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Below is a gallery featuring the costumes designed by Eduardo Castro from the third and fourth seasons of the ABC series, "ONCE UPON A TIME" and the 2013-2014 series, "ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND": ( Read more... )

Below is a list of my top five favorite episodes from Season Four of "ONCE UPON A TIME". The series was created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz: ( Read more... )

BECOMING "THE DARK ONE"

I have a confession to make. I am a little disappointed at how Emma Swan became the new "Dark One". She did so by committing a noble act. And I find that . . . unsatisfying. ( Read more... )

"ONCE UPON A TIME": TOLERATING AMBIGUITY

A good number of the "ONCE UPON A TIME" fandom seemed to be divided over what was revealed in the series' latest episode called (4.16) "Best Laid Plans". This division seems to be especially apparent in the episode's flashbacks and the moral implications hinted from those sequences. ( Read more... )

Below is a list of my top five favorite episodes from Season Three of "ONCE UPON A TIME". The series was created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz: ( Read more... )

"NO CRITICISM OF EMMA SWAN ALLOWED"

What is it about the Emma Swan character that raises the ire of so many fans whenever any of her actions are criticized? Is she some kind of sacred cow of the "ONCE UPON A TIME" fandom? ( Read more... )

"THE PROBLEMS OF A SAVIOR COMPLEX"

The Season Three finale of ABC's "ONCE UPON A TIME" ended on a curious note. The finale consisted of two episodes - (3.21) "Snow Drift" and (3.22) "There's No Place Like Home" - in which two of the series' protagonists, Emma Swan and Killian Jones aka Captain Hook, found themselves transported back in time and to the Enchanted Forest due to circumstances beyond their control. ( Read more... )

Below is a list of my top five favorite episodes from Season Two of "ONCE UPON A TIME". The series was created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz: ( Read more... )

Below is a gallery featuring the costumes designed by Eduardo Castro for Seasons One and Two of the ABC series, "ONCE UPON A TIME". Do not expect to find Jennifer Morrison, Jared S. Gilmore, Eion Bailey or others performers not featured in any of the Fairy Tale Land flashback sequences: ( Read more... )

"HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE THE CHARMINGS?"

I will be the first to admit that I have become a diehard fan of ABC's "ONCE UPON A TIME". It was not easy for me. The concept of fairy tale characters existing in the modern world because of a magical curse really appealed to me. However, I had some difficulty in maintaining interest in the series, due to what I felt was the slow introductions of the major characters and slow pacing in the first half of Season One. ( Read more... )