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'Once Upon a Time' Finale Recap: Keep Your Family Close and Your Shadow Closer
May 13, 2013 2:10am ESTThis week’s season finale of Once Upon a Time left us with a lot of answers — but even more questions. Just off the shores of Neverland, Hook realizes just how small these words can be after learning that boy they rescued is non-other than Rumplestilskin’s son. Meanwhile in Storybrooke, all of the fairytale characters are in a panic when Tamara and Greg activate the town-destroying trigger. By the end of the episode two portals are activated, one memory is restored and a shocking twist takes us on a dangerous journey to a new land. Read on for all the mesmerizing details from “And Straight on Til Morning” Sayonara Storybrooke: The episode opens at a playground and we see that Rumple is currently vying for Grandfather of The Year as he slowly but surely uses magic to cut the string of Henry’s tire swing. However, before the wicked task can be completed Emma arrives to tell Henry to news about Neal while Snow and Charming explain to Rumple that his son is not only missing, but there’s a good chance he’s also dead. Rumple blames himself for bringing magic into this land and is ready to curl up in a ball and die when he learns Badnews #2: The entire town is about to be blown off the map and everyone who was not born in this world will be killed. Yikes! Right away, Tamara and Greg use the Home Office’s magical information activate the trigger in the dwarves’ mind while a baffled Hook looks on realizing that not only will Rumple die — Hook will too. Tamara snarls, “We’re willing to die for our cause, are you willing to die for yours?” Hook freaks out and decides that he would rather like to save that handsome face of his and he runs over to the Charming’s to help devise a plan: After a sweet goodbye to Henry, Regina is going to use her magic to contain the trigger, while Charming and Hook chase after Tamara and Greg to snatch the last two beans and open up a portal to The Enchanted Forest. Over in the pawn shop, Rumple receives a surprise gift from Grumpy: the magic potion from The Blue Fairy that will restore Belle’s memory. (Better late than never right?!) At first Rumple doesn’t want to give the potion to Lacey because he doesn’t want to be reunited by his one true love only to be ripped apart again. However, he eventually does the right thing and restores their beloved teacup and has her drink the neon blue potion from it. The two embrace in a passionate kiss and Rumbelle fans everywhere squeal with delight. After a bullet-filled battle, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum (that would be Tamara and Greg) escape again, but Hook manages to snatch one of the magical beans so at least there’s still hope. Down in the mines, Emma learns that in order to hold off the trigger, Regina is actually sacrificing herself in order to save the town from complete and total destruction. “Everyone looks at me as the Evil Queen — including my son. Let me die as Regina.” She tells Emma. Once again, Snow and Charming are refusing to give up and they suggest that they pull a trick from earlier this season and push the trigger through the magic bean portal in into some far away realm. However when they finally convince Emma that it’s a good plan and the whole group gets their hopes up, we learn that Hook—once again only looking out for himself — actually stole back the bean and is currently aboard the Jolly Roger sailing out of the Stroybrooke harbor. Just as it looks like Regina is about to pass out from exhaustion, Emma has the epiphany that she too can do magic and with their combined strength, Henry’s two moms stop the trigger and save the town. However before everyone can rejoice they realize that one very important thing is missing: Henry. Greg and Tamara have snatched the boy telling him, “We came here to destroy magic, but then we found something more important, something that changed everything — you.” They toss a bean into the water and Henry’s family is about five seconds two late and they watch the kidnappers take Henry through the portal into an unknown realm. Hook realizes that he was being a selfish douche and he turns the ship around and returns to shore ready to take part in the new mission Rescue Henry from the crazies. Rumple kisses Belle goodbye and gives her magical instructions for how to cloak Storybrooke from intruders while they’re away. Belle asks why Rumple is leaving her again and he sweetly responds, “The boy is my undoing, but he is also my grandson.” Belle insists that Bae/Neal would be so proud of him and in a flash we see that Neal has washed upon the shores of The Enchanted Forest and our familiar friends Mulan, Aurora and a newly rescued Phillip find him and rush to his aid. All aboard the Jolly Roger we have Hook and Rumple (who quickly establish a truce) Emma, Regina, Snow and Charming. Hook asks where they need to set sail and Rumple uses his magical globe to reveal their newest adventure: Neverland. Hook tosses a bean into the bay and our main characters brace for impact before disappearing into the swirling vortex. Pirate Ship Secrets: Captain Hook and Smee are discussing whether or not the boy they found in to water belongs to the mysterious “Him.” Clearly the crew of the Jolly Roger want to please “Him” and ensure their survival in Neverland so Hook goes to have a chat with the boy to fish for a little bit of information. Unfortunately, Hook snags a whale of a coincidence when he realizes that the boy they found is Baelfire — the son of his beloved Milah and archenemy Rumplestilskin. Hook hides his revelation and welcomes Bae aboard the show with a genuine smile and some familiar words: “It’s a pirates life for you!” It turns out that Bae does belong to “Him” and a frightening crew of Lost Boys raid Hook’s ship in hopes of snatching Bae back. Luckily Hook shows Bae exactly where to hide and they evade the Lost Boys — for now. Hook shows Bae around the ship, teaches him to sail and the two have a kind bonding moment as they both reflect on how much they hate their fathers. Unfortunately this sweet moment doesn’t last for long because Bae finds a drawing of his mother on Hooks desk and realizes the his is the pirate that killed his mother and tore his family apart. Hook counters with the true story — that the Dark One father actually killed Milah — and tells the boy that he can be the father figure that Bae never had. Bae snarls that he wants to return to his “real family: The Darlings” but since that’s not possible, Hook allows the Lost Boys to snatch Bae off the ship. Once aboard the shores of Neverland, the Lost Boys look at a drawing to see that Bae is not the boy that “He” wants and as a result Bae gets to live. Upon closer look at the picture, we see that the boy that “He” wants actually Henry and the lead Lost Boy reveals, “It may take time, but Peter Pan never fails.” And with that we realize that “He” is Peter Pan and he’s not the lovable hero that we all know and love — he’s a dark villain with an unknown agenda. What did you think of the Season Finale of Once Upon a Time? Are you shocked to learn that Peter Pan is actually a villain? Do you think that Neal is going to be all right? Cast your spell in the comments below! Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneAguilera MORE:'Once Upon A Time' Recap: A Darling New Take On A Classic Tale'Once Upon A Time' Recap: Misplaced Memories And Dark Turn On’s'Once Upon A Time' Recap: Don't Tase Me Bro! From Our Partners:Watch Justin Bieber Attacked in Dubai (Celebuzz)33 Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (Celebuzz)
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'Once Upon a Time': Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis Answer Your Twitter Questions
January 04, 2013 12:25pm ESTI laughed, I gasped, I blushed, and I could not stop smiling. What caused this wave of excitement you ask? The winter premiere of Once Upon a Time, of course! Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending an advanced screening of “The Cricket Game” followed by a Q&A session with the show’s charming creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Prior to watching the episode, I asked the OUAT fans on Twitter if they had any questions for the second half of the season, and I received a swirl of enchanting tweets. We at Hollywood.com always want our readers to be heard, so I’ve paired your Twitter questions with answers from the producers and just like magic, your wish has been granted. Keep reading for all the mesmerizing details on Emma’s love life, Rumplestilskin’s search for his son, Charming family bonding, and much more! @Betsypaige24 We're desperate to know if they actually care about Rumbelle. They never speak about them. Will we get ANY romance? Thanks! Get ready to gasp because not only did the creators talk about our Beauty and a Beast (with a twist), they actually referred to them in passing as Rumbelle. It was trés adorable. “We’re going to actually see a lot of Rumple and Belle coming up,” Kistis confirms. “I think the second half of the season he’s going to collect that favor from Emma and he’s going to go in search of his son and he and Belle are going to face definite challenges. What’s interesting I think also is you’re going to see Rumple in a way is trying to change for her and as we all know sometimes it’s hard to change.” Horowitz added, “And Belle’s going to find some new obstacles and challenges in life in Storybrooke.” Don’t get too scared Rumbelle fans! There’s a super sweet (yet pretty brief) Rumple/Belle scene in “The Cricket Game” @LizzieMo will we [see] Emma tell her parents more about her past & childhood? We need more charming family bonding. Funny you should mention that because family bonding is exactly what’s coming up for our Storybrooke royals. Now that Snow and Charming are finally reunited, we get to see a lot more family interactions — and some blush-inducing, giggle-worthy moments when Emma returns home a little earlier than expected. Kitsis explains, “It’s fun to see [Snow and Charming] together again and I think for us they are kind of figuring out their new role being together, being in Storybrooke, and being Emma’s parent’s even though they’re the same age.” Howowitz follows, “The first half of the season really was really like them coming to terms with the memories are back and all that. Now going forward it’s well what does all this mean being a family?” And to answer your question, we will see Emma in “The Cricket Game” briefly trying to explain her less than perfect past to her parents. @OnceWatcher Am I too late to throw something in the hat? Can you ask the creators if they know how many fans love Emma & Hook? Thanks. Oh trust me they know. I asked that exact question and was greeted with two big smiles from our all-knowing showrunners. Kitsis laughed, “Yes both for and against I’ve seen.” And to my surpise, Horowitz then asked me, “Which side are you on?” All of the sudden my professional journalistic behavior was gone and my inner fan-girl proudly announced, “Oh I’m all for it!” My mother would be so proud. @captainswans Please please please ask the OUaT producers about a possible Hook/Emma romance. We're all dying to know! Thank you!!! Going off the same conversation, Kitsis was very light-hearted with his answer regarding a possible CaptainSwan connection. He joked, I think it’s hard to deny the handsomeness of Hook, and I think the real question is, is he going to loose the guy-liner in storybook? And the answer is no.” On a slightly more serious note, Kitsis explains that there are going to be quite a few men in her life this season. “Emma is going to find herself with a few choices this season and I think there are the people that are right for you, and there are the people that are wrong for, and then there are the people that you just choose and I think Emma is going to face all those things,” Kitsis said. @AdagioClockwork I'm probably in the minority here but I really hope you have something in petto for us Neal/Emma fans as well. D: Emma is quite the popular gal, and it seems that she has a wide range of handsome men coming into play in the second half of season two. But the one that will always be No. 1 is Henry. Kitsis once again tackles the subject of Emma’s suitors saying, “I think what’s interesting is the love of Emma’s life last year was Henry and this year we actually met the one person that she has fallen in love with [Neal]. Hook is obviously eye candy. I don’t know if she would stare at him and think he would be a great father to Henry but he might be fun in Vegas.” However, it is looking like a strong possibility that Neal/Emma fans will see a reunion by the end of the season. When I asked the creators if Henry would be meeting his birthfather this season, Horowitz bluntly revealed, “I would be really disappointed if we went this season and we didn’t show that. That would suck.” @Jesus_David12 Hi! i would love for you to ask the OUAT creators when Aurora is coming back! thank you! :D As we all learned this year, wherever we see Aurora, we know that Mulan is always close by ready to protect the dainty princess. Fans will get a deeper peek into Mulan’s past in “The Outsider” airing Jan. 13. Kistis said, “Aurora and Mulan are off to save Phillip and we are hoping to kind of return to that at some point this year, but I can say that for the first batch of episodes we are focusing on the Charmings and the Rumbelles and it’s family dynamics. That’s what really is going on.” So be prepared Aurora fans, because after Jan. 13 we wont be seeing this fearless feminine duo until we near the end of season two. Bonus Scoop: Are we going to see Ariel anytime soon? Diehard fans of the show know that the idea of Ariel has been teased on nurmerous occasions, so I made sure to ask what’s the plan for our favorite underwater princess. Kitsis explained, “Probably not this season, we’ve taken a lot of toys off the shelf and we’re probably not going to see her this year . We do have a plan for her if there is a season three.” If? No, more like when! Horowitz added, “Ariel’s character is a character that we love and in our minds we have a way that we want to integrate her into the story and we don’t want to overload with too many [characters].” Fair enough, but I seriously cannot wait for the day that we finally get to see her swimming our way. Can’t get enough Once Upon a Time? Of course not! Check back to Hollywood.com tomorrow for a magical article to get you all caught up before Sunday night’s winter premiere! What are you most looking forward to seeing from Once Upon a Time this year? Which couple is your favorite to ship? Are you overwhelmed by all the bewitching scoop? Cast your spell in the comments below! 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‘Once Upon a Time’ Winter Finale Recap: Wonderland, Whirlpools, and Welcomes
December 03, 2012 3:49am ESTThe winter finale of Once Upon a Time is exactly what television should be. In a mere 47 minutes, fans were lead through a whirlwind of thrilling adventures, insightful flashbacks, and heart-warming emotions. Let us help you catch up on all the excitement from this week's episode, "The Queen of Hearts." Fairytale Land Flashbacks: ‘The episode opens with Killian—aka Captain Hook—taking out two the Regina’s guards singlehandedly (literally). At the top of the tower he enters a cell and we see that Belle is being held captaive and by the tally marks on the walls it looks like it’s been a while. Hook announces that he is there to rescue her butt they must hurry because her father is in grave danger. Hook admits that he is letting Belle go because he has heard rumors of a magical weapon that is powerful enough to stop The Dark One. Since Belle has spend the most time with him than any one else, surely she would know how to stop him, right? Belle is puzzled and says, “I don’t know what you’re talking about and I have no idea how to kill Rumplestilskin…and nor would I!” And with that quick confession, Hook smacks Belle across the face, knocking the book-lover out cold saying, “So pretty, and yet so useless.” Woah, that’s one harsh hottie! Just as Hook was about to kill Belle, Regina enters the cell and uses her magic to snatch Hook’s hook from his arm. Regina looks frighteningly fierce in a dark blue, jewel-encrusted dress and a wild updo. “I know who you are Captain. I know why you came here from Neverland, and I know all about the crocodile you wish to skin.” Suddenly the room is filled with intense sexual tension as Regina explains that Belle is a useless but valuable chess piece. “She can’t help you kill Rumplestilskin, Hook, but I can. If you do something for me… Care to join me for a drink?” Regina then explains all about the curse she is about to exact on the characters in Fairytale Land. “This new realm, it’s a land without magic.” Regina happily tells Hook that in this new realm, he’ll easily be able to kill The Dark One because Rumple will be stripped of his powers. There’s only one problem: Hook must stop the one person Regina doesn’t want following her into the new land. Hook questions, “Who is it you want me to dispose of?” Regina’s answer is short but not-so sweet, “My mother.” In order to help Hook complete this practically impossible task, she enchants his hook so that he will be able to rip out Cora’s heart. “The enchantment will only allow you to rip out one heart, so make sure you do it right.” Regina takes out Jefferson’s hat and says that Hook must travel to the land where she banished Cora years ago: Wonderland. Hook arrives in the new realm and finds the Cora has appropriately become The Queen of Hearts. After a brief hello, our captain goes in for the kill, but comes up empty handed hookded. Cora laughs, “I’m the Queen of Hearts! Did you really think that I would be so careless as to keep my heart where everyone else does?” Hook admits that is was Regina who send him to Wonderland and Cora looks genuinely devastated and surprised upon hearing that her own daughter wants her dead. Cora and Hook’s evil bond begins when she explains the faults in her daughter’s plans: “This curse my daughter plans to enact, this new land she’s taking everyone to, you won’t remember who you are. So tell me Captain, how do you expect to kill someone when you can’t even remember them?” Cora decides that the best way to fix the situation is to kill her only daughter. “Get me close to my daughter, and then I’ll rip her heart out. Hook pretends to have killed Cora and brings Regina her body, complete with stone coffin and a sleeping mother. Regina tells Hook that she would like a minute alone with her mother and in a completely uncharacteristic (and slightly suspicious) turn of events, Regina pours her heart out to her pretend mother saying, “Love is weakness,” and in the new realm, she is going to need all the strength she can get. Regina then lays a single red rose on her mother’s chest and leaves the room. Cora is beyond touched by Regina’s kind words and decides not to kill her daughter. Instead Cora takes Hook to their far off corner of Fairytale Land and uses her magic to protect them from Regina’s curse. Good Always Wins: Snow, Emma, Mulan and Aurora have made it to Rumplestilskin’s jail cell in hopes of finding the paralyzing squid ink they need to stop Cora. However, the girls first find a note—and it’s clearly addressed to one woman: Emma. Rumple had scrawled “Emma” dozens and dozens of times on a piece of parchment and Emma is now officially freaked out. The ladies begin frantically searching the cell for Rumple’s super secret ink stash, while Emma just stares dumfounded at her extremely personalized note. Mulan finds a vile buried deep inside one of the rock crevices, but unfortunately it’s empty. Aurora—still under Cora’s control—takes advantage of the girl’s distraction and hits the door’s trigger, locking all four within Rumple’s cell. Cora and Hook arrive and with a wave of her hand, the compass flies out of Emma’s possession and lands neatly in Cora’s palm. The wicked witch thanks Aurora for her help and just as the girls begin to turn on the princess, Cora and Hook reveal that they took her heart and they are off to Storybrooke. Emma calls out to Hook and begs him to help her protect her son, but instead Hook just dangles the formerly magic bean that the giant kept at the top of the beanstalk. “This is a symbol, something that was once magical, full of hope, possibility. Now look at it, dried up, dead and useless, much like you.” Once again we’re headed back to Lake Nostos and Cora says that is it the perfect portal to Stroybrooke. “The legend says it’s waters hold the power to restore what was once lost. It will return magic to what remains of this wardrobe and then we’ll be able to cross worlds.” The Lake is still just as dry as the last time we left is, but of course all it takes is a quick flick of the wrist = from Cora and a geyser emerges in the middle of the dusty bed. Back in the cell, Emma is trying everything she can to get out of the enchanted cage, but it’s no use, they’re stuck her spirit is lower than ever, and she listens to her mom for a bit of a pep-talk. Snow then has an epiphany and realizes that Emma’s note from Rumplestilskin is actually a spell. She blows on the paper and the words—written with the last of Rumple’s squid ink—evaporate the cell bars. Snow smiles at her daughter saying, “Told ya, good always wins.” The girls (minus Aurora) rush over to a whirlpool-like Lake Nostos and break out into a battle royale. Emma is sword fighting/flirting with Hook, Mulan is deflecting Cora’s magic with an enchanted sword, and Snow is shooting arrows around like a badass. At one point Hook saves Aurora’s heart before it is lost in the whirlpool and Mulan rushes off to return it to the princess that she swore to protect. Things get slightly hot and awkward when Hook and Emma are rolling on the ground. Hook whispers, “Normally I prefer to do other, more enjoyable activities with a woman on her back. With my life on the line you’ve left me no choice. A bit of advice, when I jab you with my sword, you’ll feel it, you might want to quit.” But Emma passes on the super sexual innuendos and distracts Hook with the compass before promptly knocking him out. Now it’s just Cora versus Emma and Snow. The princess begs to know why she so desperately wants to get to Storybrooke and Cora responds, “Because my daughter needs me, and I’m going to give her the one thing she’s always wanted: your heart. Goodbye Snow.” Just then, Emma lunges in front of her mother and Cora’s hands wrap around our “savior’s” heart. “Oh you foolish girl, don’t you know? Love is weakness.” But when Cora can not physically rip the heart from Emma’s chest, Emma firmly says, “No, love is strength.” She then pushes Cora back with a strong inner force that she (and we) never knew she had. “That is a great subject for discussion when we get home,” Snow says with a smile and then grabs her daughter’s hand and they jump into the swirling Lake Nostos and set off on the final leg of their quest back to Storybrooke. Mulan returns and places Aurora’s heart in her chest where it belongs. Now the two girls are set to embark on their newest mission: rescue Prince Philip’s soul from the wraith and return it to their beloved’s body. Storybrooke Salutations: Charming still hasn’t woken up from his sleeping curse and Regina and Rumple are beginning to fear the worst. “We have to consider the possibility that when that portal opens, it wont be his family that comes through, it’ll be Cora.” Rumple says bluntly. So here’s the new plan: find the portal where they will be coming through and destroy it. “But whoever came through would die,” Regina realizes. Rumple is way ahead of her saying that no matter who were to die in the portal is would be a win-win. “If we stop Cora, you are protected from your mother’s wrath, if on the other hand we stop Snow and Emma, well you become the only mother in your son’s life no don’t you?” Regina refuses to go along with Rumple’s beyond-harsh plan explaining that she is trying to be a better and more honest mother. But of course, Rumple gets inside his former pupil’s head snarling, ‘If you truly want to be a good mother to Henry, to protect him, if you want to be better, prove it.” Regina tells Henry to babysit the sleeping prince and full on lies to her son’s face saying that she and Rumple are going to prepare for Snow and Emma’s safe arrival back to Storybrooke. In reality she and Rumple travel down into the dwarves’ mines and steal all of the magic from the diamonds they discovered a few weeks back. Rumple and Regina travel to the middle of the forest until they reach a well. Rumple explains that this is the portal that will connect to Fairytale Land, “This is where things once lost will return to us.” The dynamic duo summons all their wicked powers and send some bright green and very intimidating lightning down into the well. “Doesn’t matter who comes through now, no one can survive this,” Rumple mutters darkly. Henry arrives at the well and pleads with his mother to stop this curse, and after making her feel super guilty, (“You said you wanted to change, to be better, this is how.”) Regina absorbs all of the dark magic and lifts the curse they set on the well. It seems like it’s too late but then all of the sudden, Emma and Snow hop out of the well and Henry rushes forward to greet his biological mother and grandmother. Emma and Regina share a sweet moment and Snow rushes off to the back of Mr. Gold’s shop where Charming is waiting to be awoken with true love’s kiss. Snow kisses her husband all of the cuteness is restored back in Storybrooke. Emma confronts Rumple and asks why everyone considered her to be the savior, when in reality she was just a pawn in all of The Dark One’s plans. Rumple reveals, “I created the curse dearie, but I didn’t make you. I merely took advantage of what you are, the product of true love that’s why you’re powerful.” Rumple then helps Emma to realize that the force that knocked Cora back was indeed magic and it looks like we’ve got ourselves a new potential witch on our hands. Regina and Henry are sharing a sweet mother-son hug when Emma invites him to come with her to Granny’s for dinner. Everyone leaves the room and it’s clear that Regina is crushed that she was not invited to dinner with her son, considering the fact that she just saved Snow and Emma’s lives. Rumple seizes the opportunity to rub salt in her wounds sneering, “Congratulations, you’ve just reunited mother and son, maybe one day they’ll even invite you for dinner.” The Charming family, Ruby and all the dwarves are happily walking down the streets of Storybrooke and all seems right in the world. But of course it’s not. Off in the distance, a ship has just entered the Storybrooke harbor. Captain Hook and Cora used the dried up magical bean from the giant and traveled to this new realm, each on a mission to exact their revenge, but the people of Stroybrooke have absolutely no idea they are here. What did you think of the Once Upon a Time winter finale? How long do you think it will be before Cora and Hook reveal their whereabouts? Think Emma and Hook would be a hot couple? Cast your spell in the comments below! 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2012: Remembering the Year that Was in Pop Culture Via Our Favorite Stories
November 27, 2012 6:28am ESTEngagements. Divorces. Break-ups. Cheating scandals. Three-breasted women. Let's face it — we've seen a lot this year. So much, in fact, that it's hard to believe less than 12 months have passed between news that Taylor Swift would write songs about Jake Gyllenhaal and the news that Taylor Swift had written songs about Jake Gyllenhaal. So what else has 2012 packed into its already jam-packed year? To take a trip down memory lane, we've handpicked some of our favorite Hollywood.com stories written about some of our favorite pop culture topics of the year. Read and enjoy below! Sniff. Pop culture grows up so fast. Uggie, Hollywood's Most Famous Dog, Spills the Dirt on His Co-Stars — VIDEOThe Academy Awards' other break-out (it's not all about you, Angie's leg), Uggie, visited Lindsey DiMattina in Hollywood.com's offices to talk about his memoir, Uggie: My Story, and his ruff rough life alongside stars like Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. Brad and Angelina's Engagement Lets Gay Americans Down: Brian Moylan on why the biggest engagement of the year may also be the biggest disappointment. Colton Dixon: 'I'm Honored' to Be the Tim Tebow of 'Idol': Lindsey DiMattina's interview with the seventh place Idol finisher proved Colton Dixon knows his power within the Christian community. Hopefully he does better than the Jets. 15 Villains We Like Better Than Heroes: As Loki entered our lexicon upping The Avengers' record-breaking arrival, Shaunna Murphy explored comics' nuanced and complex villains — translation: those who were much more interesting than their heroic counterparts. The Hulk Problem: Lou Ferrigno on Marvel's Struggles to Bring the Hero to Screen: Prior to The Avengers, Hollywood couldn't quite hit the Hulk hard enough to turn him into a hit. That makes the original Hulk, Lou Ferrigno, angry. You'll like him when he's angry. Read his chat with Matt Patches. 10 'Community' Episodes That Couldn't Exist Without Dan Harmon: Following Community's Season 4 renewal, chatter began circulating that beloved creator Dan Harmon would not return to the series. Weeks before that proved to be true — the showrunner was replaced by David Guarascio and Moses Port — Michael Arbeiter mapped out 10 episodes of the NBC series that wouldn't exist without Harmon. Read it and weep. Really. 'Girls': A Show for Guys?: In the Spring, HBO's Girls premiered to less fanfare than chatter. Did Girls represent the new wave of comedy, or was it simply a narrow, whitewashed representation of youthful immaturity? Whatever it was, Michael Arbeiter explains why guys dig Girls. 'Brave' and the Princess Problem, Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Pixar's latest, Brave also proved to be its most divisive. Was the film a refreshing departure from Disney past — centering on a spunky heroine with no eyes on marriage — or another example of the studio's inability to break from princess culture? Kelly Schremph talks to Women in Film and others about Brave's princess problem. 'Brave's Girl Power Problem: Empowering Girls at the Expense of Boys?: And, unfortunately, as Michelle Lee points out, Bravehad a boy problem too. Notes on Nora Ephron: In 2012, we lost pop culture greats like Andy Griffith, Dick Clark, and Larry Hagman. And then there was Nora Ephron, a woman that meant as much to pop culture as pop culture meant to her. Alicia Lutes' tribute to the late screenwriter is as touching as a moment atop the Empire State Building. Joe Manganiello Hints at a 'Magic Mike' Prequel: No butts (heh) about it, as soon as Magic Mike hit theaters, we were as drawn to the Xquisite club as Mike was to tables. 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‘Once Upon a Time’ Recap: Heated Arguments and Hot Reunions
November 26, 2012 9:03am ESTThis Week’s episode of Once Upon a Time was heart-breakingly beautiful. Charming and Snow’s fiery passions are ignited in a bittersweet reunion and Hook’s true allegiances are revealed. Check out all you may have missed and more from “Into The Deep”… The Deal is Off: The episode opens with Hook finally climbing down from that beanstalk and surprise, surprise! Cora is waiting for him at the bottom, and she does not look to happy to see the ridiculously attractive pirate. Needless to say when she discovers that he does not have the compass she quickly becomes furious and says that their deal is off and she will be finding a way to Storybrooke without him. So Killian does what does best. He unleashes his smoldering eyes and sexy charm in hopes of wooing the witches affection. Cora flatly tells him, “You’re pretty face buys you a lot, but not my time. It’s too valuable.” Damn. She really is heartless. And speaking of heartless: we soon see that Cora has her own vault of hearts in Fairytale Land (like mother like daughter!) and it only takes one gentle touch before the whole wall of hearts begin to glow. With one frightful word, (“Rise!”) all of the townspeople that she slaughtered begin to come forth in a zombie like haze. From Enemies to Allies: Snow and Emma quickly confirm that the boy in Aurora’s dream is indeed Henry and they can now use these dreams as a walkie-talkie between realms. Snow is most excited at their newfound connection because if there is one person who can help stop Cora, it’s Rumplestilskin. Emma snaps, “Oh yeah princess you’re going back to sleep.” Poor little Aurora is now just a pawn in their quest to get back home, but hey, at least she’s somewhat useful now. Over in Snow’s apartment, Henry wakes up from his most recent fiery visit with the princess and Regina is waiting by his side. He says that Snow and Emma are in desperate need of help to fight off the most dangerous and wicked of villains. “Who?” Regina asks. Henry’s response is simple: “Your mother.” Regina quickly realizes that she and Rumple need to team up in order to take out mommy dearest, but the former “Dark One” is less than thrilled to talk things out. Rumple is trying to enjoy a day date with his beloved Belle but it seems that everyone keeps interrupting. It’s clear that Granny is not the biggest fan of Rumple: “I change extra for pickles,” she coldly tells him. (Yeah Granny, that’ll show him!) And then Regina shows up mid-bite asking for his help. Rumple quickly calls attention to the awkward elephant in the room: “Belle you remember the woman who locked you up for 28 years?” However, Rumple’s demeanor quickly changes when he realizes that his first and most powerful pupil is trying to come to their home. Regina says it best: “There’s a big difference this time, this time you have someone you care about. This time you have a weakness.” Over in Rumple’s shop, Regina and Charming are nervous about sending Henry back into the fiery dream, but Henry insists that this is what he wants, ““I’m done reading about heroes. I want to be one.” Okay well that was pretty cute. Rumple tells Henry a bedtime story with all the details that Snow and Emma will need to get back home, but the story is actually one we already know. Remember back when Snow and Charming captured and immobilized Rumple using Cinderella’s quill? Well it wasn’t actually the quill that did it, it was the ink. Rumple explains, “Harvested from the rarest species of squid from the bottom of a bottomless ocean. Impossible to find unless you’re a mermaid. Or me. I happen to have a private supply, in my jail cell. That is where they will find it.” But before Henry could pass along the message, Aurora is ripped from the room. Mulan is shaking the princess awake because Cora’s zombies are attacking their camp in hopes of stealing back the compass. Snow once again shows that she is Hunger Games worthy with her bow and arrow, and saves Emma a number of times form becoming post-apocalyptic zombie food. However, none of the girls were able to protect the helpless Aurora from being princess-napped. I Knew You’d Be Here!: Henry is badly burned from his most recent adventure in the Netherworld, so of course Charming and Regina jump into over-protective parental mode and refuse to let him go back to sleep. Charming is absolutely positive that Snow will be the one to go back into the room so he demands that Regina put him under a sleeping curse so that he may be reunited with his on true love. “When I see her she’ll kiss me and I’ll be fine.” The two evil-doers hesitate for a moment but Charming is set in his decision, “Now put me under. I’ve spent far too much time looking for my wife. It is time to bring her home!” (Swoon. He’s so damn romantic.) Regina prepares the sleeping curse while an astounded Henry watches in awe of his mother’s villainess skills. But Henry is beyond worried that his royal grandpa won’t be able to find Snow and wake up from the curse. Regina calmly says, “If there is one thing I know about your grandparents, they always find each other.” See! Even the evil queen knows how amazing their love is. Rumple reveals that they must put him under the curse “the old-fashioned way,” so Charming must prick his finger on the poisoned needle of a spinning wheel. Before he falls under the curse, Rumple explains that he needs to find the room with no doors in order to get to Snow. Charming questions how he is going to complete that seemingly impossible task, “And that dearie is the conundrum we’re all depending on you solving,” Rumple retorts. Charming enter the Netherworlds and is in a dark room filled with mirrors—not flames. The Prince feels the floor is burning hot and he quickly realizes that he is just above the red room. He uses the sharp bottom of his torch to break through the glass bottom and falls flat on his face in the room with no windows or doors. Not to worry Charming lover! He’s not upset because Snow is there too! She is shocked and surprised to see her beloved; “You found me!” And Charming sweetly says, “I knew you’d be here.” But Snow is quickly less excited once she realizes that the only way her husband could be here is via a sleeping curse. Charming tells his wife everything she needs to know to defeat Cora and then jumps past the flames to go in for a kiss to wake him up. Unfortunately our two star-crossed lovers cannot physically touch, they are like really really attractive holograms. Snow begins to panic because she is waking up, but Charming stays calm and collected, “It’s okay, you’ll get back and then you’ll wake me like I woke you.” They exchange bittersweet I love you’s and then Snow is whisked away. The Princess Puppet: Cora has Aurora locked up in one of her dark dungeons and has her sweet voice on as she tries to coax information out of the princess. But in her act of being a little badass, Aurora kicks away they witches tray of food and snaps, “I’m not as stupid as you think nor are my loyalties so easily bought, you can bring me a hundred meals and make me a hundred promised but I will never help you!” Cora throws Aurora against the wall and she promptly falls asleep again. A little while later, Hook arrives and sets Aurora free in what seems to be an act of rebellion against Cora. But before you get too excited that our sexy pirate is on the good side, read on. He took her heart! And then gave it to Cora as a gift! Now Cora can control Aurora like a pretty little doll and can spy on our heroines in their quest to get back home. What did you think of “Into The Deep”? How amazing was that scene between Charming and Snow? Worried that they’ll never get home? Cast your spell in the comments below! Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneAguilera [Photo Credit: ABC] MORE: 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: There’s a She-Wolf in Your Freezer 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Betrayals and Beanstalks Once Upon a Time Recap: Enchanted Hearts and Curious Starts You Might Also Like: 12 Hot (And Horrifying) TV Nude Scenes Hollywood.com’s Holiday Movie Guide: Best of the Season!
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'Once Upon a Time' Recap: There’s a She-Wolf in Your Freezer
November 12, 2012 4:32am ESTThis week’s Once Upon a Time was just good, old-fashioned fairytale fun. We got a more in-depth glimpse into Red’s vicious past and discovered new secrets about Henry and Aurora’s terrifying nightmares. Read on for all the hairy details… Meeting Mama: In a Fairytale Land flashback we see that Red and Snow are running through the forest in hopes of escaping the queen’s guards. The two escape but Red sees that there is now a tear in her hood and she orders Snow to get away from her. After all, she could possibly hurt her bestie. (Or even worse, kill her like Red did to Peter last season.) Snow understands saying, “We’re in this together Red.” The next morning, Red is overjoyed to see that her hood worked and is even happier when she meets another “child of the moon.” I’d like to introduce you to Quinn, a super-handsome wolf who is eager to show Red that she can control her wolfself when she changes. He takes Red to an upper secret hideaway and introduces her to Anita, the leader of the pack and also (surprise!) her mother. Anita is a bit of a dramatic one — she explains to Red that in order not to lose control and black out, she must embrace becoming the wolf: “Humans want us to believe that we’re the monsters. The moment that you believe them, that’s when you become one.” Red experiences her first real night as a wolf and is thrilled the next morning to report that she remembers all of it. Red is even more excited when Snow stumbles down into her wolf hideaway and discovers that her best friend is all right. Red says that she wants to stay with her mother and Snow should proceed on the journey without her. Just when Snow begins to say that she completely understands, the Queen’s knights break into the lair and kill Quinn. Anita is beyond pissed at Snow for leading the murderers into her den, exclaiming, “Tie her up! When the moon rises, we’ll feast on a princess tonight.” Anita demands that her daughter kill Snow for betraying the pack, but when Red refuses, Anita lunges at Snow instead. Red takes control of her wolfself and tackles her mother away from Snow and onto a random super sharp stick. Her mother’s last dying words are, “You chose her,” but Red exclaims, “No! I chose me. I’m not a killer.” Full Moon Frenzie: Fun-fact: Granny is a fantastic with a blowtorch. But just why is the old lady welding you ask? She’s turning her walk-in freezer into a cage for her grand-daughter’s first full moon in Storybrooke now that the curse has been broken. Duh! Red’s hooded cloak is nowhere to be found, so she doesn’t want to take the chance of not being able to control her beastly urges. The next morning, Granny arrives and sees that not only is the freezer door open, but there are claw marks all inside and Red is nowhere to be found. Ruh roh! Granny and Charming find a Red asleep in the forest but her slumber quickly turns to panic when she realizes that she doesn’t remember anything from the night before. Charming responds to a police call about an abandoned tow truck and there they find that Billy — whose Fairytale Land alter ego is Gus Gus from Cinderella — has been cut in half. Red screams bloody murder (literally) when she finds Billy’s feet dangling out of the dumpster and she has convinced herself that she is to blame. George — aka Kind George, Charming’s fake dad — takes this as an opportunity to ignite a mob to try and prove that Charming is an unfit sheriff. Red is completely overwhelmed with guilt, so she sets off towards the mob in her wolf-self in hopes of turning herself in. But in a not-so-surprising change of events, Charming discovers that not only did George kill Billy, he also was hiding Red’s hood. Charming returned the hood to his furry friend and all is a-okay. Daddy Issues: Grumpy is still hell-bent on finding Charming a healthy heaping of fairy-dust. So after many heavy swings and a refusal to go to Granny’s happy hour (she’s having a 2 for 1 special on mead you guys!), he finally strikes gold — well, actually, diamonds! All they need to do is grind up the magical sparklers and then Charming will finally have the fairy dust he needs to open to portal to save his family. The Blue Fairy warns Charming that he needs to lock up Jefferson’s hat and keep it safe, so of course we now know that something bad is going to happen to the tattered top hat. While celebrating at Granny’s, Charming gets an unpleasant visit from George — let’s just say the disgruntled former king is not too pleased to see Charming with the sheriff’s badge. “You’re still just a Shepard pretending to be a prince. You weren’t fit to run the kingdom and you sure as hell aren’t fit to run this town.” Ouch! The insults and threats keep coming and George ends with this gem: “By the time I’m done with you, you’ll wish you had killed me when you had the chance.” Basically, he’s just super pissed. Fast-forward to the next night, after the whole wolf mob attack thing, George is standing over a bonfire when Charming and Red arrive on the scene. George has one last trick up his sleeve to ruin his fake son’s life and he throws Jefferson’s hat into the flames. The old man sneers, “I told you, you should’ve killed me when you had the chance.” Nightmares v. Reality: Last week we learned that Henry and Aurora share the same terrifying flame-filled dream, and this week, we got a glimpse of their hot hallucinations. But here’s the tricky part: Henry wakes up from his dream not only petrified but also badly burned on his hand. Regina takes Henry to see Rumple so that they could get some answers about these dreams. Rumple muses, “It’s remarkable that you cast a curse that you know so little about.” It turns out the dreams are a side effect from being placed under a sleeping curse. “When people fall under a sleeping curse, the soul travels to a netherworld where it presides until awoken. This world is between life and death and it’s very real.” Rumple explains that sometimes when they sleep, they find their way back to that world. Although he cannot stop Henry from going back to that purgatory, he does give him an amulet to wear that will let him control what happens when he’s there. “Once one controls something, one would no longer need fear it.” Over in Fairytale Land, Aurora awakes screaming from another nightmare, but just as Snow was about to calm her down, the princess started to explain that this one way different. “There was a little boy he put out the fire he talked to me.” She whispers, “He said his name was Henry.” Looks like we’ve found ourselves a new portal y’all! What did you think of Red’s transformation in this episode? Think the Charming family will be able to use these dreams like magical walkie-talkies? Did anyone else think that Anita was like a cult leader on crack? Cast your spell in the comments below! Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneAguilera [Photo Credit: ABC] MORE: 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Betrayals and Beanstalks Once Upon a Time Recap: Enchanted Hearts and Curious Starts 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho! A Pirates’ Life for Smee From Our Partners: Selena Gomez Flies Out of Los Angeles Following Justin Bieber Split (PHOTOS) (Celebuzz) ’iCarly’ Series Finale Preview: Say Goodbye to Carly, Hello Carly’s Dad! (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) (Celebuzz)
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'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Betrayals and Beanstalks
November 05, 2012 2:42am ESTThis week’s Once Upon a Time finally gave us something we’ve been craving for more than a year now: An in-depth look into Emma’s past! And we hate to say it, but it was definitely worth the wait. So how did she get that little yellow VW bug? Who is the mysterious man in NYC we saw in the season premiere? And why is the episode called, “Tallahasee”? We’re here to catch you up on all those goodies, plus fill you in on the shared nightmares of two cross-realm characters and the return of the a fan-favorite motorcycle enthusiast. Grab an Apollo bar and relax as we fill you in on everything you missed... Fee Fi Foe Fum: “It’s a little freakier than I remember from the story,” Emma (Jennifer Morrison) winces at the sky-high beanstalk as she attempts to recall the childhood tale from her memory. Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) sneers, “Sounds like a lovely tale, but the truth is a bit more gruesome.” It turns out that the giants grew the portal-hoping beans in plunder riches from different lands, but when Jack defeated the giants, all the beans were destroyed in the process. Now there is only one giant left, “the strongest and the most terrible of them all,” and Hook and Emma set off on their climb to the top to snatch the magic compass from the giant’s treasures. But before she left, Emma pulled Mulan (Jamie Chung) aside and told her that if she is not back in ten hours, then she must cut down the beanstalk and keep moving forward. Brutal. On their climb, (somewhere out there a Miley Cyrus song is playing softly is the distance..) Hook is doing his best to break through Emma’s tough exterior, but our heroine is only focused on one thing: getting home to Henry. At the tippy-top of the beanstalk, Hook purposely makes a huge racket and the giant (Jorge Garcia) emerges out of his cave in search of the intruders. Emma nails him right in the face with a bag of sleeping powder and the giant crashes to the ground (hopefully dreaming the sweetest Lost dreams.) “I don’t mean to upset you Emma but I think we make quite the team.” Hooks says and he flashes his best heart-melting smile at Emma. After looting around, the duo is having difficulty locating the compass, and unfortunately the giant is awake from his impromptu nap. Not to worry, Emma successfully traps the giant under a cage in the cave and then two of them begin to have a hear-to-heart. The giant gives Emma the compass and when he breaks free from the cage, he spares her life because she spared his. Aww. Just as Emma and Hook are about to leave the cage, she handcuffs him to the wall explaining, “I can’t take the chance that I’m wrong about you.” Emma’s ten hours are up and Mulan begins to hack away at the beanstalk, and of course Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) is beyond pissed about their secret plan. Luckily Emma hops down just as Snow was about to go all mama-bear attack-mode on the warrior's behind. Snow sternly tells at her daughter, “We go back together, that is the only way.” Love and Loss: Emma is creeping down a Portland alley— with some super cute black horned-rimmed glasses—and she has set her sights on one thing: a yellow bug. After jimmying the lock and hotwiring the engine Emma begins her joyride, but there’s only one problem: the owner was asleep in the backseat. “Impressive, but you could’ve just asked me for the keys,” he smiled. Surprise! Turns out the his name is Neal Cassidy (Michael Raymond-James) and he is also our mystery man we kinda-sorta met in the season premiere—the one who received the Storybrooke postcard with the word, “Broken” scrawled on the back of it. It just keeps getting better when Emma discovers that he isn’t actually the owner, “I stole a stolen car?” Looks like Emma has met her match. Fast-forward a bit and we see that Emma and Neal are in love and have been Bonnie and Clyde-ing nearly every convenience story in the USA, but Neal thinks it’s about time that they settle down and find a real place to live in…Tallahassee. (Yes, random I know.) However their plans are put on hold when Neal discovers that there are wanted posters plastered all over the place with his face on them. Apparently, Neal’s previous hobby was stealing expensive watches, but he stashed all of them in a locker at a train station when the police came after him. In order to save their dreams of starting a new life together, Emma offers to retrieve the loot from the locker. Neal asks, “So you want to steal the watches to help me get away with stealing the watches?” Emma’s answer is short and sweet, “I love you.” Emma successfully snatches the watches, but Neal is chased down and tackled by a familial face: August! “You want to protect Emma? Come with me,” He whispers. August explains that his is Emma’s guardian angel and after getting his fill of this world’s “temptations” he has regained his focus to get Emma over to Storybrooke. After showing the skeptic something in a wooden box (I’m dying to know what’s in there!) Neal understands that in order to help his lady love he must let her go. Unfortunately this means that he called the police and gave an anonymous tip that someone was stealing watches from a train station. It’s absolutely heartbreaking to watch as Emma realizes that the one person she has ever loved, has just betrayed her. Two months later in Canada, Neal is overwhelmed with guilt for what he did to Emma, but August assures him that eventually she will be fine (after an 11-month stint in a minimum security prison on Phoenix.) Neal asks that August gives Emma the VW and a giant wad of cash for when she is finally free, and to let him know if anything changes. August simply answers, “I’ll send you a postcard.” (Ooh how the plot thickens!) Later in Phoenix, we see a distraught looking Emma holding a positive pregnancy test. Oh boy. Looks like we’ve finally found out who Henry’s father is! Nightmares and Terrors: While Emma was up in the beanstalk, Snow was comforting a sleepless Sleeping Beauty. Aurora explained that ever since she awoke from her cursed slumber, her dreams have been filled with terrifying images. Snow—who has had personal experience with these spellbinding side-effect—agrees to watch over her while the princess gets some sleep, but Aurora quickly begins to scream. She dreamt that she was trapped in a windowless red room, with curtains that were on fire. Across the room Aurora says that “he” is staring at her through the flames. Over in Storybrooke, Henry (Jared Gilmore) awakes from a nightmare and his beyond handsome grandpa rushes downstairs to make sure he’s all right. Charming (Josh Dallas) lights a candle to “keep the bad dreams away,” and asks Henry to describe the dream. Henry had the exact same dream as Aurora, except in his version there was a “she” staring at him through the flames. Curious, yet oh-so creepy… What did you think of “Tallahassee”? Why do you think Aurora and Henry are having almost Identical dreams? Were you surprised to learn that the mystery man is actually Henry’s father? Cast your spell in the comments below! Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneAguilera [Photo Credit: ABC] MORE: Once Upon a Time Recap: Enchanted Hearts and Curious Starts 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho! 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Once Upon a Time Recap: Enchanted Hearts and Curious Starts
October 29, 2012 10:36am ESTMy oh my, this week’s Once Upon a Time was a whale of an episode—and that’s not just because we finally learned the fairytale identity of Dr. Whale (David Anders)! Halloween has descended upon our three worlds and we’re here to Hook you up with all of the monsters, magic, and mysteries you may have missed in this week’s episode “The Doctor.” Fairytale Land’s Past: The episode opens with Rumplestilskin (Robert Carlyle) teaching a smiling and generally happy Regina (Lana Parrilla) how to perfect her magical abilities, but when he tells her to snatch the heart from a unicorn, she refuses. The newly-crowned queen shakes her head. “I can’t, it’s innocent.” Rumple snaps back, “Nothing is innocent.” He then proceeds to grab the beating — and now glowing — heart from the animal and explains, “You see when you take a heart, it becomes enchanted. You’re not hurting the beast, your controlling it.” Regina later admits to Rumple in his estate that she is hoping to be able to bring someone back from the dead using magic. “I want true happiness,” she pleads. You guessed it! Regina wants to resurrect her former fiancé, Daniel the stable boy — the one who Cora (Barbara Hershey) killed when she ripped out his heart. But Rumple instantly shuts down her foolish thoughts, saying that magic can do many things, but when someone is dead, that’s irreversible. “As long as you live in the past, you’ll never find your future,” he taunts to the wide-eyed Regina. At this point, the show’s most handsome fella Jefferson (Sebastian Stan) decides to weigh in on the topic. It appears that the Mad Hatter has been eavesdropping on their conversation, and he tells Regina that he knows of a "wizard" who may be able to do what she’s looking for. Jefferson introduces Regina to the man that we know as Dr. Whale, and says that the doctor is from a different realm, and has traveled here in search of a heart that is strong enough to withstand his “experimental” procedures. Regina takes them to her mother’s vault and reveals Cora’s vast — and terrifying — collection of hearts. “She was a monster,” Regina says. The doctor agrees to operate on Regina’s beloved, but unfortunately the heart was not strong enough to bring back her source of happiness. A heart-broken Regina arrives in the forest (dressed head-to-toe in black leather, rawr!) to find Rumple training a new, “more dedicated” girl. “Dedicated?” the queen snarls. Regina then proves her dedication by ripping the heart out of the hopeful young witch and crushing it into dust. It’s clear that the kind-hearted and apprehensive Regina is gone — along with her ability to love. Later it’s revealed that Rumple set up the whole rouse, and promised the doctor an enchanted heart if he could break the heart of his young apprentice. Rumple turns to leave saying, “Thanks to your efforts, I’ve made my monster, and I do hope that you’ll be able to make yours.” Oooh creepy! Fairytale Land’s Present: Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin), Emma (Jennifer Morrison), Mulan (Jamie Chung) and Aurora (Sarah Bolger) are heading back to their safe-haven island to tell the other fairytale characters of Cora’s Lancelot disguise. However, once they arrive at camp the women are horrified to see that everyone has been murdered. Cause of death? Their hearts have been ripped right out of their chests. Classic Cora move. Although at first there appears to be no survivors, one man — hidden under a pile of dead bodies, ew — is still alive. The ladies pull out who Mulan calls “just a blacksmith” but we as the super-smart audience recognize him right away as the oh-so handsome Killian Jones, aka Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue). Dun duun duuuun! Hooks plays dumb, thanking the women for their kindness and hospitality, but it’s clear that Emma isn’t picking up the lies that the captain is laying down. After he seems a little too interested in their lives back in Sorybrooke and offers to guide them to a portal back home, Emma has had enough. “You’re not going to guide us anywhere until you tell us who you really are,” she demands while holding an extremely sharp dagger up to the pirate’s throat. BAMF. Hook continues to play dumb, so Emma does the most natural and logical thing: she ties him up to a tree and whistles for the ogres to come get their next meal. And then he cracks. After revealing himself to be the most feared pirate in all the land, Hook begins to squeal like a frightened little piglet. “Cora wanted me to gain your trust so I could learn everything there is to know about your Storybrooke," he says. "She didn’t want any surprises when she finally got over there.” Hook admits that although the wardrobe was destroyed, the enchantment still remains. “The ashes will open a portal, but to find your land she needs more. There is an enchanted compass. I’ll help you obtain it before she does.” He pleads to the three badass women and Aurora. (So far the sleeping princess has been a total yawn.) Emma has just one question for him before she decides whether or not to let him go: Why does he want to go to Storybrooke? The answer is simple and sufficient: “To exact revenge on the man who took my hand, Rumplestilskin.” Hook is set free, and shows the ladies that the compass they need is located at the tippy-top of a sky-high beanstalk. “It’s not the climb you have to worry about. It’s the giant at the top,” he warns. Fee fi foe fum. Storybrooke: The episode opens with Dr. Whale hoping to speak with Charming (Josh Dallas), but before he utters two words, the prince punches the smarmy man square in the jaw. Swoon! His reason? “For sleeping with my wife!” Whale stammers, “We were cursed!” — clearly the new version of the classic Friends excuse, “We were on a break!” After confirming that the prince is indeed searching for a portal back to fairytale land, Whales bursts in on Regina’s magic-withdrawals therapy sesh with Archie, and demands that she send him back to his world so that he can be with his deceased brother. Achie asks Regina about her selection process for who was placed under the curse, and she retorts, “I don’t care about Whale or his brother. I brought who I wanted.” Turns out Regina also brought her one-true love to Stroybrooke. “His name is Daniel. I preserved his body with an enchantment spell. He’s dead but frozen,” she practically whispers. But when Archie suggests that Regina needs to let go of the past before she can move on, the queen gets mighty pissed and storms out of the office. On the stormy drive home, Regina thinks that she sees her beloved beau walking down the streets of Storybrooke, and it turns out she’s right! Daniel’s body is missing from his clear coffin, and Regina decides to confront Whale at the hospital. She enters a destroyed laboratory and finds a now one-armed Dr. Whale, covered in blood and lying on the floor. Whale says that he successfully brought Daniel back from the dead, however, her former fiancée has now become a full-fledged monster. Regina is overjoyed at the fact that Daniel has finally returned to her and tells Charming, “I think it’s like when you awoke from your coma. He’s following his final thoughts to where he last met me: The stables.” Unfortunately, Henry (Jared Gilmore) is in the middle of his “how to be a knight” training and is at the stables bonding with his new noble steed. Daniel arrives, and naturally all of the horses freak the eff out because there is this half dead monster moaning about. Henry — after probably peeing his pants — sees the blood on Daniel’s hands and offers to help, but the monster decides that choking Henry is the best option. Luckily, Charming and Regina arrive just in time to save their grandson/son, and Regina begs for Charming not to hurt Daniel. “He’ll listen to me! Please!” she cries. It’s clear that Daniel does not recognize his former flame, and he proceeds to choke her as well. Regina whispers the classic spell-breaker, “I love you,” and light floods into the monster’s eyes. However, Daniel is in unbearable pain, and he begs Regina to move on and let him go. “No, I wont lose you again," she says. "Without you I’m lost." Just as Daniel is about to lunge for her throat again, Regina stops him and finally uses magic to send her one-true love to the afterlife. Dr. Whale begs Rumple to re-attach his arm, and it only takes three words to get him to agree: “I need magic.” Whale tells Rumple that he brought Daniel back form the dead in hopes that Regina would send him back to his world. Whale explains, “I want to see my brother, to try and bring him back again. The first time ended badly.” Flashback to a world where everything is in black and white, and Dr. Whale (who’s real name is Victor) looms over a lifeless body on an operating table with his new, enchanted heart in his hand. The surgery — complete with lightening and fancy equipment — is a success, and the fingers of his stitched-together brother begin to twitch underneath the white sheet. His high-praising assistant whispers, “It’s magic, Dr. Frankenstein!” To which the doctor quickly corrects him, “No, not magic. It’s science.” Cue the thunder and lightening, and the screen fades to black. What did you think of this week’s ultra-creepy Once Upon a Time? We’re you as bummed as we were that ABC ruined the Whale reveal in their promo? Excited to see Emma and Snow face the beanstalk giant next week? Cast your spell in the comments below! Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneAguilera [Photo Credit: ABC] MORE: 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Yo-Ho, Yo-Ho! A Pirates’ Life for Smee 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Lancelot Lies a Lot 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Wicked Beginnings and Optimistic Endings
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'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Lancelot Lies a Lot
October 15, 2012 7:31am ESTThis week’s episode of Once Upon a Time is a healthy balance of flashbacks, Storybrooke, and present-day fairytale land. While Henry and Charming are desperately searching for portal, Emma and Snow are doing the exact the same thing — but in a totally different realm. Emma, who is usually so fearless, is completely out of her element as she encounters new problems like untrustworthy witches, ogres, and bat-shit crazy princesses. Plus, “The Lady of the Lake” introduces us to one of Snow’s dearest friends: Lancelot. Of the roundtable you ask? Yep! Mommy (in-law) Dearest: Charming’s (Josh Dallas) attempt to take back the kingdom from his “father” King George is put on hold when their camp is raided by the king’s nights. Leading the charge is a secret weapon known as “The Leviathan,” but Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) quickly learns that the true identity of this masked knight is Lancelot. He brings Snow to the castle and we then listen to king’s monologue. It basically went like this, “Blag blah blah — my kingdom — blah blah — I was in love once — blah blah blah — now you can’t have babies.” That’s right, George cursed the water that he so graciously offered Snow so that Charming will feel the pain of knowing that he will never be able to make a family. Dick move, dude. So now it’s about time we meet a mother who is actually, you know, motherly. Charming’s mom Ruth is as sweet as can be, and she is beyond thrilled to be meeting her future daughter-in-law. Unfortunately King George sends his knights to attack Ruth’s cabin, and even though Charming tells his mom to stay inside, she is shot in the chest with an arrow. Snow and Lancelot arrive a few seconds too late and they quickly determine that this arrow is poisoned and deadly. This is too dark for fairies to fix so Charming suggests that they travel back to Lake Nostos so that the magical waters may heal his momma. But of course it’s never that easy. Since Charming killed the siren of the lake last season, there has been no one around to protect the precious water, so all that’s left is a bed of dust. While the men are searching for water, the ladies are doing their best to create some mother/daughter bonding and Snow tells Ruth about her can't-have-a-baby curse. Lancelot finds enough water for one person to drink and although it looks like Ruth gulped it all down, Snow unknowingly drinks the magic elixir in an impromptu wedding ceremony. (I know that sounds weird but it was quite cute.) Once Mama Charming passes away, Snow learns that her curse has been broken and that someday she and her new husband will have a baby girl. Lancelot Lies: We first see the ladies where we last left off. Snow is unconscious and Emma (Jennifer Morrison) is chatting it up with Cora, who is desperately trying to play the “I’m not evil” card. Snow wakes up and goes into mama bear mode telling Emma that Cora (Barbara Hershey) cannot be trusted. Before we see another good versus evil showdown, the Storybrooke girls are summoned to see the leader of the camp. Surprise, surprise, it’s Lancelot! The knight explains that the Curse stripped Cora of her powers and for some reason this part of fairytale land remained untouched by the evil magic. Snow is determined to find a portal back to Maine and she believes the wardrobe (the one that sent Emma away) may still have some magic left in it. Lancelot agrees to let his old friend go but insists that Mulan (Jamie Chung) goes with them because the ogres have returned. Yikes! At one point on their travels, Emma — like an idiot — fires her gun and the loud sound causes an ogre to attack. Just as it looks like Emma is going to be killed, Snow bellows, “Back away from my daughter!” The princess channels her inner Katniss and shoots the ogre straight in the eye. It’s been 28 years since she last held a bow and arrow, but when you’re a true badass, none of that matters. Snow, Emma, Mulan, and Aurora (yeah, she tagged along too) arrive at the castle and Emma is stunned to see everything that her mother gave up to save her. Snow whispers, “I was going to teach you how to walk in here, how to talk, how to dress for your first ball.” It seems that Emma is finally starting to open up to her newfound mother, but their connection is interrupted when Lancelot enters the room. Lancelot, who is obviously very intrigued by the wardrobe, masks his lust by saying, “I just want you to get home to your husband and son Henry.“ At that point Snow knew that her friend was an imposter because Emma only mentioned her son’s name to one person: Cora. Yes, it appears that Cora killed Lancelot long ago and has been posing as him until she found a portal to Stoybrooke. Emma starts a fire and the wicked witch flees, but unfortunately the wardrobe (and their only hope of getting home) is now engulfed in flames. Mulan gifts Snow with the title of their new leader and ladies leave the nursery, but once they exit Cora returns and scoops up some of the wardrobe’s magical ashes. Daddy Issues: Henry (Jared Gilmore) is bummed when Charming says that he is not allowed to help him search for a portal to fairytale land. “All magic comes at a price,” he reminds his slightly annoying grandson. But does Henry listen? Of course not! But it’s alright, I’m not mad because Henry leads us straight to the best character of the show: Jefferson (Sebastian Stan). The Mad Hatter is currently perfecting his sexy brooding look on the pier and he quickly brushes off Henry’s requests for help. “I’m the wrong person to talk to kid, magic is not my thing try your mother. Maybe she’s got something in that vault of hers,” he mumbles. To thank Jefferson for this nugget of information, Henry encourages the Mad Hatter to reunite with his daughter. Grace and Jefferson have a sweet embrace and once again we get to witness a beyond adorable fairytale reunion. Now that Henry knows that Regina’s vault is actually in Storybrooke, he calls up his mom for a lunch date and a very excited Regina quickly leaves the house. (Side-Note: Being stood up — even if you’re an evil queen who probably deserves it — sucks. Not cool, you little brat.) Henry steals Regina’s keys, moves a stone coffin (that appears to weigh nothing) and hops down into the super secret vault. He picks up a random box and somehow the very first key he tries (out of a huge keychain) opens the lock and two very angry snakes rise gear up to attack. Luckily, Charming pops out of nowhere and saves his grandson just in time. Henry gets out of all punishment by playing the sympathy card. “I just want them back. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I’m supposed to be there with them, riding horses and learning how to sword fight,” he wines. The episode ends on a cute note when Charming presents Henry with his very own wooden sword. “You’re the grandson of a prince I think it’s about time you learn how to use a sword,” he beams. The two begin perfecting their sword fighting skills but across the street King George is glaring at them from his car. What did you think of “The Lady in the Lake”? Cast your spell in the comments below! Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneAguilera [Photo Credit: ABC] MORE: 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Wicked Beginnings and Optimistic Endings 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: A Bewitching Beginning for Season 2 'Once Upon a Time' Teases Mulan and Sleeping Beauty for a Millisecond — TRAILER From Our Partners: Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Erin Heatherton Talk Seduction, What Makes the Victoria’s Secret Angels Swoon — VIDEO (Celebuzz) David Beckham Spends $700 on Clothes for Baby Daughter, Harper — EXCLUSIVE (Celebuzz)
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'Once Upon a Time' Recap: Wicked Beginnings and Optimistic Endings
October 08, 2012 6:39am ESTMirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the craziest b**ch of them all? It’s Cora of course! Wait, or is it Regina? Hmm… we’ll let you be the judge. This week’s episode of Once Upon a Time finally gave some highly anticipated answers to questions we’ve been dying to know. How did Regina become such an magic-crazed psychopath? Now that the curse has been broken can they leave Storybrooke? What happened to Snow and Emma? And are we going to meet a fairytale character who is sexier than Jefferson?! I’ll go ahead and answer that last one for you right now: Nope. The Mad Hatter is mad handsome and I’m happy to report he’s back! Mo’ Magic, Mo’ Problems: Now that magic (aka the super cool purple smoke) has entered Storybrooke, no one knows what will happen if you leave the town’s boundaries. (FYI: In the past, the fairytale characters physically couldn’t leave the town.) So the dwarves (yes, all seven of them) take it upon themselves to find the answer. After drawing the shortest stick, Sneezy is the one who has to cross the line. Is anyone else surprised that it wasn’t Dopey? After one small step (and by “step” I mean push), Sneezy is quickly paralyzed with magic. We soon learn that if the characters leave Storybrooke, they will lose their memories all over again. Grumpy shouts to everyone in town, “If we leave, our cursed selves become our only selves.” Definitely not ideal. The person most devesated by this new is Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) who has his bags packed with many adventurous looking maps. Sorry Rumple, looks like you’re still stuck. By the end of the episode, the dwarves (only six of them this time) are off on a quest to find fairy dust so they can restore their brother’s memory and help bring magic back to the masses. While all this is going on, Gepetto is posting missing person signs for his son. In the hotel room we get a glimpse of Pinocchio/August (Eion Bailey) and see that his is still made of wood. But then he blinks! Henry (Jared Gilmore) nudges Gepetto in the right direction and the worried father enters the hotel room. Here’s the weird part: Pinocchio is gone. The only thing left in the room is his hat, which has been reanimated. Thus, we can assume he has been de-wooded (not sure that’s even a word) but we have no idea where he has gone off to. Like Mother Like Daughter: In a flashback to the fairytale world, Regina (Lana Parrilla) is speeding by on horseback desperately trying to escape from her mother’s clutches and her obligations to marry the king, Snow’s (Ginnifer Goodwin) father. But just as she was about to leave boundaries, a nearby tree snatches her up and holds her prisoner with its branches. It's quite the clever spell created by her power-hungry and magic-loving mother Cora (Barbara Hershey). Regina reiterates to her mom that she doesn’t want to marry the king, “I want to be free,” she pleads. Her mother assures her, “Power is freedom.” Regina is desperate to find the man who taught her mother all her evil ways, so she steals Cora’s spell book and weakly calls out a name she see scrawled on the first page: Rumplestilskin. He instantly appears in her bedroom and Regina is surprised to learn that Rumple knows exactly who she is. “Oh yes, I know everything about you dear," he croons. “I held you in my arms. You were younger, more portable then.” Hmm… odd. Rumple instantly recognizes that Regina has the potential to be extremely powerful tempting her with the line, “Magic. It can set you free.” Rumple presents Regina with a portal (a mirror, fittingly) so she can send her mother into another world. “All she needs is a little push, but the question is: Can you do it?” he teases. On the day of her wedding, Regina gets so frustrated with her mother’s controlling ways and finally gathers up all her courage. She uses her mother’s magic against her and pushes her into the looking glass. Cora is transported to another realm, the mirror shatters, and it’s obvious that Regina quite likes the taste of magic. Rumple offers to guide Regina in the ways of magic, but of course she realizes there must be a catch. Rumple merely says, “Someday you’ll do something for me.” Over in Storybrooke, Regina is desperate to get Henry back and she believes the only way to do so is to use magic. She gets the spell book back from a reluctant Mr. Gold and after perusing (more like inhaling) her mother’s old spell book, Regina has got her powers back. Cue the dramatic music! She proceeds to show off her newly re-found skills at the city hall where the entire town is waiting for Charming (Josh Dallas) to reveal his epic plan. After watching Regina toss a few characters around and start a mini fire, Henry says that he will go with his mother. He shouts, “Okay! I’ll come with you, just leave them alone!” Back at Regina’s home, it only take about 2.5 seconds before Henry tires to escape. But it seems that Regina has been inspired by her mother’s old bag of tricks because she places the same boundary spell on Henry that her mother once placed on her. Basically, once Henry tried to escape, the branches of a tree wrapped him up tight like a burrito. “Don’t fight it honey, you’ll get a splinter,” she says coolly. Regina tries to temp Henry into staying with promises to teach him magic. She also presents him with an humongous cupcake, but he wants nothing to do with either of the delicious treats. (Silly boy, take the cupcake!) He tells his mother, “I don’t want to be you.” And with those six little words, Regina has en epiphany. She has become just like her mother. One Pissed-off Prince: Charming/David (I prefer Charming) is desperate to find his family and demands to know where Regina got the hat. “I’ve long since forgotten,” she retorts. Right then, I call B.S. on the queen because no one could ever forget the time they stole a hat from the ridiculously handsome mad hatter. Charming quickly realizes that Rumple is the only one who will be able to help him find the owner of the hat/portal. In exchange for a location potion, Charming and Rumple make a deal to stay out of each other’s way. The hat leads Charming straight to an overturned car and we have absolutely no idea how long the mad hatter has been stuck inside there. Jefferson (Sebastian Stan) is back! And, hot damn, he’s looking better then ever. Unfortunately, besides making our TV screens much more attractive, Jefferson can’t really help with anything else. Jefferson smugly says, “I’m a portal jumper and you destroyed my portal so you’re out of luck.” He tells the prince that his family is definitely in the Enchanted Forest (which I’ve been calling fairytale land) but there is no way to get there. At this point, Jefferson’s crazy kicks in and he runs away as fast as he can down the street. Bye handsome! Call me! The whole town is in a panic and they are looking to Charming for the answers. However, the prince does not seem too confident in his public speaking skills, telling Henry, “I did the fighting, Snow did the talking.” Just as the entire town was about to leave Storybrooke, Charming gives an impassioned speech promising to lead them like a proper prince and not let Regina rule again. “I will protect you. She won't be able to hurt any of us, not as long as I’m alive. No as long as we all come together as we did before, as we shall do again," he says with brooding charm. And the sexiest moment of the night goes to Charming when he bursts through Regina’s door brandishing his sword. Swoon. In her first non-wicked act, Regina decides to let Henry leave her home to live with his grandfather. (That’s still so weird to think about.) Regina, in an attempt to be less Cora-esque, says, “I don’t know how to love very well.” While Henry is gathering his things, Charming demands to know if indeed the Enchanted forest still exists. She reveals that is does but she has no idea how to get back to their former home. She quips, “I can see I just launched you in a heroic quest.” In the end, Charming tells Henry that he is confident he will save their family. Cell Block Tango: In last two minutes, we finally see Snow and Emma (Jennifer Morrison). They are being held as prisoners and taken to a dark and dirty makeshift town. “They look like refugees,” Snow ponders out loud. “We’re survivors,” Mulan (Jamie Chung) snaps back. Snow, being her classic badass self, kicks Aurora square in the gut and attempts to escape. The princess screams, “Emma Run!” Unfortunately, Mulan is just a little bit more of a badass and she easily knocks Snow out cold. Ouch. Emma and an unconscious Snow are brought to a dungeon and you’ll never guess who they are sharing a cell with. Okay, maybe you will. None other than the mother of all-evil: Cora. Yikes! What did you think of this week’s Once Upon a Time? Bummed that we barely saw Snow and Emma? How long do you think Regina will stay nice-ish? Cast your spell in the comments below! Follow Leanne on Twitter @LeanneAguilera [Photo Credit: ABC] MORE: 'Once Upon a Time' Recap: A Bewitching Beginning for Season 2 'Once Upon a Time' Teases Mulan and Sleeping Beauty for a Millisecond — TRAILER 2012 Emmy Longshots: 'Once Upon a Time' Wild Card Robert Carlyle
