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HazelEyes008 · 09-01-2017, 01:57 PM

'Once Upon a Time' Scorecard: All the Season 7 Returns and New Personas

The New Story
While the previous six seasons centered on the story of Snow White, Prince Charming and the daughter they saved from a curse, Emma (Morrison) — whose estranged son, Henry (Gilmore), found her and attempted to lift the curse on the fairy tale characters populating her town of Storybrooke, Maine.

In season seven, an adult Henry (Andrew J. West) is visited by his own estranged daughter, Lucy (Alison Fernandez), who needs his help to save cursed fairy tale characters — including her mother and Henry’s love, Cinderella (Dania Ramirez) —from a new book.

Yes, those season one callbacks are intentional.

“We’re not going to be retelling season one, but we always have echoes,” Kitsis tells THR. “The premise is of the show was fairytale characters who no longer remember who they were searching for happy endings. That’s the spine that we’re still following, like a road map.”

The New Personas
As for O'Donoghue’s character, Hook is a “good cop” with a “good heart” haunted by a case, says Kitsis. Adds Horowitz, “He has a fake hand. There’s no hook in Seattle.”

The Returning Favorites
Fans of one of the show’s strongest relationships — the love between Emma and Captain Hook, who married in a musical episode toward the end of season six — should be pleased with the second episode of the session, which will see Morrison return to reprise her role (the fourth episode will provide similar back story for de Ravin’s Belle).

“For ‘Captain Swan’ fans that are worried, don’t be. But watch it, and all will be explained in episode two,” says Horowitz. “They don’t have to be frightened, but they do have to watch.”

Adds Kitsis, “We are very cognizant of the passion.”

Once Upon a Time moves to Fridays for season seven, premiering Oct. 6 on ABC.
'Once Upon a Time' Season 7: Creators Discuss Returns & New Personas | Hollywood Reporter