you for one last gift. You saved us, and I know you thought that that would make your dreams be in vain. But I refuse to believe that. If anyone deserves peace, it is you. I will miss you. But you deserve your happy ending. Now go find it.
- Henry Mills: Hey, where's my mom? Please tell me she's with you.
- Robin: [handing him a scroll] We found this nailed to a tree right when we got here.
- Henry Mills: [unfurling it] "Come see King Henry serve justice to the Evil Queen at dawn"?
- Cinderella: Looks like we've got another rescue to mount.
- Zelena: And we'd better hurry. Seems your alter ego has got a twisted take on happy endings.
- Rumplestiltskin: [after trapping the Blue Fairy] That was really impressive. You've got great darkness in you, dearie.
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: Where's the fairy?
- Rumplestiltskin: Trapped in a prison made just for her. Don't you just love a happy ending?
- Mr. Gold: [viewing memories of Belle through an enchanted dreamcatcher] Oh, Belle. Look at your face. Now the Guardian's gone. And no matter what I do, I can never earn my way back to you. I tried, and I've failed. And I'm so sorry.
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: Turning yourself in? Or are you gonna mother me some more?
- Regina Mills: I know you might find this hard to believe. But there are people out there - a good, kind version of your family - that can help you heal, just as they helped me.
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: The only way I'm going to heal is by killing you.
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: You knew I wouldn't listen to you, so why did you come here?
- Regina Mills: I had to.
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: No, you didn't! What do you want from me?
- Regina Mills: I just want you to know that you weren't alone. Because I know what that's like, too.
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: You deserve to be alone, and that's how you're going to die.
- Regina Mills: I know you think I'm a villain whose life isn't worth saving. But yours means everything to me - all versions of it. So if this is how I have to go out, showing you that there are people in the world that love you, no matter what you do - oh, then... that's a worthy end for me.
- Rumplestiltskin: Look at you. You're pathetic. So weak.
- Mr. Gold: I'm not weak.
- Rumplestiltskin: You could've fooled me.
- Mr. Gold: You see, what you don't understand is I am the strongest version of us. Because I... I've evolved.
- Rumplestiltskin: You have evolved into a pathetic shell of us. But don't worry. You will soon just be a faded memory, and I shall be the Rumplestiltskin the world remembers.
- Henry Mills: They, uh... well, we want to know... what's next?
- Regina Mills: There's a lot to figure out. But we all do need to go home. And... I found something here I think might be able to help us.
- [she holds up a vial]
- Regina Mills: I need to cast one more curse.
- Henry Mills: You can't be serious.
- Regina Mills: The Dark Curse is the blueprint for something wonderful. What if instead of crushing the heart of the thing I love most... everyone I love and who loves me gifted a small piece of their own? And then maybe, just maybe, instead of separating everyone, this magic brings them together.
- [a thought strikes her]
- Regina Mills: What if I could bring all the realms to Storybrooke? There would be no more separartion. For once, we can... all be together. All the realms of story, secretly tucked away in a forgotten corner in Maine.
- Henry Mills: [sharing a look with his Wish Realm self] Operation We Are Both is a go.
- Regina Mills: All right, Zelena, what is going on? I mean, obviously this isn't a meeting about state affairs.
- Henry Mills: Oh, she catches on quick.
- Zelena: Shush, Henry. Remember Operation Keep Your Trap Closed?
- Regina Mills: What is this?
- Mary Margaret Blanchard: This is for you. All the realms have been united, and now, we need someone to lead us.
- David Nolan: The people have decided. Your Majesty -...
- [David pulls out a box containing a tiara]
- Mary Margaret Blanchard: They want it to be you, Regina.
- Mary Margaret Blanchard: Do you, Regina Mills, accept the role of the first elected ruler of the newly united realms?
- Regina Mills: I do.
- David Nolan: Excellent. So, if you please.
- [she kneels down]
- Mary Margaret Blanchard: I now crown you...
- Emma Swan: [bursting in, with Hook behind her] Sorry. I'm late.
- Regina Mills: Emma.
- Emma Swan: You didn't think I was gonna miss this, did you?
- [first lines]
- Leroy: I tell you, there's nothing like morning in Storybrooke. Now get whistlin', you two. Dwarfs got standards to maintain.
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: Tell me, was revenge everything you'd hoped it would be?
- Regina Mills: I didn't mean to kill you grandparents. It was a mistake.
- [she moves towards him, but his guards block her way with their swords]
- Wish Realm Henry Mills: [waving them down] Don't mind them. They're just here to make sure you don't make any more... "mistakes".
- Robin: [outside a heavily fortified castle] Look, I'm pretty good with a bow, but that is a lot of bad guys.
- Mary Margaret Blanchard: They need to be reminded not to lose hope. If Rumple succeeds, he thinks everyone will be lost for good, but I don't believe that. Charming and I have always been able to find each other, and I refuse to believe that we're the only ones. With love in their hearts, with hope, anyone can do it. They just have to believe that no one would be able to pull them apart forever, that we will succeed. Now go.
- Regina Mills: [looking around] Uh... is *everyone* here?
- Mary Margaret Blanchard: I think the baby was fussy.
- Emma Swan: You wanna give your stepfather a hand there?
- Henry Mills: Oh, yeah.
- Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones: Pun intended. Pun always intended, isn't that the case?
- Emma Swan: This is it. It's your happy ending.
- Regina Mills: Mm, no, Ms. Swan, not even close. This isn't an ending. I hate endings. Because then your story is done. And everyone here... well, their stories are far from over.
- Emma Swan: Well... a happy beginning, then.
- Regina Mills: I like to call it... a second chance.