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Once Upon a Time's Jennifer Morrison: Will Emma Accept Her Role as Storybrooke's Savior?
May 5, 2012 06:35 PM ET
by Natalie Abrams
Since Once Upon a Time premiered, the big question has been whether Emma (Jennifer Morrison), the unwitting daughter of Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) and Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin), would be able to rescue the trapped fairy tale characters of Storybrooke, Maine. The first step in that process, of course, has been the most difficult: getting her to believe that fairy tale characters are actually real.
Needless to say, her doubt can only stand for so long. "There's definitely a drastic difference between the beginning of the season and where it ends," Morrison says. "People can count on there being a serious amount of growth for Emma."
A recent promo — in which Emma and the town appear to rebel against Regina (Lana Parrilla) — seems to indicate that Emma has finally gotten the hint. However, Morrison remains mum on whether the scene is real or a dream sequence. (We hope for the former!) "What we're seeing now is whether or not Emma is really going to accept her role as the savior," she says. "It's do-or-die at this point. The stakes are so high as we go through these last few episodes."
For now, though, Emma appears to be on her way out of town, with Henry (Jared Gilmore) in tow. But she won't get very far. "[Henry] actually takes the wheel while she's driving and causes them to crash so they can't leave town, which obviously really freaks her out," Morrison says. "She's like, 'My God, you're actually willing to die over this! You're 10 years old — how can you be thinking this way?' Obviously, that's a big eye-opener for Emma. If this child is that extreme about it, she obviously needs to take a step back and figure out the best way to make sure she keeps him safe and does the best thing for him."
Morrison says that the cliff-hanger will leave fans wondering what the show will even be like next season. "It's so massive and so game-changing," she says. "I mean that in the best way. I read the season finale and went, 'Oh my God! What is going to happen?!'" While Morrison notes that the core characters and brand of storytelling will remain intact, "thematically, there is going to be such a drastic shift that it will be a whole new adventure" in Season 2.
What do you hope will happen in the season finale?
Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8/7c on ABC.
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Fairytale comes true for 'Lost' boys
ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' successfully tackles unique challenges
By Cynthia Littleton
Forget the hoofers of "Smash," the dinosaurs of "Terra Nova" or the post-Charlie Sheen refurbishing of "Two and a Half Men." The biggest long-shot of the 2011-12 season was ABC's foray into fantasy with the Evil Queen, Snow White, Rumple-stiltskin, Pinocchio and the rest of the gang in "Once Upon a Time."
The ABC Studios show, created and exec produced by "Lost" alums Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, is an intricate construction of two parallel worlds -- fairy-tale land and the contempo cursed town of Storybrooke, Maine -- with core characters who inhabit different personas in each realm as storylines drawn from age-old fables converge. It's a multilevel chess game for producers, further complicated by elaborate vfx, makeup and costuming needs, and it puts unusual demands on cast members Lana Parrilla, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Ginnifer Goodwin and 11-year-old Jared Gilmore.
Appropriately, the fairy-tale drama is delivering a happy ending for the network as its first season wraps May 13. "Once Upon the Time" has defied the odds against fantasy fare on broadcast TV to become a big-tent Sunday night success story. It ranks as ABC's No. 3 show in the adults 18-49 demo, behind only "Modern Family" and "Grey's Anatomy."
"Once's" viewer base is buoyed by its appeal to two distinct demos: genre fans and family auds. It ranks No. 2 among all scripted primetime skeins (behind only ABC sitcom "The Middle") among programs that adults and youths watch together. The show clicked with viewers out of the gate in its October premiere, and has held steady throughout the season in its 8 p.m. berth, with an average of 11.6 million viewers and 4.0 rating/10 share in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen.
ABC has had a prosperous year with its freshman shows, fielding bona fide hits with the soapy drama "Revenge" and domestic comedy "Suburgatory." But none of the Alphabet's frosh crop was as much of a convention-defying gamble as "Once," so the rewards are particularly gratifying. The show reps a big investment for Disney on many levels, not the least of which is allowing producers to work with a handful of characters, such as Jiminy Cricket, that have a strong association with the Disney brand.
"This show has very, very complex production issues," says Barry Jossen, exec veep of ABC Studios. "But maybe the most complicated thing of all was taking the creative leap of faith that a TV series starring beloved fairy-tale characters could be a broadly appealing primetime series."
That the series is so well-realized is testament to the skill of Kitsis and Horowitz, and the fact the longtime writing partners nurtured their idea for the show for nearly a decade. The central premise revolves around answering the questions about what happened to Snow White, the Evil Queen, et al, in the periods surrounding their oft-told tales, e.g. before "once upon a time" and after "happily ever after."
"We'd always talked about how much we loved these stories and how formative they were for us," Horowitz says. "And we always talked about how hard it would be to be the Evil Queen in a land of happy endings," Kitsis says. "We liked the idea that these stories could be happy and sad, dark and light."
It took years to bring "Once" to fruition, because the two knew they didn't have the chops to pull off such an elaborate production when the idea was first conceived, back when they were staff writers on the WB's "Felicity." But after six seasons on "Lost," they'd earned their showrunner wings. ABC came to Kitsis and Horowitz with an offer to develop a different project. The duo passed on that idea, but talked up their fairy-tale fantasy. Jossen listened intently to the pitch and responded: "Sunday at 8."
ABC Entertainment prexy Paul Lee got behind "Once," giving it extra marketing TLC even as ABC had a slew of new shows to support last fall. The Alphabet also made the wise decision to hold its preem until Oct. 23, well past the September crush of new and returning show debuts. That had the effect of making "Once" stand out from the pack, and it gave ABC more breathing room to sell the unusual concept to viewers.
For Kitsis and Horowitz, the riskiest part of the process was casting the pilot. The high-concept story left no room for so-so performances. The audience had to be sold on the actors playing multiple characters, talking to tiny fairies, communicating with wolves, casting spells, sparring with dwarfs, among other fantastical adventures.
No role was more crucial than the Evil Queen, who bedevils Snow White and puts a curse on Storybrooke, where she exists as icy single mom and mayor Regina Mills. The casting anxiety eased up early on after Parrilla auditioned. "She walked in, and we looked up and said, 'This is our queen,'?" Kitsis says.
Horowitz adds that the goal in writing the characters was to turn them into flesh-and-blood people, and the cast has managed to find the humanity at their core.
Many of the characters invoked in "Once" are centuries-old, but producers have to work with Disney's brand management department whenever they involve Disney-fied properties, like the Seven Dwarfs with the characteristics conferred on them by the 1937 animated feature.
But the extra layer of scrutiny hasn't been an obstacle -- far from it.
"Not only did they let us add a dwarf, but they let us kill one," Kitsis says. (The heretofore unknown eighth dwarf, Stealthy, was added to Snow White's entourage in episode 10, "7:15 a.m.," and was killed in a jailbreak involving Grumpy.)
The demanding production process on "Once" has spurred ABC Studios to pursue innovative approaches like real-time collaboration on vfx through streaming video. Directors do much of their prep work through iPad tools that allow them to do a 360-degree tour of all the show's virtual sets, plan shot lists, select lenses and lighting schemes all in a fraction of the time such advance pre-production would normally take. Jossen boasts that every one of "Once's" 22 episodes came in on time and on budget, a feat aided by the contributions of exec producer Steven Pearlman and producer Kathy Gilroy.
Even as they begin their prep work for season two, Kitsis and Horowitz are still coming to grips with their good fortune on their first time out as series creators.
"I never thought we'd get past Act 2 in the pilot," Horowitz jokes.
"Every once in a while we take a step back and look at a scene like Geppetto talking to a fairy and a cricket, and there's really intense drama there," Kitsis says. "(Then) there's part of me that feels it's ridiculous that it's even on the air."
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QUOTENelsonhere: Please, give me some good scoop on Once Upon a Time! Will we see Belle again?
Yes, you will. And here's even better scoop: Someone completely majorly shocking will die in the last three episodes of the season. It's the kind of death you can't imagine could possibly stick!
http://it.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kris...6#ixzz1sryxlUoC
Could it be Henry?
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CITAZIONEONCE UPON A TIME
May 13: “A Land Without Magic” (Season Finale)
Emma and Regina team together in order to find a way to save Henry’s life. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Prince Charming attempts to escape from the Evil Queen’s clutches in order to reunite with Snow White who, unbeknownst to him, has already taken a bite of the Queen’s poison apple.
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CITAZIONEONCE UPON A TIME - "A Land Without Magic" - Emma and Regina team together in order to find a way to save Henry's life. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Prince Charming attempts to escape from the Evil Queen's clutches in order to reunite with Snow White who, unbeknownst to him, has already taken a bite of the Queen's poison apple, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, MAY 13 (8:00-9:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. KEEGAN CONNOR TRACY, DAVID ANDERS, JENNIFER MORRISON
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CITAZIONEQuestion: What are the details about Sheriff Graham/the Huntsman’s return to Once Upon a Time? Please say it somehow, magically involves him getting to see Emma again. I haven’t missed a character so much since Logan Echolls left my television screen. —Robin
Ausiello: The odds would seem to favor Jamie Dornan returning as the Huntsman and not Graham since the former is alive and the latter is not. But considering what OUAT co-creator Eddy Kitsis just told TVLine’s Matt Mitovich, I’m not so sure that’s the case. Asked about the circumstances surrounding Dornan’s comeback, Kitsis teased, “I can say that it is one my favorite reveals of the entire year, and to spoil it would be so heartbreaking.” And how important was it to have Dornan back as… whomever? Says Kitsis, “We moved heaven and earth to get that man from London. Or, we put him on a plane.”
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Speculation: I think the Huntsman will play a big part in Snow and Charming finding each other again in Fairytale Land but the way it happens will surprise us. Just a random theory! 
And the picture of Emma kissing Henry on the forehead is about as heartbreaking as it gets for me. She finally finds someone who cares about her and is part of her family and then this happens to him. Poor Emma.
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QUOTENelsonhere: Please, give me some good scoop on Once Upon a Time! Will we see Belle again?
Yes, you will. And here's even better scoop: Someone completely majorly shocking will die in the last three episodes of the season. It's the kind of death you can't imagine could possibly stick!
http://it.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kris...6#ixzz1sryxlUoC
I'm now thinking that it's August. That would be Pinocchio , not the month.QUOTEStorybrookeMirror: Have any more Once Upon a Time spoilers up your sleeve?
Mirror, mirror on Twitter, prepare for the return of another guest star! OK, that didn't really rhyme, but we tried. A guest star we previously only met in the fairy-tale world will be returning before season's end and this time, we'll be meeting their Storybrooke counterpart as well. Warning: Prepare yourselves for a pretty big twist.
http://it.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kris...4#ixzz1tq39jwHF
I think it's Maleficent.
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CITAZIONENutCase: Can you tell me more about Jamie Dornan's appearance on OUAT? Missed him soooo much!!
Some might call this an obvious tease, but cocreator Edward Kitsis would only say, "Jamie is back and he's more handsome than ever, so get ready! He's extra handsome in this one!" Adam Horowitz adds, "We love Jamie, and we're very excited to see him back in this finale." Preach!
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CITAZIONEThanks for the Emma scoop! Will she be able to save The Stranger in the Once Upon a Time finale? — Sammy
NATALIE: The bad news: Jennifer Morrison tells us that we won't find out whether Emma can stop Pinocchio's transformation in this Sunday's finale. The good news: "Pinocchio's story continues," executive producer Adam Horowitz says. So that means more Eion Bailey, and who doesn't love a hot Stranger on a motorcycle?
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'Once Upon A Time' producers talk last week's killer episode, tease 'game-changing' season finale
by Marc Snetiker
Did you audibly gasp during this week’s episode of Once Upon A Time? Whether it was the citizens of Storybrooke exacting revenge on Regina (alas, it was but a nightmare) or Henry feasting on the most unfortunate baked good ever made, The penultimate episode of Once Upon a Time was full of shocking moments, but also a whole set of new questions that may or may not be answered in the finale: Will Henry survive his snack? Will Emma believe? Will Regina make good on her promise to Jefferson? Why does Mr. Gold want to break the curse? Which Avenger would Granny be? (Obviously, the Hulk.)
Exec producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have a few answers, although they don’t want to spoil any of next week’s major reveals (but maybe you can wring that out of them during their live Facebook chat tomorrow at 3 p.m. EST). For now, see what the imaginative duo has to say about the old faces and new surprises in store for Sunday’s season finale.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So after Henry’s little dilemma, shall we say, we’re going to see Regina and Emma team up. What’s their interaction like?
EDWARD KITSIS: Well, what we can say about it is they’re still enemies and at odds, but they now have found a common purpose throwing them together in the finale, and it’s an uneasy alliance. The antagonism between the two of them that started in the pilot continues to grow and boil in the finale.
Does Henry’s situation affect anyone else besides Emma and Regina?
ADAM HOROWITZ: I think what’s interesting is that it affects everyone, in a way. In this season, Henry — by bringing Emma into town — touched everyone’s lives in a real and meaningful way, in that he is a true believer and believes he can help these people. Him being in jeopardy definitely has an effect on everyone.
What will have to happen for Henry to wake up?
HOROWITZ: Well, that we can’t tell you, because that would say he wakes up! All I know is this: Magic is unpredictable in this world.
What’s happening in fairy tale land in the season finale? Snow’s eaten the apple, the gang finds her. Tell me about that rescue mission.
KITSIS: What we’re trying to do with some of this fairy tale stuff in the finale is kind of twofold, which is fill in a few of the blanks that we set up in the pilot this year, but also hopefully surprise you with something new about that story that you didn’t know.
HOROWITZ: If last week really focused on Snow White’s side of the story, this week will focus a lot on Prince Charming’s side of the story.
We’re also going to see the reappearance of Jamie Dornan as the Huntsman. How does he figure into the story?
HOROWITZ: It’s one of our favorite reveals.
KITSIS: We don’t want to spoil that other than to say that having Jamie back for the finale was really, really exciting and everybody was so happy to have him. It was really fun to do, and we can’t wait to see the audience reaction.
Will the finale change the make-up of the show? Will it be a jaw dropper?
HOROWITZ: I think it will be.
KITSIS: We don’t want to anticipate what the audience is going to think or how they’re going to take it, but we can speak to how we as writers have approached it and what it’s done for us, and for us, it is a big game-changing kind of thing in terms of how we approach the show.
By the end of the episode, will Emma have decided whether she finally believes in fairy tales?
HOROWITZ: I would seriously say that question gets asked and explored.
KITSIS: We’ve been building it in the last two episodes particularly, exploring the nature of Emma’s relationship to the town and what’s going on with it, and that intensifies to a degree.
HOROWITZ: Obviously if [someone] came to you and said, “Hey, you’re the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, you need to save everyone from this curse,” you’d think they were crazy. For us, we really wanted to earn [Emma’s] belief and earn her arc based on who she is as a character and the way she grew up. We understand that there’s a frustration, but there’s also a reality and we think that the finale will really explore that.
KITSIS: It’s not easy for Emma, just like it wouldn’t be easy for any person from our world to deal with this kind of idea. One of the things we’re excited about with the finale is really ratcheting up the intensity on her.
Is Regina’s dream foreshadowing? Or was it just a dream? If she were to have Storybrooke turn on her, is that how it would play out?
KITSIS: I would say that it was definitely foreshadowing in the last episode, and I think that if you watch the finale and you go back, there will be a few things in there that will make people go, “Ahhh.”
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May 9, 2012 12:53 PM PDTOnce Upon a Time Bosses Tease a 'Severely Intense' Finale (Featuring a Lost-Style 'Reset'?)
“All magic has a price,” a certain imperious imp has oft told us — but has Once Upon a Time‘s Henry paid the ultimate one?
The Season 1 finale of ABC’s fantastic freshman drama airs this Sunday at 8/7c, presumably tackling the questions of the headstrong lad’s fate, his birth mom Emma’s belief in her role as the “savioir” of this Maine berg where fairytale charcters have been banished sans memories, and whether the dark curse levied by the Evil Queen aka Mayor Regina Mills will ever be lifted.
Here is what Once co-creators Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz shared with TVLine about the undoubtedly magical season-ender.
TVLINE | What’s going on as the finale starts up? Are we in crisis mode?
EDWARD KITSIS | We are at DEFCON 1. Henry has fallen, and everything is culminating…. The entire finale is severely intense.
ADAM HOROWITZ | We hit the ground running and then pick up more speed.
TVLINE | With Henry’s poisoning, does Emma’s belief level spike?
KITSIS | We’ve tried everything. We tried to show her a man turning into wood, we tried to show her weird anomalies in the town… Henry has taken the most extreme action he could, so she is definitely going to be faced with believing or not, because his life hangs in the balance.
HOROWITZ | The stakes have never been higher for her, in terms of her belief.
TVLINE | But obviously you’re not killing Henry. I mean, Jared Gilmore just won a Young Artist Award!
KITSIS | He did just win an award – and congrats, it’s much deserved. But you never know what might happen….
TVLINE | Tell me about the choice in the “poison apple delivery system,” because I have to imagine there was some debate in the writers room over turnover versus fritter versus….
HOROWITZ | We actually did have a bit of a debate about that.
KITSIS | I think we went with a turnover because we liked the shape, and it felt contained. With a pie, what do you do with the extra pieces?
HOROWITZ | Also, it didn’t feel like there was enough apple to make a pie.
KITSIS | True, we had to be realistic about what you could make out of an apple with a bite out of it.
TVLINE | What other sorts of drama is going on in Storybrooke outside of the Henry thing?
KITSIS | All of the stories in Storybrooke are going to be stemming from Henry falling.
HOROWITZ | They all kind of converge around that pivot point. And the intensity does grow.
TVLINE | How is August doing? Is he flipping through termite control ads?
HOROWITZ | We do check in on August and his condition, and that does play a part in the finale. Everybody’s agendas – Regina’s, Gold’s, August’s – all sort of intertwine around this crisis point.
TVLINE | What is Mr. Gold’s particular take on the Henry situation?
KITSIS | We got his take in the last episode, where Regina says she came up with a sleeping curse, and he says, “All magic has a price.” So… magic has a price! It’s just a question of who pays it.
TVLINE | We’ve kind of come full circle on the Snow White story – s he’s bitten the apple, and in the pilot we saw her rescued. Or will the fairytale land get a finale twist of its own?
KITSIS | The finale will kind of tie up some loose ends to their story, and at the same time present a new avenue for Season 2. But…. Well….
HOROWITZ | We don’t want to tell you, is what it is. [Laughs]
TVLINE | I guess my bigger question here is, should we prepare for some Lost-style “reset”? Will this be an instance of the playing field changing Sunday at 8:59 pm?
HOROWITZ | How the audience perceives it, we can’t anticipate, but for us it does change the playing field. We like to think what we’re doing is evolving the show so that it remains true to what it’s been this year, but it takes a step forward into something new.
KITSIS | I feel like the best way to experience the finale is to say, “What the hell are they going to do?”
HOROWITZ | And one of our other goals with the finale – you’ll tell us whether we succeed or not – is that at the end of it you say, “What the hell are they going to do next?”
TVLINE | Will the finale introduce any new players to the canvas?
KITSIS | It will introduce some new… story ideas. But as far as new characters, if you’re talking, like, Michelle Rodriguez showing up at the end of a Lost finale, no. That’s not to say there won’t be new characters next year; but this finale is about the characters we’ve introduced.
HOROWITZ | And there may be some old characters seen in a new way.
TVLINE | What gamut of emotions will viewers be going through during, say, the final 60 seconds?
KITSIS | All of them.
HOROWITZ | Our hope is that in those final moments, there is a combination of satisfaction and also intense surprise.
KITSIS | The emotion you’ll be feeling is, “Holy, holy, holy s—t.”
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Once Upon a Time Bosses Dish on Big Finale—Plus, Will an Evil Mother Be Back for Season Two?
Christina Dowling
The season finale of Once Upon a Time is upon us and it's going to be a wild ride. We talked to showrunners Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis for scoop on who's back for the big Good vs. Evil showdown spectacular. Plus, which fairy-tale characters can we expect back for season two?
Since Emma (Jennifer Morrison) came to Storybrooke and the clock started moving, everything has been leading up to this shocking finale. Will Henry (Jared Gilmore) die? Will Emma finally believe and break the curse? Some of your favorite characters will be returning for the season's end but who's coming back for the recently ordered season two? Find out now:
"The story we've started to tell in the pilot and the conflicts we've introduced reach a boiling point in the finale," Horowitz says. "That will hopefully take this show to a new place."
It might be taking us to a new place, but we will have some familiar faces. In Sunday's finale we will be seeing lots of old friends from the season, including Jefferson (Sebastian Stan). But Kitsis assures us that Maleficent (Kristen Bauer van Straten) will be appearing in Storybrooke, "Kristen will definitely be back in a different form." And trust us, the way she appears is super cool.
If you've missed Hot Sheriff—unfortunately he's not rising from the dead despite our pleas. But don't fret, Kitsis was clear: "Jamie Dornan is back and he's more handsome than ever, so get ready. He is extra handsome on this one." Huge sigh of relief and time to thank the TV gods for fantasy flashbacks.
It's all fun and games until someone eats a poisoned apple. Once Upon a Time might be stuff of children's stories but when Henry ate the poisoned pastry meant for his mom, we crossed over into high stakes. "One of the journeys this year for Emma is becoming a mother," Kitsis explains. "Part of her journey is coming to terms with what it means to have this kid in her life and now facing the fact that she could lose him." Wait, what? Could Henry actually die?
Henry's death is certainly a possibility and it wouldn't just be Emma in mourning. Kitsis explains, "This finale will test [Regina, played Lana Parrilla] unlike any other." The world Regina's created is unraveling and we've seen what she can be like when she thinks things are slipping out of her control.
We were curious if Regina could truly blame Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) for spilling the beans to her mother. We all saw her mother, super evil. "She blames herself for saving the girl, because if she didn't, none of this would have happened," Kitsis jokes. But maybe there is something deeper anger there. "Her mother did this to her, how does she feel about her mom? How does she feel about Cora?" He promises, "I would say that is definitely something we will see next season."
The finale will play a huge role in changing the series for season two, but the goals for the showrunners remain the same. "We wanted to do something unique and surprising and keeps moving forward and I think that next season will be hopefully, unique and surprising and moving forward, but in a way that it doesn't abandon what we loved about the first season," Kitsis tells us. You can count on reimagining of classic stories, but also a deeper look at our favorite classic characters. We can't wait.
Are you excited to see an epic Storybrooke showdown? Who are you looking forward to seeing next season? Head to the comments!
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CITAZIONE‘ONCE UPON A TIME’: JOSH DALLAS PREVIEWS FINALE. WILL STORYBROOKE STEP UP?
After working on Lost, Once Upon a Time executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsiss know how to tease finales. Proof? This timely characterization of Sunday’s season finale: “They are the gang. They are the Fairy Tale Avengers,” they told EW in a chat earlier this week. Take a moment to take that in. Squeal with excitement. Now, compose yourself long enough to take in some elaboration, straight from Josh Dallas, who stopped by the office just yesterday.
“There’s a lot going on,” he says. “Charming’s in prison, Henry back in Storybrooke has eaten the pie. We don’t know what’s going on. He’s in a coma right now. They’re trying to convince Emma that all this is real so that she can be the savior. There’s a lot of things to deal with in the finale, and it’s like a train that will not stop. It just keeps on going.”
But how will all of these moving parts intersect in the finale? And will it possibly involve a situation that mirrors Regina’s dream in the penultimate episode? “I can say that the people in Storybrooke — some people have already started to wake up and realize what the deal is and what’s going on,” Dallas says. “We also know that some people in Storybrooke know who they are and what’s going on — like August, who is Pinocchio. We know something is stirring in Storybrooke and hopefully some things happen in the finale.”
Cagey, I know. But there’s a lot to protect here. As has been said, the finale is a classic Lost-style reset that will deliver answers, questions, and, surely, frustration, since we have to wait months for a new episode. “You get a lot, and you get a lot taken away,” he says.
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QUOTEOnce Upon a Time Finale Scoop: Will Emma Sacrifice Herself?
May 11, 2012 07:51 PM ET
by Natalie Abrams
The evil smoke monster curse is back once again in the season finale of Once Upon a Time!
Sunday's finale, "A Land Without Magic" (8/7c, ABC), brings the series full circle from when the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) unleashed the curse that enslaved every fairy tale character in the town of Storybrooke, forced to live unaware of their true identities. Now, Emma (Jennifer Morrison) must decide whether or not she believes, which will then determine the fate of her son, Henry (Jared Gilmore), who ate the poisonous fruit that was meant to kill Emma.
Will Emma realize the truth before it's too late? TVGuide.com turned to executive producers Adam Hororwitz and Edward Kitsis to get the scoop on the finale, including who is the most heroic in Storybrooke, the many returning faces and whether Emma will ultimately sacrifice herself to save the trapped fairy tale characters.
What can you tell us of Emma's struggle to really believe in the finale?
Adam Horowitz: The stakes have never been higher for what she's dealing with, which is Henry. She's from this world, and what she's being asked to believe by Henry, it's a pretty monumental leap for anyone to make.
Edward Kitsis: And that was something that we really wanted to do, which was really earn her journey. Such as, the first time she is told this information, like anyone, she thinks it's crazy. What we love is that when August (Eion Bailey) is yelling at her, "Why won't you believe?" we know he was not only speaking for himself, but for the audience. For us, it is important that the day that Emma does believe, we feel like we've earned it, as opposed to, it's Episode 2 and now she believes and she is fighting sea monsters.
Will Henry's ailment be the catalyst for her to finally believe?
Kitsis: What I love is that Henry, basically in a lot of ways, is the most heroic because he sacrificed his life to get her to embrace her destiny. We will see if it was done in vain, but we've tried everything else. We tried to show her a wooden leg, we've tried to show her time moving, we've tried to show her all these things and she hasn't believed. So this was it. This is the last chance.
How will Regina and Emma have to team up in the finale because of Henry? And how will the curse ultimately backfire on her?
Horowitz: Regina has enjoyed an uninterrupted reign of 28 years that has now slowly been getting more and more intensely difficult. In the finale, the challenges she faces to her place in Storybrooke and her power are greater than she has ever faced. But she is a formidable foe, so she's ready to rise to that challenge.
It's interesting that we learned that if Emma dies — or maybe it's only if Regina murders her — then the curse is broken. Would Emma ever consider sacrificing herself just to break the curse?
Kitsis: Her first step would be to believe in it. I absolutely believe Emma would sacrifice herself because I think that's the kind of person she is, but we'll have to keep watching the show and see what happens.
Going over to fairy tale land, Charming (Josh Dallas) and Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) have been desperately trying to reunite, but now Snow has eaten the famed poison apple. What can you tell us about the finale for them?
Kitsis: If last week was Snow's side of it, this week will be Charming's. We hope that this fairy tale flashback will fill in some holes that we've seen through the year, but will also, hopefully, raise some new avenues for next season
There are plenty of returning faces in the finale — Belle (Emilie de Ravin), Maleficent (Kristin Bauer van Straten), the Huntsman (Jamie Dornan) and the Mad Hatter (Sebastian Stan), among them. Is there anything you can tease about their returns?
Kitsis: I would say that you never know where you'll see them. It is a finale, after all.
How about at least something for the Huntsman fans. They're dying to see Jamie again!
Kitsis: He is oddly more handsome now then he was when you last saw him. He's actually extra handsome. How we reveal the Huntsman is one of our favorite things ever, so we don't want to spoil it because it's oddly one of the things we've been able to keep secret. We're excited to see Jaime come back, and he's fantastic.
How will Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) feel if he finds out that Regina has been keeping Belle trapped in a mental ward?
Kitsis: I can't image that if Mr. Gold was told that not only was Belle not dead, but that he was lied to and she's been imprisoned for all this time, I would start running.
Can we look forward to a confrontation in that regard?
Kitsis: In the finale, we endeavor to satisfy some of the things we've set up this year. As a fan, I would be completely annoyed if we saw at the end of Episode 12 that she was locked in an insane asylum and we don't return to that. I would throw something at the screen.
The veil between the two worlds actually seems to be getting thinner. Could we ever see them collide? Or see another vortex?
Kitsis: I think the two worlds tend to collide every week. Will they actually merge into one thing? I don't know.
Horowitz: We saw Jefferson reach across time and space, but a vortex, that's a lot harder.
Kitsis: I will say this: It's going down in the finale, and how it goes down, you will have to tune in and watch.
There's been a lot of speculation online that there will be a death in the finale. What can you tease?
Horowitz: I would say to the audience to take everything that you're reading in the press and about what's going to happen in the finale — and while we appreciate all the speculation — and set that aside. One of our themes this season has been magic has a price and that that price is going to be paid in the finale.
Sounds like a death is coming, no?
The season finale of Once Upon a Time airs Sunday at 8/7c on ABC.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Once-Upon-Time...op-1047426.aspx
Anyone else suddenly a little more nervous for Sunday night??! I don't want anything horrible to happen to Emma!
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