“Once Upon a Time” is a new show that premiered on ABC on Sunday night. The show follows bail bondsman Emma Swan as she comes to a town called Storybrooke to bring the son, Henry, that she gave up for adoption back to his adoptive family. According to Henry, the book of fairytales that he’s carrying around actually happend and the evil Queen cursed them all to forever live in Storybrooke as regular people. We learn that Emma Swan is the daughter of Snow White, now a teacher Mary Margaret Blanchard, played by Ginnifer Goodwin, is the only hope from freeing the characters from Storybrooke.
I thought the show was fairly entertaining and thought that some of the performances are great. Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin and Tony Amendola as Gepetto are the highlights of the cast. The writers would do well to keep them as involved in the story as possible. The effects were good and I like how they flashback to before the curse and to the present time. The only problem I think this show will have is that I don’t think it’s going to garner the ratings numbers that it will need to survive on ABC. It’s a shame because on a channel like Syfy or USA or even a comparable show on the BBC would do well. But a big network like ABC is going to demand to big a number. Sunday night is a good night for the show especially since it might be able to pull some of the Desperate Housewives viewers.
I think the show is worth a look even if you aren’t into fantasy.
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This post was written by Bedlam on October 27, 2011
