'Once Upon A Time' Recap Season 4, Episode 3 'Rocky Road'- Find Out Elsa & Anna's Connect To The Snow Queen

Grab your hot chocolate with cinnamon because it's time for Once Upon a Time, not to mention it will also keep you warm during what is sure to be another amazing Frozen themed episode. This episode was filled with some pretty crazy drama between Elsa, Hans, and even the Snow Queen, not to mention there was some pretty delicious looking ice cream.

The episode starts with Robin, Marian and their son stumbling into the Storybrooke ice cream parlor with the clever name Any Given Sundae. The Snow Queen, who runs the shop and is played by Elizabeth Mitchell, makes her second appearance of the season as she helps the family get some ice cream, even giving Marian a free vanilla cone with sprinkles. Unbeknownst to the family, Mitchell's character has cast a curse on the ice cream, which later makes Marian faint at the town hall meeting.

The flashbacks this episode are once again set in Ardenelle mainly between Elsa and Kristoff. The two soon learn that Prince Hans is raising an army against Arendelle, right at the same time Elsa is planning to run off to the Enchanted Forest to discover what became of her sister Anna.

We actually get to see prince Hans in this episode, as he is introduced in Arendelle. Kristoff has run off to try to find out what the Prince of the Southern Isles is up to and learns that he is planning on stealing a magical urn that can seal in people with magical powers. He reveals to his brothers that the location of the urn is hidden in the North Valley and he plans on using it to imprison Elsa. He figures once Elsa is out of the way he will have no trouble taking over Arendelle.

Meanwhile in Storybrooke, while Snow White tries her best to channel FDR by having a fireside chat with the town members, Marian ends up fainting due to the curse that was put on the ice cream she ate. The town soon turns on Elsa as she is the only one that they know of who has ice freezing powers.

Emma and David go into the forest to investigate Robin and Marian's home aka tent to see if they can find signs of who could have frozen her. They don't stumble on any answers as to what caused Marian's fainting, however they do find Will Scarlet, which Once Upon A Time In Wonderland fans must be happy about.

He explains that something fishy is going on at the town's ice cream parlor, and when they go to investigate they realize there are no compressors or anything to keep the ice cream cold. Realizing that someone in town must have the same powers as Elsa.

Regina thinks she has a plan to save Marian and sends Henry to her vault to get something she needs. After Marian turns into a icicle, Henry returns with one of Regina's heart containers, and we soon realize that to save Marian and to stop the ice from reaching her heart, Regina is going to rip her heart out.

Captain Hook and Elsa go to the one person that they know has the answers to find out who could have cursed Marian. He reluctantly agrees to help them, turning a chunk of Marian's hair into snowflakes, which are suppose to lead them to whoever created the spell.   

In flashbacks, Elsa and Kristoff go after the urn, only to find that Hans is already on his way there. They get to the hiding spot, a few minutes before, which gives Elsa enough time to destroy the urn, however, she doesn't, hoping that it will help her find more people in the world like her.

She soon learns that there are more people like her, as in the town of Storybrooke, the snowflakes that Rumple casts leads Elsa and Hook to the Snow Queen, and it just so happens that the two have met each other in the past.

During the flashback, when Hans opened the urn to try to trap Elsa inside, he doesn't realize that he unleashes the Snow Queen, who was already trapped in the jar. She comes to the defense of Elsa, and freezes Hans.

However, in Storybrooke it doesn't seem like the two know each other. Apparently the rock trolls took Elsa's memory of knowing her, when they were still in Arendelle. The two don't seem to be on good terms as the Queen tries to stage a scene that would look like Elsa killed Hook.

Luckily, at that moment Emma shows up and weirdly enough it seems that the Snow Queen and Emma have a history as well. When she sees the Sheriff she acts shocked, even calling out her name. Whatever the reunion might be is short lived, as Emma uses her magic against the Queen, which causes her to run off.

In a flashback, we learn that the Snow Queen is actually Elsa and Anna's aunt.

During the final scene, Rumple and the Snow Queen meet up to take ominously about the future, before he asks her if Emma ended up remembering who she was.

What is the connection between these two, we are dying to know.

Tune in next Sunday for an all-new episode of Once Upon a Time.

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