Once Upon a Time
Season 5 Episode 2: “The Price”
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Written by Andrew Chambliss, Dana Horgan
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, Sean Maguire, Rebecca Mader
ABC
Air Date: Sunday, October 4th, 2015, 8:00pm

Last week was the season 5 premiere of Once Upon A Time, and our Storybrooke residents have a new mystery to solve. They easily (kinda) trick Zelena (Rebecca Mader) into opening a portal to find Emma (Jennifer Morrison), The Dark One. Turns out, she’s in Camelot, seeking Merlin. She gets into a thing with Brave’s Merida (Amy Manson), but her people find her. But then, “Poof!” They are back in Storybrooke, it is 6 weeks later, and nobody remembers a thing. Nobody except, Emma Swan – full on Dark One.

Don’t proceed any further if you have not watched the episode. Spoilers!

Once Upon A Time airs tomorrow, and we can expect a bunch of bold new adventures for our Storybrooke residents. Their ultimate mission is to save Emma (Jennifer Morrison) from the darkness, as she now has her name etched on the Dark One’s knife, having saved Regina (Lana Parilla) from that fate. Tomorrow’s episode is called “The Dark Swan,” and I can’t wait to see how my dashing Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) tries to save him Emma. For now, here are more sneak peeks from tomorrow’s episode.

Check out the clips below.

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.

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 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.