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What is "Once Upon a Time"?
The show is based on the theory that there is an alternate universe where every classic fairy tale character exists - a world that has a loose connection to Our World. On the night of her 28th birthday, bail bonds collector Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) is reunited with Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) - the son she gave up for adoption ten years ago - and takes him back to his hometown of Storybrooke, Maine - a place where nothing is what it seems.
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What Happened in Season 1? I forget.
Following Emma Swan's return, Henry reveals he is in possession a large book of fairytales and is convinced that Emma is the daughter of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) who sent her away so she would be protected from a powerful curse enacted by the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla), a curse in which she is the only one with a happy ending. It's because of the curse that everyone in Storybrooke is frozen in time with no memories of their former selves - except for the Queen, who is Storybrooke's mayor and Henry's adoptive mother Regina Mills. Emma refuses to believe a word of Henry's "theory" and returns Henry home, but then decides to remain in the New England town... this causes the hands of the Clock Tower to move for the first time in 28 years.
It's soon revealed that Snow and Charming - concerned for the safety of their unborn child - went to seek advice from the imprisoned trickster Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle), who told them their only hope is the child, who would return on her 28th birthday and begin "The Final Battle". The child, an infant girl, is born on the day the Queen enacts her curse and is placed in a wardrobe carved out of an enchanted tree which takes the child to Our World, where she is raised by adoptive parents as Emma Swan.
As Emma stays in Storybrooke and soon becomes Sheriff following the sudden death of Graham Humbert (Jamie Dornan), Regina's antagonistic attitude raises her suspicions and prompt her to move in with Henry's teacher Mary Margaret Blanchard - who is really her mother Snow White. Regina's bitter rivalry with Storybrooke's wealthiest resident Mr. Gold becomes heated when she learns he is aware of his true identity as Rumplestiltskin and Mary Margaret falls in love with David Nolan, a patient awake after being in a coma who is in reality Emma's father Prince Charming. David however is married to Kathryn Nolan, the woman who was his ex-fiancee Princess Abigail - daughter to King Midas. Unable to deny their love, David and Mary Margaret soon begin a secret relationship that becomes public and upsets Kathryn.
Kathryn eventually decides to go to Boston and let David be with Mary Margaret - only to disappear before leaving Storybrooke, due to an effect of the Curse being no one can leave. Some time later an antique jewelry box - which belonged to Mary Margaret when she was a child - is found buried near the old Toll Bridge and is revealed to contain a human heart which is proven to be Kathryn's via DNA testing. Mary Margaret is arrested for Kathryn's supposed murder and is about to be prosecuted by corrupt District Attorney Albert Spencer (Alan Dale) when Kathryn is found alive in an alley. She reveals that someone abducted her and held her captive in a basement for several days but she managed to escape. When corrupt Daily Mirror chief editor Sidney Glass (Giancarlo Esposito) confesses to having abducted Kathryn in order to jump-start his career, Emma is not convinced and comes to the conclusion that Regina orchestrated the conspiracy.
Emma soon discovers that writer August W. Booth (Eion Bailey), who is the first stranger ever to arrive in town after she did, is from the Other World and that he is Pinocchio, who was sent to Our World through the same wardrobe that brought Emma to watch over her. But he abandoned her out of fear and is slowly turning back into a wooden puppet. Emma then makes an attempt to take Henry out of Storybrooke forever, but is then forced to reconsider when he refuses to go. Emma makes a deal with Regina in which she leaves but still visits Henry on occasion.
But Regina knows Emma's true identity and has retrieved her Poisoned Apple - the same one she used on Snow White - in order to use it on Emma in the form of an apple turnover. Henry takes a bite of the turnover, collapses to the floor unconscious and proves to Emma the Curse is real. Emma, who now starts to believe after seeing flashbacks of her true past, is forced to forge an alliance with Regina and retrieves Rumplestiltskin's True Love Potion from underneath the Clock Tower only to have Mr. Gold steal it.
When Henry is pronounced dead, Emma and Regina return to the Hospital to say goodbye to his body. Emma kisses him on the forehead, causing a pulse of energy to engulf the entire town and restore everyone's true memories while freeing Henry from the effects of the Poisoned Apple. Snow and Charming reunite with each other and Regina returns to her mansion alone as Emma begins to wonder why no one is returning to the Other World since the Curse is broken. Rumpelstilksten reunites with his true love Belle (Emilie de Ravin) and takes her to a Wishing Well deep in the heart of the forest - a well with the power to restore that which one had lost. He takes the True Love Potion and drops it into the well, causing a purple cloud to emerge and consume Storybrooke as the Clock Tower strikes 8:15.
Co-creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis Talk Season 2
Commenting on the repercussions of the first season finale's events, "Magic as we know always comes with a price and we are introducing it to a world where it has never been before and I think thats going to have unpredictable results. Its going to affect everybody this season because thats whats more fun." said Kitsis.
On everyone in Storybrooke memories returning Horowitz commented, "One of the things thats interesting to us to explore is this notion that just because the memories have returned does not mean that the past 28 years did not happen. Those memories, the Davids, the Mary Margaret, the Mr. Golds, all those people, who they were existed and what they did actually happened and those are the things that will have to be dealt with."
The show will still bounce back-and-forth between the fairy tale world and Storybrooke, although there will be slight differences compared to season one.
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Season 2 Main Cast
(Meghan Ory (Red Riding Hood / Ruby) and Emilie de Ravin (Belle) had both been promoted to series regulars for season two)
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Some of Season 2's Recurring / Guest Characters
(A Few Spoilers In Here)
Sarah Bolger as Princess Aurora
Jamie Chung as Mulan
Sinqua Walls as Sir Lancelot
Colin O'Donoghue as Captain Hook
Michael Raymond-James as ?????
Sebastian Stan as The Mad Hatter
Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket
Lee Arenberg as Grumpy/ Dreamy/ Leroy
Tony Amendola as Geppetto / Marco
Beverly Elliott as Granny
David Anders as Dr. Whale
Tony Perez as Henry
Alan Dale as King George / Albert Spencer
Barbara Hershey as Cora
Julian Morris as Prince Phillip
Jorge Garcia as Giant
Noah Bean as Daniel
Jamie Chung as Mulan
Sinqua Walls as Sir Lancelot
Colin O'Donoghue as Captain Hook
Michael Raymond-James as ?????
Sebastian Stan as The Mad Hatter
Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket
Lee Arenberg as Grumpy/ Dreamy/ Leroy
Tony Amendola as Geppetto / Marco
Beverly Elliott as Granny
David Anders as Dr. Whale
Tony Perez as Henry
Alan Dale as King George / Albert Spencer
Barbara Hershey as Cora
Julian Morris as Prince Phillip
Jorge Garcia as Giant
Noah Bean as Daniel
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Season 2 Promo Trailer (New Footage) | New Character Introduction Trailer (Spoilery) | Season 2 Trailer (Old Footage) | Season 2 Episode 1 Sneek Peek #1 | Season 2 Episode 1 Sneek Peek #2
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