#73

Once Upon A Time

What happens when all of the fairy tale creatures livd together in today’s world? We get ABC’s Once Upon A Time.

Featuring everyone from Pinocchio to teh Evil Queen, Once Upon A Time ran for seven successful seasons on ABC. The show’s main protagonist was Emma Swan, played by Jennifer Morrison, who was, unbeknownst to her, the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. Emma, and her son Henry, whom she gave up years before, but had found her, came to a small town called Storybrooke, Maine.

In Storybrooke, the fantasy/fairy tale creatures lived normal lives, but Henry figured out the truth.

Over the years, new characters were intorduced, but few with the impact of Captain Hook, played by the charming Colin O’Donoghue. Emma and Hook became the “it” couple of the show, as the hero and villain showed sparks.

The show also featured an awesome couple of antagonists. The Evil Queen was portrayed by Lana Parrilla and was basicaly running Storybrooke as the mayor, and Rumplestilkstin, also known as Mr. Gold, played by character actor Robert Carlyle. The key with these characters was they were multi-dimensional characters, unlike their fairy tale counterparts. These characters were real people with real desires and even the “evil” ones had motives that you could understand. No one was evil for the sake of evil.

The musical episode of the show that aired in the sixth season was right up there with “Once More with Feeling” from Buffy as the great musical episodes of all time.

The show had a very LOST feel to it, which makes sense since  Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, both writers on LOST, were the creative forces behind the show.