Once Upon a Time (TV Series)

The Thing You Love Most (2011)

Robert Carlyle: Mr. Gold, Rumplestiltskin

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• Rumpelstiltskin : Great power requires great sacrifice.

• Mr. Gold : [Seeing the destroyed apple tree]  What a mess.

  Regina Mills : Not for long. What can i do for you Mr. Gold?

  Mr. Gold : I was just in the neighborhood, thought I'd stop by. Lovely to see you in such high spirits.

  Regina Mills : Well it's been a good day. I just rid the town of an unwanted nuisance.

  Mr. Gold : Emma Swan. Really?

  Regina Mills : Yes. I imagine she's half way to Boston by now.

  Mr. Gold : I wouldn't bet on that. I've just seen her strolling down main street with your boy, thick as thieves they looked.

  Regina Mills : What?

  Mr. Gold : Perhaps you should've come to me. If Miss. Swan is a problem you can't fix, I'm only too happy to help, for a price of course.

  Regina Mills : I'm not in the business of making deals with you any more.

  Mr. Gold : To which deal are you referring?

  Regina Mills : You know what deal.

  Mr. Gold : Oh, right yeah. The boy i procured for you. Henry. Ever tell you what a lovely name that was? However did you pick it?

  Regina Mills : Did you want her to come to town? You wanted all of this to happen didn't you? Your finding Henry wasn't an accident was it?

  Mr. Gold : What ever do you mean?

  Regina Mills : Where did you get him? Do you know something?

  Mr. Gold : I have no idea what your implying.

  Regina Mills : I think you do. Who is this woman, his mother, this Emma Swan?

  Mr. Gold : I would say you think you know exactly who she is. I really must be going.

  Regina Mills : Tell me what you know about her!

  Mr. Gold : I'm not going to answer you dear, so i suggest you excuse me... Please.

• Evil Queen : That curse you gave me, it's not working.

  Rumpelstiltskin : Oh so worried. So, so worried. Like Snow and her lovely new husband

  Evil Queen : What?

  Rumpelstiltskin : They paid me a visit as well. They were very anxious, about you and the curse.

  Evil Queen : What'd you tell them?

  Rumpelstiltskin : The truth. That nothing can stop the darkness! Except, of course, their unborn child. You see, no matter how powerful, all curses can be broken. Their child is the key. Of course the curse has to be enacted first.

  Evil Queen : Tell me what I did wrong.

  Rumpelstiltskin : Now for that, there's a price.

• Evil Queen : What do you want?

  Rumpelstiltskin : Simple. In this new land, i want comfort. I want a good life!

  Evil Queen : Fine, you'll have an estate, be rich

  Rumpelstiltskin : I wasn't finished! There's more!

  Evil Queen : There always is with you

  Rumpelstiltskin : In this new land, should i ever come to you for any reason, you must heed me every request. You must do whatever i say so long as i say... please!

  Evil Queen : You do realise that, should i succeed, you wont remember any of this

  Rumpelstiltskin : Oh, well then, what's the harm?

  Evil Queen : Deal. What must i do to enact this curse?

  Rumpelstiltskin : You need to sacrifice a heart

  Evil Queen : I sacrificed my prized stead

  Rumpelstiltskin : A horse? This is the curse to end all curses, you think a horse is gonna do? Great power requires great sacrifice. The heart you need must come from something far more precious

  Evil Queen : Tell me what will suffice?

  Rumpelstiltskin : The heart of the thing you love most

  Evil Queen : What i love most died because of Snow White

  Rumpelstiltskin : Is there no one else you truly love? This curse isn't gonna be easy, vengeance never is dearie. You have to ask yourself the simple question, how far are you willing to go?

  Evil Queen : As far as it takes

  Rumpelstiltskin : Then please stop wasting everyones time and just do it! You know what you love, now go kill it!