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CAST
Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret
Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David
Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold
Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina
Jared Gilmore as Henry
Emilie de Ravin as Belle
Colin O'Donoghue as Captain Hook
Michael Raymond-James as Baelfire/Neal

Master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz ("Lost," "Tron: Legacy") invite everyone to join Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, Rumplestiltskin, Hook and the Evil Queen Regina as they travel through a portal on the Jolly Roger in an effort to reach Neverland and rescue Henry.

Welcome to Storybrooke, Maine, a small town that probably won't show up on your GPS, but it's a magical place to visit. Reality and myth merged after Emma broke Regina's curse, which had deprived the fairytale characters of their memories and trapped them in our modern world. When they finally regained their identities, our heroes were dismayed to discover that they weren't transported back to Fairy Tale Land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - decided to escalate his power struggle with Regina by introducing magic into the town. But this is our world, and magic always has a tendency to yield unfathomable consequences.

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And they all lived happily ever after... Hardly!

All is not well back in the Enchanted Forest when Hook comes calling on Emma in New York City in an attempt to jog her memory so that she can once again help her fairy tale family and friends out of a desperate situation. Everyone she holds dear is in danger as a new foe emerges - the Wicked Witch of the West (Rebecca Mader, "Lost"). Hook now must enlist Emma in an epic struggle that spans worlds: with the highest stakes possible - the fate of her family. No one remembers how they were transported back or the past year they had spent back in Fairy Tale Land. But someone in town is responsible for this curse, and all clues point to the Wicked Witch of the West, whose agenda in our world is a mystery. In an attempt to break the curse, new fairytale characters will be revealed and old acquaintances will be revisited. But not everyone can be trusted. X

Upcoming Episodes

3.19 - A Curious Thing - written by E. Kitsis & A. Horowitz | Airdate: 4/27/2014
ZELENA THREATENS TO KILL HENRY IF HOOK – WHOSE LIPS HAVE BEEN CURSED – DOESN’T KISS EMMA AND DRAIN AWAY HER MAGICAL POWERS, AND IN THE FAIRY TALE LAND OF THE PAST, SNOW AND CHARMING GO IN SEARCH OF GOOD WITCH GLINDA TO HELP THEM DEFEAT ZELENA

“A Curious Thing” – Zelena threatens to kill Henry if Hook – whose lips have been cursed by the Wicked Witch -- doesn't proceed with kissing Emma, which will drain all of her magical powers away, and things begin to heat up between Regina and Robin Hood. Meanwhile, back in the Fairy Tale Land that was during the past year, Snow and Charming go in search of Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, to see if she can help them defeat Zelena, and the curse that will ultimately send the Fairy Tale characters back to Storybrooke is cast -- but from an unlikely source.

Guest starring are Lee Arenberg as Leroy/Grumpy, Beverley Elliott as Granny, Sarah Bolger as Aurora, Rebecca Mader as Zelena, Sunny Mabrey as Glinda, Julian Morris as Prince Phillip, Sean Maguire as Robin Hood and Christopher Gauthier as Smee.

”A Curious Thing” was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Ralph Hemecker.
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• Glinda, the Good Witch - "years of isolation have made her lonely and cautious — though at her core, she is a steadfastly filled with optimism" source
• Filming at an old barn - Lana, Jared, Colin, Ginny, Josh, Jen, Smee, Rebecca. source | 1 |
• Emma in a barn source
• Snow in Storybrooke source
• Main cast filming at Britannia shipyard in Stevenston - Oz and flying primates source |
• Jolly Roger site gunfire battle and "girly" screams source
• Glinda is with gang at the docks
• Aurora and Philip filming source | 1
• Hook and Henry at Granny's Diner source
• David, MM, Emma, Hook & Jared in Storybrooke photos source
• Emma and Hook near cannery source
• Lana and Sean filmed indoor studio and Storybrooke separately source | interviews | pics
• Emma & Henry have heated exchange outside Granny's source & photos
• Robert, Colin & Rebecca. Then Josh, Ginny and Lana filming at Stanley Park. source | location source pic 2

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In previewing Episode 19 — which airs next week, on April 27 — Josh Dallas revealed to reporters at WonderCon, “We’re going to go back and find out who cast this curse, so that’s going to be great. You’re going to know who cast the curse, you’re going to know why we’re all back and why none of us remember that missing that year.” Also in that episode, Dallas previewed, “There’s going to be a decision made back in Fairy Tale Land, between Regina, Snow and Charming, that’s going to affect everyone.” Is anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? That Zelena is not the one who uncorked this curse, that maybe Regina did it, in the name of a greater good? Once Upon a Time Stars, Creators Tease a Huge Decision, Big Reveals and… Dorothy's Intro?

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WONDER CON 2014: SPOILER ROUNDUP 'A Curious Thing' (3.19) will be all about the Charming's baby. We'll also find out about who exactly cast the curse. “That's a pretty big reveal!” As for Henry’s memories, they will be sorted one way or another by the end of the season. As for Neal, he remains in our hearts, but will also be seen in flashbacks. Source

BTS 3.19 "A Curious Thing" Regina, Snow, Charming, Aurora, and Glinda

BTS Pics/Videos:
fan photos on set 2/25 |Granny's diner | Lana & Sean | Granny & Hood | Stanley Pk

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ONCE UPON A TIME PRE-FINALE EPISODES | ABC's fantastical drama opens its sweeps run April 27, with an episode that "answers an enormous amount of questions," cocreator Eddy Kitsis promises. Among them: Who cast the new curse and why? And what else is Hook hiding about his remembered year? And though the Storybrooke heroes seem to have the Wicked Witch's time-traveling agenda figured out, "There's an additional surprise element to what's coming," says cocreator Adam Horowitz. "It becomes more than it appeared at first blush." On May 4, the episode "Kansas" serves up more Oz-based mythology (and iconography) as well as introduces us to the show's take on Dorothy. All of that, Kitsis says, "will open the door to a new adventure that leads to the two-hour finale." Exclusive bonus scooplet: Someone you thought you'd seen the last of puts in one more appearance, and soon. MAY 11 SEASON FINALE (2 HOURS) | The double pump of "Snow Drifts" and "There's No Place Like Home" is "not just two episodes crammed together in one night," says Kitsis. "It was written as a two-hour movie, and it will not only complete the arc of this season, but it will absolutely set up next season" - akin to how last May, the gang set course for Neverland. "We're not getting on a boat this time," Horowitz quips, "but seeds for Season 4 are planted." As is a ring on someone's finger. "There will be a wedding," Kitsis affirms, adding... well, nothing. (But we tried!)

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3.20 - Kansas - written by Andrew Chambliss & Kalinda Vazquez | Airdate: 5/04/2014

• Filming at Storybrooke "hospital" - Robin, Zelena, Grumpy, Sneezy, Snow, David and Henry source | location photos |
• Rumple filming ???? source
• Filming at new location source
• Lana's favorite outfit of the season source
• Sean's favorite scene thus far source
• Wicked Witch of the North played by Karen Holness | IMDb
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'Once Upon a Time': See Snow White's first royal baby photos -- EXCLUSIVE

BTS Pics/Videos:
Rebecca on set | Josh | Hook | Zelena |

3.21 - "Snow Drifts", part 1 - written by David H. Goodman & Robert Hull | Airdate: 5/11/2014

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Once Upon a Time (ABC) Airs: Sunday, May 11 at 8/7c The two-hour finale will feature a fairy tale wedding, though it's unclear exactly who will be making it down the aisle, especially with Zelena willing to do anything to get her vengeance on her half-sister Regina. We'll also learn why Zelena has been targeting Snow White's baby, who's expected to arrive this spring. And unfortunately, there is still more death on the way! "Hearts will be broken," executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz tease. "Hearts will be healed. There will be surprise returns and new arrivals." Could the new arrivals include the new villain who will be plaguing our favorite fairy tale characters in Season 4? Source

• Filming at Boundry Bay, in the delta
• Evil Queen's carriage arrives
• Filming on location in the woods. First scene: Emma, Hook & Rumple. Emma in FTL dress/clothing??!! | Lynn Canyon Pk, North Van
• same location Second scene: Lana & Robert in FTL | wearing old EQ outfit |
• filming at hospital location with Lana, Sean, Josh, Emilie & Bobby. Regina has "a gash (makeup)" on forehead.
• Lana & Sean; Colin & JMO scenes
• Emilie, Josh, RC, Lana & Sean filming at "library" location set possible SB hospital |source
• night filming at "library" location with Lana, Sean, Robert & Emilie
• Maid Marian returns | source | #2 | #3 |
Bandit Snow returns | source
• started filming episode on March 17th.

BTS Pics/Videos:

3.22 - "There's No Place Like Home" , part 2 - written by Kitsis & Horowitz | Airdate: 5/11/2014
W.Keck "Expect a splashy season-finale wedding. Will the bride and groom be Belle and Rumple? Emma and Hook? Regina and Robin Hood?"

• "splashy" season-finale Wedding | source
• Filming starts March 25th
• Filming in Steveston on Friday, March 28th |here | here 2 |
• Granny's Diner - Hook and Emma. Hook leaves diner and Emma chases after then discuss outside of diner. Blocked black screen from fans view |
• Granny's Diner - Regina, Robin Hood & Roland |source | last day filming | more | more |
• SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Lana Parrilla & Sean MacGuire Film Season 3 Finale
• Emma in FTL costume ??| source
• Ruby is back? | Meghan Ory
• filming JMO, Colin, Meghan, Josh | source
• scene with Hook, Charming and Red in EF | source | more | more
• Emilie & Rumple filming indoor set | source
• Filming in EF: Megan, JMO, Colin, Josh, Ginny, Maid Marian | source
• Hook in non-pirate attire | source | more | new attire
• SB forest 'Well' location scene??? | source |
• Snow and Charming dressed in replica of "Snow Falls" costumes. Josh sporting short haircut & same chin 'cut' and Ginny's stunt double present. Last day of filming.

• April 4th last day of filming https://twitter.com/stevester17

BTS Pics/Videos:

Central Park, Burnaby, BC 4/2 :Josh, Megan, Ginny, JMO, Colin, Maid Marian

OTHER SPOILERS
Once Upon a Time Bosses Talk Oz-Some Reveals — Plus: Tinker Bell's Take on Regina/Robin Hood
Once Upon a Time: Wicked Vs. Evil, Yellow Bricks, Hook's Secrets and More Burning Qs Answered
Once Upon a Time's Jennifer Morrison Teases Emma's New Predicament - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
'Once Upon a Time': Jennifer Morrison on ditching Neverland for Oz | Inside TV | EW.com
‘Bones’ Spoilers: Angela’s Real Name Will Be Revealed in Season 10 - TVLine
'Once Upon a Time': Colin O'Donoghue on making Hook a 'bad boy' - latimes.com
Access Hollywood: OUAT's Lana Parrilla on 'Crestfallen' Regina
TVLine-'Whodunnit' Wicked Mystery and what to Expect in SB
Once Upon a Time Scoop: 15 Enchanted Answers to Your Wicked Midseason Questions! | E! Online
Write-up of Lana, Colin, JMo and Josh on EWRadio “TV Editor’s Hour” Sirius XM 105
'Once Upon a Time': Lana Parrilla on Wicked's 'Enigma,' Regina Transformed and Romance
A Wicked Witch and More Disney Character Interview Kitsis and Horowitz season 3B Preview
TVLine: Matt's inside Line - Charming meets Rapunzel and Belle/Rumple's fate
TV Line: OUAT's Snow and Robin Hood forest neighbors?
TVLine NYC Serenade- Belle's plans, Emma in NYC 2/20/2014
What Makes Once Upon a Time's Wicked Witch So Wicked? Plus: Who's Dorothy In this Story?2/18/2014
Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis tease Wicked vs.Evil Queen Going to Oz and more...2/14/2014
Adam and Eddy Q&A season 3B preview
TV Guide Lightning Round 11: OUAT Bosses Answer Q's 2/06/14
TVLine OUAT's Regina is going to meet Robin Hood. 2/06/2014
Amina @OUAT_fan96: What can we expect from second part of season 3? #AskJosh |@joshdallas Complete game change! #CharmAttack
1/27 Eonline - JoAnna Swisher talks Ariel's return
TVLine Hook scoop and Belle's Lumiere
1/20/14 Hollywood Reporter - Emma's Brief Bliss, Looming Danger and 'Wicked' Villain Q & A
1/20/14 TVLine - Bombshell: Character Death Is Coming
1/19/14 TVGuide OUAT: Emma's New Life, Regina's New Love and a Wicked New Villain
Ariel returns, Tink's back, "Pregnancies tend to attract some chaos"
‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 3 Spring Spoilers — Emma, Hook, Neal, Regina - TVLine
1/13/14 Keck's Exclusives: Once Upon a Time Takes on Oz, Rapunzel, Babies and a Wedding! - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
Regina to find love
#WizardIsComing
Archie is back
'Once Upon a Time' spoilers: Did Christopher Gorham hint at his character?
S3B:Regina to find love?
Robert Carlyle arrival in BC
Rumple's post curse castle


CASTING & GUEST STARS

• Michael Socha joins OUAT cast in season 4
• ‘Once Upon a Time’: Sunny Mabrey Cast as Glinda in Season 3 - TVLine
• Casting call - Glinda the Good Witch
• Erick Lane will be joining the magical cast as the young Prince Leopold - E!online
• Casting Call - Captain Hook to face against Blackbeard? One episode appearance.
• TVLine confirmed Season 3, Episode 18, Rose McGowan will reprise the role of Young Cora.
• Meghan Ory Happily Anticipates OUAT Return
• 'Once Upon a Time' casts 'Covert Affairs' star in key guest star role
• Once Upon a Time Casts Rebecca Mader as a New Big Bad

CREW
Adam Horowitz, executive producer and writer
Andrew Chambliss, writer
Jane Espenson, writer
David H. Goodman, writer
Robert Hull, writer
Daniel T. Thomsen, writer
Kalinda Vazquez, writer




promotional pictures of the cast
Comic Con Posters
Show Posters
Official Season Two Posters
Official Season Three promotional pictures
Official Season Three Posters

• ONCE UPON A TIME’s Jennifer Morrison & Colin O’Donoghue in Stanley Park
• Ginnifer Goodwin filming at a school
• Once Upon a Time - Season 3 - BTS Photos - Hook and Emma
• Jennifer Morrison and Jared Gilmore seen filming scenes for the twelfth episode of 'Once Upon a Time'.
• Once Upon a Time: Jennifer Morrison and Colin O’Donoghue
• Emma and Mystery Guy (?) filming 3.12 New York City Serenade
• ONCE UPON A TIME Turns Vancouver Club into NYPD Precinct 35
• Ginnifer Goodwin Covers Baby Bump on 'Once' Set!
• Snow and Charming kissing
• Snow, Charming and Neal
• BTS pics of Ginny and Sarah and Emilie
• BTS pics of Josh and Ginny
• Once Upon a Time - Season 3 - Set Photos - 27th November 2013
• Emma Swan and Regina
• Once Upon a Time - Season 3 - First Look at Rebecca Mader
• ONCE UPON A TIME’s Jennifer Morrison & Lana Parrilla in Fort Langley

• Once Upon a Time At WonderCon: Who Will Be There? - TV Fanatic
• OUAT Bosses and The Shocking Death and What's Next| TV Guide
• ABC Announces Finale Dates for the 2013-2014 Season|Spoilers
• Once Upon a Time Set Interview: Colin O'Donaghue and Jennifer Morrison
• SiriusXM interview with Josh, Jen, Lana and Colin here
• Once Upon a Time Pictures - Photo Gallery: Returning Winter Shows: Where We Left Off
• TVLine 1/13/2014 Matt's Inside Line - "Captain Swan" and Young Cora, Eva and Leopold
• OUAT's Emma's new life, Regina's New love and WW Villain
• TVGuide - Is Rumplestiltskin really dead on Once Upon a Time?
• Eonline - Jamie Chung's Speaks Out on Mulan's Gay Reveal
• OUAT convention in Paris - December 2014
• Once Upon a Time Creators Address 'Plotty' Past, Preview a Future of Neverland Conflict, Charming Bonding, 'Heat' for Regina and More
• TVLine 11/21/13 OUAT Henry's Recently Expanded Family Tree will Grow By Two spaces
• Q&A: 'Once Upon a Time' Creators on Having a Role for Kelly Clarkson
• Lightning Round 9: Once Upon a Time Bosses Answer Your Burning Questions
• Once Upon A Time Interview: Lana Parrilla On Regina’s Season 3 Journey
• Once Upon a Time Stars Preview Pan-Demonium, the Punishing of Lost Boys, Baby Talk and More
• Once Upon a Time Exclusive: Henry's Recently Expanded Family Tree Will Grow Even More
• Lightning Round 10: Once Upon a Time Bosses Answer Your Burning Questions
• Once Upon a Time Casts Rebecca Mader as a New Big Bad
• Once Upon a Time's Return to Storybrooke Marred by Peter Pan's Deception
• A/E discuss Rebecca Mader's role Hush-Hush
• JMO interview in Portuguese on possible romance

• Monica T.: Tell me more about this shocking Once Upon a Time twist!! Dying to know who else is related.
  We will find out that two main characters are related, and because they are related, that means that two other characters are also related. Your brain hurt yet? Ours too. Still, we think this twist is one of the best OUAT has ever had. X
• Why was it Hook that came to Emma and Henry's home in New York City?
  Adam Horowitz: That is an excellent question. Why and how?
  Edward Kitsis: What's he doing back? What the hell is going on?
  Horowitz: We're answering your question with more questions. It's not why Hook, but how Hook and when Hook? What does it mean? That's something that we get to, again, pretty quickly.
• Please tell me any scoop for Hook on Once Upon a Time. –Harini
  This can’t bode well for our resident swashbuckler: As we speak, the show is casting the one-episode role of Blackbeard, a cut-throat pirate if there ever was one.
  Source
• Question: Can you offer up any clues on the location/setting for the second half of Once Upon a Time Season 3 (premiering March 9)? Will it take place entirely in Storybrooke, or will there be trips to another never-before-seen world? — abz
  Ausiello: Better than clues, we have cold, hard facts. More akin to Season 1′s storytelling, “The second half [of Season 3] will take place between Storybrooke and the Enchanted Forest,” series cocreator Eddy Kitsis told Matt Mitovich. In other words, EP Adam Horowitz underscored, “It’s not a ‘journey to another land’ paradigm” à la the Neverland arc concluding Dec. 15. “We always have the ability and the desire to dip into other lands, which it’s more than likely we shall do,” Horowitz added, “but it will be in the way that we’ve done it in the past, as opposed to locking all of our characters onto a boat and sending them [to a new realm].” Source
• Once Upon a Time‘s Rumple and Belle fans are really down right now because they’re always separated (by memory loss or worlds). Please tell us they’ll at least be in the same world in the second half of Season 3! –V
  I brought your Q to the boys, and Horowitz assures the Rumbelle fans, “In the second half of the season, they are going to be in the same world for an extended period of time.” But Kitsis then chimed in: “If you’re a fan of Rumbelle, the second half of the season will further explore their relationship – in whatever state that is.” :-O Source
• Series cocreators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis tell TVLine exclusively, ”By the end of Season 3, this tree will grow by two spaces.”

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Reporter Previews, Spoilers & Location Pictures

“Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, APRIL 27 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
ZELENA THREATENS TO KILL HENRY IF HOOK – WHOSE LIPS HAVE BEEN CURSED – DOESN’T KISS EMMA AND DRAIN AWAY HER MAGICAL POWERS, AND IN THE FAIRY TALE LAND OF THE PAST, SNOW AND CHARMING GO IN SEARCH OF GOOD WITCH GLINDA TO HELP THEM DEFEAT ZELENA, ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”

“A Curious Thing” – Zelena threatens to kill Henry if Hook – whose lips have been cursed by the Wicked Witch -- doesn't proceed with kissing Emma, which will drain all of her magical powers away, and things begin to heat up between Regina and Robin Hood. Meanwhile, back in the Fairy Tale Land that was during the past year, Snow and Charming go in search of Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, to see if she can help them defeat Zelena, and the curse that will ultimately send the Fairy Tale characters back to Storybrooke is cast -- but from an unlikely source.

“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, Michael Raymond-James as Baelfire/Neal Cassidy, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Guest starring are Lee Arenberg as Leroy/Grumpy, Beverley Elliott as Granny, Sarah Bolger as Aurora, Rebecca Mader as Zelena, Sunny Mabrey as Glinda, Julian Morris as Prince Phillip, Sean Maguire as Robin Hood and Christopher Gauthier as Smee.

”A Curious Thing” was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Ralph Hemecker.
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ABC’s Once Upon a Time very soon will shed some light on the casting of the curse that returned Regina, the Charmings et al to Storybrooke sans their memories of the past year, possibly noodle with a certain rugrat’s noggin and introduce as many as two more characters from the show’s riff on The Wizard of Oz.

In previewing Episode 19 — which airs next week, on April 27 — Josh Dallas revealed to reporters at WonderCon, “We’re going to go back and find out who cast this curse, so that’s going to be great. You’re going to know who cast the curse, you’re going to know why we’re all back and why none of us remember that missing that year.”
Also in that episode, Dallas previewed, “There’s going to be a decision made back in Fairy Tale Land, between Regina, Snow and Charming, that’s going to affect everyone.”
Is anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? That Zelena is not the one who uncorked this curse, that maybe Regina did it, in the name of a greater good?

Or, speaking of good, Rebecca Mader spoke at WonderCon of how in Episode 20, “We get to go back to Oz,” where we’ll meet the show’s take on two more characters from that tale — a historically kinder witch included. “Any minute now, Glinda (played by Sunny Mabrey) and Dorothy are coming, so that was really fun,” the British beauty teased. “It felt like Once Upon a Time in Oz.” So, maybe Glinda is named as the curse-caster at the close of Episode 19, her agenda detailed the week after…?

One of Season 3B’s other burning questions revolves around Henry’s muddled memories, which left him unaware of his Storybrooke life as he spent a year with birth mom Emma in New York City. Will he get back what he has lost, even though Emma believes the boy may be better off returning to his normal life in the Big Apple? “Henry’s memory issues will be decided before the end of the season,” series cocreator Adam Horowitz assured, “one way or another.” Another mystery to be solved is the Wicked Witch’s plan for Snow White’s baby. Mader was very mum on that topic, other than to warn of “some dark stuff coming.”
On the romantic (?) front, tonight’s episode, “Bleeding Through,” appears to feature a Storybrooke smooch between Rumple and his captor – as Mader shared, “When those pictures came out, everyone on Twitter was like, ‘No! What about Belle?’ And I’m like, ‘Oops!’ – as well as movement on the Regina/Robin Hood front, thanks to Snow White’s stalwart wingman efforts. “Snow may be responsible for taking away the love of Regina’s life,” series cocreator Eddy Kitsis noted, “but she’s responsible for pushing her toward a new one.”

Surveying the season’s final five episodes as a whole, Kitsis said, “From here on out, it is pretty much going to be a nonstop freight train of answers.” Added Horowitz, The Wicked Witch has some pretty devious plans, and they’re going to unfurl.” (With reporting by Scott Huver)
http://tvline.com/2014/04/20/once-up...linda-dorothy/

How about some Hook scoop on Once Upon a Time for once! — Irina
Sure thing. Hook's missing year includes a battle with the infamous Blackbeard (Charles Mesure), who may have his eye on the Jolly Roger. "He and Captain Hook do not have a lot of love for each other," executive producer Edward Kitsis says. "The only thing two pirates would fight over even more than a woman would be a ship." Ruh-roh! We'll also see an entire episode devoted to the mysterious message Hook received about retrieving Emma.

HOW DID HOOK MANAGE TO CROSS REALMS? WHO SENT HIM THE MESSAGE THAT EMMA'S FAMILY WAS IN TROUBLE? AND WHO SUPPLIED THE MEMORY POTION?
At the time I spoke to Colin O'Donoghue on set (during the filming of Episode 18), he said the backstory behind Hook's journey had yet to be addressed. Update: But before then, we will learn the source of the potion. And before Season 3 closes, an entire episode will solve the remaining riddles and more -- including the possibility that whomever cast the new curse wanted the pirate to seek out Emma. "It could be a trap," Eddy Kitsis allows. "[The message] could also have been sent from somebody different than who he thought."