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
2.4 The Crocodile
BELLE THREATENS TO LEAVE MR. GOLD IF HE CONTINUES WITH HIS THIRST FOR POWER, AND RUMPLESTILTSKIN ATTEMPTS TO SAVE HIS WIFE FROM A BAND OF CUTTHROAT PIRATES, ON ABC'S "ONCE UPON A TIME"
The Crocodile" - Belle's disgust over Mr. Gold's continuing thirst for power comes to a head, and she threatens to leave him if he can't change his evil ways; the dwarves pick up their axes and try to find fairy dust in the Storybrooke mine; and a reunion with an old acquaintance could prove to be Belle's undoing. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin attempts to save his wife, Milah, from being kidnapped by a band of cutthroat pirates, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 (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, Barbara Hershey as Cora, Colin O'Donoghue as Killian Jones, David-Paul Grove as Doc, Faustino Di Bauda as Sleepy, Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey, Michael Coleman as Happy, Mig Macario as Bashful, Sebastian Wilkinson as young Baelfire, Rachel Shelley as Milah, Rondel Reynoldson as village woman, Eric Keenleyside as Moe/Sir Maurice, Christopher Gauthier as William, Chelsea Turner as tavern waitress and Ryan Hesp as quartermaster.
"The Crocodile" was written by David H. Goodman & Robert Hull and directed by David Solomon. (Source)
Rumple centric
Once Upon a Time is giving actor Colin O’Donoghue the Hook! The ABC drama has tapped the Irish thesp to join the Season 2 cast in the potentially recurring role of Captain Hook, TVLine has confirmed. A handsome, fearsome and confident pirate ship captain, Hook relishes every challenge and never backs down from a fight, whether the reward is power, riches, or women. He possesses the meticulous style and old-school manners of a proper gentleman, but beneath that veneer lies a vindictive enemy who will not rest until all his enemies have been defeated… and humiliated. Source
She (Emilie) was filming with Meghan Ory, Robert Carlyle, Josh Dallas and Lee Arenberg. Source
Actress Rachel Shelley has announced in a column on DIVA magazine that she has filmed a guest spot on Once Upon A Time. Thanks to the website’s Twitter account we know the dates during which she filmed, which put her guest spot squarely during the filming of episode 2.04 “The Crocodile”. Considering her allusion about “setting sail” it makes sense she filmed an Hook episode. Her character is most likely 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”. (Source)
REGINA BELIEVES SHE’S SEEN A GHOST FROM HER PAST IN STORYBROOKE, MARY MARGARET AND EMMA BECOME SUSPICIOUS OF A LONE SURVIVOR FROM AN OGRE MASSACRE, AND REGINA FINDS HERSELF FAILING AT LEARING THE DARK ARTS FROM A DARK MASTER, ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”
“The Doctor” – While Regina continues to try and stop using her magic in an attempt to win back Henry’s affections, she begins seeing what she believes is a ghost from her past; and when Mary Margaret and Emma discover a lone survivor from an ogre massacre, Emma begins to question whether or not he’s telling the truth. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Regina finds herself failing at learning the dark arts from a dark master because something from her past is preventing her from using her magic for evil, on “Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 (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 Raphael Sbarge as Archie Hopper/Jiminy Cricket, David Anders as Dr. Whale, Colin O’Donoghue as Killian Jones/Hook, Sarah Bolger as Aurora, Jamie Chung as Mulan, Noah Bean as man, Sebastian Stan as Jefferson, Yurij Kis as assistant and Paula Giroday as Trish.
”The Doctor” was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Paul Edwards.
EMMA TREKS UP A BEANSTALK WITH A NOT-TOO-TRUSTWORTHY CAPTAIN HOOK TO STEAL A COMPASS FROM A MURDEROUS GIANT, AND EMMA’S PAST IS REVEALED, ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”
Jorge Garcia (“Lost”) Guest Stars as the Giant
“Tallahassee” – With the hopes of finding a magical compass that could help her and Mary Margaret get back to Storybrooke, Emma takes a journey with a not-too-trustworthy Captain Hook up a treacherous beanstalk in an attempt to steal the item from a murderous giant (Jorge Garcia, “Lost”). Meanwhile, Emma’s past is revealed to be anything but magical when she meets up with a fellow thief who wants to make an honest woman out of her, on “Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 (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 Michael Raymond-James as Neal Cassady, Colin O’Donoghue as Killian Jones/Hook, Sarah Bolger as Aurora, Jamie Chung as Mulan, Eion Bailey as August W. Booth/Pinocchio, Jorge Garcia as Giant, Marc-Anthony Massiah as traffic cop, Tony Alcantar as cashier, Fane Tse as customer, Artine Brown as cop and Kerry Sandomirsky as Loretta.
”Tallahassee” was written by Christine Boylan & Jane Espenson and directed by Dave Barrett.
Ruby's fear about turning into a wolf is confirmed when she becomes the prime suspect for a vicious murder; Leroy finds treasure in a Storybrooke mine that could help Emma and Mary Margaret.
GUEST STARS: Lee Arenberg, Keegan Connor Tracy, Beverley Elliott, Alan Dale, Sarah Bolger, David Paul Grove, Faustino Di Bauda, Jeffrey Kaiser, Michael Coleman, Mig Macario, Jarod Joseph, Annabeth Gish, Ben Hollingsworth, Jason Cermak, Chad Riley
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)
2.8 Into The Deep
Possible Hook Centric
2.9 Queen Of Hearts
Possible Cora Centric
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CASTING & GUEST STARS
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) (Source)
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)
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)
OTHER SPOILERS
“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)
That's inexcusable. If he can't do that, then he should not be sheriff. Whether he hates Gold or not, there's an innocent girl out there. I adore Charming, but I'm not going to give him extra credit for doing a job that he should be doing. It's sad that Gold has to beg him.
My point was merely that Charming, not knowing Rumpelle's history, could very well believe that Rumple wants him to find Belle for some sort of negative purpose - to harm her or use her to further his own personal agenda.
Because let's be honest - that is absolutely something Charming knows first hand that Rumple is willing to do.
Don't get me wrong, I love Rumple. He's arguably my favorite individual character on the show. But the dude has done some absolutely rotten and vial things. It's going to take Charming (and others) time to realize that his intentions with Belle are actually good. And he's certainly not going to run headfirst into danger anymore anytime Rumple asks him to.
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So if it's about Mo, I suppose Belle runs into him, they reunite, he tells her about Gold, she confronts him, the kidnapping happens, she's rescued, they have a happy reunion and then he gives her the library?
I hope somewhere around there is a talk about Bae...and also why he did what he did to Mo.
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Don't get me wrong, I love Rumple. He's arguably my favorite individual character on the show. But the dude has done some absolutely rotten and vial things. It's going to take Charming (and others) time to realize that his intentions with Belle are actually good
Ok, got it - I understand what you're saying. Well in any case, he looked genuinely broken over Belle's disappearance.
I liked the way he kind of shook his head after she thanked him, like he was so proud of himself, lol
Thanks for the new thread. Responding from the old one -
My point was merely that Charming, not knowing Rumpelle's history, could very well believe that Rumple wants him to find Belle for some sort of negative purpose - to harm her or use her to further his own personal agenda.
Because let's be honest - that is absolutely something Charming knows first hand that Rumple is willing to do.
Don't get me wrong, I love Rumple. He's arguably my favorite individual character on the show. But the dude has done some absolutely rotten and vial things. It's going to take Charming (and others) time to realize that his intentions with Belle are actually good. And he's certainly not going to run headfirst into danger anymore anytime Rumple asks him to.
I agree, I don't blame him for not wanting to help right away. We all know he will because he's Charming and that's what he does. But I don't blame him at all.
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Originally, I was willing to have more sympathy for George. Not a lot, but some. After all, his son dies and he can't even let on that it happened. He has to pretend a total stranger is that son - and he has to deal with that total stranger having his own ideas about how things should be done when George is trying to protect his own kingdom (and its people, although they may have been incidental). I saw him as hating Charming not just because he can't control him but because George was determined from the beginning not to care for a person he saw as an impersonator of the son he seemed to have really loved (yeah, I know he forced the impersonator job on Charming, emotions are not logical - especially in rigid control freaks who refuse to admit they have any).
Let's just say George has lost that bit of sympathy.
Rumple and Charming
I also think Charming is understandably wary. Rumple has a way of not giving full disclosure. The last time a Charming family member was looking for a missing person and Rumple was involved, Moe French wound up in the hospital. The time before that, Ashley almost had to give up her baby and Emma wound up owing a favor.
A new fairy tale for Gold to be the star of: The Boy Who Cried Wolf. When he actually tells the truth, no one believes him.
Although Gold would probably agree with one of the characters from Deep Space Nine when he commented on The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The moral isn't that no one will believe a liar even when he tells the truth, the moral is that you should never tell the same lie twice - and Gold knows that one by heart.
The Rumbelle necklace scene is really sweet. The more I watch it, the more I love it. It's just a lovely little scene of a man giving the woman he loves a gift because he wants to - and it represents "us".
Now my timeline for this episode is messed up because we still have the nighty scene, lol
I think we're staring to see why that part of FTL was preserved. I think it's quite clear Rumple and Regina wouldn't have wanted to bring Cora over to Storybrooke. Rumple in particular, knowing that the Curse would be broken and magic brought over, he probably did not want to deal with more than one "Mills".
There's still the mystery of how Cora came back from Wonderland...Can't wait to see Cora's back story as the Miller's daughter!
So if it's about Mo, I suppose Belle runs into him, they reunite, he tells her about Gold, she confronts him, the kidnapping happens, she's rescued, they have a happy reunion and then he gives her the library?
and OMG, this is ALL supposed to happen in 42 minutes AND the FTL scenes too???!!! I'm giddy with happiness, but really nervous at the same time
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