Gideon is an allusion to Carl's and Ellie's unborn baby from the Disney / … Still able to visit Belle in her dreams, "Morpheus" tricks her into believing that she is still awake and lures her with a fake manual on how to defeat the Dark One and a ribbon, which leads her to the shears on display in a cave. In the mines, Mr. Gold finds where Fiona hid Gideon's heart and commands his son to stop, but Fiona's fail-safe on the heart prevents Gideon from coming to his senses. Rejecting Emma's attempts to intimidate him, Gideon instead tells her to consider that he is not the enemy, and having had first hand experience with the depravity of the Black Fairy's soul and what she has done to other enslaved children, he now has to stop her for their sakes. ("Wish You Were Here"), As Mr. Gold and Belle question how he could possibly be in Storybrooke, Gideon explains that he lived for twenty-eight years with the Black Fairy but always held on to his mother's words and her desire for him to be a hero. When they vanish before she can take them, she realizes that it is a dream, and "Morpheus" makes his presence known. When Gideon argues with his grandmother and insists that the book is not hers and he can be a hero, she performs a test to prove Gideon's cowardice: she leaves his cell door open while taking Roderick to be whipped. Once the Black Fairy uses Zelena's magic to turn a cave of light fairy crystals into dark ones, Regina catches up with them as Gideon trails in behind her. ("Where Bluebirds Fly"), When the Black Fairy, Fiona, unleashes a Dark Curse upon Storybrooke, Gideon has his memories of altered, with him believing that his birth mother Belle left him when he was still a baby and that Fiona has been more of a mother figure to him than the one who abandoned him. However, the Black Fairy instead sends a gigantic spider through the portal to attack Emma. Unable to kill Gideon with the risk of darkening her heart, or to be killed by him in combat and thus extinguish all light magic, Emma eventually surrenders by dropping her sword with the express purpose of saving Gideon. Gideon is an allusion to Carl's and Ellie's unborn baby from the Disney/Pixar film Up. When Mr. Gold is unable to get rid of the dagger and do away with his immortality to grow old with Belle, the couple conduct research on finding a loophole around the issue. List of Once Upon a Time episodes "Welcome to Storybrooke" is the 17th episode of the second season of the American ABC fantasy/drama television series Once Upon a Time, and the show's 39th episode overall. He is surprised when his father suddenly appears and cautions him about being in public after his fight with the Savior. GALLERY. Gideon falsely agrees, taking her to the Sorcerer's Mansion claiming that they can open a portal to bring Hook back there. Gender: At the wishing well, after the Black Fairy sees through her crystal ball that the heroes have revived Mother Superior, Gideon seem to be defeating her, first by taking her dark magic and now saving the Blue Fairy, and asks if she's really that afraid of the broken wand, an item which Mother Superior has a piece of. Gideon ("Page 23", "A Wondrous Place"), Under the diguise of a bartender at Æsop's Tables, Gideon is behind the counter when Emma arrives explaining she is investigating a report she received of someone starting a fight at the bar. Brown When the Black Fairy discovers that the key to her vault, which she uses to keep her dark fairy dust, is missing, she directs Gideon to find the culprit and gives him a bottle of the dust to use. He eventually returns home to pay his respects at Belle's gravesite after her death. Things were looking grim after Once Upon a Time’s leading lady, Jennifer Morrison (a.k.a Emma Swan) announced her exit, but now things are even worse. As they flee the spider, Gideon continues to build up Emma's trust by apologizing for trying to kill her and assuring her that all he wants is to free the Black Fairy's prisoners. Gideon, taken aback by his father's actions, thanks him and returns the dagger to him.