Season 3 Synopsis.

[kranen]

I just noticed that the synopsis on ABC Medianet has been updated. I’m not sure how long it has been like this, but it wasn’t when I was there last week:

Master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (“Lost,” “Tron: Legacy”) invite everyone to join Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, Rumplestiltskin, Hook and the Evil Queen Regina as they travel through a portal on the Jolly Roger in an effort to reach Neverland and rescue Henry.
Welcome to Storybrooke, Maine, a small town that probably won’t show up on your GPS, but it’s a magical place to visit. Reality and myth merged after Emma broke Regina’s curse, which had deprived the fairytale characters of their memories and trapped them in our modern world. When they finally regained their identities, our heroes were dismayed to discover that they weren’t transported back to Fairy Tale Land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin – aka Mr. Gold – decided to escalate his power struggle with Regina by introducing magic into the town. But this is our world, and magic always has a tendency to yield unfathomable consequences.

Nothing is more important than family, and these characters’ bonds are as strong as the line between good and evil is blurry. Mary Margaret and Emma – mother and daughter reunited — were sucked into a portal that transported them to what was left of Fairy Tale Land. It was there that they met Mulan and Aurora, who helped them evade Cora and Hook and enabled them to travel back to Storybrooke, reuniting them with Emma’s father, David, and her son, Henry. But Cora and Hook found another portal into town, where Cora set about reuniting with her own daughter, Regina. Cora then attempted to find Mr. Gold’s dagger in a play to take him down and become the Dark One herself. Hook had also aspired to kill Mr. Gold, not for power but for revenge. And Mr. Gold set out to find his son, Bae, which he did, in New York, with the aid of Emma and Henry. Much to everyone’s surprise, Bae turned out to be Emma’s former love, Neal, and Henry’s father. Back in Storybrooke, Mary Margaret did something completely against her nature – she used dark magic to kill Cora – causing her own heart to darken. And Greg Mendell — who saw magic in the town as a boy and believes Regina knows where he can find his father – along with his partner, Tamara, planned to eradicate magic completely from our world using a trigger that Regina had planted within her curse. During the struggle to save Storybrooke, Neal was shot by Tamara and fell through a portal to the Enchanted Forest — barely alive – where he was found by Aurora, Mulan and Prince Phillip. Although their plan was foiled, Greg and Tamara kidnapped Henry and brought him through a portal to their “Home Office,” believing that they might still be able to use him to destroy magic in all worlds. With the aid of Hook and his ship, Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Mr. Gold and Regina used the last magic bean to follow Henry, Greg and Tamara… to Neverland.

First order of business this season: save Henry. But Neverland is a much darker place than you remember, and in order for our heroes to accomplish their mission, they’ll have to face a foe more powerful than the Dark One himself. What does Peter Pan want with Henry? Can our heroes put aside their differences and work together? Will Aurora, Mulan and Prince Phillip be able to nurse Neal back to health and reunite him with his family? New fairytale characters will be revealed and old acquaintances will be revisited. So think of a wonderful thought… because our Neverland’s going to be a fever dream that just won’t break.

“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O’Donoghue as Hook, Michael Raymond-James as Baelfire/Neal Cassidy, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz are creators and executive producers. Steve Pearlman is also executive producer. “Once Upon a Time” is from ABC Studios. It is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound.

[RumplesGirl]

Hmmmm. Nurse Neal back to life, that’s interesting. I just assumed they’d use lake Nostos to heal him and then the episodes with Neal would be all about trying to find his way back to SB.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Slurpeez]

But Neverland is a much darker place than you remember, and in order for our heroes to accomplish their mission, they’ll have to face a foe more powerful than the Dark One himself.

Wow – that pretty much confirms that Peter Pan is a bigger baddie that Rumplestiltskin (assuming this foe is PP)! How is he more powerful, in terms of magic or in terms of influence? Does that make PP the original Dark One?

"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

[RumplesGirl]

Epic magic showdown between PP and Rumple, it’s coming! And it will be awesome. 🙂

I think PP might be more dangerous in terms of raw power (I get the feeling PP is older) but also more powerful from a psychological standpoint. I think he has the ability to twist people’s words and thoughts and make them fearful.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[kfchimera]

I am still thinking PP has the power of belief and imagination not just emotion. So he can imagine that Regina or Rumpel’s magic does not work, so it won’t no matter how angry they are, but it will not be as strong as Emma’s True Love for Henry and he won’t be able to stop her. That is where Hook, Charming and Snow come in as physical fighters too, if Regina and Rumpel are blocked. As for Neal, I think they cannot give away anything more but it would be seriously boring to see FTL as some kind of medical drama with MAP trying to cure an unconscious Neal for more than an episode.

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

[RumplesGirl]

I *love* that believing idea. Really cool. And at every panel this year A and E have harped on the idea of belief.

And I agree with some sort of FTL medical drama about nursing Neal back to life. Just use Lake Nostos and then have him doing something else.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

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