Sunday, August 17, 2014




Once Upon a Time (TV series)


      Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama series that premiered on October 23, 2011, on ABC. The show takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, whose residents are actually characters from various fairy tales transported to the "real world" town and robbed of their real memories by a powerful curse. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline in Storybrooke, as well as a secondary storyline usually from another point in a character's life before the curse was enacted. The show airs Sundays at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT.[2]
     Once Upon a Time was created by Lost and Tron: Legacy writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.[3] Its first season received "generally favorable" reviews from critics. Metacritic gave it a score of 66 out of 100 based on 26 reviews. The pilot episode was watched by 12.93 million viewers and achieved an adult 18–49 rating/share of 4.0/10. The second season premiered on September 30, 2012 to an audience of 11.36 million, while the third season began on September 29, 2013, opening to 8.52 million viewers. On May 8, 2014, ABC renewed the show for its fourth season.[4]
      A spin-off series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland consisting of 13 episodes premiered on October 10, 2013 and concluded April 3, 2014.[5]

Series overview


         The series takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, in which the residents are actually characters from variousfairy tales and other stories that were transported to the "real world" town and robbed of their original memories by the Evil QueenRegina (Lana Parrilla), using a powerful curse obtained from Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle). The residents of Storybrooke, where Regina is mayor, have lived an unchanging existence for 28 years, unaware of their own lack of aging. The town's only hope lies with a bail bonds-woman and bounty hunter named Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), the daughter of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) andPrince Charming (Josh Dallas), who was transported from the Enchanted Forest to our world as an infant before she could be cursed. As such, she is the only person who can break the curse and restore the characters' lost memories. She is aided by her son, Henry (Jared S. Gilmore), with whom she has recently reunited after giving him up for adoption upon his birth, and his book of fairy tales that holds the key to ending the curse. Henry is also the adopted son of Regina, providing a source of both conflict and common interest between the two women.
       Episodes usually have one segment that details the characters' past lives, which when serialized, adds a piece to the puzzle about the characters and their connection to the events that preceded the curse and its consequences. The other, set in the present day, follows a similar pattern with a different outcome but also offers similar insights.

Seasons


        The first season of Once Upon a Time premiered on October 23, 2011. The season begins with the Evil Queen interrupting the wedding of Snow White and Prince Charming to announce that she will cast a curse on everyone that will leave her with the only happy ending. The majority of the fairy tale characters are transported to the town of Storybrooke, Maine, where they have been stripped of their actual memories and identities as fairy tale characters. On her 28th birthday, Emma Swan, the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, is brought to Storybrooke by her biological son Henry Mills in the hopes of breaking the curse cast by his adoptive mother, the Evil Queen Regina.
        The second season was confirmed by ABC on May 10, 2012,[6] premiering on September 30, 2012.[7] Despite Emma's having broken the curse, which returns the characters' original memories, they are not returned to the fairy tale world, and must deal with their own dual identities. With the introduction of magic into Storybrooke by Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin, the fates of the two worlds become intertwined, and new threats emerge in the form of Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue), Regina's mother Cora (Barbara Hershey), also known as the Queen of Hearts, and sinister operatives from our world with an agenda to destroy magic.
        The third season was announced on May 10, 2013,[5] premiering on September 29, 2013. It was split into two volumes, with the first eleven episodes running from September to December 2013, and the later half from March to May 2014. In the first volume, the main characters travel to Neverland to rescue Henry Mills, who has been kidnapped by Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) as part of a plan to obtain the "Heart of the Truest Believer" from him. Their increasing power struggle with Pan continues in Storybrooke, which ultimately results in the complete reversal of the original curse. All the characters are returned to their original worlds, leaving Emma and Henry to escape to New York City. In the second volume, the characters are mysteriously brought back to a recreated Storybrooke with their memories of the previous year removed, and the Wicked Witch of the West (Rebecca Mader) appears with a plan to change the past. Once again, Emma is needed to save her family.
          The fourth season was announced on May 8, 2014, which revealed a new storyline at the conclusion of the third season finale that will incorporate elements from the 2013 Disney film Frozen, centering around the arrival of Elsa (Georgina Haig) after the urn that she was imprisoned in was accidentally sucked into the time traveling portal from the Enchanted Forest in the past and transported to present-day Storybrooke.[8]

Cast and characters

 

Main characters

ActorLand Without Magic IdentityFictional IdentityEpisode countSeasons
1234
Ginnifer GoodwinMary Margaret BlanchardSnow White65Main[18]
Jennifer MorrisonEmma Swan°N/A65Main[18]
Lana ParrillaRegina MillsEvil Queen64Main[19]
Josh DallasDavid NolanPrince Charming62Main[18]
Jared S. GilmoreHenry MillsN/A62Main[18]
Robert CarlyleMr. GoldRumplestiltskin/Beast/Crocodile57Main[20]
Raphael SbargeDr. Archie HopperJiminy Cricket22MainRecurring[21]
Jamie DornanSheriff Graham HumbertHuntsman9MainGuestTBA
Eion BaileyAugust Wayne Booth°Pinocchio13MainGuestTBA
Meghan OryRubyRed Riding Hood/Wolf33RecurringMainRecurringTBA
Emilie de RavinLaceyBelle35GuestMain[20]
Colin O'DonoghueN/ACaptain Killian "Hook" Jones37Main[18]
Michael Raymond-JamesNeal Cassidy°Baelfire26RecurringMainTBA

Secondary characters

ActorLand Without Magic IdentityFictional IdentityEpisode countSeasons
1234
Beverley ElliottGrannyWidow Lucas32Recurring[23]
Lee ArenbergLeroyDreamy/Grumpy29Recurring[24]
Faustino Di BaudaWalterSleepy24Recurring[25]
David Paul GroveunknownDoc25RecurringTBA
Gabe KhouthTom ClarkSneezy24RecurringTBA
Mig MacariounknownBashful23RecurringTBA
Michael ColemanunknownHappy22RecurringTBA
Jeffrey KaiserunknownDopey22RecurringTBA
Keegan Connor TracyMother SuperiorBlue Fairy21RecurringTBA
David AndersDr. WhaleDr. Victor Frankenstein13RecurringTBA
Tony AmendolaMarcoGeppetto8RecurringGuestTBA
Giancarlo EspositoSidney GlassGenie of Agrabah/Magic Mirror10RecurringGuest[26]
Anastasia GriffithKathryn NolanPrincess Abigail8RecurringGuestTBA
Alan DaleAlbert SpencerKing George8RecurringTBA
Sebastian StanJeffersonMad Hatter6RecurringTBA
Tony PerezN/APrince Henry6RecurringGuestTBA
Barbara HersheyN/ACora/Miller's Daughter/Queen of Hearts12GuestRecurringTBA
Rose McGowan2GuestTBA
Sarah BolgerN/APrincess Aurora14RecurringTBA
Chris GauthierunknownWilliam Smee8RecurringTBA
Julian MorrisN/APrince Phillip6RecurringTBA
Jamie ChungN/AMulan11RecurringGuestTBA
Ethan EmbryOwen Flynn/Greg MendellN/A11RecurringGuestTBA
Sonequa Martin-GreenTamaraN/A7RecurringGuestTBA
Tom EllisN/ARobin Hood1Guest
Sean Maguire12Recurring[27]
Parker CroftN/AFelix11GuestRecurringTBA
Robbie KayN/AMalcolm/Peter Pan/Pied Piper11RecurringTBA
Rebecca MaderN/AZelena/Wicked Witch of the West10RecurringTBA
Rose McIverN/ATinker Bell8RecurringTBA
Joanna GarcíaN/AAriel4




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