
Sophomore outing struggles a bit domestically in the box office
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
Zombies, the art of power napping and true love's kiss
Now that Henry (Jared Gilmore) and Aurora (Sarah Bolger) can make contact in the "Flaming Disco of Death," Emma and Mary Margaret decide to ask for help dealing with Cora. Rumplestiltskin provides just the thing. He knows how to immobilize Cora (Barbara Hershey) with some magic squid ink (yes, s ...
Read MoreEven in Storybrooke, dead is dead. Or is it?
In a Halloween-tinged episode, the series goes for the zombie effect. Sympathy for Regina is built and the question of Dr. Whale's true identity is finally solved. In the Enchanted Forest's past, Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) tries to teach Regina (Lana Parrilla) to use magic. She's dead-set, ...
Read MoreA certain captain gets his hook, Belle gets a backbone
Fed up with Rumplestiltskin's insistence on practicing magic in secret and refusing to open up to her, Belle (Emilie de Ravin) takes off on her own. Her father (Eric Keenleyside) and Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) both look for her, but with competing agendas. Rumplestiltskin enlists Prince Ch ...
Read MoreIt's Hook's turn to exact some revenge
The series returns to contemplate Belle and Rumplestiltskin's relationship, with a few pirates and fire-monsters thrown in for good measure. While Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) is testing a new magic to enable him to leave town to search for his son, Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) attacks Belle (Emi ...
Read MoreCora and Hook make trouble in Storybrooke
When we last saw them, Cora (Barbara Hershey) and Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) were on their way to the coast of Maine. And once they arrive secretly and hide Hook's ship, they waste no time in advancing their revenge plans. While the gang celebrates Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Mary Margare ...
Read MoreIt’s a race between good and evil to reach Storybrooke
Everything comes down to the last episode of 2012, an enchanting adventure with a few game-changing moments. When they reach Rumplestiltskin’s (Robert Carlyle) jail cell, Emma, Snow, Aurora and Mulan are ambushed by Cora and Hook (Colin O'Donoghue).They take the compass and head to the portal ...
Read MoreEmma goes on the road and up a beanstalk
The series takes a step back this week from more complicated episodes to focus again on Emma's past. Picking up where we left off, Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) head up the beanstalk to steal the magical compass. Between bouts of witty repartee and open flirting ...
Read MoreFormer 'X-Files' actress will play a shapeshifter in the ABC series
It's been a couple years since we've seen Annabeth Gish in genre television, but she's back this season playing the leader of a tribe of shapeshifting wolves in ABC's "Once Upon a Time." Gish, who fans would probably best recognize from her 23-episode run on "The X-Files" in 2001 and 2002, will t ...
Read MoreMichael Raymond-James is on his way to ABC drama
He'll have to drop that Louisiana accent, but Michael Raymond-James has found a new job in the genre that fans have enjoyed him: A role in ABC's "Once Upon a Time." Raymond-James, who played the murderous Rene Lenier in the first season of HBO's "True Blood," will take on the part of ... a "myste ...
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