Trying to Break Up with Once Upon a Time

By Melissa Adamo

Season One of ABC’s Once Upon a Time aired in 2011, and I was drawn in by the first episode.  The show centers on Emma Swan, or “the Savior,” a young woman who doesn’t know about her magical powers or that her parents are Snow White and Prince Charming. Her son, Henry, who she had put up for adoption, tracks her down because he believes the town he lives in, Storybrooke, is populated by fairy tale characters under a curse only she can save. What’s more, he fears his adoptive mother is the Evil Queen who casts the spell that made them all lose their memory, taking away everyone's happy endings. Classic hero myth. The unsuspecting, unwilling protagonist must decide to see the best in herself in order to save a kingdom, a town, and a family. Throughout the series, rising above temptation to make moral choices and learning that magic comes with a price become the foundation of the show.

Once Upon a Time Season 2 Blu-ray Revewed

Once Upon a Time is a show that defies all per-concieved notions about what Disney might do in a television show staring most of their princess lineup and what you think ANYONE might do with this source material in a TV format. It is consistently funny, surprising, excellently written and very well cast....and only after season 1 have I come to realize I'm basically hooked on a fantasy soap opera. CURSE YOU DISNEY MAGIC!! Having accepted I love supernatural mellow drama, I am now prepared to go out into the world and change people's minds about this show, as, quite frankly, the teasers and signage for the show don't do much to convince my core peers to watch unless they are secret Disney freaks. Let's see if we can change your minds.

Once Upon a Time Magazine Arrives

Following the success of ABC’s hit TV-show Once Upon a Time, Titan Magazines is publishing two collector’s edition special magazines. Go beyond the fairy tales and open up the book to discover the truth about Storybrooke for yourself in the official Once Upon a Time collector’s edition magazine. Once Upon a Time issue #1 CoverIssue #1 hits newsstands today and is the ultimate companion to the show.

The TV Guide Fan Favorite Award-winning Once Upon a Time from master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (Lost, Tron: Legacy) features a world where fairytales and the modern day collide. 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, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby, and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.