
Sophomore outing struggles a bit domestically in the box office
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
Can August Booth find redemption for his past choices?
As with last week, the flashback story this week stays in our world. It follows August, who has been MIA since the Curse was broken. As Emma arrives in Storybrooke in 2011, August (Eion Bailey) -– who is most definitely not selfless, brave or true -- begins to turn to wood. He seeks help from ...
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 MoreThe identity of The Stranger is revealed to be ...
Well, he's a Stranger no more. After weeks of lurking mysteriously around town in his motorcycle jacket, August Booth's (Eion Bailey) story is finally told. The episode's fairytale flashback centers on Geppetto (Tony Amendola) and his formerly wooden son, Pinocchio (Jakob Davies). Geppetto fear ...
Read MoreWho is The Stranger, really?
Rumplestiltskin reveals another delicious layer to his backstory as the series hints at the real identity of the town's mysterious Stranger. Or, as Emma describes him, "a typewriter wrapped in an enigma wrapped in stubble." In the fairytale world, Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) is enjoying a r ...
Read MoreKathryn finally learns the truth about David and Mary Margaret
As this week’s episode of "Once Upon a Time" opens, Prince James (Josh Dallas) is having family trouble after deciding to bail on his marriage to Abigail (Anastasia Griffith). She tells him, though, that she doesn’t want to marry him either. It turns out that Abigail has a tragic love story ...
Read MoreEmma attempts to expose Regina's dastardly ways
Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Regina (Lana Parrilla) are butting heads over Henry again this week, as Regina demolishes Henry’s play castle. An angry, unemployed, disillusioned Sydney Glass (Giancarlo Esposito) offers to help Emma by exposing something big about the mayor. He happens to know ab ...
Read MoreThis week's episode focuses once again on the series' big love triangle in both universes
"Once Upon a Time" returns its attention to Storybrooke's oft-thwarted star-crossed lovers, David and Mary Margaret. We also learn how Snow White became friends with a certain group of famous dwarves. In two universes, Snow White is pining away for Prince Charming. Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin ...
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