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season 7, episode 10 : Swan Song

present : In the midst of the chaotic preparations for battle, Mary Margaret goes into labor. Emma does not want to leave her side, but Granny, Queen Ashleigh, and Sultana Linda volunteer to take care of her and help with the delivery. Chernabog’s forces invade the Land of Ever and the battle erupts. Emma is startled when she comes face-to-face with Graham Buchanan, leading to a shocking revelation: because Chernabog’s army is comprised of the spirits of the dead, the people of Ever must battle their own dead loved ones and former enemies. Ruby sobs as she fights against Ezekiel, the boyfriend she lost so many years ago, and Timothy finds himself taking down a line of his family members as he encounters the spirits of his father Maximilian, his mother Constantina, and his grandfather Hubert. Cynthia and Matthew find themselves face-to-face with their former rivals, Almira and Killian. Gabriel and Robbie struggle to fend off the revived Phillip and Aurora, and Archie holds his own against a haunting Ariel until Scott comes to help him. Luciana takes on her father, Midas, with her wife at her side, fighting off King George. Ivy and Matilda take on the spirits of twins David and James, and Regina’s current huntsman, Gerard, fights against her former huntsman, Graham. Emma and Ryan combine their powers as savior and portal jumper and create a bridge between the other magical realms – Matthew and Sylvia lead fairies and the Lost Boys from the Land of Never; Cynthia charges with Munchkins and flying monkeys swarming from the Land of Oz; Dryden and Slick lead jabberwockies, dodos, and a host of strange creatures from the Land of Wonder.  King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the entire army of Camelot are soon resurrected to fight for Chernabog, and the people of Ever are losing. Henry grabs the attention of Matthew and Ivy and together they manage to take on Arthur; Henry wrestles the sword Excalibur away from the King of Camelot and takes it to Evelyn, who performs the same magic from all those years ago to imbed Chernabog’s soul within its blade – but this time without the curse that will pass along to his killer. Evelyn takes off, flying overhead and sending the spirits back to their graves, until Maleficent lashes out with her dragon fire, killing Evelyn. Her death releases Chernabog and the other former Servants from Bald Mountain, and things take a turn for the worse as they join the frey. Emma and Regina find each other in the battle, and they join their magic together to overpower Maleficent and blast her into oblivion. Chernabog is outraged and moves to attack Henry until Emma and Regina block him and take on the original Servant together. Henry manages to pass the sword Excalibur to Emma, and while Chernabog is distracted by Regina, Emma plunges Excalibur into his chest. Chernabog dies, and the spirits disappear with him, including Nathaniel. Gold, unwilling to be separated from his his son any longer, throws himself from the top of the highest tower of Castle Misthaven, bringing Marjanah’s prophecy to Regina to a conclusion. The battle is won. Emma, Regina, Henry, and the others return to Mary Margaret’s chambers to meet the newest addition to the royal family, Prince David II.

future : A few years down the road, newly-married Emma and Ryan awaken on the morning of Emma’s coronation as High Queen of the Land of Ever. At the ceremony, Emma thanks the people of Ever and congratulates them on the happy endings they have worked so hard to achieve as they have grown and evolved, rebuilding their realm with hope for generations to come. Matthew and Archie, Ivy and Matilda, Ruby and Cynthia, Ashleigh and Timothy, Scott and Linda, Scheherazade and Marjanah, Gabriel and Robbie, and so many others continue to live happily throughout the land. Queen Regina joins her husband and consort, Prince Gerard, and they watch as Henry reads his storybook to a small gathering of toddlers, including Mary Margaret’s son David, Ashleigh and William’s daughter Alexandra, Zoe and Annie’s daughters Tiana and Charlotte, and Ivy and Matilda’s son Eugene. Looking around at the new generation, Henry is reminded of Scheherazade’s second book – but vows to keep it a secret, at least for now. As part of Emma’s coronation ceremony, Emma and Ryan are sworn as protectors of the Land of Ever. They use their shared magic as the Last Realm Jumper and the Savior to create a bridge that unites the Lands of Ever, Never, Wonder, Oz, and even the Land Without Magic for the rest of time. At long last, they do, in fact, live happily ever after.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog , Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard, Chris Evans as Ryan Booth

guest stars include : Beverly Elliott as Granny, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Queen Cinderella/Ashleigh Boyd, Freida Pinto as Sultana Jasmine/Linda Kaur, Richard Madden as the Huntsman/Graham Buchanan, Bob Morley as Ezekiel, Tom Hiddleston as King William/Timothy Rupert, Steven Waddington as Prince Maximilian, Katheryn Winnick as Princess Constantina, Derek Jacobi as King Hubert, Angela Bassett as Almira/Monique Hamilton, Santiago Cabrera as Killian Jones/Captain Hook, Max Irons as King Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as King Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont, Noah Huntley as King Phillip, Rebecca Ferguson as Queen Aurora, Sophie Turner as Ariel, Avan Jogia as Sultan Aladdin/Scott Rao, Kylie Bunbury as Queen Luciana/Zoe Nolan, Mia Wasikowska as Queen Goldilocks/Annie Orleans, Peter Mensah as King Midas, Charles Dance as King George, Rose Leslie as Queen Robin Hood/Ivy Langland, Antonia Thomas as Queen Marian/Matilda Fitzwalter, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan/Prince James, Rose McIver as Tinker Bell/Sylvia Wren, David Dastmalchian as Nivens McTwisp/Dryden, Michael Pena as Thackery Earwicket/Slick, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as King Arthur, Ruth Negga as Queen Guinevere, Adetomiwa Edun as Sir Lancelot du Lac, Angelina Jolie as Maleficent

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season 7, episode 9 : True Love’s Kiss

present : At Castle Misthaven, Ruby and Cynthia's wedding takes center stage. It is a massive affair, and every royal family in the realm is in attendance – no one has ever seen Granny cry like this before. On Bald Mountain, Chernabog has begun raised his undead army, lead by the former Servants. Gold is distraught when he realizes that Chernabog only woke Nathaniel from the dead to be another soldier in the army, and reconsiders his side in the war. He finally recognizes Maleficent as Morraine, Baelfire's childhood friend, and she convinces him to stick with Chernabog. At Castle Edgeshore, Henry returns to find Regina, surrounded by attendants, Gerard at her side and attempting to waken her with a kiss, but it will not work. Henry comes to a realization and explains: true love isn't about destiny, it's about developing a relationship, supporting one another, working together to figure out your paths through life. Regina may like Gerard, but they hardly know one another. Recalling Emma's kiss that woke him from the Sleeping Curse in Storybrooke, Henry kisses his mother on the cheek, and Regina awakens. Regina quickly alerts them to the plan of attack being developed by Chernabog, Gold, Maleficent, and the other former Servants. Regina, Henry, and Gerard use the storybook to travel to Misthaven and warn everyone. Emma and Mary Margaret call upon Evelyn and the fairies to spread word throughout the land, and the royal families and their armies begin to prepare for the coming battle...

past : Ripped from her home and thrown into training for the Ogre Wars, thirteen-year-old Morraine holds onto her last shred of hope knowing that her friend Baelfire will join her in just a couple days. When he never arrives, Morraine loses all hope and resigns herself to her fate. But Morraine guards a secret: she is half-fairy, orphaned as a child and taken in by human parents who taught her to hide her true nature and kept her true name a secret, knowing it would betray her. Morraine finds a friend in a boy named Harold – but a horrific incident on the battlefield leads to the revelation of her true nature when she transforms into a monstrous dragon. Only Harold witnesses this transformation, and Morraine thinks she is safe until she learns that Harold is actually the Crown Prince of the Land of Ever. She is taken captive by Harold father's, High King Edward, and used as a tool to end the Ogre Wars. She is passed like a family heirloom from Edward to Harold and then to Harold's son Stefan, used to keep enemies at bay. When Morraine finally escapes, she reclaims her true name – Maleficent – and vows revenge on the royal family. She finds her vengeance when she places a Sleeping Curse on Stefan's infant daughter and only heir to the throne. When the curse is eventually broken, Maleficent is defeated and spends her life in exile until a young Regina seeks out her out.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog , Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard, Chris Evans as Ryan Booth

guest stars include : Beverly Elliott as Granny, Corey Stoll as Baelfire/Nathaniel Thorn, Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Rose Leslie as Queen Robin Hood/Ivy Langland, Antonia Thomas as Queen Marian/Matilda Fitzwalter, Kylie Bunbury as Queen Luciana/Zoe Ferdinand, Mia Wasikowska as Queen Goldilocks/Annie Orleans, Tom Hiddleston as King William/Timothy Rupert, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Queen Cinderella/Ashleigh Boyd, Max Irons as King Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as King Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont, Avan Jogia as Sultan Aladdin/Scott Rao, Freida Pinto as Sultana Jasmine/Linda Kaur, Conner Dwelly as Morraine/Young Maleficent, Art Parkinson as Prince Harold, Mark Addy as King Edward, Lothaire Bluteau as King Stefan, Jessalyn Gilsig as Queen Leah, Selena Gomez as Young Regina

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season 7, episode 5 : Cygnet

present : In the Land of Ever, Regina establishes herself as the restored Queen of Edgeshore and struggles to handle the mixed reactions she receives. Still hoping to help her find her happy ending, Henry calls on the Blue Fairy, who obliges and attempts to prophecize the end of Regina's story: a sleeping curse, a kiss of true love, a man's death. Regina is frustrated – this is Mary Margaret's story, not hers. Privately, Evelyn enchants Henry's storybook so the pages will allow him to teleport throughout the Land of Ever. Meanwhile, there is unrest on Bald Mountain when Gold seeks revenge on Zoso, blaming him for trapping him as the Servant and causing the divide between himself and Baelfire. Despite being stuck on Bald Mountain, Gold manages to procure Pandora's Box and Gold traps Zoso within it – a fate worse than death; Chernabog is pleased with Gold's ruthlessness and appoints him as his second in command. In the Land Without Magic, Lily helps Emma, Cynthia, and Ruby find Ryan at the Bostonian home of Jefferson and Alice. He reveals that the breaking of the Dark Curse restored his memories and begins to tell them the story of his past that he, Jefferson, and Alice have begun to piece together...

past : Twenty-some years after the Dark Curse brought her to Storybrooke, Regina begins to yearn to share her life with someone else. As she has frozen everyone in a prison of time, no one around her experiences the world in quite the same way as she does, and though outsiders may visit Storybrooke to bring supplies, the curse always forces them to leave. She comes up with the idea to adopt a child, someone born in this Land Without Magic who will be forced to stay in the town with her. Mr. Gold agrees to procure a baby for her but advises that once she becomes a mother, it means putting the child's needs before her own. In a short time, he informs her of a baby from Boston who was placed with a family but the adoption papers did not go through. Regina passes the the parental background check and soon finds herself in the midst of motherhood with a baby, named “Henry” by his birth mother, who will not stop crying.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog , Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard, Chris Evans as Ryan Booth

guest stars include : Gustaf Skarsgard as Zoso, Michelle Rodriguez as Lily Castillo, Anthony Mackie as Tarrant Hightopp/Jefferson, Diane Kruger as Alice Liddell Hargreaves

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season 7, episode 1 : Welcome Home

present : The inhabitants of Storybrooke wake up back in the Land of Ever and struggle to find their footing in their old home, having adjusted to the accommodations of living in modern-day Maine. The seven dwarfs put themselves directly to work introducing plumbing into Castle Misthaven. Mary Margaret takes her place as High Queen once again and officially pardons Regina for any and all crimes committed as both queen and mayor, as a way of thanking her for her assistance in breaking the Curse and ridding the realms of the Servant. Emma is conflicted about her new life as a princess and has the hardest time of anyone adjusting to a world where Ruby is a werewolf, Archie is a cricket, and Evelyn can only be reached by calling upon the evening star. Henry, on the other hand, adores his new home and is ready to seek out his first adventure. Although at first Mary Margaret believes the sickness she is experiencing is an aftereffect of the broken Curse, she soon learns that David left her with a parting gift – she is pregnant.

past : Regina Mills awakens for the first time as mayor of Storybrooke the night after casting the Dark Curse. She spends her first few days adjusting to her new life, exercising her new authoritative power over the town, and exploring to find out how exactly the curse affected everyone. She is particularly delighted to meet Mary Margaret Blanchard, now a meek and mild librarian, and Regina takes her to the hospital to see a John Doe coma patient and relishes in the fact that Snow White no longer recognizes her Prince Charming. Regina is delighted to find that the curse has maintained her sexual relationship with Sheriff Graham Buchanan but also finds frustration in the luxury that was given to Mr. Gold. When Regina begins researching the Land Without Magic, she decides to take a day trip to Boston – but when she tries to cross the town border and hits an invisible barrier, she begins to learn that the Curse still has rules for her: the people of Storybrooke are physically unable to leave the town. The inhabitants of the Land Without Magic are able to come and go from Storybrooke, allowing those within the town to maintain their livelihoods, but the Curse will never allow the outsiders to stay very long. These rules soon leave Regina feeling trapped by her own Curse.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

guest stars include : Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/John Doe/David Nolan, Richard Madden as the Huntsman/Sheriff Graham Buchanan

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season 7, episode 4 : Lost Girl

present : In the Land of Ever, Henry decides to help a depressed Regina find her happy ending once and for all. He turns to Mary Margaret, who is sorting out the governmental structures of the Land of Ever, and suggests that Regina could take the throne in the kingdom of Edgeshore, where she ruled before the death of King Leopold. Mary Margaret agrees. Mary Margaret also appoints Ivy Langland and Matilda Fitzwalter as the new Queens of the kingdom of Thornhold, but this is met with resistance when Lord Gerard, the Sheriff of Nottingham, arrives in Misthaven, claiming that the throne of Thornhold is rightfully his. Meanwhile, in the Land Without Magic, Emma, Cynthia, and Ruby search Ryan’s apartment but find that he is gone. A chance encounter with Emma’s childhood friend, Lily, leads them to believe that Ryan may have regained his memories and may be searching for a way to reach the Land of Ever. The women decide to visit Alice and Jefferson, hoping Ryan may have paid them a visit in his search for jumping between realms.

past :   Moments after the Dark Curse is cast, an infant is found on the side of the road by a Maine state trooper. The girl, identified as “Emma” because of the name sewn onto the blanket she is wrapped in, is put into the foster system. As a teenager, Emma rebels by shoplifting at a grocery store. When she’s almost caught, a strange girl comes to her rescue. Emma and the girl, Lily, form a fast friendship as they find so much in common – they are both orphans in the foster system and neither seems to like their parents very much. When Lily comes over for dinner and lies to Emma’s foster parents about how they met, Emma confronts Lily and learns that she has been telling lies the whole time, and Lily isn’t even an orphan or a foster child. Emma is upset and asks Lily to leave. But Emma is awakened in the middle of the night by her foster parents who reveal that all of their money and jewelry has disappeared, and they angrily blame Emma for endangering their “real children” by bringing Lily into their home. Hurt by their words, Emma runs away.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog , Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard

guest stars include : Rose Leslie as Ivy Langland, Antonia Thomas as Matilda Fitzwalter, Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard, Michelle Rodriguez as Lily Castillo, Erin Pitt as Young Emma Swan, Nicole Muñoz as Young Lily Castillo, Cameron Bancroft as Chuck Andersen, Kendall Cross as Marie Andersen

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season 7, episode 2 : The Forms of Things Unknown

present : Inspired by the Land of Ever’s potential for a happy ending, Emma decides to return to the Land Without Magic to find Ryan and unite her family once and for all. When Cynthia arrives from the Land of Oz to be with Ruby, Emma asks her about the nature of realm-jumping, and Cynthia reminds her about the rules of the totem that allows a person to jump to and from the Land Without Magic. Suddenly remembering that Merlin enchanted her swan necklace to allow her and Mary Margaret to jump through time, Emma uses it to take herself, Ruby, and Cynthia to the Land Without Magic once again. Regina eases herself back into life in the Land of Ever, gladly accepting a room in Castle Misthaven, and as a promise to Henry, she swears off any use of magic. Meanwhile, far, far away, on Bald Mountain, Chernabog has been brought back to life by the ending of the Servant’s cursed legacy and finds that he is surrounded by hundreds of other Servants, including Gold and Zoso. However, they are all bound to Bald Mountain, and cannot leave - but Chernabog has an idea of how they might gain their freedom once more.

past :  Thousands of years ago, Titania, queen of the fairies, gives birth to a pair of twins called Chernabog and Celestina. She raises them on their own, passing along the fairy traditions, knowledge that will be valuable throughout their immortal lives. But when the twins turn ten years old, their father, Oberon, kidnaps Chernabog and begins to corrupt his mind with dark magic. Titania raises Celestina to be wise, honest, good, and always helpful to others. When the twins reach adulthood, Oberon and Chernabog enchant a dagger that, for the first time, will be able to kill a fairy, and Chernabog is given the task of killing Titania. When he does so successfully, his sister is horrified and binds his soul to the dagger by engraving his name on its blade, forcing Chernabog to be under the control of whatever person possesses it. Celestina uses the dagger to banish Chernabog to Bald Mountain, where his darkness cannot harm anyone. Chernabog spends decades magically corrupting his soul to allow him to live on after the death of his physical body by inhabiting the spirit of whomever kills him with the dagger. Chernabog confronts his sister in a battle for the possession of the dagger and just when he gets the upperhand, one of Celestina’s followers, a fairy named Mab, manages to steal the dagger from Chernabog and kill him with it, unaware of his wicked plan. As the life leaves Chernabog, his cursed spirit - a hulking winged monster with massive horns - rips itself from his body and passes into Mab. Chernabog’s name fades away from the dagger and is replaced with hers. Before he dies, however, Chenabog uses the last of his magic to banish his sister to the evening star, only able to return when someone calls upon her.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog

guest stars include : Gustaf Skarsgard as Zoso, Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania, Vincent Cassel as Oberon, DJ Greenburg as Young Chernabog, Megan Charpentier as Young Celestina, Katie McGrath as Mab

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season 7, episode 8 : By the Book

present : Mary Margaret gives Archie and Matthew places as the Royal Physicians of the Mind and Body at Castle Misthaven. Henry visits Agrabah for help finding Regina's happy ending, and there Scheherazade reveals to him a second book she wrote, this one entitled “Happily Ever After.” Henry flips through the pages and recognizes the tales within: The Frog Prince, The Snow Queen, Puss in Boots, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Swan Maiden, Rapunzel, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. Scheherazade reveals that these are tales that were prophecized by Marjanah, tales from the Land of Ever that have yet to come. He searches through the book to find the ending to Regina's tale but Scheherazade will not allow him to take the new book with him – knowing too much of the future, she says, prevents anyone from living a full life. Meanwhile, at Castle Edgeshore, Maleficent reveals her plan of revenge: she's going to place Regina under her own Sleeping Curse. Before Maleficent can place the curse, however, Gold appears within the reflection of a mirror to offer both women the opportunity to join Chernabog's forces. Maleficent accepts; Regina declines. Maleficent pricks Regina with the needle impregnated with the Sleeping Curse, leaves her behind, and flies to Bald Mountain, where she takes her place among Chernabog's ranks.

past :   Regina's son Henry has grown into a clever but lonely nine-year-old. Regina grows more and more nervous every day that he will begin to notice how peculiar Storybrooke is but each day passes and Henry never says anything. This lasts until one day, when Henry finally asks about his father. Regina has no other choice but to explain that Henry was adopted and insist that she loves him as her own son and always has. When Henry's school teacher, Mary Margaret, notices that Henry seems out of sorts over the next few days, she breaks into the town's closed library and brings him a storybook of fairy tales in order to cheer him up – Mary Margaret has no idea that she has just given Henry the key to unlocking the town's secrets, and as he delves into the world of his book, Henry begins to put the pieces together.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog , Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard

guest stars include : Aishwarya Rai as Scheherazade, Estella Daniels as Marjanah, Angelina Jolie as Maleficent

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season 7, episode 3 : Trapped Inside

present : At Castle Misthaven, Henry partners with Evelyn to try to return Archie to his human form again. Mary Margaret reminds Henry that true love’s kiss can break any spell, so Henry decides to find Archie’s true love. When a young-again Peter Pan shows his face at Henry’s window, Henry convinces him to give the little cricket a kiss – and it works. Matthew is restored to his adult age and Archie is returned to his human form, and they are reunited.  Evelyn mentions being trapped by her own curse, tied to the evening star, Henry decides to set it sights on helping next, but is sidetracked when he finds that Regina has fallen into a depression, feeling trapped in her own way. Meanwhile, Chernabog reveals to his fellow former Servants that he wishes to exact his revenge on his sister, Evelyn, by freeing himself from Bald Mountain taking over as supreme ruler of the Land of Ever, and Gold conspires to use Chernabog’s specific powers to his advantage.

past :   Shortly after casting the Dark Curse and arriving in Storybrooke, Regina is strongly reconsidering her actions. She tries to talk to Mr. Gold about the Dark Curse, believing that he knows the truth, but he seems to think she is a lunatic – and the next day he has no recollection whatsoever of their conversation. Upon rereading the scroll that contains the Curse’s instructions, Regina learns that a Savior was written into the language and realizes now that this was why Gold had demanded her firstborn child as payment for their deal so many years ago. Wondering if the potion of infertility she took back then still holds in the Land Without Magic, Regina pays a visit to Dr. Matthew Llewelyn and learns that she is still unable to give birth here. Regina resigns herself to finding joy in this new life, trapped in this small town, by continuing to torment her former enemies: she cuts funding to Dr. Hopper’s psychiatry practice, causing him to lose clients; she has an affair with Dr. Llewelyn, sparking a divorce from his wife, Sylvia; and she has the library shut down and locked up, forcing Mary Margaret to find a new job as a schoolteacher.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog

guest stars include : Thomas Sangster-Brodie as Peter Pan, Gustaf Skarsgard as Zoso, Rose McIver as Tinker Bell/Sylvia Wren

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season 6, episode 9 : Scheherazade’s Story

past : Following Jafar's wish that prevents her from using the genie's wishes, Scheherazade awakens within Marjanah's lamp. Marjanah sorrowfully informs her that in order to grant Jafar's wish, she was faced with three choices: death, turning Scheherazade into a genie herself, or trapping her within the lamp where Marjanah is powerless and unable to grant any wishes. Not able to kill her and wishing to spare Scheherazade the lonely lifetime Marjanah has faced as a genie, she chose the third option. To occupy her time, Scheherazade begins to write. First she writes her own story, then she rewrites it from Jafar's perspective, then she begins to write the stories of people she has met: Ali Baba, Sinbad, Aladdin, the Sultan... eventually Marjanah gives her a magic mirror that allows her to watch the people from other magical realms, both past and present, so she can transcribe their stories. Scheherazade watches as Peter Pan kills Captain Hook, Phillip awakens Aurora, King Arthur discovers Guinevere and Lancelot's deceit, Red turns into a wolf, Snow White and Prince Charming meet for the first time... And then she finds Regina, and as she writes her story and learns that the Dark Curse will rob everyone of their memories, she realizes exactly how important her chronicles will become. Scheherazade and Marjanah do everything they can to defend Scheherazade's stories from the coming Curse, protecting them by binding them within a single book, and ultimately realize that this means trapping themselves in the lamp until it can be broken.

present : Feeling that something is amiss, Henry turns to his storybook for further information about Sydney and finally connects the dots to realize he was Jafar before he became Regina's magic mirror. Ruby and Cynthia are left behind to guard Mr. Gold while Emma and Regina hunt for Sydney, leading them to Gold's shop, where the door is standing open, the shelves ransacked. Regina finds the third lamp and rubs the side on a whim, and two women appear from within the lamp. Marjanah and Scheherazade reveal that they have been watching everything from their own magic mirror, and Scheherazade begs Regina to use her wish to take them to her brother. Regina obliges, and the four women are transported to the dock. They arrive just in time to see Sydney summon the Servant, releasing Gold from his cell as he arrives to the dock. Scheherazade calls out to her brother, distracting him just long enough for Gold to seize the Servant's dagger, stab Sydney, and disappear. Regina acts quickly by using her second wish from Marjanah to heal Sydney's wound. Sydney and Scheherazade are reunited, and Sydney forgives Regina for her past transgressions. Emma asks Regina what she is going to do with her third wish, and a glint appears in her eye. When Gold realizes what has happened, he decides to gain the upper hand once and for all by kidnapping Henry.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Evelyn Oxford, Naveen Andrews as Jafar/the Magic Mirror/Sydney Glass, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Aishwarya Rai as Scheherazade, Max Irons as Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as Prince Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont

guest stars include : Estella Daniels as Marjanah

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season 7, episode 6 : The Next Realm Jumper

present : In the Land of Ever, the Sheriff of Nottingham arrives at Castle Edgeshore after a clash with the new Queen Ivy of Thornhold, to ask Regina for a role within her kingdom. Regina obliges, offering Lord Gerard a role as her new Huntsman. Henry uses his storybook to travel to the kingdom of Farrador, seeking out Gabriel’s wealth of knowledge about stories to help find Regina’s happy ending. Gabriel supports Henry’s mission but suggests that Regina’s role as a villain who has turned their life around supports the idea that her story ends in a sacrifice. Robbie suggests that Henry should visit Scheherazade in Agrabah, as she knows the most about the inhabitants of the magical realms and their stories. Meanwhile, in the Land Without Magic, Emma is shocked to learn of Ryan’s lineage, pieced together through shreds of information from family heirlooms and Jefferson and Alice’s memories of interacting with fellow realm jumpers. Ryan also reveals that he has been training with Alice and Jefferson to become the next realm jumper so he can reach the Land of Ever. After thanking the Wonderlanders and Lily for all of their help and saying their final goodbye, Emma, Ryan, Cynthia, and Ruby jump back to the Land of Ever, where they reunite with Henry and Mary Margaret.

past : When Rumpelstiltskin returns from the Ogre Wars, Milah is embarrassed and leaves her husband and son behind for the sake of finding a new life. Milah finds work at a clueless shoemaker’s shop and spends her nights going through the foolish man’s sloppy needlework. Every morning she claims that elves came in the night to fix the shoes. Milah grows weary of this life quite quickly and is surprised when she is approached by a woman named Mombi, a realm jumper from the Land of Oz who offers Milah the chance to find a purpose in life as the new protector of Oz. Milah seizes the opportunity and when she leaves, she steals a pair of slippers that were being prepared for the queen, woven with real silver. Mombi teaches Milah the ways of the realm jumpers, and Milah decides to use the stolen silver slippers as her totem that will allow her to travel to the Land Without Magic. Milah soon becomes fascinated by the Land Without Magic. She encounters an actor named Edwin Booth and develops an obsession with him. Milah comforts Edwin through the loss of his wife and then again a few years later when his brother brings shame to their family name by assassinating a ruler from the Land Without Magic. In her visits, Milah notices how time works differently between the realms – sometimes she visits Edwin and years have passed in his world; sometimes it is only minutes. Milah seeks out her replacement as a realm jumper, and passes the silver slippers to a girl named Gayelette from the Land of Oz. Returning to the Land Without Magic, Milah marries Edwin in secret and spends the rest of her days with him and their son, Alexander Booth. When Alexander grows up, he marries an Irishwoman and they have a son called Finnian Booth. When Finnian grows up, he too has a son: Ryan Henry Booth.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog , Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard, Chris Evans as Ryan Booth

guest stars include : Max Irons as Prince Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as King Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont, Michelle Rodriguez as Lily Castillo, Anthony Mackie as Tarrant Hightopp/Jefferson, Diane Kruger as Alice Liddell Hargreaves, Caitriona Balfe as Milah, Chris Pratt as the Shoemaker, Caroline Goodall as Mombi, Matthew Macfadyen as Edwin Booth, Nell Tiger Free as Young Gayelette

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season 7, episode 7 : Bad Apple

present : Emma and Ryan settle into the Land of Ever and attempt to find their footing in their new home. Matthew and Cynthia agree to continue to train Ryan, passing along the ways of the realm jumpers to him. Emma shadows Mary Margaret in her duties as High Queen of the Land of Ever and ends up confesses her insecurities to her mother, recalling her childhood and her inability to maintain relationships – Lily, Angela, even Ryan for a long time – and her fear that she is not good enough to lead the realm. Mary Margaret embraces her daughter, reminding her that she has found her family and that in this world, happy endings are a real possibility. Meanwhile, Ruby and Cynthia announce a date for their wedding and the royal families of Misthaven are all invited. On Bald Mountain, Gold observes Chernabog’s powers of raising the dead and manipulates him into bringing Nathaniel back to life, but is brokenhearted when he realizes that this version of Baelfire is a shadow of his former self. At Castle Edgeshore, Queen Regina continues to give her new Huntsman, Gerard, tasks that grow more and more random, and he recognizes that she does so as an excuse to see him. Regina calls on Evelyn to ask her if there is a chance Gerard could be the true love she has been waiting on, but is shocked when Maleficent appears instead of the Blue Fairy, revealing that the power of the Dark Curse breaking was enough to wake her from the Sleeping Curse under which Regina placed her so many years ago.

past : Three years after giving up her son, twenty-four-year-old Emma Swan returns to Maine with a news article from 1981, trying to find answers about her birth. Instead, she comes face-to-face with Angela Bourne, a bail bonds agent who has been hunting Emma down. Angela arrests Emma and handcuffs her to a bed in her motel room, but Emma cleverly picks the lock and is about to escape when she finds Angela’s open laptop with all of the resources she has been using to hunt Emma down. Emma makes a deal with Angela – she will come quietly and allow herself to be turned in if first Angela helps her find answers regarding her birth parents. Angela reluctantly agrees, and along the way, Emma discovers a passion for the work that Angela does. They break into the courthouse that holds Emma’s files but must flee the scene when the police arrive. Angela is shot during their escape and dies in Emma’s arms, unaware of the impact she has had on the young woman. Emma swears to go straight, eventually clearing her name and starting her own career as a bail bonds agent.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Celestina/Evelyn Oxford, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Michael Fassbender as Chernabog , Idris Elba as the Sheriff of Nottingham/Lord Gerard

guest stars include : Corey Stoll as Baelfire/Nathaniel Thorn, Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Gina Torres as Angela Bourne

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season 6, episode 10 : Where The Heart Is

past : A family emergency brings an end to Beau's idyllic time with the Beast and he returns to his village. Beau continues to spurn Gaston's advances, and when Gaston learns about the Beast in Castle Farrador, he leads a mob of angry villagers to its doors, and the enchanted inhabitants of the castle rise against the intruders. Beau rushes to the Beast's aid and saves him from Gaston, and Beau and Adam's love for one another breaks Agatha's spell. They marry and work together with the High King and Queen of the Land of Ever, Charming and Snow White, to help restore the kingdom of Farrador. But Gaston is not through with them. Jilted and scarred from his battle with the Beast, Gaston searches out the former Evil Queen, Regina, and begs her to help him exact his revenge by finding a way to end Adam and Beau's happily ever after. Regina is reminded of the Dark Curse that Rumpelstiltskin was developing, which would trap everyone in a Land Without Magic, a land without happy endings...

present : Regina uses her final wish from Marjanah to ask for possession of the Servant's dagger, which appears in her hand. She passes the lamp to Emma, who wishes for Marjanah's freedom. When they finally realize Henry is missing, everyone splits up to find him: Mary Margaret, Gabriel, and Beau search Mr. Gold's shop, Cynthia and Ruby guard Granny's diner, Scott and Linda head to the hospital, Matthew and Archie try the school, and Regina and Emma storm Gold's home. They find Henry's scarf next to a piece of framed calligraphy that reads “Home Is Where The Heart Is,” and the two women rush to Henry's playground castle, where they find Henry and Gold. In the fight that ensues, Emma and Regina each put a hand on the dagger, and they stab Gold together. Gold's body crumples to the ground and the earth begins to quake, shaking beneath their feet. The magic of the Servant emerges from within him but does not know whether to latch onto Regina and Emma. The ground begins to split and from within the depths of the earth, a figure emerges, a horned demon with glowing eyes – Regina correctly identifies this monster as the spirit of the original Servant, who perches himself on top of the library's clock tower. With Gold dead, the Dark Curse is broken. Henry's playground castle stretches and reforms itself back into Castle Misthaven; the toll bridge morphs back into the troll bridge; the town is ripped away from the Land Without Magic; and the citizens of Storybrooke are swept up in the Curse's whirlwind as purple smoke envelops them once more...

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Evelyn Oxford, Naveen Andrews as Jafar/the Magic Mirror/Sydney Glass, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Aishwarya Rai as Scheherazade, Max Irons as Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as Prince Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont

guest stars include : Clive Standen as Gaston/Dominic Leroux,  Estella Daniels as Marjanah, Avan Jogia as Aladdin/Scott Rao, Freida Pinto as Jasmine/Linda Kaur

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season 6, episode 8 : Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum

present : David Nolan's death looms heavy over Storybrooke, particularly Mary Margaret. At his funeral, Mary Margaret finally reveals what the farm boy's real name was before he became a prince and she gave him the “Charming” nickname: Jack. This unhappy ending of true love inspires different reactions in the developing couples of Storybrooke – Ruby proposes to Cynthia, who is surprised but gleefully accepts, while Matthew falters with Archie. Sydney is taken into custody, and although Mr. Gold insists on blaming him for David's murder, Emma is not convinced and for once, Regina agrees with her. Together they outwit Gold, catch him in his lie, and lock him up. Sydney is released and, knowing that Gold's shop is now totally unguarded, rushes to find the Servant's dagger with the intention of using it to control Gold and exact his revenge once and for all.

past : Following the death of King Phillip, the entrapment of Jafar in the mirror, and the ascension of Regina as High Queen of the Land of Ever, the ogres begin to attack once again. Regina joins forces with King George of Thornhold and King Midas of Goldpoint to reinstate the draft that forces children to participate in the battles, promising the hand of Midas's daughter Luciana in marriage to anyone who can bring about the end of the ogre wars. A drafted thirteen-year-old named Jack stumbles upon a handful of magic beans that grow into an enormous beanstalk, which he climbs into the sky and discovers the lair of the ogre king. Jack manages to kill the king, forcing the ogres to surrender. However, when King George realizes that Jack is the twin brother of his own adopted son, split apart at birth by a deal he made with Rumpelstiltskin, he has the boy's mind magically wiped and sends him back to his farm with his mother. King George shoehorns his own son, James, into the tale in order to cash in on the engagement to Princess Luciana.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Evelyn Oxford, Naveen Andrews as Jafar/the Magic Mirror/Sydney Glass, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Aishwarya Rai as Scheherazade, Max Irons as Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as Prince Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont

guest stars include : Charles Dance as King George, Peter Mensah as King Midas, Amina Elkatib as Young Luciana, Skandar Keynes as Young Charming/Young Jack/Young James, Gabrielle Rose as Ruth

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season 6, episode 7 : Diamond in the Rough

present : Mary Margaret decides to discuss the possibility of returning to the Land of Ever with Emma, and enlists the help of some her old allies from the kingdom of Agrabah. Aladdin and Jasmine spent their time under the curse separated – Aladdin as Scott Rao, a greedy thief well acquainted with Ivy Langland, and Jasmine as Linda Kaur, a mild-mannered receptionist at Storybrooke General Hospital. They found each other when their memories were restored, and with their help, Mary Margaret shows Emma the potential of discovering a whole new world.. Meanwhile, safely reunited with his husband, Gabriel comes clean to Regina and Henry about Scheherazade being the author of the book. When Robbie divulges Mr. Gold's involvement with Sydney, David decides to break into Gold's shop looking for answers. Having dug up the dagger for the first time since the citizens of Storybrooke started remembering their fairy tale pasts, Gold returns to the shop at exactly the wrong moment and finds David. Furious, Gold murders David in cold blood and frames Sydney for the deed by placing one of the two remaining lamps at the scene of the crime.

past : Jafar believes he has found the prophesied “diamond in the rough” that can open the Cave of Wonders. Although the street rat Aladdin is able to reopen the cave, he fails to retrieve the lamp and is trapped inside when it seals itself once more. Jafar is suspicious when a suitor arrives to meet Princess Jasmine who looks exactly like Aladdin, and he deduces that the boy released Zayn Al-Ansam and used his first two wishes to escape the cave and become a prince. Jafar steals the lamp, releasing Zayn Al-Ansam, and uses two wishes to become a powerful sorcerer and the sultan. When Zayn Al-Ansam reveals to Jafar that there are only two genies – himself and Marjanah – and not three like the stories tell, Aladdin tricks Jafar into using his last wish to become the third genie. Jafar is trapped in a lamp that Aladdin and Jasmine throw into the ocean, which is eventually washed up on the shores of Misthaven and found by the newly-crowned Queen Regina, who will eventually trap Jafar within a mirror.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Evelyn Oxford, Naveen Andrews as Jafar/the Magic Mirror/Sydney Glass, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Aishwarya Rai as Scheherazade, Max Irons as Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as Prince Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont

guest stars include : Brian George as Sultan Hamed, Avan Jogia as Aladdin/Scott Rao, Freida Pinto as Jasmine/Linda Kaur, Nonso Anozie as Zayn Al-Ansam

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season 6, episode 6 : Eye of the Beholder

present : Gabriel finally discovers that Henry’s book of fairy tales was written by a woman named Scheherazade. When he meets with Mr. Gold and Sydney to deliver this information, Sydney insists that this is impossible – Scheherazade was dead long before the Dark Curse and long before many of these stories even happened – but manages to keep tight-lipped that this Scheherazade is his sister. But since Gabriel has held up his end of the deal, Gold releases Robbie and the husbands are reunited. Cynthia throws a birthday party for Ruby at the Rabbit Hole, where Matthew and Archie share their first kiss. David and Mary Margaret bring up the subject of restoring the realms to Ruby and Cynthia, who eagerly agree to help, but Mary Margaret expresses her concerns about how Emma will react. When Gabriel and Robbie arrive, things take a strange turn when they are recognized by the bartender, Dominic – at first angry at the sight of them, Dominic’s demeanor changes suddenly when he overhears the conversation between David and the ladies. Dominic breaks down crying, mourning to the entire bar that everything is “all his fault.”

past : In the kingdom of Misthaven, Regina is living in exile and Queen Snow White and her Charming rule while the queen’s belly grows each day with the coming princess. In a small village on the edge of the kingdom, a scholarly young man named Beau lives with his inventor mother, Maura. Beau feels isolated from the rest of the world and struggles to rebuff the advances of boorish local hunter Gaston. When Maura takes a trip into the forests of the fallen kingdom of Farrador, she finds refuge in an old castle, unaware that this is the home of the former Prince Adam, still trapped as a Beast after all these years. Beau is alarmed when Maura’s horse returns home riderless, so he ventures into the forest to find her, and finds himself trading places as the Beast’s captive. But Beau soon discovers there is much more to this castle and its horrifying occupant than meets the eye, and he eventually falls in love with his new home, its servants, and even the Beast himself.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Evelyn Oxford, Naveen Andrews as Jafar/the Magic Mirror/Sydney Glass, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Aishwarya Rai as Scheherazade, Max Irons as Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as Prince Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont

guest stars include : Blythe Danner as Maura, Clive Standen as Gaston/Dominic Leroux

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season 6, episode 4 : Skin Deep

present : Regina has an epiphany and comes to Henry with the idea of finding the author of the book to write a new ending to her story. Mary Margaret leads them to the library, where they find Ruby’s friends Gabriel and Robbie Barbot-Beaumont, two young men who were separated by Regina’s curse but have managed to find each other once again. Meanwhile, Emma debates contacting Ryan, and Matthew finds himself on a series of blind dates with Cynthia’s friends - Nick, Raymond, Willie - each of which ends horribly. As Sydney and Mr. Gold try to work together to form a plan of revenge on Regina, it becomes very clear that they have different styles – Sydney is brash and makes decisions based on his gut, whereas Gold is far more calculated. Nevertheless, as a sign of goodwill, Gold presents Sydney with the lamp he once occupied – he does not reveal, however, that he also possesses the other two lamps.

past : Hundreds of years ago, before Rumpelstiltskin, before Zoso, the Servant is a cunning former fairy named Agatha. This woman falls in love with Prince Adam of the kingdom of Farrador, and after he spurns her advances several times, Agatha demands he take her as his wife or else she will kill his parents, the king and queen of Farrador. When Adam refuses once again, Agatha makes good on her promise and, in addition, transforms the prince into a hideous Beast. She enchants his castle and the people within it to spend eternity as animate objects – clocks, candlesticks, teapots, featherdusters, and other such household items. But the spell has a condition: Adam must fall in love with someone and earn their love in return despite his hideous outward appearance. If he does, the spell will be broken. Agatha disappears, never to be seen again.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Salma Hayek as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, Cate Blanchett as the Blue Fairy/Evelyn Oxford, Naveen Andrews as Jafar/the Magic Mirror/Sydney Glass, Daniel Gillies as Peter Pan/Dr. Matthew Llewelyn, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Sonequa Martin-Green as Cynthia Fogg, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

recurring stars this season include : Aishwarya Rai as Scheherazade, Max Irons as Beau/Gabriel Barbot-Beaumont, Oscar Isaac as Prince Adam/Robbie Barbot-Beaumont

guest stars include : Daniel Dae Kim as the Tin Woodman/Nick Montgomery, Ewan McGregor as the Scarecrow/Raymond Stone, Ian McKellen as the Cowardly Lion/Willie Wallace, Lea Seydoux as Agatha

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