"Second Star to the Right" - Emma, Mary Margaret and David go in search
of Regina when they discover that she - along with some magic beans -
have gone missing. But against Neal's protests, Emma still believes that
Tamara had something to do with Regina's disappearance; and Mr. Gold
contemplates telling Lacey the truth about his ability to conjure magic.
Meanwhile, after Rumplestiltskin abandons his son and lets him travel
alone through a portal, young Bae finds himself back in 19th century
London and is taken in by the Darling family -- befriending their
daughter Wendy -- on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, MAY 5 (8:00-9:00 p.m.,
ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Once Upon a Time" stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret,
Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina, Josh
Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin
O'Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Meghan Ory as Red
Riding Hood/Ruby, and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.
Guest starring are David Anders as Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein, Keegan
Connor Tracy as Mother Superior/Blue Fairy, Michael Raymond-James as
Neal Cassidy, Dylan Schmid as young Baelfire, Ethan Embry as Greg
Mendell, Christopher Gauthier as Smee, Sonequa Martin-Green as Tamara,
Freya Tingley as Wendy, Benjamin Cook as Michael, William Ainschough as
John, Andrew Airlie as George and Karin Inghammar as Mary.
"Second Star to the Right" was written by Andrew Chambliss & Ian Goldberg and directed by Ralph Hemecker.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Once Upon a Time Season 3 Gets a Production Start Date!
Once Upon a Time has
not been officially renewed for a third season (we don’t like to linger
too long on this thought), but the cast and crew have a starting date
for Season 3 filming. Lana Parrilla (Regina/The Evil Queen) tweeted that Season 3 is set to start production on July 12.Though OUAT has not yet been renewed, we actually don’t think there is much to worry about. The announcement that it had been renewed for a second season came on May 12 last year, so we are still well before that soft deadline. And even though OUAT has been down in the ratings, it is still strong in the context of ABC programming and has a potential spin-off show, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, in development.
What can we expect from Season 3? Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan) has hinted at a longer stay in Neverland, a tease that has us speculating on the odds of Ariel (aka The Little Mermaid) showing up in Neverland’s Mermaids’ Lagoon. If the Storybrookers do end up in Neverland for a while, we have the introduction of many well-loved Peter Pan characters to look forward to. We’ve already dream cast the Neverland regulars. It would be a shame not to see where the show goes with a possible Neverland storyline.
Are you glad to hear about the Season 3 production start date? What are you most looking forward to in Season 3? Let us know in the comments below!
5 'Once Upon A Time' Finale Spoilers!
With titles like Second Star to the Right and And Straight On 'Til Morning, Once Upon A Time
fans have been buzzing that the final two episodes of the season would
introduce, at long last, Peter Pan and Neverland. Something ABC
semi-confirmed this morning when they released the opening act of next
Sunday's penultimate episode [watch that here] where young Baelfire meets Wendy Darling ... in Victorian England!The sneak peek also introduces an intriguing new entity known as The Home Office, a mysterious organization that tasked Tamara and Greg to Storybrooke for a still-unknown purpose.
This morning, Once Upon A Time creators Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis met with reporters for a roundtable discussion about those aforementioned developments, what the final two episodes have in store for fans and their biggest season two regret!
Hooked on Neverland
The next two episodes are, in many ways, one prolonged story with both installments focusing on Baelfire's backstory, and how he could become Peter Pan. "We've hinted that Baelfire knew somebody from the world of Peter Pan and we know that he has a weird connection to this person," Kitsis told us. "And this person will be seen and he has beautiful guyliner ... and a shiny hand." He added, "The finale is very Hook-centric in the flashback."
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What Is The Home Office?
In the clip, Tamara talks about sending the magic beans and Regina's black diamond back to The Home Office for analysis. The creators promise fans will learn what The Home Office is and what they're after, but not why they want it over the next two episodes. Eddie adds, "We've all been trained with Initiatives and secret organizations, [so] we're hoping to lead you down a different path."
The same goes for Tamara and Greg. "By the end of this season, you will know a lot more about what Greg and Tamara are trying to achieve, who they're working for and what that means for all our characters," Adam says. "They're here for a mission and whether or not they succeed in that mission will be in the finale."
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How Final Will The Finale Be?
In last night's episode, Regina revealed that there is, effectively, a self-destruct button for the curse. One that would destroy everybody in Storybrooke and reset the timeline. "Unfortunately for Regina, she's now strapped to a table and the two people who have it seem hellbent on getting rid of this town," Eddie says, before revealing, "We are definitely going to see what that black diamond does because you can't show a bomb and not have it go off."
Familiar Faces Will Return
The next two episodes will also see the return of Mulan, Aurora and Prince Phillip, the creators revealed. But there are a couple characters OUAT fans will never see. "We are not bringing Star Wars on, other than the ringtones," Eddie says about ABC's parent company acquiring rights to the Star Wars universe. "There are no huger fans of Star Wars than [Eddie and I], Adam continued. "[But] the way we've conceived the show sadly never included Star Wars. And I don't think it should."
Biggest Season Two Regret
Eddie and Adam also took a moment to address a major fan complaint this season: The Tasing of Pinocchio. "Here's the thing, we thought, 'We need a real world weapon.'" In the moments in making that decision we never realized the backlash that would be from a taser," Eddie emphatically said. "We just figured the audience assumed it wasn't a taser ... but they didn't. So I got a lot of history lessons about wood and conducting electricity. If I could go back one season and change one thing, I would have made it a syringe. If she had just taken a [glowing] syringe and shoved it into the dragon, no one would give a sh*t. I am sorry we chose a taser. We are willing to take the hit for the taser. We f*cked up."
Once Upon A Time airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Once Upon a Time: Neal's Peter Pan Connection, Tamara's Boss and 7 More Questions Answered
ABC’s Once Upon a Time
has now revealed Tamara and Greg’s anti-magic agenda and fried the
Charmings’ beans, putting the good guys’ future in jeopardy. Meanwhile, promos for Season 2′s penultimate episode,
“Second Star to the Right,” offer a first glimpse at Wendy Darling and
Peter Pan. With these elements now in play, series creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis held court with reporters to field burning Qs and tease what’s to come.RELATED | May Sweeps/Season Finale Scoopapalooza: More Than 100 Spoilers on Your Favorite Series
IS A BIG GAP NEAL’S BACKSTORY ABOUT TO BE FILLED? | Yes, he’s Rumplestiltskin’s son. But ever since Emma’s ex mentioned having previously met Hook, we’ve known he has other stamps on his magical passport. Cue the promo for next Sunday, in which Wendy Darling tells young Bae about her shadowy friend Peter. “What happens with him, Wendy and the Darling family is the emotional touchstone of these last two hours,” said Kitsis. “Hopefully, it will inform who he is as a character and also [establish] another land, which is, hopefully, not what you think it is.” Meaning, prepare to eventually plot a course for what the show bosses dub “Neverland-adjacent.” (Awww-fully cute fact: Emma reminds Neal of Wendy, Kitsis shared.)
WILL PETER PAN BE AN ACTUAL CHARACTER? | And not just a CGI creation, as in the promo? After all, it was teased at Once‘s PaleyFest panel that although we’re visiting a new realm, a key player would not be cast until Season 3. Such speculation “would probably be a good guess,” Kitsis allowed. That said, Once‘s version “is probably not the lovely, cuddly shadow we remember,” he noted. “We’re doing [Peter Pan and Neverland] completely differently.”
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FOR WHOM DO TAMARA AND GREG WORK? | In
the next episode/one already circulating sneak peek, Tamara alludes to
the “Home Office” — and in the May 12 finale, “You will find out who the
Home Office is [and] what they want, but you won’t know why,” Kitsis
shared. “Since we [as TV viewers] have all been trained with initiatives
and secret organizations, we are hoping to lead you down a different
path, one that goes, ‘Ah, OK, it’s not that.’”WHAT HAPPENED TO GREG’S DAD? | Onetime Storybrooke interloper Kurt Flynn’s fate will be revealed this Sunday, Horowitz promises. Important to remember: Despite whatever story Regina spins in the interim, “No one leaves Storybrooke,” Kitsis reminds.
HOW MANY MAGIC BEANS ARE LEFT? | As the Charmings realized this past Sunday, Regina razed their hidden bean field — but not before snatching a total of three beans for her own purposes.
WHO HOLDS STORYBROOKE’S FATE IN THEIR HANDS? | The gemstone “trigger” that Regina retrieved from Maleficent’s Storybrooke lair “is an erase button that returns Storybrooke to what it once was” — meaning nothing, with any inhabitants thusly snuffed, Kitsis reiterated. “Unfortunately for Regina, she’s now strapped to a table and the two people who have it” — Tamara and Greg — “seem to be hellbent on getting rid of this town.”
SPEAKING OF WHICH: IS SOMEONE GONNA DIE? | It sure sounds like it — and “perhaps” in this week’s episode, Kitsis teased.
WILL BELLE EVER TOLL AGAIN? | The producers promised more on the Rumple/Belle/Lacey front before
season’s end — including Lacey’s possibly surprising perspective on the
prophecy about Henry, were she to get wind of it! — and also hinted it
will take something brand-new, and not True Love’s Kiss, to
bring Belle back. If, that is, Rumple still pines for the princess. “He
seems to be enjoying Lacey because she lets him be who he really wants
to be. And his son is who he wants to better for,” Kitsis noted. “So the
question is, which one of those will win at the end? That would be the
internal showdown for Mr. Gold.”UM, HOW DO YOU ELECTROCUTE A WOODEN MAN…? | Amidst much talk of Tamara’s evil deeds, Kitsis and Horowitz offered a mea culpa about the Taser-like device she used to fell The Dragon and August/Pinocchio, saying that if they could change any one thing about Season 2, it’d be their choice of gizmo. “When we sat down to do this, we thought, ‘We need a real-world weapon,’” Kitsis explained. “And in the moment of making that decision, we never realized the backlash that would [come]…. We just figured the audience would assume, ‘Oh, it’s not a [regular] Taser.’ But they did not.” Added Horowitz, “The simplest way to think about it is [August] wasn’t electrocuted; the device did something else to him.” Kitsis hinted at further clarity on the weird “science” once the Home Office is revealed.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Keck's Exclusives: Once Upon a Time Stars Talk Season Finale
Once Upon a Time
With Storybrooke on the verge of imploding, are Once Upon a Time fans about to see the last of the magical seaside village? Will the action move to Neverland, as foretold by the titles of this season's last two episodes, "Second Star to the Right" and "And Straight on 'Til Morning"? (These are the directions to Neverland that Peter Pan gives Wendy, John and Michael.) I visited the Vancouver set during the final days of Season 2 filming to squeeze some juicy info out of the cast and executive producers. The finale airs May 12 at 8/7c on ABC.
TV Guide Magazine: What's the coolest thing about the season finale?Robert Carlyle (Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin): Sneezy, who went over the town line, might be getting his memory back.
Edward Kitsis (executive producer): And if he gets his memory back for a happy dwarf reunion, I wonder what other characters could, too?
Carlyle: There's a lovely moment Emilie de Ravin [Belle] and I shot that Rumpbelle fans will love. But in Once style, it doesn't last long.
Adam Horowitz (executive producer): After two years, these characters are going to a place emotionally and physically different from where they've ever gone before.
Ginnifer Goodwin (Mary Margaret/Snow White): There is something that happens in the finale that breaks a pattern, and I look forward to seeing how that changes the people involved.
Lana Parrilla (Regina/Evil Queen): I love that there's a possibility for Snow and Regina to have a relationship. We're all family.
Kitsis: You all have blood on your hands, but you all have love in your hearts. The question is, what will unite our rivals? Magic's got a price, and it's incredibly heartbreaking.
Josh Dallas (David/Prince Charming): Like the finale of Season 1, this will change it all completely.
TV Guide Magazine: When you learned that Storybrooke was in danger of being destroyed in the finale, what were your thoughts?Parrilla: I thought, "Poor Steveston" [the British Columbia town that doubles for Storybrooke]. It's made such a living off the show.
Carlyle: I'd be sincerely upset to lose Mr. Gold's shop. I'm very, very protective of it.
Goodwin: Oh, yes, you are! [Whispers] None of the rest of us are allowed to touch anything in there.
Parrilla: Even the props that once belonged to us! Or we'll get hit in the hand with his cane.
TV Guide Magazine: Once Upon a Time has not yet killed off an original main character — compared with, say, The Walking Dead, which has now killed off four.[Dallas's and Goodwin's eyes widen with horror]
Dallas: You just ruined The Walking Dead for us!
Goodwin: We just started watching Season 2. This is why we will not spoil our final two episodes for our audience! [Laughs]
TV Guide Magazine: Sorry! Eddy and Adam, since you previously worked on Lost, does this finale remind you of any Lost storylines?
Horowitz: As with Lost, the biggest thing we're striving to do each season is find ways to keep the show the same but move it to a new place.
TV Guide Magazine: There's a scene that finds most of you, plus Henry (Jared Gilmore), congregating in the diamond mine. What can you tease about this?
Parrilla: What's surprising about this is the light and dark forces trying to work together for a greater good.
TV Guide Magazine: Does that apply to Mr. Gold as well?
Carlyle: No, no. Not at all. He's in a different place. For him, it's all about getting Belle back.
TV Guide Magazine: What can you say about the introduction of Peter Pan's Neverland?
Kitsis: I can say Neverland will have consequences for, and touch, everyone at this table.
Jennifer Morrison (Emma): That sounds dirty, Eddy. Peter Pan has always been one of my favorites, so I can't wait to meet him.
TV Guide Magazine: With Neverland coming into play, is there a possibility for Emma to capture some of her lost childhood?
Kitsis: The interesting thing is, [Neverland] is about belief and lost youth. And now that Emma is back with her parents, you have a group of people who will never get back the time they lost — including Mr. Gold, who lost a long time with his son [Baelfire]. And a hint for Season 3 is that Emma's job with magic is far from done.
TV Guide Magazine: What about the possibility of the characters getting doused with pixie dust and taking flight?
Kitsis: "You have to believe in fairies" is what I heard.
Parrilla: We'll be flying until the harnesses start to kill our bodies, and then we'll be like, "We don't want to fly anymore!"
Sunday, April 28, 2013
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