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In one of the flashbacks, she was warned that she would not be untouched by the curse. My first impression is that she remembers some, but not all. Now I'm not so sure.
I watch this show with my daughter and she thinks that the Sheriff was one of EQ huntsman too. She also thinks that Gold knows who EQ and Emma are because he had asked Snow White what she was going to name the baby and she told him Emma so as soon as he heard her name he knew who she was.
Mr Gold definitely knows who Emma is. And he's obviously kept tabs on her, when she had her baby and that she was giving it up.Didn't someone, maybe Henry, say that the people in Storybrook can't leave the town? If so, then why is it that Mr. Gold was able to leave to get Henry for EQ?
Mr. Gold (creator of the curse) is a VERY interesting character. Its hard to see which side he really is on and I think it will lead to many fun episodes! I also find it interesting that he put asked the EQ to grant him any wish in this "new world" as long as he said please. She said he wouldn't remember, but . . . Does she?
The trolls were awesome, I felt horrible for Mary Margaret after EQ "found" his wife (I'm positive she's paying her to be his wife... right??) and that lady was the blonde in the carriage with PC in the flashbacks. Was I imagining that?In the opening credits when it shows what happened on previous episodes it said in this last one "only one remembers" and they were picturing EQ holding the book and looking in the mirror. So she knows.
Sheriff==huntsman fits perfectly for me. Makes absolute sense really.
Cinderella's story is in next week's episode Renee... can't wait for that!
I'm thinking too that the two guys in the hospital working the cameras are two of Snow White's dwarfs (Sleepy & Grumpy maybe??) they made such a point of saying that one "always" falls asleep.
I love figuring out who is who on this show!
Just saw this online:Once Upon a Time‘s Emma Swan may not have an enchanted backstory to explore, but this Sunday’s episode of ABC’s freshman hit nonetheless will shed light on the bail bondsperson’s past by way of a young woman who once rode to a ball in a pumpkin. Or, more accurately, through a tale told about Cinderella’s pregnant Storybrooke counterpart.
“Ashley-slash-Cinderella (played by Falling Skies‘ Jessy Schram) is definitely a character Emma relates to,” Once star Jennifer Morrison shares. As such, as Ashley’s story unfolds, “I put myself on the line in a way I wouldn’t for most people.”
Other topics covered in the video below:
* Is Mary Margaret now an ally in Henry and Emma’s “Operation Cobra”? “She’s not necessarily ‘hands on’ about it,” Morrison says of her TV “mom.” “She’s more of a consultant.”
* When will Emma buy into Henry’s fantastical story wholesale?
* Will anyone from Emma’s past come looking for her? (Like, is she getting texts from pals in Boston?)
* The show’s winter finale, set to air Dec. 11, is “almost like a season finale, there is so much going on.”
* Is the Storybrooke Sheriff really the Hunstman of fairy tale lore?
Link to video:
http://www.tvline.com/2011/11/once-up...
Emilie de Ravin is bringing a whole lot of beauty to the already gorgeous Once Upon a Time.The Lost alumna has been cast on ABC’s fantastical freshman drama, playing the fairy tale world’s illustrious beast lover, Belle, TVGuide.com reports.
Details surrounding the role are being kept hush-hush, but Belle will appear opposite her burly suitor Gaston, and the two are said to have ties to Robert Carlyle’s skeezy Rumplestiltskin. De Ravin’s Once debut is slated to air in early 2012.
De Ravin — who played single mom-turned-feral island dweller Claire Littleton on Lost — has remained fairly quiet on the acting front since completing production on the ABC drama back in 2010, appearing only in a pair of indie flicks and the big-screen romantic drama, Remember Me.
This show is just so fascinating. Just saw the trailer for the Snow White movie (with Kristen Stewart) and it's only awakened my love for this new show. I think it's great to be re-introduced to these fairy tales again.
Jackie - Yes Henry said in the first episode that no one (involved in the fairy tale I assume) can leave Storybrook. Shortly after that Emma tried to leave town and she hit a wolf that was not found afterward. I don't remember them saying Mr Gold got Henry for the mayor. Refresh my memory. What episode was this?
Holli - yes PCs wife is the same woman as was his fience in the carriage. I don't know if the mayor is paying her but I do believe the mayor knew who PC was and held off on contacting his wife until necessary.
ReneeB, I didn't know there's gonna be a Snow White movie! Thaks for the info. And Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman, awesome.Here's the trailer, it looks spectacular:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY67V0...
Roxy, the ep when Emma chops down the apple tree. Gold is leaving EQ's property and EQ says something like Where did you get Henry.
I agree that EQ held onto the knowledge of PC's wife.
Roxy and Jackie, yeah that's kinda what I meant when I said she's paying her..... not sure why I said paying her... but yeah that she was holding ontot he knowledge! LOL
Fall Finale: Dec. 11 | Return Date: TBA
I didn't see a thread for Grimm. Is anyone else watching it? I really can't stand the lead actor, David Giuntoli, and his partner, Russell Hornsby, isn't much better, but despite them I still like the show. It's got a definite Buffy feel so far for me and there's the David Greenwalt connection.
I'm watching but I don't think it's all that great. It has potential but isn't unique or special, to me.
Jackie, I totally love Chris Hemsworth. Can't wait for that movie. I'm totally getting sucked into Snow White.
Renee, I hope you like to share, lol Chris Hemsworth is smoking hot, totally made the Thor movie. Hope there's another one. OUAT is fantastic, I love it!
I can't wait for the Snow White movie either!!
Do we have to share Chris Hemsworth with you too Holli? lol
No you guys can have him. I'm more into Ryan Gosling, Paul Walker, and Jake Gyllenhaal. LOL
Their are two movies coming out about Snow White one is called "Snow White And The Huntsman" staring the girt from the twilight series. The other one is still untitled but I think Julia Roberts is playing the evil queen.
Wait the Snow White movie will star Kristen Stewart? Blach. I am quite disappointed with Emma for accepting an open deal with Gold. That is such mob-like deal. She should know better especially in her line of work.
I excited about her being a deputy
EQ and the sheriff?!! Eeeeewww! Noooo! That does confirm the theory of him being TW huntsman.
I have a feeling the EQ is blackmailing the Huntsman. I think he really likes Emma (hence offering her the job). Think he's just letting the EQ use him.I could not believe Emma agreed to the deal with Mr. Gold. I screamed "NO" out loud!
Jackie, I think there's enough of Chris Hemsworth for both of us ;)
Renee wrote: I think there's enough of Chris Hemsworth for both of us ;) My! What a delicious image!
I can't believe Emma would take such a vague deal, it could be anything. I find this totally out of character for her. She seems too strong-minded to not demand specifics.
Roxy, what does 'TW' mean in regards to the Huntsman?
I knew EQ was screwing the sheriff, the first time we see him, he's coming from upstairs in her house. What possible business could he have up there?
I also thought it was odd that she'd just accept the deal like she did but then I thought she did it to save the baby and keep it with her mother and figured that's just the type of nobel thing a character like her would do.
I get her reasons, but I find it difficult to believe she didn't at least try to haggle with Gold.
Maybe she was trying to show him she's not going to back down? It would have been a bit more realistic though if she had at least tried to haggle some or at least find out more about the deal.
Sorry Jackie. That was just soft-keys typo for THE.
Did someone wish upon a star? Because ABC’s Once Upon a Time is back with new episodes this Sunday at 8/7c, and this time around the series is going to dive deep into Archie’s backstory – that is, the origin of Jiminy Cricket – by literally burrowing beneath the surface of Storybrooke. Here, we have a Q&A with Raphael Sbarge (who plays Archie) as well as some bonus scoop on Ruby/Red Riding Hood and a big loss coming in the winter finale (airing Dec. 11).TVLINE | You’ve previously done a lot of straight drama, including 24 and Prison Break, as have Lana Parrilla (Regina/Evil Queen), Robert Carlyle (Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin)…. What drew actors such as you to this slightly off-center material?
Look, at heart every actor fancies himself a storyteller and hopes for that opportunity to be a part of a good story. And every actor who read this pilot said they fell completely in love with the story and the characters and the opportunity to kind of tell two stories – in a fantasy world and in a modern world. To then counterpoint them is just an actor’s dream. Before this show aired, I found myself trying to explain it to people and their eyes would glaze over, but I keep saying, “You’ve got to watch it!”
TVLINE | I found myself doing the same.
What’s so thrilling is that in the execution they’ve done something quite magical. I was equating it early on to Harry Potter or The Princess Bride, where there’s a magical quotient to the storytelling that is done in a very heartfelt and untreacly kind of way. I’ve watched now the first season of Lost, and this is sort of from that handbook, where they take a couple of characters and go out in the jungle with a suitcase and do a deep dive into who those people are, and then pull back and have everyone else there. It’s sort of a novel in a way, or a wonderful short story.
TVLINE | What’s going on in this week’s episode?
Essentially Sheriff Graham makes Emma a deputy, and then this sinkhole appears in town. Henry goes to try and figure out what’s in the sinkhole, knowing in his heart that there’s a clue about the other [fairy tale] world. Archie, being his therapist, is very concerned and follows him, and a journey ensues. What we also then do get a chance to learn about how Jiminy Cricket came to be.
TVLINE | I understand that Jiminy Cricket wants to “leave the family business.” What is the family business?
I’m not allowed to actually say what it is, because it will give some things away. But what they carved out is akin to the way [mythologist/writer] Joseph Campbell would talk about “a hero’s journey.” Jiminy Cricket wasn’t just a noble guy because he said so. What you get to see on this trip are the fire rings he had to walk through to get to a place where he could evolve to develop a sense of doing the right thing.
TVLINE | And he’s a human in this backstory, because I see two or three younger actors playing you at different ages.
Right, there are two other actors, and then there’s me, and then that evolves into Archie.
TVLINE | I’m not familiar with Jiminy Cricket lore, but I assume we’ll see how he became a bug?
That specific moment is actually captured on film, yes.
TVLINE | Why do you think Archie was fashioned as a child psychiatrist? Is it because Pinocchio in a way had Jiminy Cricket’s ear?
It’s interesting, because you’ve got a character named Jiminy Cricket and he’s a conscience – what the heck would he do in a modern way? Having him be a therapist was inspired, because in a world that is fraught with shades of grey, what a therapist does is sit with you one-by-one and essentially help you decide what doing the right thing is. He tries to help you find what your path is, without any judgment or any imposition of a particular philosophy. Obviously it has huge echoes to Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket in the original [1940] movie. In the original book, Jiminy Cricket was a ghost and didn’t really speak at all, but Walt [Disney], when he saw the first screenplay, wanted to bring the character to the foreground and make him more central to Pinocchio’s journey.
TVLINE | Is there a Pinocchio in Storybrooke? Is he someone’s mailbox or something…?
[Laughs] Well, we saw Geppetto in the pilot [in the jailhouse scene], but I’m not sure about Pinocchio yet. I can’t answer that question. But they are trying to tell these stories and reinvent them.
Once Upon a Time Bonus Scoop:
IN THE HOOD | Viewers this week will get another taste of Storybrooke’s Ruby, who thus far, save for some scenes in the Cinderella episode, has remained a mystery. “What you see is what you get with her,” teases Meghan Ory, who plays the diner waitress and her fairy tale counterpart, Red Riding Hood. As for Ruby’s tendency to dress and act in a way that draws attention — including, as we saw, from the doc played by David Anders — she says, “Yeah, you see little glances exchanged here and there. She might be a little bit in heat!” But will Ruby at some point cross a line and bait the wrong kind of creature? “I sure hope so!” says the actress. “I hope there’s a Big Bad Wolf in the near future.” Until things get hairy for the lass, TVLine hears that during an Episode 10 flashback, we’ll get a hint of Red’s past — specifically how it involves Snow White.
CLIFFHANGERS COMING | Two weeks from Sunday, Once Upon a Time will air its winter finale, and according to the synopsis from ABC, “Storybrooke mourns the loss of one of their own.” Asked to tease that twist, Ory at first quipped with a laugh, “Maybe Granny’s Diner closes down?” Pressed further, she was quite mum, explaining, “I know you want to know things but it would be like showing you your Christmas presents early!” She then allowed this much: “Let’s just say that it will be a very, very memorable episode. There are lots of cliffhangers, and it’ll be a good teaser to get you wanting to come back when we start [Season 1] up again in January.”
Anyone else not getting their email and onsite notifications? Another great episode! This just keeps getting better and better.
As good as it was seeing Jiminy's backstory, I have to say, I'm more impressed with Robert Carlyle's portrayal of Rumplestilskin. What a fantastic actor!
I enjoyed the last episode, too. Would like to continue seeing backstories on more characters. Agree that Robert Carlyle is doing a great job as Rumple.
I too agree about the actor playing Rumble and was thinking that durin his scene this episode. I also adore the woman who played jiminey's mother, I don't know her name. She is/was on General Hospital and CougarTown and has had some commercials. Her Style cracks me up. I wanted Emma to haul off and slug the mayor when she pushed her away after working together.
Carolyn Hennesy. That is her name. It took me a bit to recognize her.
Roxy, you watch GH? It's the only soap I still watch. I love Hennesy as Diane, one of the few rare original characters on a soap.
Once Upon a Time | Fans of ABC’s fantastical freshman series geeked out more than a little when Emma Caulfield was cast as the Blind Witch from Hansel and Gretel lore. And the show’s bosses share that enthusiasm. “We’ve been huge fans of hers since Buffy, so we’re very excited to have her on the show,” Adam Horowitz told me. Added Edward Kitsis: “We couldn’t think of anyone better to trap two children in a house and try to eat them” than the portrayer of a onetime vengeance demon. Though the EPs were hesitant to share much more about Caufield’s Episode 9 storyline, I’m hearing it will be revealed that the Blind Witch has a none-too-friendly past with the Evil Queen – something having to do with an item that one of the villainesses stole from the other.
Jackie - yes and no. I grew up watching GH and Days. Watched them both on & off through college but mainly stuck with GH. I watched it religiously 6 yrs ago when my youngest was first born and I slowly got out of the habbit when he was old enough to pay attention to what I was watching. Now that he is off at school and my little one is clueless, I peek in every now and then. Its the only one I can tolerate. Anyway....I love Hennesy too. I love her in CougarTown too.
OK, Roxy. I used to watch Days also. I still watch GH but fast forward through most of it. It's the only way to watch soaps because they move so slow and rehash the same stuff over and over. I have no idea how I watched them pre-DVR, lol
That is exactly what I used to do when my older son was little, I set an auto-tune (I refused to record a soap) and rewound when I got home from errands and what not. You are right, I skipped a lot then too. I've been slowly peeking back in.
So what did every thing of this week's episode?The mayor is just a royal bitch. I just want to scream to mind her own damn business. I know....that would be the end of the whole show but still...
Emma catching the Sheriff coming out of the Mayors bedroom window. I'm slightly confused, or just a big sucker. When she accused him of sleeping with the mayor and gave an appalled "no!". But then said Mayor doesn't want Henry to know. So are they sleeping together or could there be something else?
I'm sure they're sleeping together, didn't they show a scene early in the series?
(sulking) Yes. I just don't want it to be true
Well...here's one way to look at it: You know he's attracted to Emma, and that is gonna burn EQ's ass. Hahaha
It doesn't seem like EQ and the sheriff have more than a friends with benefits kind of relationship, but I think Jackie's right--the sheriff's attraction to Emma is going to make her mad. Did anyone catch in the last episode the EQ mentioning a lost love? Wonder who it was.
Yes, and I can't wait to see that story. I hope it doesn't garner sympathy for her. I like hating her; every story has to have a villian.I don't think the sheriff or the mayor have feelings for each other, but she's the kind of woman who doesn't want anyone touching 'her' things. It'll piss her off.
I caught that too, Kelley. We know EQ was supposed to get married ans something has happened to her fella. Was that the huntsman? I'm not sure if we know that. So I assume she was referencing her "real world" version of that.
I'm definitely thinking friends with benefits/blackmailing sorta weird thing going on with those two. It's a bizarre feeling u get about it.I felt SO sorry for MM when he said he was going back to his wife.... Gennifer Goodwin is great in this character.
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Becky - great theory about the sheriff/huntsman!!!! I like it.