Master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (“Lost,” “Tron: Legacy”) invite everyone to join Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, the Evil Queen, Hook, Rumplestiltskin and all the other resident fairy tale characters as they cope with Emma’s new role as the dark one and they begin the search for Merlin.

“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O’Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Michael Socha as Will Scarlet and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Executive producers are Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Steve Pearlman and David H. Goodman. “Once Upon a Time” is produced by ABC Studios.

5.01 - "The Dark Swan" written by Adam Horowitz & Eddy Kitsis | Airdate: September 27, 2015

• The season opener, not unexpectedly, will pick up right where the finale left off, with Emma having vanished after taunting the disembodied Darkness with the Dark One’s dagger. Where exactly the Savior was transported to, however, thus far remains a closely guarded secret. - TVLine
• Jen filmed with Robert Carlyle and surprise guest in Enchanted Forest scene: source ~ July 8
• Merida (Amy Manson), Rumple as the Dark One, Hook, Charming, Snow, Henry, Regina, Robin and Emma as Dark Swan spotted on set | x ~ July 13, 2015
• SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Princess Merida from Brave (Amy Manson) at Stonehenge Set in Robert Burnaby Park
• Emma, Hook, Regina, Henry, Robin, Snow, Charming, Belle, Zelena, Dwarves, Grany filmd scene with King Arthur & knights on horses | x Scene summary: so basically what happened was King Arthur led zelena belle Regina Emma hook Roland Henry the dwarves granny charming and snow across a bridge with a bunch of knights on horses hook and Emma walk arm in arm Regina Robin (well stunt double Robin Sean wasn't there) Roland and Henry walk together and zelena and belle walk together belle is holding some white jug and then charming snow and Neal walk together and hen granny and the dwarves |x ~July 14, 2015
• Beer Garden in Stoprybrooke? | x ~ constructed July 16 for Jul;y 17 filming
• SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s New Storybrooke Sheriff Sneezy in Steveston
• SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Lana Parrilla, Colin O’Donoghue, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Sean Maguire, Rebecca Mader & Jared Gilmore in Steveston
• Description of scene | x

  So what this scene is most likely about: Zelena wants a wand because she wants to keep her baby (somehow she got the cuff off) and so she chokes Robin Hood and then Regina gives her the wand she swirls the clover necklace from oz around it and then she points it up something happens she falls then Regina puts on the cuff takes the wand and David holds zelena and basically we all think that zelena called a tornado because David says YOU WANNA HIGHJACK A TWISTER? And that's how they get to Camelot because they also filmed a scene just blowing giant fans at granny's and that's how granny's ends up in the woods

• SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Dark Swan (Jennifer Morrison) in Steveston
• Blocked scene being filmed at Granny's involving Dark Swan, Massive wind fans blowing | x, x
• Night scene filmed, directly after Emma disappears.

  Regina says something like “how could she be/do something so stupid” and David says “REGINA!”. Regina then says “there had to have been another way” and Snow says “there wasn’t! she did what she had to do, she saved your life!”. Then Henry comes running into the scene and we couldn’t hear any dialogue, it just seemed like them all explaining to him what happened. Cause Regina says something like “she got sucked up into a vortex by a vortex of evil”. While this is all happening Hook was kinda hanging back, just staring at the dagger, and eventually he walks forward to grab it. Robin tries to stop him but Hook goes “get out of my way!” and slapped his hand away in a few takes. Then he grabs the dagger and tries to summon Emma. “Dark one, with this dagger I command thee. Return!” and nothing happens. “Dark one, APPEAR!” . Then Regina goes “put that thing down (before you get us killed???). don’t you know the dagger’s rules?” and Hook says “the rules are I can summon the dark one from any corner of the world”. After that we can’t hear anything, but Hook looks sadly down at the dagger and kinda twists it around to look at Emma’s name on it

BTS Pics/Videos/Stills:
July 13 Burnaby Park: Charming, Hook, Henry | Emma / back |
July 14: Captain Swan | group | group | group w/arthur | Emma | Hook
July 17: Rehearsal HQ photos | Zelena scene | VIDEO: Dagger scene | Album with HQ pics | VIDEO: "twister" | Album with HQ pics

5.02 - "The Price" written by Andrew Chambliss & Dana Horgan | Airdate: October 4, 2015

• Jen and Colin filmed a scene alone x pic full pic
• Jen, Lana, and Jared filmed a scene at the docks x | YVRShoots' photos
• SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Jennifer Morrison (Dark Swan), Jared Gilmore & Lana Parrilla on the Steveston Docks
• Jen filmed a night scene x, possibly with The Apprentice x
• Filming in Central Park July 23 Castle set ~ Josh, Ginny, Lana, Sean, Liam, Jen & Colin filmed x
• July 24 ~ filming at Granny's Hook & flask, pic of table

BTS Pics/Videos/Stills:
July 22 Steveston: Arthur | Pier scene VIDEO | Dark Swan night | Album with HQ pics

5.03 - "Siege Perilous" written by Jane Espenson, directed by Ralph Hemecker | Airdate: October 10, 2015

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5.04 - "The Broken Kingdom" written by David H. Goodman & Jerome Schwartz | Airdate: October 18, 2015

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5.05 - "TBA" written by | Airdate: October 25, 2015

BTS Pics/Videos/Stills:

• Jennifer Morrison discute de ‘Dark Swan’ et du futur de Once Upon a Time ~ June 20, 2015 (released June 28)
• Fairy Tales III Panel - Jen's answer about the evolution of Dark!Emma ~ June 20, 2015
• Jennifer Morrison Is Reading Old Fairy Tales to Play 'Dark Emma' on Once Upon a Time ~ June 17, 2015

• JMO/COD: Once Upon a Time Interview: Brace Yourself For Emma and Hook's "Difficult" Season ~ July 26, 2015

• The Hot Seat: Once Upon a Time bosses answer your burning questions ~ July 8, 2015
• First Look: Emma Goes Dark in Once Upon a Time Promo Poster ~ July 6, 2015
• Once Upon a Time first look: The Dark Swan rises! ~ July 3, 2015
  
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  “Every part of her is fighting her dark urges,” executive producer Edward Kitsis says. “What happens when [the darkness] mixes with the lightest magic of all, and will Emma have the strength to fight it?” “How a Dark One manifests is specific to each person who takes on the mantle,” says EP Adam Horowitz. “Emma will have her own unique spin on what it means to be a Dark One.” Becoming the Dark One “allows you to have the freedom to have no inhibitions,” Kitsis adds, which could play a role in exactly how Emma uses her powers. “We are going to be exploring love and what happens when you use it as a weapon and what are the things that it makes you do. In the past, we’ve said love is the most powerful magic of all. It makes you do many things you normally wouldn’t think you would.” But there is hope. “The quest for Merlin is the quest to free Emma,” Kitsis says. Twist: That quest will require a new savior to come forward.

• 'Once Upon a Time' Season 5: The quest for Merlin begins