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“The second half of the season is really going to force Emma to make a decision about what she wants to do with her future. She can’t continue to hedge,” says executive producer Eddy Kitsis.
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“Once Upon a Time”Wicked is coming on Once Upon a Time, but Emma (Jennifer Morrison) has a far more pressing matter.
One year after the curse was broken, Emma finds herself with the unenviable task of trying to persuade Henry (Jared Gilmore) that the year they spent in Manhattan wasn’t all it was cracked up to be — a revelation due in part to Captain Hook’s (Colin O’Donoghue) magic potion. And after finding out that her almost-fiance Walsh (Christopher Gorham) wasn’t all he was cracked up to be, things in the Once universe are getting ugly.
“Emma’s got a lot to deal with, in addition to [Hook and Neal]. You’ve seen how at the end of this episode, she’s drawn back into the newly cursed Storybrooke with a son who doesn’t have his memories. Her heart is kind of all over the place and her priorities are her family and saving them first,” executive producer Adam Horowitz said.
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“Emma started the season as she said she felt like orphan, she didn’t want to have magic, she didn’t have this to be her life. And then we see New York, she kind of enjoyed that life,” added executive producer Eddy Kitsis, who told The Hollywood Reporter that “this next 11 [episodes] is a little lighter and more wicked.” “The second half of the season is really going to force Emma to make a decision about what she wants to do with her future. She can’t continue to hedge.”
Horowitz and Kitsis preview what’s to come following Sunday’s reset of sorts. (To find out more about Glinda the Good Witch, Oz, Wicked’s vengeance against the Evil Queen and more, go here.)
Will Henry’s memories return at some point? “That is something that’s important. He is the heart of the truest believer. To see Henry — the guy who started this whole thing by reading a book and believing it was real — not have his memories is something we’re going to play with,” Kitsis hinted. “Of course certain people would love for his memories, like Regina, to come back right away but if you were maybe thinking you were happier in New York, maybe you’re not in such a rush to wake them up.” While Emma’s memories returned after she drank a potion given to her by Hook, Henry’s road to regaining his memories (if that happens) is more “complicated,” Horowitz said, with Kitsis adding that where Emma and Henry’s home is remains a question for the second half.
Neal is grieving: Suffice it to say, Neal (Michael Raymond-James) is not doing well over his “loss” of Emma and Henry. “He finds himself in a similar position that his father did, which is I’m stuck in a land and I need to get back to the people I love,” Kitsis said. “The question is: Will he follow the same path? Rumple was willing to curse everyone to get what he wanted and Neal has, up until this point, been a moral center for his dad, and we’ll see what path he goes down.”
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Inside Snow’s family: “We’re going to see Snow White’s (Ginnifer Goodwin) family, the early years,” Horowitz teased. “We’ll see a little bit of King Leopold (Richard Schiff/Eric Lange) when he was younger and we’re going to see some interactions with some of the other characters that you may or may not have expected him to interact with.” Kitsis added that Once will explore King Leopold “when he was a prince and his side of the family … a little more,” in addition to Snow’s mother, Horowitz added.
Robin Hood and Regina’s courtship begins: After establishing that the two were together for a better part of a year, Robin Hood (Sean Maguire) and Regina’s (Lana Parrilla) journey is just beginning. “You will see them meet very shortly — in fact, in the next episode,” Horowitz said. “Whether true love happens or works out or not, it’s going to be a hopefully very interesting road they travel on together.” But things won’t be smooth sailing. As Kitsis hinted, Regina “will see [Robin Hood’s] tattoo — and it will have an effect on her.”
Hook’s message a trap? In the midseason return, Hook mentioned that he received a message. “It could be a trap,” Kitsis said. “It could also have been sent from somebody different then he said or it could be sent from who he thought it said. That is a mystery we will actually spend an entire episode showing.” Horowitz added: “We’re going to learn what happened to Hook in that intervening year and what led to that message.”
Snow’s pregnancy is not a mystery: “It’s Charming’s [baby],” Horowitz said.
The return of Christopher Gorham? Who thought Emma’s boyfriend Walsh would suddenly turn into a flying monkey? In any case, producers hinted that Gorham — with whom they worked on The WB’s Popular — may “perhaps” be back.
Is Rumple still alive? The midseason return failed to answer whether Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) is still breathing, but Kitsis and Horowitz promised that the question will be answered in episode 13, “Witch Hunt.” “There’s discussion of him in [episode] 12, but I’d say the discussion moves to another place in 13,” Horowitz said.
The mystery of Henry’s storybook continues: After Henry was given a new storybook, questions lingered about its origins. “We will see his book. It will come into play in the second half of the season,” Kitsis said. But not everything will be divulged. “Who wrote it will not be answered this season,” he added.
More origin stories: Viewers will be treated to backstories for young Cora (played by Rose McGowan) and a Zelena (aka the Wicked Witch, played by Rebecca Mader) hour in episode 16.
Belle’s piece is coming: Belle (Emilie de Ravin) will have a big arc later this season, and it keep her closely tied to Neal. “There is a significant story that is being launched [with Sunday’s episode],” Horowitz said, revealing that “more iconography from Belle’s story” will also make their way to the universe, like Lumiere (“showing up very soon”). “You’re going to start seeing her come into her own by using her brain,” Kitsis said.
A Huntsman reappearance? While Jamie Dornan was filming Fifty Shades of Grey in Vancouver, the same city in which Once films, producers hoped he would be able to do a cameo. But schedules conflicted as Dornan had to start production on The Fall. When asked about the specifics of their plan, Kitsis was coy, “Ask us that when you watch the finale and then we will tell you exactly what we wanted to do and then you will be so bummed we didn’t get to do it.”
Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on ABC.Most of this is old, but one thing that is new is that Walsh may return.
[adrotate group="5"]“Emma started the season as she said she felt like orphan, she didn’t want to have magic, she didn’t have this to be her life. And then we see New York, she kind of enjoyed that life,” added executive producer Eddy Kitsis, who told The Hollywood Reporter that “this next 11 [episodes] is a little lighter and more wicked.” “The second half of the season is really going to force Emma to make a decision about what she wants to do with her future. She can’t continue to hedge.”
I think Emma’s idea of a happy life is a low-key, normal life in which she gets to be a mom to Henry without having to be “the savior” all the time.
The mystery of Henry’s storybook continues: After Henry was given a new storybook, questions lingered about its origins. “We will see his book. It will come into play in the second half of the season,” Kitsis said. But not everything will be divulged. “Who wrote it will not be answered this season,” he added.
I’m confused. When does Henry get a new storybook? This must be a spoiler for 3×13 and beyond, because it sure didn’t happen in the version of 3×12 I watched.
Hook’s message a trap? In the midseason return, Hook mentioned that he received a message. “It could be a trap,” Kitsis said. “It could also have been sent from somebody different then he said or it could be sent from who he thought it said. That is a mystery we will actually spend an entire episode showing.” Horowitz added: “We’re going to learn what happened to Hook in that intervening year and what led to that message.”
Again, this is confusing me. When did Hook say who sent him a message? As far as I recall, Hook didn’t specify who the sender was. He merely said he’d received a message that Emma was their only hope. So, either this is still forthcoming after 3×13 or there was a different version of 3×12 than then one I saw.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
This article has some issues like Slurpeez said. After the all the media blitz around 312 and then some of that stuff just not being true at all, I’m keeping one eye cocked at articles like this…
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"The same person that wrote the address down for Hook also had a letter addressed to Neal Cassidy in Neal’s apartment. The camera paused on the letter for a brief period. That would not have happened had it not been important.
The same person that wrote the address down for Hook also had a letter addressed to Neal Cassidy in Neal’s apartment. The camera paused on the letter for a brief period. That would not have happened had it not been important.
How do you know the person who sent Neal the letter is the same one who wrote down Neal’s address? Is the handwriting the same? I just compared the two pieces of handwriting in side-by-side images. While it does sort of look similar, there are obvious differences. The sample Hook gave Emma has fancier lettering with loops, more like cursive. The letter in Neal’s apartment is written in messy print. The letter in Neal’s apartment addressed to him may be important, but then again, it may just be for Emma’s sake when she verified it was Neal Cassidy’s apartment.
Letter in Neal’s apartment
Scrap of paper from Hook with Neal’s address
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
I looked at it again because I wondered the same thing the first time I watched it but the handwriting looks different to me. Then I remembered that Hook has been to Neal’s apartment before so he would know exactly where it is so he could have written the address down himself – and the handwriting on the address note looks kind of old world flowy which would match up with Hook’s age compared to the writing on the letter which looks more modern. Yes, sadly this is how closely I looked at it.
I am honestly all kinds of confused about the interviews and episodes now. I think they must have had about 4 hours worth of footage, did all the interviews, and then threw the final one hour version of 312 together at 6:45 last night. Because it seems like no one, including A and E or the cast has any idea exactly what was supposed to happen in 312. Which now leads me to wonder if any if the articles that mention what is going to happen in other specific episodes are going to be accurate.
Thanks for the screen shot. I thought it looked the same but now it doesn’t. I only watch the episode once so I go by what I see as I watch. No rewinds at all.
I don’t think the same person wrote the note & letter; probably just the same PA wrote both props. Personally, I think Neal sent the note based on how he and AWB used to communicate. For reasons unknown, he’s not able to get Emma himself but he either knows what is happening and is unable to go himself OR he knew what was about to happen and sent the note to Hook via a dove before it was too late. Neal knows that Hook can travel from SB to NY via the Jolly Roger so he sent the note to Hook to get Emma & save everyone in SB.
Keeper of Pandora's Box & The Yellow Brick Road.
^ I was actually thinking that maybe Aurora could have sent a message to Hook. She knows him and believes he cares for Emma. Plus, Aurora and Philip seem to be “in the know” about the Wicked Witch. They could have easily tipped off Hook just before Zelena cast the curse.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
@Slurpeez108 Interesting theory, I like it – it makes sense. Philora aren’t the type to go dark but they ARE worried about their baby’s safety. They seem to be ‘in’ with the WWW so they might have a good idea about what she is planning to do – good candidates for double agents. And Aurora does have that history with working with Hook before, he saved her heart, and she does know that he cares for Emma (even though her heart was being controlled at the time). It would be the perfect way to keep a “is it a trick or not” question hanging over the show for awhile. Are they working with the WWW to protect their baby or are they working against the WWW to protect their baby?
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