When we last saw our fairy-tale crew in Once Upon A Time, having saved Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) from darkness (please don’t be dead!), the darkness swarmed (looking like Venom’s twin) over Regina, needing a human tether. Emma (Jennifer Morrison) took her place with instructions for her love Hook (Colin O’Donoghue), her parents Snow White and Prince Charming (Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas), and even Regina and Robin Hood (Lana Parilla and Sean Maguire), to find a way to rescue her from darkness. She was consumed and then disappeared. Poor Henry (Jared Gilmore). Will he ever be happy and not worried about both his moms at the same time?

Watch the two promo videos and the moment in last season’s finale when Emma sacrificed herself for Regina below.

ABC has released a first look at season 5 of Once Upon A Time, the season of the Dark Swan, formerly Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison). When we last left our reluctant savior, she sacrificed herself to the darkness which sucked her up, to save Regina (Lana Parilla) from it. The Dark One’s knife clattered to the asphalt, and the words “Emma Swan” magically appeared on it. This teaser shows the opening scene of Episode 5.1 aptly named “The Dark Swan.”

Watch the video below.

At San Diego Comic-Con Saturday morning, the Once Upon A Time panel was on hand to give us a couple of teasers about season 5. Having run through many Disney heroines already like Elsa, Ariel, Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White, etc., now Merida (Amy Mason) from Brave will join this fairytale drama. The panel also revealed “Dark Swan” Emma (Jennifer Morrison), who became the Dark One in order to save the town (and Regina – Lana Parilla). The panel included cast members Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow), Josh Dallas (Charming), Jennifer Morrison (Emma), Robert Carlyle (Rumplestiltskin), Lana Parrilla (Regina), Emilie de Ravin (Belle), Colin O’Donoghue (Hook), Sean Maguire (Robin) and Rebecca Mader (Zelena). They were joined by creators and executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.

Watch the “Dark Swan” and “Meet Merida” below.

Once Upon a Time
Season 4 Episodes 22 & 23: “Operation Mongoose Parts 1 & 2”
Directed by Romeo Tirone (Part 1), Ralph Hemecker (Part 2)
Written by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Created by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Colin O’Donoghue, Jared Gilmore, Robert Carlyle
ABC
Air Date: Sunday, May 10th, 2015, 8:00pm

Last week on Once Upon A Time, Emma (Jennifer Morrison) managed to get a vengeful Lily (Agnes Bruckner) back to Storybrooke to meet her mother, Maleficent (Kristin Bauer van Straten), who lost her taste in revenge and now wants to just be happy with her daughter. After Lily “dragons” out, she finally agreeas to give Maleficent a week. The episode title was “Mother” so Emma forgave hers (and her dad) for what they did to Lily to ensure her own goodness. And we were treated to a backstory with Cora (Barbara Hershey), who seemed like she wanted to make up for what she did to Regina (Lana Parilla). That didn’t really work out.

Once Upon a Time
Season 4 Episode 21: “Mother”
Directed by Ron Underwood
Written by Jane Espenson
Created by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Colin O’Donoghue, Jared Gilmore, Robert Carlyle
ABC
Air Date: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015, 8:00pm

Last week on Once Upon A Time, we delved back into Emma’s (Jennifer Morrison) childhood again to revisit her and Lily’s troubled connection. it seems Lily (The Returned‘s Agnes Bruckner) makes all the wrong life decisions and is very dark, only lightening up when she’s around Emma. In the present, Emma and Regina (Lana Parilla) team up to find Lily and save Robin (Sean Maguire) from Zelena (Rebecca Mader). They are successful on both counts. Well… I guess it depends on how you define success. Zelena is pregnant with Robin’s baby. That is the twist that twisted their hearts – and ours. Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Charming (Josh Dallas) try to appeal to Maleficent (Kristin Bauer van Straten) – to no avail.