Master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz ("Lost," "Tron: Legacy") invite everyone to Storybrooke, Maine, a small town that probably won't show up on one's GPS, but it's a place where magic is coming!

To ensure that no one in fairytale land – especially Snow White – had any more "happily ever afters," Evil Queen Regina cast a curse which trapped the fairytale characters, frozen in time, and brought them into our modern world. Although still alive, they had no knowledge of their former selves and were sleepwalking through life – ageless -- for 28 years, until a savior arrived in the form of Emma Swan. Unbeknownst to Emma, she was the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, who had whisked her out of fairytale land and into our world as an infant to save her from the curse. Abandoned as a baby, Emma's life was anything but magical; her last job was as a bail bondsperson, but she mostly drifted without much of a life plan. When her 10-year-old son, Henry -- whom she had given up for adoption years earlier -- appeared on her doorstep with a book of fairytales and a wild story about how Emma was the progeny of fairytale characters trapped in a town called Storybrooke, she thought he was crazy. But curiosity got the better of her, and when she brought Henry back to the town – where Regina, ever the control freak, had made herself mayor and was also Henry's adoptive mother -- Emma soon discovered that Storybrooke was more than it seemed. Over time she came to believe the stories were true, began to see cracks in the curse, and was finally able to break it.

Reality and myth were merged as the fairytale characters began awakening, once the curse was lifted, and remembered who they were. But to their dismay they were not transported back to fairytale land. And to make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin – aka Mr. Gold – in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Now the fairytale characters must contend with magic in their quest to find a way home, as new fairytale characters are revealed, old acquaintances are revisited, and some we had come to believe could be trusted will turn against their own kind.

"Once Upon a Time" stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

UPCOMING EPISODES




2.7 Child of the Moon

RUBY’S FEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE TURNS INTO A WOLF IN STORYBROOKE IS CONFIRMED, AND RED RIDING HOOD FINDS A KINDRED SPIRIT IN ANITA, A LEADER OF HUMANS WHO TURN INTO WOLVES, ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”

Annabeth Gish Guest Stars as Anita

“Child of the Moon” – Ruby’s fear about turning into a wolf during the first curse-free Storybrooke full moon is confirmed when one of the town’s residents is viciously murdered, and Ruby is the prime suspect; Decker – aka King George –threatens to expose David as a shepherd, not a prince, and not fit to run the town as sheriff; and Leroy stumbles upon some treasure in the Storybrooke mine that could help bring Mary Margaret and Emma back into our world. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Red Riding Hood finds a kindred spirit in Anita (Annabeth Gish), a charismatic and mysterious leader of a pack of humans who, like Red, turn out to be wolves, on “Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby, and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Guest starring are Lee Arenberg as Leroy/Grumpy, Keegan Connor Tracy as Mother Superior/Blue Fairy, Beverley Elliott as Granny, Alan Dale as Spencer/King George, Sarah Bolger as Aurora, David-Paul Grove as Doc, Faustino Di Bauda as Sleepy, Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey, Michael Coleman as Happy, Mig Macario as Bashful, Jarod Joseph as Billy, Annabeth Gish as Anita, Ben Hollingsworth as Quinn, Jason Cermak as black knight no. 1 and Chad Riley as black knight no. 2.

”Child of the Moon” was written by Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss and directed by Anthony Hemingway.

• Red Centric
• Annabeth Gish has been cast as ‘Anita’ the seventh episode of the second season. She’s described as a charismatic, beautiful and mysterious leader of a pack of humans who — like Red — turn out to be wolves. (Source)
• Quinn, a “warlock” with magical powers who is disowned by his parents because they’re scared of his magical abilities. He’s taken in by a woman named Anita, whose family doesn’t speak to her for the same reason. Eventually, they will find a group of people who believe their powers are good, not bad. *(Source)
• Jarod Joseph's (Billy) fairytale counterpart will be revealed. (Source)
• Once Upon a Time - Episode 2.07 - Child of the Moon - Promotional Photos *Updated Larger*

2.8 Into The Deep

CORA ATTEMPTS TO STEAL THE COMPASS TO LOCATE THE ENTRANCE TO STORYBROOKE, AND REGINA AND MR. GOLD MUST PUT DAVID’S LIFE IN JEOPARDY SO THAT HE CAN CONTACT MARY MARGARET ACROSS THE LANDS TO GIVE HER SOME VITAL INFORMATION, ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”

“Into the Deep” – Cora does everything in her power to steal the compass away from Mary Margaret and Emma in her quest to find the entrance to Storybrooke. Meanwhile, in order to protect Henry from further danger, Regina and Mr. Gold must put David’s life in jeopardy in an attempt to put him in contact with Mary Margaret across the lands to give her vital information that could help her and Emma return through the portal back to Storybrooke, on “Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby, and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Guest starring are Barbara Hershey as Cora, Colin O’Donoghue as Hook, Beverley Elliott as Granny, Sarah Bolger as Aurora and Jamie Chung as Mulan.

”Into the Deep” was written by Kalinda Vazquez & Daniel T. Thomsen and directed by Ron Underwood.


Cora tries to steal the compass from Emma and Mary Margaret; Regina and Mr. Gold must put David's life in danger in hope that he will contact Mary Margaret. (Source)



2.9 Queen Of Hearts

Hook and Cora face off with Emma and Mary Margaret in a race for the compass; Mr. Gold and Regina plan to kill anyone who enters the portal. (Source)



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• For episode 2.12, the role of Gerhardt is being cast. He's a handsome, idealistic military man in his late 20s, with a family he loves. (Source)

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• Cora will be back in season 2
• For Once Upon a Time, the role of [JACK] is being cast (as a "guest role with option"). He's in his 20s or 30s, charismatic, sexy and mysterious, but also loyal and kind, and he's running from his past in a land full of danger. (Source) Get ready to meet Jack -- as in, the one with the beanstalk. This is a guy who carries some serious emotional damage with him as he runs from his past in an unimaginably dangerous land. He's got some serious swagger, but he always keeps people at an arm's length. (Source)
• Sinqua Walls, who as of late has been recurring on MTV’s Teen Wolf as pack member Boyd, has been cast on ABC’s fantastical sophomore drama as Sir Lancelot, TVLine has learned exclusively. I’m hearing that Once Upon a Time will introduce Lancelot as a “sword for hire with nothing to lose,” a onetime proud member of King Arthur’s Round Table who has since been banished, tearing him away from his true love (Queen Guinevere, as lore tells us). Lancelot is described as “a sword-for-hire, he’s one of the most dangerous men in Fairy Tale Land, because he’s a man with nothing to lose. In his tragic past, he was torn from his true love and banished from the king and country he served. Though he says he now serves only himself and his fee, he can’t help but be guided by his sense of honor, the memory of the man he once was and his true nobility.”. (Source)
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• Two more guest roles are being cast for episode 2.04, the one with Captain Hook.
  Milha, a woman who's often at her village's tavern and is bored with being a wife and mother. Yearning for adventure, she joins a band of thieves.
  Beaman, a criminal who deals in stolen antiques. This role may be recurring.(Source)
• Michael Raymond-James is coming on board the second season of the hit fantasy drama in a recurring role as …Actually, we’re not certain yet. Sources will only say he’s playing a “mysterious new character”. (Source)
• Jorge Garcia will guest star in a season two episode of ABC’s Once Upon a Time. He’ll play “The Giant." (Source)
• Daniel (Noah Bean) will return (Source)
• Ethan Embry is coming to Storybrooke. Details are scarce, but we know that Embry will play a visitor to the ABC drama’s not-so-sleepy Maine burg. (Source)

• David Anders
• Charming & Dr. Whale
• Lana and Josh
• Josh Dallas
• August 30th Set Photos
• September 7th Set Photos
• Josh Dallas
• Once Upon a Time: Storybrooke second reunion - Vancity Filming - Vancity Filming
• Jennifer & Michael Raymond-James
• Jen, Lana & Meghan
• The Charmings

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• 'Once Upon A Time': More season 2 scoops from the executive producers | Inside TV | EW.com
• Once Upon a Time Comic-Con Press Room Spoilers
• Ginnifer Goodwin: There Will Be ‘A Lot More Butt Kicking’ In Once Upon A Time
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• Once Upon a Time: Complicated relationship of Snow, Lancelot • Hypable
• Once Upon a Time Season 2 Preview — Jennifer Morrison - TVLine
• ‘Once Upon a Time’ scoop: Regina will be stepping into Archie’s office - Zap2it

• We will find out Dr Whale’s identity.
• We will meet Ariel.
• We will find out about the book and who wrote it.
• There are “major plans” for Cora this season (possible 3-episode arc)
• We'll learn Charming's real name.
• @BaileeMadison I hope that means little snow will be returning to ‪#ouat‬! -YES, she is!!! I've never been more excited!!!! @FanOncer (Source)
• _serenachan: any news on the Mad Hatter from Once Upon a Time?
  Showrunner Edward Kitsis was pretty tight-lipped about season two, but did say fans will "absolutely" see Sebastian Stan in season two, so Jefferson/Mad Hatter's story is far from over. Small victories, people! (Source)
• Question: I have a burning Once Upon a Time question — was the outside world affected when the curse was broken? —Jen
  Ausiello: That’s what EP Adam Horowitz referred to as “an excellent question” when it was lobbed to him at Comic-Con over the weekend.
  “I think the best way to answer that,” he responded, “is to say that that will be explicated rather quickly.” Explicate: To analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail. (Source)
• Question: Any scoop on August from Once Upon a Time? Please don’t say they’re not bringing him back. —Rae
  Ausiello: “We are definitely going to tell what happened to Pinocchio,” EP Edward Kitsis assured us at Con. “The last we saw, he was wood.”
  Added Horowitz: “We gotta figure out what happened to him. We started the story and we intend to finish it.” (source)
• Can't wait for Once Upon a Time to return. What's coming up? —Alan
  NATALIE: Next season is all about redemption — especially considering people have done some pretty messed-up things in fairy tale land they'll now remember in Storybrooke. "Archie, for example, who is Jiminy Cricket, is a conscience, but for 28 years, he's forgotten the fact that he turned Gepetto's parents into puppets," executive producer Edward Kitsis says. "Those puppets are hanging in Mr. Gold's shop, so what happens when you're confronted with your past now? There's a lot of loss, regret and redemption for these characters to find." (Source)
• Now the fairytale characters must contend with magic in their quest to find a way home, as new fairytale characters are revealed, old acquaintances are revisited, and some we had come to believe could be trusted will turn against their own kind. (Source)
• Question: Any juicy new scoops on Once Upon a Time? The second season isn’t arriving fast enough! —Trippie
  Ausiello: As a power struggle ensues in the newly magically enriched Storybrooke, Episode 2 will flash back to when the Evil Queen first met Rumplestiltskin. Also, series cocreator Adam Horowitz told Matt Mitovich that the show got Sebastian Stan back as the Mad Hatter for no fewer than three of the early batch of episodes — “and he doesn’t just show up to say, ‘Hey, I’m still here.’ He has his own story, because his daughter is still out there.” (Source)
• COMING UP NEXT | Now that Emma's a believer and everyone else knows what's what, what's next? "Part of it is going to be about how Nucky retains power over the boardwalk," hedges Adam Horowitz, who cocreated the show with Eddy Kitsis. Led back on track, he notes, "The show to us was never about breaking the curse and getting memories back. It was about larger conflicts, some of which were introduced last season and some which we'll introduce very soon." One epic clash, of course, involves Rumplestiltskin and the Evil Queen, who took her own pleasure in seeing that purple smoke sweep through town. "They have this weird thing where they keep f—king each other over, yet they still seem to need each other," notes Kitsis. Case in point: Rumple has reunited with his true love, "so whatever Regina was saving Belle for just went away. And I have a feeling Rumple is going to want revenge." And while fairytale characters such as Sleeping Beauty, Mulan and Captain Hook will join the narrative, Horowitz promises, "It's all in service of the larger story we've been telling, centered on Snow White, Charming, their daughter Emma and their relationship with the Queen and Rumplestiltskin." (Source)
• TVLINE BONUS SPOILER | An unexplored part of Snow White's past apparently includes one memorable knight. "Lancelot (played by Teen Wolf's Sinqua Walls in at least three episodes) has a, uh, very 'complicated' relationship with Snow," Kitsis teases. "The two of them have a secret that I'm not sure Charming knows." (source)
• Question: I am dying to know what’s going to happen to Belle on Once Upon A Time. Got anything you can share? —Donald
  Ausiello: Freshly plucked out of her hospital cellar confines and thrust into the orbit of the purple smoke-conjuring Mr. Gold, Emilie de Ravin’s beauty is in for quite a bit of culture shock as Season 2 opens. Is somewhere inside this Rumplestiltskin the same imp she fell in love with in the other realm? “Rumple has always been a character who has had to choose between love and power, and he has always chosen power,” series co-creator Eddy Kitsis reminds. “So now that Belle, this wild card, has come into his life, how will it affect his meticulous plan? And which path will he now choose because of it?” (Source)
• Belle doesn't look too happy with Rumple in the Once Upon a Time clips. —Joan
  NATALIE: She isn't! Belle's mere presence will be an unforeseen complication for Rumplestiltskin. "Gold is a meticulous man, as is Rumplestiltskin, and he had a plan that he has been enacting," executive producer Adam Horowitz says. "The wild card was Belle because he never, ever thought she was going to be coming back, and he is a man who has, in the past, always chosen power over love. I think he's on a mission, and here he has a second chance with the woman he always regretted letting go." (Source)
• KelliAnn: Holy crap, the OUAT premiere was amazing!!! But can you please tell us if Sebastian Stan will be back? Yeah, not very nice of the writers to tease us by bringing Jefferson's hat to the premiere party, but not the man himself, right? We're happy to report that Stan will be back soon, as both the Mad Hatter and Jefferson. So yes, flashbacks will still be happening. (Source)
• Alexa: What's next for Snow and Charming on OUAT?! Please tell me they won't be getting new love interests!
  Relax! It seems like the show's creators are more interested in exploring the relationship between the couple and their daughter than any prospective love interests. "There's a lot of challenges, in terms of this new relationship with their daughter. Rather than focusing on last season, where it was they didn't know who each other were and whether they'll get together and will we overcome the Kathryn of it all, this year it's a whole different set of challenges that this new familial relationship presents," Adam Horowitz explains. (Source)

• “Henry’s father is a very important part of the puzzle, it’s also entirely possible that we may meet him and not know we met him.”
• Any chance Maleficent will return next season on Once Upon a Time? — Rosie
  NATALIE: Seeing as Sleeping Beauty was just added to the second season, it's likely we haven't seen the last of Maleficent.
  Kristin Bauer may have Rumplestiltskin to thank for that. "I was hoping when that mist strolled into town that that meant that anything is possible," the True Blood vixen tells us. (Source)
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• Sinqua Walls
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• 'Once Upon A Time' Stars Preview What's Next! | TheInsider.com
• Once Upon a Time Postmortem: Where are Emma and Snow, Really? - seattlepi.com
• Lightning Round 2: Once Upon a Time Bosses Answer Your Burning Questions! - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
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• 'Once Upon a Time' actor: 'Exciting things are about to happen' - The Clicker

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