Charming and fantastical, Once Upon a Time is tonally uneven but derives strength from an outstanding cast and handsome visuals. Read critic reviews
Once Upon a Time (2011 - 2012)
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Episodes
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1. Pilot
Air date: Oct 23, 2011
Emma's life turns upside down when she is visited by Henry, the 10-year-old child she long ago gave up for adoption; Emma brings Henry back to his foster mother in a strange town called Storybrooke.
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2. The Thing You Love Most
Air date: Oct 30, 2011
Regina tries to push Emma out of Storybrooke and Henry's life; information about the evil queen's curse comes out.
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3. Snow Falls
Air date: Nov 6, 2011
Emma talks Mary Margaret into reading to an unidentified coma patient in the hospital; Prince Charming and Snow White meet for the first time.
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4. The Price of Gold
Air date: Nov 13, 2011
Emma tries to help a pregnant woman get away from Mr. Gold; Cinderella makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin.
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5. That Still Small Voice
Air date: Nov 27, 2011
Sheriff Graham makes Emma a deputy; a sinkhole appears at the edge of town; in fairytale world, Jiminy wants to leave the family business.
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6. The Shepherd
Air date: Dec 4, 2011
David must choose between Kathryn and Mary Margaret, with whom he has fallen deeply in love; Sheriff Graham is caught in a lie; Prince Charming's destiny alters.
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7. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Air date: Dec 11, 2011
One of Storybrooke's residents starts to remember fairytale life; the town mourns a death; the queen tries to find an assassin to kill Snow White.
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8. Desperate Souls
Air date: Jan 8, 2012
Emma runs for public office, leading Regina and Mr. Gold to indulge in dirty politics; Rumplestiltskin searches for a power source to help his son avoid war.
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9. True North
Air date: Jan 15, 2012
Emma tries to save two children from the foster system by finding their birth father; the evil queen has Hansel and Gretel steal an artifact from a blind witch.
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10. 7:15 A.M.
Air date: Jan 22, 2012
David and Mary Margaret continue to struggle with their feelings; a mysterious stranger in town makes Regina and Emma suspicious; Prince Charming's wedding approaches.
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Critic Reviews for Once Upon a Time: Season 1
Audience Reviews for Once Upon a Time: Season 1
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Creative and refreshing and while the visual effects are sloppy, the marvelous production design and costumes make for a good story. The cast is…okay.
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Personally, I love how this early in the show, the cast already has a lot of chemistry. Part of that is due to Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas being married in real life and playing a married couple in the show. A Disney-style take on dramas like NBC's Manifest and ABC's Lost, this show will certainly be good for those who enjoy binge-watching dramas and suspense/thrillers, and this season is a great kickstart to a fabulous show.
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The best network drama of the Decade. Excellent writing, well-rounded characters and amazing actors. This show sings! (it actually does literally in its musical episode in Season 6). This first season is heavy on soap opera and its done really well, so don't let that deter you from it. The characters in storybrooke are very much in tune with their fairytale alter egos. It's embedded in their sub-consciousness so deeply that no curse is powerful enough to erase those aspects of their characters. For example, Mary Margaret unaware that she is Snow White says, 'I found you', to Charming in Episode 3 in Storybrooke. But it's something Snow White would totally say. So the optimistic eagerness of her character is deeply embedded that she says stuff like that in storybrooke and the curse isn't powerful enough to erase it. Apart from that, I think that I can see this show a 1000x and would not be bored of it. Its story is universal and its characters are rooted in reality that it's hard not to root for it. As of this writing, this is my 6th viewing of the show and I am still surprised by the power of its storylines and the depth of its characters. You must check it out!
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Once Upon A Time can only be described as a masterpiece collection of interconnected re-tellings. Starting in season 1, the show executes a nearly flawless retelling by giving us both a fresh spin on the classic fairytales through flashbacks, while also supplying a contemporary twist by placing the fairytale characters in our modern world. The balance between the two not only keeps you engaged, but also makes you care about the characters more. Suddenly the Evil Queen is not just a villain, but a woman with a complicated past, feelings, and inner pain. In season 1 our protagonist, Emma, meets the son she gave up for adoption. After a few separate incidents, Henry not only convinces Emma to bring him home, but to stay in his hometown of Storybrooke for one week. Henry is sure the town he calls home is cursed, and by none other than his mother, the Mayor. Throughout the season we watch as Emma and Henry's adoptive mother, Regina, fight over him and whether or not Emma should even stay in town. All the while, Henry is trying desperately to convince Emma the curse is real because he believes she is the savior, the only one who can break the curse and save the town. Love, redemption, and hope are the foundation of this show, and if you're strong enough to stomach those themes over and over and over, OUAT is an unforgettable piece of art that will leave a mark on your heart.
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Seriously this show was one of the best things this decade
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Possibly the best example of how you can't make a great show by only having interesting characters being part of a pretty boring, underdeveloped story. Despite how horrific the casting was (the Evil Witch? Really?), the first season had its highs, but certainly had its lows. I understand why someone could like it, but, truth be told, it's a boring story and the first two episodes were enough for me to stop.
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A horribly cheesy show that is cloying enough to make you feel Disney is suffocating you with it's desperate and unoriginal script writing. It borrows from 100's of other, good, scripts because this show has nothing to say that other good writers haven't said before.
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In spite of the very bad CGI and cheap costumes, the stories are still good enough to entertain with this family oriented series
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amo esta serie. es la mejor. es icreible. te la super recomiendo
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Nonsense Poor scripted TV series ever . Waste of time and damm fiction . Sucks
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