Last Rites (episode)

“

>
> **Zeus**: I want to thank you. Because of you, something very important has been done. Those above have finally destroyed the misguided god of death... My brother Hades.
>
> **Hook**: Zeus?
>
> **Zeus**: Indeed. And I'm here to escort you onward.
>
>
>
>

”

—Zeus about Hades to Captain Hook.src

"Last Rites" is the twenty-first episode of Season Five of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Jerome Schwartz, and directed by Craig Powell. It premiered on May 8, 2016.

## Synopsis

Emma [Swan], David [Nolan], Regina [Mills], Robin [Hood] and Henry [Mills] are finally back home in Storybrooke and reunited with Snow [White], but, unfortunately, they still have to contend with Hades, who continues to deceive Zelena as he lays out his plan to use the all-powerful Olympian Crystal to take over the town. The heroes desperately search for a way to defeat Hades while Hook does the same in the Underworld, looking for those missing storybook pages. Regina and Robin take a more direct approach, which culminates in an epic showdown that will leave our heroes forever changed.

## Characters

Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
Lana Parrilla as Regina Mills
Josh Dallas as David Nolan
Emilie de Ravin (Credit only)
Colin O'Donoghue as Hook
Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
Rebecca Mader as Zelena
Sean Maguire as Robin Hood

Robert Carlyle as Mr. Gold | *Victoria Smurfit as Cruella De Vil*
Emma Caulfield as the Blind Witch

David Hoflin as Zeus | *Lee Arenberg as Leroy*
Beverley Elliott as Granny
Liam Garrigan as King Arthur
Greg Germann as Hades
Amy Manson as Merida

## Trivia

* References 1
* References 2

### Page I

* One of the missing pages from the Underworld Storybook reads:

Hades nodded to himself, impressed with the
leader's magic. The leader was elegantly dressed in
black, which also impressed Hades. Proper fashion was
very important to him. He noticed that much more that
whatever the leader was shouting about. It was a vitri-
olic tirade about some young farm girl who had offended
the great leader. The leader believed that the blue
villagers were hiding the farm girl. But instead of snap-
ing the necks of the villagers for their heinous crimes
the leader merely went down the line of them, transform-
ing]] each one into a drooling, screeching beast. This form
of animorphic retribution may have been satisfying to the
leader, but it wouldn't do at all for Hades. He’d have
to somehow convince the leader to go back to plain old
killing. It turned out this leader was one of Hades' larg-
est suppliers of souls, and he couldn’t very well having
that supply dry up. He started to think about what kind
of deal he'd offer when the leader tried to turn Hades
into a hairy beast.
Of course this didn't work. The leader had mis-
taken Hades for one of the blue villagers, due to his
outfit. But Hades is a god. Even though he *[image ends]*
to reside on Mount Olympus, like all the oth*[image ends]*

### Page II

* Another page reads:

welling in his eyes. Only these were not tears of sad-
ness. They smoldered with rage.
"You’re wrong about me, Father. I will make a great
king."
Hades wiped the tears away as he said this, though his
voice was a vacuum of emotion. With cold determina-
tion, he approached a towering pedestal on the far side of
the bed chamber where an ornate filigreed box was left
unattended. Hades face betrayed a slight smile. He
knew this box held the prize he sought, and no one
would stop him from taking it now. He opened the box
and inside was an ancient crystal shaped like a crude
lightning bolt.
"The Olympian Crystal", he said reverently, with more
love than he had ever shown for leathery old Kronos.
"So…" a voice boomed from across the bed chamber.
Hades turned to see Zeus in the room, looking at him in
Judgment while touching the lifeless frame of their father
for one last time. "…your heart really is sickened."
Zeus stepped forward to his brother, in all his chiseled
might. And every inch of his muscle nauseated Hades,
but he maintained an even keel. For now.
"Will you not take a moment to mourn our father?

"Who loved you?"
Zeus felt genuine compassion for his brother. And the
olive branch he offered bore no hidden thorns, only the
promise of reconciliation. That Zeus was capable of such
forgiveness only stoked the flames within Hades further.
"No, Zeus", Hades spat. "He only loved you."
Hades took the crystal into his hands. It was his now,
and no one would take it from him. Not even the
mighty Zeus. The powerful magic within it glowed fora moment.
"That power is not yours to wield," Zeus warned.
"The Olympian Crystal is dangerous. It belongs to the
king"
"I should have been king," Hades said, wielding the
crystal like a septer. "And once I use this to kill you,
*[three illegible words]* kingdom I desire.
He approached his brother, and for a moment, Zeus
*[two illegible words]* that the crystal was powerful enough
*[three illegible words]*, even him. But Zeus bravely, perhaps
*[three illegible words]* proud. Hades raised the crystal,
*[three illegible words]* up at Zeus' chest, looking his
brother in the eye as he prepared to strike him down,
*[three illegible words]* into Zeus' heart, when…

## Reflist

1. ↑ This however is not in Greek Mythology as Hades is only the god of the Underworld and Thanatos is the god of death.
2. ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20160502abc01/
3. ↑ http://onceuponatime.wikia.com/wiki/Last\_Rites#Set%20Notes