Once Upon A Time Season in Review

Hello Oncers! The hiatus has just started, but before we start looking forward to SDCC and speculating about season 6, it’s time to look back toward season 5 once more, and talk about what worked, what didn’t, and what we…

Once Upon A Time Season 5 DVD to be released in August!

Are you excited to relieve Camelot, the Dark Swan arc and the Underworld rescue mission?  Do you already miss Emma, Regina, Hook, Snow and Charming? Well, you’re in luck, because the Once Upon A Time Season 5 DVD will be…

Once Upon A Time: Captain Hook or the joys of character development

A few days ago I read an article on “character underdevelopment” on Once Upon A Time. It was a truly fascinating read, especially because I agree with a lot of what was said in the piece. The more the cast…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×22 &5×23 Review: “Only You” & “An Untold Story”

And, so it ends. When the episode is fresh it’s always hard to reflect back on the entire season, to try to connect the dots. So I’m not even going to try. In a week or two, I can look…

‘Once Upon A Time’: Robin Hood, Gentleman in Distress

The damsel in distress is a classic figure in literature, art, film, video games and television. If we look for a definition, we’ll find that the term usually refers to:  a young woman in trouble (with the implication that the…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5X21 Review “Last Rites”

I don’t even know how to feel. Do I feel happy? Do I feel sad? Do I feel disappointed? Do I feel hopeful? Is it possible to feel all the things at once, to be a mess of hopes and…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×20 Review “Firebird”

Well, what a rollercoaster. Or, wait, can it honestly be called a rollercoaster if you feel like you’ve been kicked down and you’re never, ever going to get up? It probably can’t. Bad comparison. This is more like one of…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×19 Review “Sisters”

I’m going to try something new this week. Mostly, because this episode was all about Regina/Cora/Zelena, but also because, well new is fun. And this is, quite possibly, the last we will ever see of Cora. And you can say…

Ruby Slippers is not about Swan Queen, it’s about Ruby Slippers

Last week, Once Upon A Time introduced the first LGBT couple in the show’s history. In fact, it introduced them, broke them apart and gave them a true love love’s kiss, all in one episode. To some people, it was…

My Fandom: ‘Once Upon A Time’ (around the world)

Fandom is a funny place. It’s also a wonderful place, a scary place, a life-changing one. Anyone who hasn’t experienced the sense of community, the belonging, will never be able to understand what it means to share something you love…

‘Once Upon A Time’ Review 5×18 “Ruby Slippers”

Well, color me surprised. And excited. I didn’t have high hopes for this hour. Not because I have anything against Ruby, Mulan or Dorothy in particular, but because after a few episodes of a whole lot of Rumbelle, Zelena and…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×17 Review “Her Handsome Hero”

You know that Harry Potter quote about having to make a choice between what is right and what is easy? It applied to Voldemort then, but I’ve always found to be one of those quotes that can apply to absolutely…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×16 Review “Our Decay”

Well, that was …not at all what I expected. Or maybe it’s just that I had such low expectations of this episode to begin with. When you don’t expect much, anything you get seems like a wonderful gift. And, trust…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×15 Review “The Brothers Jones”

Wow. Okay. That was …wow. Painful is the word, I think? Yes, painful. And I don’t mean painful in the remote way in which you feel the pain of characters you love, even when they’re put in situations that could…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×14 Panel: “Devil’s Due”

Hello, Oncers! We got the good and the really, really bad this week, or so it seems. Not only was Captain Swan reunited (can I get a Hallelujah?), but we also got to see Rumple in his full Rumpleness.  But,…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×14 Review “Devil’s Due”

Well, that was…better and worse than I expected. And I mean that in the yes, it was awkward as hell but we survived way. Which, now that I think about it, could be the subtitle for this show. Because the…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×13 Panel: “Labor of Love”

Hello, Oncers! It feels nice to get back in the swing of having new episodes, new things to discuss. It also feels nice to have Snow White, the original character we fell in love with, back in our screens. We…

‘Once Upon A Time’: Open letter regarding Outlaw Queen

Robin Hood is one of my all time-favorite fictional characters. Regina is one of my favorite Once Upon A Time ones. So, when I first heard of the idea to pair these two together, I will admit, I was happy.…

‘Once Upon A Time’: Sam Witwer and Hank Harris land roles

Once Upon A Time is going insane? We really don’t have any actual speculation on what’s coming this time – we’re just here to bring the news. And the news is this: Deadline is reporting that Sam Witwer and Hank Harris…

‘Once Upon A Time’ Review “Labor of Love”

Sometimes an episode will give you what you want. More often than not, if the writers hit the spot, however, an episode will give you what you need. And that’s exactly what Once Upon A Time did in “Labor of…

‘Once Upon A Time’ 5×12 Panel: “Souls of the Departed”

Hello, Oncers! We’re back. This IS a post-episode panel. We have stuff to talk about! That’s, of course, good news. We’ve missed our show. I’ve missed it. But, on the flip side, that also means pain is coming our way.…