Sneak peeks of Episode 6 “The Shepherd”

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Rumpelstiltskin in "The Shepherd"

Episode 6, The Shepherd, was written by Andrew Chambliss (who wrote for Dollhouse and The Vampire Diaries) and Ian Goldberg (who wrote for Criminal Minds and FlashForward). It’s directed by Victor Nelli, who has a lot of TV credits, including being a writer and executive producer for Outsourced and Ugly Betty. This is the first time for all of them on Once Upon a Time.

There are four sneak peeks of The Shepherd (slightly spoilery) after the jump: Continue reading

Behind-the-scenes photos from the filming of Episode 6 “The Shepherd”

These are interesting — and slightly spoilerish. Click to continue: Continue reading

LOST shout-outs in Episode 5 “That Still Small Voice” of “Once Upon a Time”

In the most blatant LOST shout-out yet, Apollo candy bars, the fictional candy brand which made frequent appearances in LOST, have now arrived in Once Upon a Time‘s Storybrooke: Continue reading

Episode 1.5 “That Still Small Voice” recap, review, etc.

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Harry Groener and Carolyn Hennesy, guest-starring as Jiminy's thieving parents

Recap

Three things happen in this Jiminy Cricket/Archie Hopper centric episode. We learn how Jiminy became a cricket. We get a clue about what is underneath Storybrooke. And Mary Margaret becomes distressed by the strength of her attraction to John Doe.

Honest Jiminy yearns to break away from his thieving, scamming parents. Then up pops the ubiquitous Rumpelstiltskin, with his double-edged magic. The magic backfires, turning a nice young couple into horrific mummified puppets. We’ve seen them before, in Mr. Gold’s Storybrooke pawnshop. Continue reading

Jane Espenson’s live commentary for “That Still Small Voice”

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Jane Espenson

Raphael Sbarge wasn’t the only one who did a live text chat last night for That Small Still Voice. Jane Espenson, who wrote the episode, did one as well. You can still read it in the CliqueClack archive.

One interesting thing she said was that they were currently working on Episode 15, and that they “know the shape of the story to the end of the season, and broad strokes of season two.”

Also interesting and welcome news is (slightly spoilerish, so click if you want to continue) Continue reading

What did you think of Episode 5 (“That Still Small Voice”) of Once Upon a Time?

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"That Still Small Voice " aired November 27, 2011

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