Entertainment Weekly - May 11, 2018

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FAIRY TALE

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The cast and team behind

Once Upon a Time reflect on the

past seven seasons as their

drama reaches its happily ever

after (May 18 at 8 p.m. on ABC).

BY NATALIE ABRAMS

“OH MAN I’M FIRED. GUYS I THINK THIS

might be my last day!”Once Upon a Timeis

in its final days of production, and Ginnifer

Goodwin is feeling punchy after flubbing a

line during a pivotal scene. Her Snow White

stands before our beloved heroes at a mas-

sive war-room table, giving a rousing

speech about hope as a great evil threatens

to steal their happy endings once and for

all. If that sounds like a moment from the

pilot, there’s a reason for that. As actress

Jennifer Morrison puts it, “The heartbeat of

the show hasalways been hope.”

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Despite being the brainchild ofLostwrit-

ers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis,

Once’s premise—Snow White and Prince

Charming’s (Josh Dallas) daughter Emma

Swan (Morrison) returns after 28 years to

rescue a sandbox variety of legendary liter-

ary characters from the Evil Queen’s (Lana

Parrilla) dark curse—seemed a lot to swal-

low when the series launched in 2011, and

many critics expected the fairy-tale mash-up

to fail. Instead,Oncewent on to be one of

ABC’s top performers, lasting seven seasons.

“It’s about fairy-tale characters, but the writ-

ers have written the show in such a way that

really goes to the heart of everybody,” says

Colin O’Donoghue, who joined the show in

season 2 as Captain Hook. “That’s hopefully

where it will endure.”

Part of the show’s fortitude was due to

its ability to reinvent itself from season to

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