Continuity mistake: When Elsa is walking down the middle of the street through Storybrooke, she is leaving a trail of ice on the road behind her. Shortly after seeing a wedding dress in a store window, she walks towards the store, and the trail of ice behind her is gone. (00:07:00 - 00:07:35)
Continuity mistake: During Emma's date with Hook, the waiter is carrying a basket of food. As Will bumps into him, the waiter is just about to put the basket on the table, but in the next shot, it is already sitting on the table.
Continuity mistake: When Will is trying to break into the library, the sign on the door, with the opening hours, is blue. When Will and Robin enter the library, as the door closes, the sign is black. (00:35:15)
Continuity mistake: When Hook comes to see Emma at the sheriff's station, his earring disappears when she kisses him goodbye.
Continuity mistake: The flashback scene where The Snow Queen takes Emma's video camera away from Kevin differs from what is seen on the video recording of that moment in "Breaking Glass" and "Family Business." For example, in the recording, Ingrid says, "We respect property in this house, Emma." In the actual scene, she says, "We respect property in this household, don't we, Kevin?"
Continuity mistake: When Mary Margaret gets thrown by the Lily dragon into a rock, her blood smear on her head is large and messy. They cut away and cut back to her quickly and it is nice and neat with two blood drop lines slowly forming away from the cut. (00:44:00)
Continuity mistake: When we see Emma giving Merida back her heart, shoving her away in the same motion, a couple of shots later the camera turns on Emma and we are shown her still doing the same movement, although several seconds have passed. (00:33:40)
Continuity mistake: When Killian Jones, a.k.a. Captain Hook, is talking to Emma on the street, he points to one of his rings and reveals that it belonged to a man who insulted him by calling him "One Hand Jones." According to Hook, he killed the man in front of his wife, and took his ring as a trophy. However, as seen in 2-04 "The Crocodile", Hook was already wearing this ring before he lost his hand to Rumplestiltskin. This is best seen while he and Milah are drinking and gambling at the tavern: In the shot of the dice landing on the table, you can see Hook's hand resting on the table, wearing the same ring.
Continuity mistake: When King Fergus signs the witch's contract by stamping the hot wax with his ring, the seal is placed right on top of one of the last word of the final paragraph. When the witch shows Merida the contract two years later, the seal has moved several centimeters below the contract. There are also subtle differences in the witch's handwriting. (00:04:45 - 00:06:45)
Continuity mistake: When Mary Margaret and Henry are being teleported out of Granny's Diner by Nimue, they aren't wearing any outdoor clothing. However, when they emerge at the pond with the others, Henry is wearing a jacket, and Mary Margaret wears a coat and a scarf.
Continuity mistake: When Hook tells Emma in the Sorceror's Mansion about his brother Liam's redemption and eventual moving on from the underworld, his black stud earring isn't on his ear. During that entire scene, the earring disappears and reappears numerous times as the camera cuts between Hook and Emma even though the shot is filmed from the same angle.
Continuity mistake: When Zelena is impersonating Mother Superior, she wears a nun outfit with long sleeves. When the real mother Superior enters the room, the latter is wearing an identical outfit, but with the sleeves rolled up. However, in the shot after the real Mother Superior asks "Who are you?" it switches, with Zelena having rolled-up sleeves, and Mother Superior having long sleeves. (00:05:15)
Continuity mistake: When Emma and Hook are walking down the street in the beginning of the episode, the time on the Storybrooke clock tower is 8:45 PM. When Mr. Gold is inside the clock tower in the next scene, the time on the clock (seen from inside The Tower) is 8:30 PM. (According to the Blu-ray commentary, the scene with Mr. Gold in the clock tower was originally supposed to take place before the scene with Emma and Hook. This was changed during editing). (00:02:40)
Continuity mistake: When Henry is in New York and trying to conjure magic by the fountain, you can see that the building in the background says Vancouver Art Gallery on the top. (00:23:15 - 00:24:57)
Continuity mistake: As Dr. Jekyll leads David, Hook, Mary Margaret and Zelena through the marketplace while they try to escape from Mr. Hyde, as Hook says, "Next time, try an aggressive bunny rabbit", he is wearing a ring on his index finger. Two shots later, as they group heads into the alley, the ring is gone (only three seconds have passed, and since Hook only has one hand, he could not have taken it off that quickly). In the next shot, the ring is still missing, and the camera stays on Hook the whole time, but in the next shot, the ring has mysteriously reappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Emma and the others return to Storybrooke, in several shots, like when Regina exits Emma's car, the Storybrooke Cannery appears in the background, painted in white. However, when the magic is released from the Olympian crystal, there is a shot where we see a wave of magic move through Storybrooke Main Street, where the top half of one of the cannery buildings is painted in red.
Continuity mistake: When Henry is sitting at the bar at the end of the episode, reading his storybook, in some shots, there is a picture on one page, which takes up the entire page. In other shots, there is a different picture there, which takes up only half the page and has text next to it. (00:37:25)
Continuity mistake: When Gideon shows his father the book that Belle gave him, "Her Handsome Hero", in the close-up, the cover of the book is facing upward. In the next shot, where Mr. Gold takes the book, the cover is facing downward.
Continuity mistake: When Emma lands and Hook land in the apartment after going through the portal, Henry and Regina help them both to their feet. In the first shot, Regina is seen holding onto Hook's arm as he and Emma get up. In the next shot, she is holding onto Emma's arm. (00:34:45)
Continuity mistake: When Mary Margaret drops by Emma's house to discuss wedding plans, in the wide shot where Emma's phone rings, Emma's flower tattoo (which can be seen in several other shots throughout the scene) is missing from her wrist. (00:04:15)
Answer: He knows who she is because he knows that the fairy tales are true. He was also shown to sneak out to go see Emma or someone else. Sometimes he succeeded, sometimes he didn't. This is how he knew to look for her despite his strict mother.