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Once Upon A Time 4×09 “The Fall” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead Tonight’s episode felt like a fantastic mix between the Pilot, “And Straight on to Morning”, “Good Form” and “Going Home” — each of them being episodes we’ve adored. Arendelle Flashbacks: When we left off with the Snow Queen, what she had done with Arendelle wasn’t apparent, thus as it turns out, she froze the entire kingdom until this very moment when they were finally brought back to life.

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Once Upon A Time 4×08 “Smash the Mirror” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead Does anyone want to help us create Wanted posters for Rumplestiltskin because what he’s done in this episode doesn’t fit the okay category? Arendelle | Enchanted Forest Flashbacks: In the Enchanted Forest, the Sorcerer’s Apprentice sends Ingrid into our world telling her that in time, she’ll meet the one who’ll become the third sister. In Arendelle, Elsa pretends to believe Ingrid when she says that Anna wanted to strip

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Once Upon A Time 4×07 “The Snow Queen” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead As far as tragic villain backstories go, we feel Ingrid (The Snow Queen) takes the crown. She also wins the most frightening. Arendelle | Mist Haven Flashbacks: As the episode opens up, we’re introduced to three sisters: Ingrid (Brighton Sharbino), Helga (Bailey Herbert), and Gerda (Ava Talek) who’re playing with a kite they’ve found until it gets stuck in a tree and the owner comes for it. After seeing

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Once Upon A Time 4×06 “Family Business” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead If there’s one thing this episode’s taught viewers it’s that an intense obsession never ends well, and secrets will only ever hurt those we love. Arendelle Flashbacks: When Belle’s mom dies during the Ogre Wars, and Belle has no memories of how it occurred, she travels to Arendelle in hopes of finding the trolls in order for them to restore her memories. While at Oaken’s (how spot on

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Once Upon A Time 4×05 “Breaking Glass” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead If this episode has taught us anything it’s that those who learn from their mistakes receive the kind of happiness they’re deserving of. Flashbacks (1998): While attempting to steal pop tarts after she ran away from her foster home, lost girl Emma befriends someone she feels she has a lot in common with. Lily defends Emma when the grocery store worker accuses her of stealing by saying that they’re

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Once Upon A Time 4×04 “The Apprentice” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead For an episode that reminded us of the emotional roller coasters Once Upon A Time is able to take us through, the Disney gems throughout the episode were exceptional additions — starting from the couple reenacting Lady and the Tramp to Mickey Mouse being the Apprentice, and the broom from Fantasia guiding Rumple and Hook to their destination. Enchanted Forest Flashbacks: Determined to learn the truth about why her parents voyaged to the Enchanted

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Once Upon A Time 4×03 “Rocky Road” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead While last week’s episode was an excellent reminder that we should strive to live and not just survive, this week’s reminded us that it’s okay to stumble and fall. Arendelle Flashbacks: Hans (Tyler Jacob Moore) of the Southern Isles comes up with a plan to trap Elsa in an urn in order to rule Arendelle as King, but what he doesn’t know is that someone’s already in the urn

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Once Upon A Time 4×02 “White Out” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead This week’s episode fortified and built strong relationships while once again reminding us how vital it is to fight for the things we want most without ever giving up. Enchanted Forest Flashbacks: Kristoff had given Anna, Charming’s name as the one person he’s known in the Enchanted Forest and Anna ends up playing a vital role in his life. When Bo Peep (Robin Weigert) comes to collect her

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Once Upon A Time 4×01 “A Tale of Two Sisters” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead At some point audiences may get tired of hearing things like “Storybrooke has frozen over,” but enormous Disney nerds like us will doubtlessly get chills from excitement every time. With such a strong premiere, the rest of the season will change things like no other. Yes, it’s only been an episode, but with our expectations being exceeded so far, we’re not too sure how much more perfection we can

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Once Upon A Time 3×21 “Snow Drifts” and 3×22 “There’s No Place Like Home” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead People of all ages, this two-part season finale should serve as an example of how perfection should be brought to life on screen. Continuing from where we left off last week, Rumple enacts Zelena’s curse and sends Killian and Emma back to the Enchanted forest moments before Snow and Charming are about to meet for the first time. They alter the instant Snow is supposed to steal the

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Once Upon A Time 3×20 “Kansas” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead And here we go again with yet another curse. Yay? Oz Flashbacks: Zelena meets Glinda the good witch who offers her a place in a sisterhood stating that they’ve been waiting for her arrival for a long time. Glinda introduces Zelena to two other witches who are waiting for the fourth one –Zelena– to join. The witch of the North represents wisdom, Glinda from the South represents love,

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Once Upon A Time 3×19 “A Curious Thing” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead Once Upon A Time has been at its best this season with plot twists. Enchanted Forest Flashbacks: Charming and Snow are about to announce their pregnancy to the kingdom, but moments before turning into flying monkeys, Aurora and Phillip reveal the witch’s plan to take their baby. Belle runs in to tell everyone that Rumple and Neal have morphed together, and the Charmings later visit him to find out

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Once Upon A Time 3×18 “Bleeding Through” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead Flashbacks: Young Cora (Rose McGowan) is working as a barmaid when she’s proposed to by Prince Jonathan who’s actually a gardener. And after he promises to return for her in two weeks, he reveals his true identity and refuses to help support the child. Broken and alone she then meets Snow’s father, Prince Leopold who offers her a hand in marriage, but when Princess Eva finds out that

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Once Upon A Time 3×17 “The Jolly Roger” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead There’s nothing quite as enjoyable as our favorite charismatic swashbuckler and darling little mermaid teaming up to find lost love, even if things weren’t as they seem, the chemistry between Colin O’Donoghue and JoAnna Garcia-Swisher was outstanding. An episode gorgeously framed around the idea of love grounding the heart at home, they both authenticated the notion that it’s physically, spiritually, and emotionally impossible to be happy when separated

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Once Upon A Time 3×16 “It’s Not Easy Being Green” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead Count on Once Upon A Time to not only give us a beautiful emotionally driven episode but take us back to the Wild West with a good old duel to determine who should’ve been chosen to be Rumplestilskin’s most beloved trainee. Flashbacks: A childless family on their way to The Emerald City find abandoned, infant Zelena and decides to keep her. At that moment she’d already been displaying

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×13 “And They Lived …” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead … Happily Ever After. If a series finale doesn’t end as beautifully as this one then it completely ruins the entire show. A special acknowledgment to writers and executive producers, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis along with Jane Espenson, and Zack Estrin, for doing their characters and story justice with such an outstanding finale. The episode opens up with Jafar and Amara completing the task to reverse the laws

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Once Upon A Time 3×15 “Quiet Minds” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead If there’s one thing Once Upon A Time writers are able to do masterfully is provide viewers with a beautiful sense of closure as a beloved character’s life comes to end. Enchanted Forest Flashbacks: When Neal and Belle meet Lumiere (Henry Lubatti ) he points them in the direction of a key that leads to the Dark One’s vault. As it turns out, he’s working with the Wicked

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×12 “To Catch A Thief” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead In flashbacks, we learned that while his heart was still under Cora’s command Will was told to haunt and kill Alice, but she instead offers to steal his heart back thus freeing him from Cora’s control. Will then helps her find proof of Wonderland to show her father, and the two share drinks while talking about their plans and past. Jafar tells Will that he’d change the laws

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Once Upon A Time 3×14 “The Tower” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead The episode opens up in the most beautifully enchanting way as Charming dreams of teaching Emma how to dance for her first ball. While dancing, the two shared a conversation both undoubtedly always wanted, and though it was Charming’s dream, as an audience we know it’s something Emma would’ve perpetually treasured as well. Their gorgeous scene is cut short when Emma’s taken by the wardrobe once again, thus

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×11 “Heart of the Matter” Recap

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Spoilers Ahead This week’s episode of Once Upon A Time in Wonderland took an unexpected turn no one expected or wanted. If you’re still recovering from the tearjerker ending, then you’re not alone. In flashbacks we learned that the throne didn’t exactly suit Ana as she imagined, and the moment she was about to run from it all to reunite with Will, Cora being a few steps ahead of her

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