412: Title "Darkness on the Edge of Town"

Both mid-season returns for S3 and S4 have used Bruce Springsteen as a reference.

I think it’s pretty clear: Bruce Springsteen is the villain for 4B! 😛

In all seriousness, I’m more excited for the Maleficent arc then I was for Frozen. Yes, there was also a recent movie and Mal was confirmed dead, but it doesn’t feel as forced as Frozen, which was basically screaming, “WILL GIVE FROZEN FOR RATINGS!”

Guess we’ll have to see how everything pays off. I’m still hoping for a satisfying conclusion in 4×11, since the Frozen arc is essentially destroying out characters.

Both mid-season returns for S3 and S4 have used Bruce Springsteen as a reference.

Great catch! I looked up the lyrics just in case they gave any clues…

“Darkness On The Edge Of Town”

They’re still racing out at the Trestles,
But that blood it never burned in her veins,
Now I hear she’s got a house up in Fairview,
And a style she’s trying to maintain.
Well, if she wants to see me,
You can tell her that I’m easily found,
Tell her there’s a spot out ‘neath Abram’s Bridge,
And tell her, there’s a darkness on the edge of town.

Everybody’s got a secret, Sonny,
Something that they just can’t face,
Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it,
They carry it with them every step that they take.
Till some day they just cut it loose
Cut it loose or let it drag ’em down,
Where no one asks any questions,
or looks too long in your face,
In the darkness on the edge of town.

Some folks are born into a good life,
Other folks get it anyway, anyhow,
I lost my money and I lost my wife,
Them things don’t seem to matter much to me now.
Tonight I’ll be on that hill ’cause I can’t stop,
I’ll be on that hill with everything I got,
Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost,
I’ll be there on time and I’ll pay the cost,
For wanting things that can only be found
In the darkness on the edge of town.

The part that really stood out to me is about people having secrets and how people try and keep them until they decide either to let them go or those secrets will drag them down. It’s interesting and seems to apply to the current story. Belle was keeping a secret about knowing Anna until she confessed it to Rumple and to Elsa. Rumple is keeping a big secret from Belle about the fake dagger and the sorcerer’s hat. Regina is keeping the secret about wanting to rewrite the book from everyone else other than Henry. Hook is keeping a secret from Emma about the deal he made with Rumple for his hand, as well as the secret about killing Blackbeard. Ingrid is keeping a secret about what happened to Anna from Elsa, as well as why she took away both Elsa and Emma’s memories of herself.

I read that the Frozen arc is going to be 12 episodes, rather than 11. (Can’t remember where I read that, but I did somewhere). So by 4×12 all of the big dark secrets that people have been keeping from one another should’ve come out into the open. And if people continue to hide those secrets, those secrets could potentially have the power to “drag ’em down” as the lyrics suggest. Also the last stanza seems to apply especially to Rumple. Ingrid said what he desires is beyond SB. But in choosing to keep secrets hidden from Belle, as well as seeking to gain power, he stands to pay a big price.

I read that the Frozen arc is going to be 12 episodes, rather than 11. (Can’t remember where I read that, but I did somewhere). So maybe this episode is the mid-season finale when all the big dark secrets that people have been keeping from one another come out in the open. A

No, it’s 12 hours due to 408 being 2 hours long, and TVLine already confirmed Dec 15th as the mid-Season finale.

I kinda hope its Belle who wants to leave the provincial life and venture outside the Storybrooke town lines. Rumple can follow her, but, I hope it’s her decision to leave him (temporarily) and find her own adventure.