Can you talk about the flashbacks we’re going to see to Emma’s childhood this season?
It’s not going to change who Emma is now. A lot of it is what’s already been built into her character in terms of her being shuffled between foster homes and things like that. There is some stuff that’s going to be revealed that actually impacts everyone in the sense that there’s just some information that comes out about her past that changes the overall puzzle that we’re all considering in this story. I know that’s incredibly vague. [Laughs]
Emma and Hook have decided to take it slow. What’s ahead for them?
We do see them go on a first date. As always, there’s a lot going on. There are concerns about Regina (Lana Parrilla) being heartbroken over Marian (Christie Laing) coming back and she wants to try to help anyway she can, so that’s distracting. There’s a snow monster in town, that’s distracting. We eventually encounter Elsa, so that’s distracting. Then we discover that there’s an evil Snow Queen (Elizabeth Mitchell), so that’s distracting. There’s just stuff going on that’s in the way of them just having a happy-go-lucky situation. But they’re trying. They’re trying to figure out how to get to know each other amidst all these crises, and how to make time to go on a date. It’s a very unique take on the beginning of dating.
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I saw a really neat theory recently that maybe the Snow queen knew Emma as a child or fostered Emma at some point, which is why she’s after Emma & Emma’s reaction to seeing her again is what sets off Emma’s nerves, causing her magic to become uncontrollable. I mean I was wondering what else Emma could possibly have been through in the foster system, that’s still holding her back (other than random acts of magic) & that would explain some of it.. I thought it was really interesting anyway.