‘Once Upon A Time’ returned on Sunday with the highly anticipated “Tiny,” which introduced a possible game-changer to the town of Storybrooke. The Fairytale past sheds light on Anton’s struggles by revealing how he became the last giant standing and it turns out that Jack did not cause the giants’ downfall all by herself. Flash-forward…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 13 recap: Hit the road Jack

Last night’s engaging episode picks up from last week’s cliffhanger. Rumple rushes to help an unreceptive and frightened Belle, while the Charmings arrive on the scene and try to do some damage control. Greg’s (aka the “Mysterious Stranger”) life hangs in the balance as the Storybrooke Council decides how much of a threat he could…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 12 recap: Stranger danger

Last night’s fantastic episode kept fans on the edge of their seats. Once again, we learn that appearances can be deceiving. The episode title, “The Outsider,” suggests that Ethan Embry’s “Mysterious Stranger” would make his debut this week. He does, sort of, at the very last second when he crashes over the Storybrooke borderline (which…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 11 recap: Hook, line and sinker

Last night, ‘Once Upon A Time’ returned with an exciting episode full of pleasant and disturbing surprises. The good news is that one of our fairytale favorites survived, the bad news is that Cora will be up to even more trouble than we may have originally anticipated. Fairytale Land: “I will kill you if you try…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 10 recap: What a wicked game

‘Once Upon A Time’ catered to their fans’ desires in the highly anticipated and gripping winter finale. If you have been worrying about a gut-wrenching cliffhanger at the end of “Queen of Hearts,” your troubles were eased last night with a pleasant surprise. As ‘Once’ closes out the first half of the season, we can…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 9 recap: Home is where the heart is

‘Once Upon A Time’ returned with a heated episode, in which our beloved fairytale characters face even greater challenges to save the ones they love. Hook and Cora sink to new lows as they try clawing their way into Storybrooke by riding on Snow White and Emma’s coat-tails. Snow & Co. continue to fearlessly fight…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 8 recap: Love is a burning thing

In ‘Once Upon A Time’s’ eventful episode before the brief break, we learn more about Red’s hairy origins, discover what the Seven Dwarves dig up in the Storybrooke mine, and realize the importance of Henry and Aurora’s fiery dreams. Fairytale Land: “May you always run free beneath the moon’s pale light.” This fairytale flashback picks-up shortly…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 7 recap: Red’s moon rising

This week’s “Tallahassee” thankfully answered some questions fans have been pondering over for quite a while (Neal’s identity, how Emma landed in jail, what August did before following Emma to Storybrooke, etc.) It also raised same more inquiries, as ‘Once Upon A Time’ always does. But let’s focus on what we’ve learned first, shall we?…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 6 recap: Love and theft

Sunday night’s ‘Once Upon A Time’ delivered its best episode of the second season with an action-packed, illuminating and immensely captivating hour of television. “The Crocodile” truly lived up to the hype and Oncers have found a new and well-deserved fan favorite in Colin O'Donoghue’s cool and charming Captain Hook. This week’s introduction to Killian Jones delivers…

Continue reading ➞ ‘Once Upon A Time’ S2 Ep 4 recap: Have a heart and give Rumple a hand