Well, next week wraps up the first season of Once Upon a Time.  This latest episode was written by the incredible Jane Espenson, and the equally incredible David Goodman.  Both have been responsible for some of the season’s strongest episodes of the series thus far.  The same can be said for director Milan Cheylov, who also directed the episode that gave us Belle.

This week, things really start to pick up steam as we head into the season finale next week.  I don’t think they can just magically make Emma start to believe in everything by the end of next week’s episode.  That would be too much.  Instead I think they’re going to have her slowly see things differently and that’s what will do the trick.  Official word on a second season still hasn’t been given however.  Fingers crossed the finale gets enough viewers to convince the network to give it the go ahead.  With the way this week ended, I imagine it will be a cliffhanger.  If ABC pulls the plug, people are going to be pissed.

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The marketing campaign leading up to last night’s premier of Once Upon a Time did a great job of catching my interest.  The thought of a show that sets out to combine the fantasy of familiar fairy tales along with normal life drama seemed like a pretty big undertaking.  But considering this show was created by Lost veterans Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, there shouldn’t have a been a question about balancing the two.

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Six episodes in with only four to go.  There’s still a lot of ground to cover in regards to all of the different threads, but everything is slowing starting to come to a head and come together.  This week’s episode had a new writer credited and whenever I see her name, it makes me very very happy.  I caught it in the credits and even backed it up to make sure I was seeing right.  Sure enough Jane Espenson worked on this episode and anytime she’s around, excellent writing is a guarantee.  The woman knows how to write complex characters and stories so this episode was a real treat.  I wish I could say the same for some of the characters though because a couple of them didn’t have such a great time.

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