Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time is a television show on ABC. It is produced and created by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis.
Season One premiered on October 23, 2011, and concluded on May 13, 2012. The soundtrack for the first season was released on May 1, 2012. The full-disc DVD/Blu-ray set of Season One was released on August 28, 2012.
Season Two premiered on September 30, 2012, and concluded on May 12, 2013. The soundtrack and the full-disc DVD/Blu-ray set of Season Two were released on August 13, 2013.
Season Three premiered on September 29, 2013, and concluded on May 11, 2014. The full-disc DVD/Blu-ray set of Season Three was released on August 19, 2014.
Season Four premiered on September 28, 2014, and concluded on May 10, 2015. The full-disc DVD/Blu-ray set of Season Four was released on August 18, 2015.
Season Five premiered on September 27, 2015.
On March 3, 2016, the series was renewed for Season Six.
==Synopsis==
Master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (“Lost,” “Tron: Legacy”) invite everyone to join Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, the Evil Queen, Hook, Rumplestiltskin and all the other resident fairy tale characters as they cope with Emma’s new role as as The Dark One and begin the search for Merlin. This is a journey that will take our heroes from the Enchanted Forest to Camelot and along the way bring many surprises, including encounters with a brave and headstrong Scottish princess named Merida.
As the season continues, new fairy tale characters will be revealed and old acquaintances will be revisited. Not everyone can be trusted but one thing remains true — you never give up on the people you love...http://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/once-upon-a-time/
==Story==
===Season One===
An infant known as Emma is sent away to a distant land when the Evil Queen's Dark Curse hits the Enchanted Forest, ripping every inhabitant away to a town called Storybrooke, where the only happy ending is the Evil Queen's. This is until she adopts a child called Henry, who, on Emma's 28th birthday, visits her in Boston and reveals that he is her son. They then travel back to Storybrooke where Henry tells Emma that she is the only one that can break the Dark Curse. Emma reluctantly stays, not because she believes in the curse, but because she wants to keep her eye on Henry's adoptive mother who may or may not actually care about her son.
===Season Two===
After breaking the Dark Curse in Season One, all of the fairytale characters still cannot go back to the Enchanted Forest and must deal with their own dual identities. With the introduction of magic into Storybrooke by Mr. Gold, the fate of the two worlds becomes intertwined, and new threats emerge in the form of Captain Hook, Regina's mother and two new people from our world with an agenda to destroy magic, or is it?
===Season Three===
In the first half of the season, the main characters travel to Neverland to rescue Henry, who has been kidnapped by Peter Pan as part of a plan to obtain Henry's heart. Their increasing power struggle with Pan continues in Storybrooke, which ultimately results in the complete reversal of the original curse. All the characters are returned to their original worlds, leaving Emma and Henry to escape to New York City. 
In the second half the characters are mysteriously brought back to a recreated Storybrooke with their memories of the previous year removed, and the Wicked Witch of the West appears with a plan to alter her fate. Once again, Emma is needed to save her family.
===Season Four===
Characters from Disney's Frozen find their way on the first half of Season Four of Once Upon a Time. Elsa, Anna and Kristoff's story takes place a couple of years after their movie. Anna soon ventures out to find out why her parents travelled to a land called Misthaven. When Elsa arrives in modern-day Storybrooke, she promises to find her sister, as she was missing. Unknown to her, a mysterious woman with similar powers to Elsa and a history with Emma, had travelled to Storybrooke a few years ago for Elsa and Emma. She wanted to have two sisters with powers, as her pervious ones tried to shut her off because of them.
After the defeat of the Snow Queen Ingrid, Anna, Kristoff and Elsa can finally go back to Arendelle. However, Robin Hood - Regina's true love, must also depart because of the aftermath of Ingrid's magic on his wife. Thus, Regina teams up with Emma and Henry to seek out the author of Henry's book so that she can finally have her happy ending. However, Mr. Gold, with the help of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent and Ursula, has his own plan to rewrite the rules governing the destinies of all heroes and villains.
===Season Five===
As Emma Swan becomes the new Dark One, her family and friends start a quest to find Merlin, the only one capable of destroying the Darkness. In their journey to Camelot and back to Storybrooke, they meet Merida and people from King Arthur's kingdom. When everyone, including the Camelot folk, are mysteriously brought to Storybrooke without their memories of the past six weeks in Camelot, the residents of Storybrooke start looking for a way to get them back, but a powerful and seemingly evil Dark Swan will do everything she can to prevent them from remembering.
==Development==
Once Upon a Time has been conceived by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis in 2004 before joining the writing staff of Lost, but they wanted to wait until that series was over to focus on their project. Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof helped in the development of the series as a consultant. Eventually, they sold the pilot to ABC on October 28, 2010.http://variety.com/2010/tv/news/exclusive-lost-exec-producers-horowitz-kitsis-sell-pilot-to-abc-12592/ On February 1, 2011, the network gave a pilot order to the series.http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/02/once-upon-time-pilot-from-lost-creators.html On March 4, 2011, it was announced that Damon Lindelof was no longer involved in the project.http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/03/once-upon-time-ginnifer-goodwin-cast-as.html
On May 13, 2011, the series is picked up by ABC,http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/05/charlies-angels-as-well-as-once-upon.html and it premiered on October 23, 2011.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20111003abc13/ On November 3, 2011, Once Upon a Time received a first full season order,http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/11/abc-full-season-orders-various-shows.html and concluded its Season One on May 13, 2012.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20120507abc01/
Three days before, the series was renewed for a second season.http://tvline.com/2012/05/10/renewals-abc-2012-fall-tv/, which premiered on September 30, 2012.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20120910abc09/ On May 10, 2013, Once Upon a Time was renewed for Season Three,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/once-upon-a-time-renewed-season-3_n_3166318.html as the second season ended on May 12, 2013.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20130506abc22/ The third season premiered on September 29, 2013.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20130909abc14/
As the series concluded its third season on May 11, 2014,http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20140505abc24/ ABC renewed it three days before on May 8, 2014 for the fourth season.https://twitter.com/AdamHorowitzLA/statuses/464582544592470018 It premiered on September 28, 2014,http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20140908abc12/. On May 7, 2015, the series was renewed for Season Fivehttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20150504abc01/, as Season Four ended on May 10, 2015.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20150504abc01/
The fifth season premiered on September 27, 2015.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20150911abc06/ On March 3, 2016, the series got an early renewal for its sixth season.https://twitter.com/AdamHorowitzLA/status/705477225139691520 Once Upon a Time's one hundredth episode is titled "Souls of the Departed", and aired on March 6, 2016.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20160212abc16/
==Cast==
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Actor 	Character 	Episodes 	Seasons 	Seasons 	Seasons 	Seasons 	Seasons 	Seasons
Actor 	Character 	Episodes 	One 	Two 	Three 	Four 	Five 	Six
Ginnifer Goodwin 	Mary Margaret Blanchard/Snow White 	103 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Jennifer Morrison 	Emma Swan 	102 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Josh Dallas 	David Nolan/Prince Charming/Prince James	101 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Lana Parrilla 	Regina Mills/Evil Queen 	101 	colspan="6" 	 	 	 	 	
Jared S. Gilmore 	Henry Mills 	97 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Robert Carlyle 	Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin 	92 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Colin O'Donoghue 	Hook 	74 	colspan="1" 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Emilie de Ravin 	Belle French 	65 	colspan="1" 	colspan="5" 	 	 	 	
Lee Arenberg 	Leroy/Grumpy 	50 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Beverley Elliott 	Granny 	48 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
David-Paul Grove 	Doc 	42 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Faustino di Bauda 	Walter/Sleepy 	39 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Sean Maguire 	Robin Hood 	38 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Gabe Khouth 	Mr. Clark/Sneezy 	37 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Michael Coleman 	Happy 	37 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Mig Macario 	Bashful 	36 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Meghan Ory 	Ruby/Red Riding Hood 	35 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1"
Unknown 	Floyd 	33 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Jeffrey Kaiser 	Dopey 	32 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Keegan Connor Tracy 	Mother Superior/Blue Fairy 	30 	colspan="5" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	 	
Michael Raymond-James 	Neal Cassidy 	27 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1"
Raphael Sbarge 	Archie Hopper/Jiminy Cricket 	25 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Rebecca Mader 	Zelena 	25 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Eion Bailey 	August Booth 	18 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	
Sarah Bolger 	Aurora 	17 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Barbara Hershey 	Cora 	16 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	 	
David Anders 	Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein 	14 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Michael Socha 	Will Scarlet 	14 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Robbie Kay 	Peter Pan 	14 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Giancarlo Esposito 	Sidney Glass/Magic Mirror 	13 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Raphael Alejandro 	Roland 	12 	colspan="2" 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Ethan Embry 	Greg Mendell 	11 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Georgina Haig 	Elsa 	11 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Jamie Chung 	Mulan 	11 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan ="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Kristin Bauer van Straten	Maleficent 	11 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	
Parker Croft 	Felix 	11 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="4" 	 	
Rose McIver 	Tinker Bell 	11 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Liam Garrigan 	King Arthur 	10 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Timothy Webber 	The Apprentice 	10 	colspan="3" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Tony Amendola 	Marco/Geppetto 	10 	colspan="4" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	 	
Victoria Smurfit 	Cruella De Vil 	10 	colspan="3" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Christopher Gauthier 	William Smee 	9 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Elizabeth Lail 	Anna 	9 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Elizabeth Mitchell 	Ingrid 	9 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Ingrid Torrance 	Nurse Ratched 	9 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Jamie Dornan 	Sheriff Graham/Huntsman 	9 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="4" 	 	 	
Alan Dale 	Albert Spencer/King George 	8 	colspan="2" 	colspan="4" 	 	 	 	
Anastasia Griffith 	Kathryn Nolan/Abigail 	8 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	 	
Christie Laing 	Maid Marian 	8 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	
Joana Metrass 	Guinevere 	8 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Scott Michael Foster 	Kristoff 	8 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Tony Perez 	Valet 	8 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Abby Ross 	Young Emma 	7 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Jason Burkart 	Little John 	7 	colspan="2" 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Patrick Fischler 	Isaac Heller 	7 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Sonequa Martin-Green 	Tamara 	7 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Amy Manson 	Merida 	6 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Elliot Knight 	Merlin 	6 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Jarod Joseph 	Billy 	6 	colspan="2" 	colspan="4" 	 	 	 	
Julian Morris 	Prince Phillip 	6 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Merrin Dungey 	Ursula 	6 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Sinqua Walls 	Lancelot 	6 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Sebastian Stan 	Jefferson/Jefferson 	6 	colspan="2" 	colspan="4" 	 	 	 	
Dylan Schmid 	Baelfire 	5 	colspan="3" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	 	
Eric Keenleyside 	Moe French/Maurice 	5 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Freya Tingley 	Wendy Darling 	5 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Greg Germann 	Hades 	5 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Jack di Blasio 	Lost Boy 2 	5 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Jakob Davies 	Pinocchio 	5 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	
JoAnna Garcia Swisher 	Ariel 	5 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Noah Bean 	Daniel 	5 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Unknown 	Mop Patient 	5 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Bailee Madison 	Young Snow White 	4 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Charles Mesure 	Black Beard 	4 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Emma Caulfield 	Blind Witch 	4 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	
Rachel Shelley 	Milah 	4 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Rose McGowan 	Young Cora 	4 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Tom Pickett 	Bishop 	4 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	
Agnes Bruckner 	Lily Page 	3 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Andrew Jenkins 	Percival 	3 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Caroline Ford 	Nimue 	3 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
C. Ernst Harth 	Burly Man/Scarred Ogre/Abraham 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="4" 	 	 	 	
Christopher Gorham 	Walsh 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Gabrielle Rose 	Ruth 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	
Gil McKinney 	Prince Eric 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Ilias Webb 	Kevin 	3 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
James Immekus 	Michael Darling 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Jessy Schram 	Ashley Boyd/Cinderella 	3 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	
John Rhys-Davies 	Grand Pabbie (Voice) 	3 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Jorge Garcia 	Anton 	3 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="4" 	 	 	
Lucas Wolf 	Armed Escort 	3 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	 	
Mark Goldman 	Sven (Voice) 	3 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Matt Kane 	John Darling 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
Mckenna Grace 	Young Emma 	3 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Michael P. Northey 	Friar Tuck 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Mik Byskov 	Black Knight Archer 	3 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	
Olivia Steele Falconer 	Violet 	3 	colspan="4" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	 	 	
Pascale Hutton 	Gerda 	3 	colspan="3" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	 	 	
Paul Lazenby 	Claude 	3 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	
Wil Traval 	Keith/Sheriff of Nottingham 	3 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="1" 	colspan="2" 	
==Episodes==
==Trivia==
*None of the actors appeared in all episodes of the series, including the main ones.
*TV ad rates for 30 second spots have been:
**$203,537 for Season Twohttp://adage.com/article/media/tv-ad-prices-idol-match-football/237874/
**$173,062 for Season Threehttp://adage.com/article/media/tv-ad-prices-football-king/244832/
**$136,538 for Season Fourhttp://adage.com/article/media/football-big-bang-tv-s-expensive-ad-buys/295130/
**$155,596 for Season Fivehttp://adage.com/article/media/ad-pricing-chart-sunday-night-football-empire-broadcasts-most-expensive-ad-buys/300516/.
*The series is mainly filmed in different towns in British Columbia, Canada, with its main studio being the Bridge Studios in British Columbia. Another main filming location is Steveston Village, which doubles as the backdrop for the town of Storybrooke.
==References==
Category:Once Upon a Time