Once Upon a Time

What Makes The Muskrat Guard His Musk? Courage!

By Cindy McLennan | Aired on 03.23.2014

The Tower - Once Upon A Time, Charming rescues Rapunzel. Now, Zelena is after David's courage.

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PaleyFest 2013: Mary Margaret's Change of Heart

At PaleyFest 2013, Ginnifer Goodwin reveals that Snow White's self identity is about to change. The cast and producers share how this will affect the show.

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PaleyFest 2013: The Return of Bae

At PaleyFest 2013, Robert Carlyle discusses whether his character, Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin, will change now that his son is back in his life. Then, Emilie de Ravin ("Belle") talks about being "lost."

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PaleyFest 2013: Emma Swan and the Revelation of Neal's Identity

Once Upon a Time star Jennifer Morrison ("Emma Swan") and creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz talk about Neal's secret identity at PaleyFest 2013.

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PaleyFest 2013: The Cast and Creators On Hook

Once Upon a Time's Colin O'Donoghue responds to questions about Hook's "guyliner" and a broken leg at PaleyFest 2013. Plus, would Prince Charming be protective if Emma hooked up with Hook?

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PaleyFest 2013: Regina's Path

Lana Parrilla ("Regina") tells the audience at PaleyFest 2013 she thinks it's time for the Evil Queen to make a comeback. Plus, producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz respond to accusations of being anti-adoption.

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PaleyFest 2013: "Welcome to Storybrooke" Plot Revealed

Once Upon a Time producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz tease episode 17 from season two at PaleyFest 2013, including a flashback to the first week of the curse and the return of The Huntsman.

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3-14 Recaplet	What Makes The Muskrat Guard His Musk? Courage! The Tower - Once Upon A Time, Charming rescues Rapunzel. Now, Zelena is after David's courage.	03.23.2014	A	Cindy McLennan
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
3-13 Recap	Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself Witch Hunt - The Storybrookers can't remember their year in L'enchantement, so Emma teams with an unlikely partner to figure out why monkeys are flying out of their butts.	03.16.2014 03.21.2014	A+	Cindy McLennan
3-12 Recap	The Way We Were New York City Serenade - Killian Jones gets his hooks into Emma, stabs through her amnesia, and brings her back to Storybrooke.	03.09.2014 03.14.2014	A-	Cindy McLennan
3-11 Recap	PANic And PANcakes Going Home - The curse is coming. Regina must use a powerful weapon to save her victims. Rumpy and Emma make difficult choices.	12.15.2013 12.20.2013	A+	Cindy McLennan
3-10 Recap	PANdora's Box The New Neverland - In the Enchanted Past, Snow faces Medusa. Now, in Storybrooke, Pan prepares to cast the Dark Curse.	12.08.2013 12.13.2013	B+	Cindy McLennan
3-9 Recap	PANache Save Henry - In Storybrooke's past, Regina adopts Henry. In Neverland, the race to save Henry is so on.	12.01.2013 12.04.2013	C	Cindy McLennan
3-8 Recap	PANjandrum Think Lovely Thoughts - Henry gives Peter Pan his heart, but don't worry. It's a family affair, since Pan is the boy's great-grandfather.	11.17.2013 11.22.2013	A	Cindy McLennan
3-7 Recap	PANoply Dark Hollow - Ariel swims to Storybrooke and Belle. The Darling boys are there, and John is a hipster doofus. Back on Neverland, Emma uses the star map that isn't to trap Pan's shadow.	11.10.2013 11.15.2013	A	Cindy McLennan
3-6 Recap	PANgs Ariel - In the Enchanted Past, as thanks to Ariel for saving her life, Snow takes her to meet Prince Eric. In Neverland, Gold and Regina team up to fight crime by committing it. Also, Team Operation Cobra Rescue finds the truth shall set Neal free.	11.03.2013 11.08.2013	A	Cindy McLennan
3-5 Recap	PANting Good Form - Emma and Hook kiss. David drinks the Kool-Aid in the form of magical water. Henry breaks a mirror and is in for the seven years of bad luck that is adolescence.	10.27.2013 11.01.2013	A-	Cindy McLennan
3-4 Recap	PANdemic Nasty Habits - Rumpy has known Pan since childhood, of course, because it's all about Rumpy. Also, Neal temporarily rescues Henry, but the boy is none the wiser.	10.20.2013 10.25.2013	N/A	Cindy McLennan
3-3 Recap	PANdemonium Quite A Common Fairy - We learn Tinkerbell's Enchanted Forest backstory and meet her in Neverland.	10.13.2013 10.18.2013	A-	Cindy McLennan
3-2 Recap	PANorama Lost Girl - Emma, like her mother before her, must embrace her past. Rumpy must let go of his, which, if you think about his castle and even his Storybrooke shop, is not exactly his gift.	10.06.2013 10.11.2013	B+	Cindy McLennan
3-1 Recap	PANtheism The Heart Of The Truest Believer - We can fly. You can fly. We can fly. And Rumpy can desert the recon corps. Emma can mama up. Mermaids can do that thing they do (mean it), and the two-headed Owen-Tamara beast can die and get off our screens.	09.29.2013 10.04.2013	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-22 Recap	Lost And Straight On 'Til Morning - We journey to an enchanted island where mysterious figures kidnap children for unknown reasons, making your recapper wonder if she's getting her own flashback, and how tall Walt is these days.	05.12.2013 05.17.2013	A+	Cindy McLennan
2-21 Recap	The Shadow Knows Second Star To The Right - In Storybrooke, Neal takes a bullet for Emma. It's a start, but just only a start. In the Enchanted Past, Baelfire lands in England, then goes to Neverland in the Darling family's stead.	05.05.2013 05.10.2013	A	Cindy McLennan
2-20 Recap	The Drama Queen The Evil Queen - In the Enchanted Past, Regina is rendered temporarily powerless. In the present, Regina is rendered (temporarily?) powerless. Isn't it a pity it's never about Regina?	04.28.2013 05.03.2013	B	Cindy McLennan
2-19 Recap	To Catch A Thief Lacey - Belle is racy Lacey. Charming is Gold's wingman. Robin robs Rumpy's 'hood. Regina becomes a Fidelity Investments customer.	04.21.2013 04.26.2013	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-18 Recap	Freaks and Geeks Selfless, Brave And True - Pinocchio is back in more ways than one. He and his fellow Fairy Tale freaks have big fun with the geeks bent on infiltrating their world.	03.24.2013 03.29.2013	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-17 Recap	(Re)Born In The U.S.A. Welcome To Storybrooke - Flashback to the first days of the Dark Curse, or possibly Bill Murray's Groundhog Day. It's hard to tell.	03.17.2013 03.22.2013	B-	Cindy McLennan
2-16 Recap	Take Heart The Miller's Daughter - In the Enchanted Past, Rumpelstiltskin teaches Cora to spin straw into gold. In the present, one of Henry's grandparents is sacrificed for another, but since he is his own grandpa, he'll be all right.	03.10.2013 03.15.2013	B+	Cindy McLennan
2-15 Recap	Happy Birthday The Queen is Dead - Snow White and your Recapper share a birthday and all the joy it brings.	03.03.2013 03.08.2013	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-14 Recap	In A New York Minute Manhattan - Henry finds out about his dad. Goes out on the fire escape he ain't ever coming back. They find Baelfire, 'cause that Emma, she can track. He won't be down on Wall Street, in the morning.	02.17.2013 02.22.2013	A+	Cindy McLennan
2-13 Recap	You Don't Know Jack Tiny - We return to CGIsland, to learn Anton "Tiny" the Giant's backstory and how humans brought death to his realm.	02.10.2013 02.15.2013	A	Cindy McLennan
2-12 Recap	I Will Sing My Maker's Praises In The Name Of The Brother - Cora catches up with Regina. Hook flirts with Emma. We flashback to Dr. Frankenstein's past, and a wasted Whale operates on the Stranger.	01.20.2013 01.25.2013	N/A	Cindy McLennan
2-11 Recap	For Whom The Belle Tolls The Outsider - In the Enchanted Past, Belle meets Mulan and saves Phillip. In Storybrooke, she reconnects with Hook and steps...out with Rumpy.	01.13.2013 01.18.2013	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-10 Recap	A Sticky Wicket The Cricket Game - Regina kills Jiminy Cricket...or does she?	01.06.2013 01.11.2013	N/A	Cindy McLennan
2-9 Recap	Mother Knows Best Queen Of Hearts - Emma and Snow battle Hook and Cora. Meanwhile, Henry schools Regina and Rumpy in the ways of Good versus Evil.	12.02.2012 12.09.2012	A	Cindy McLennan
2-8 Recap	Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight Into The Deep - Charming submits to the Sleeping Curse. Cora captures Aurora's heart. Hook has chest hair, as well he should.	11.25.2012 11.30.2012	B	Cindy McLennan
2-7 Recap	Hungry Like The Wolf Child Of The Moon - There's a bad moon on the risin' and Gus Gus? I can't even...	11.11.2012 11.16.2012	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-6 Recap	How I Met Your Mother Tallahassee - Fee fi fo fum. Hook and Emma scale the beanstalk and terrorize Hurley! No, Hurley doesn't rhyme with fum, but strictly speaking, neither does Englishman.	11.04.2012 11.09.2012	B+	Cindy McLennan
2-5 Recap	Man of Science. Man of Faith. The Doctor - In the Enchanted Lands, Emma and Snow meet Captain Hook. Meanwhile, in Storybrooke, we learn a prominent resident's original identity, and it's a whale of a tale.	10.28.2012 11.02.2012	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-4 Recap	Hook, Line and Sinker The Crocodile - Long ago and far away, Rumpy loses his wife to Captain Hook. Today, Belle pulls a Kelly Taylor and chooses herself, with a side of iced tea, pancakes and burgers.	10.21.2012 10.26.2012	B+	Cindy McLennan
2-3 Recap	Mother Knows Best Lady Of The Lake - Emma and Snow make their way from the Haven to Snow's castle and the wardrobe with a little help from Mulan and a little hindrance from Aurora and Cora.	10.14.2012 10.20.2012	A	Cindy McLennan
2-2 Recap	Live Together. Die Alone. We Are Both - Team 7 learns what happens when a Storybrooker crosses the border. Charming tries to maintain order as he searches for a way to save Snow and Emma. We flash back to Regina in the Enchanted Forest, and sideways to check in on Snow and Emma. And someone else.	10.07.2012 10.12.2012	A-	Cindy McLennan
2-1 Recap	Might As Well Jump Broken - The Charming family is reunited for all of five minutes before Emma falls into Jefferson's hat and Snow jumps in after her. Meanwhile, Prince Philip saves Aurora with help from... Mulan?	09.30.2012 10.05.2012	A-	Cindy McLennan
1-22 Recap	True Love's Kiss A Land Without Magic - Thank God Almighty, Emma gets a clue.	05.13.2012 05.21.2012	A	Cindy McLennan
1-21 Recap	An Apple A Day An Apple Red As Blood - Regina loves feeding those Charming girls.	05.06.2012 05.11.2012	B+	Cindy McLennan
1-20 Recap	I'm Your Puppet The Stranger - August is Pinocchio and the little boy who "found" Emma. Emma takes denial to a whole new level. Regina puts the moves on David.	04.29.2012 05.04.2012	N/A	Cindy McLennan
1-19 Recap	Rumpy's Choice The Return - Once upon a time, Rumplestiltskin broke a deal by choosing magic over his own son. And he lived miserably ever after.	04.22.2012 04.27.2012	A-	Tippi Blevins
1-18 Recap	The Unstable Girl The Stable Boy - Regina's mother is the miller's daughter and an S.O.B. Regina is nuttier than a fruitcake.	04.01.2012 04.06.2012	A-	Cindy McLennan
1-17 Recap	Feed Your Head Hat Trick - Jefferson is the Mad Hatter in Fairy Tale Land. He's Jefferson in Storybrooke too, and is mad as a hatter because he remembers everything.	03.25.2012 03.30.2012	A	Cindy McLennan
1-16 Recap	Intervention Heart Of Darkness - Snow's friends try to keep her from murdering Regina. Mary Margaret's friends try to keep her from being framed for murder.	03.18.2012 03.23.2012	A-	Cindy McLennan
1-15 Recap	Seeing Red Red-Handed - Who's afraid of the big bad Red? The big bad Red. The big bad Red.	03.11.2012 03.16.2012	A-	Cindy McLennan
1-14 Recap	How Grumpy Got His Grump On Dreamy - In the Enchanted Forest, Grumpy is hatched from an egg. In Storybrooke, he eats eggs, so I guess the curse made him a cannibal, and it might be Amy Acker's fault.	03.04.2012 03.09.2012	B+	Cindy McLennan
1-13 Recap	My Heart Also Belongs To Another What Happened To Frederick - Abigail's in love with another Golden Boy. David comes half clean with Kathryn. Regina does the dirty work. Henry's book resurfaces.	02.19.2012 02.24.2012	A	Cindy McLennan
1-12 Recap	Beauty And The Fruity Skin Deep - Lost's Emilie de Ravin stars as Belle. Rumpy is her beast. And I realize Jane Espenson and I are not kindred spirits, because there is no way the ogres and their wars would make it past Anne Shirley, into her Avonlea.	02.12.2012 02.17.2012	B-	Cindy McLennan
1-11 Recap	I Dream Of Sidney Fruit of the Poisonous Tree - Mirror, Mirror on the wall, don't you have a lot of gall?	01.29.2012 02.03.2012	C+	Cindy McLennan
1-10 Recap	Why the Caged Bird Sings 7:15 a.m. - Snow White can't be with Prince James and Mary Margaret can't be with David and Cindy McLennan can't be with us, but I'll do my best.	01.22.2012 01.27.2012	A	LuluBates
1-9 Recap	It's What's For Dinner True North - Gretel rules. Hansel drools.	01.15.2012 01.20.2012	B+	Cindy McLennan
1-8 Recap	How Rumpy Got His Gilt Skin Desperate Souls - Rumpelstiltskin gets a backstory. Emma runs for Sheriff and gets more than she bargained for with Mr. Gold.	01.08.2012 01.13.2012	B+	Cindy McLennan
1-7 Recap	My Art Is A Lonely Punter The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Sadly, sad episode makes sad recapper sadder. Sadness ensues.	12.11.2011 12.19.2011	A	Cindy McLennan
1-6 Recap	The Right Thing To Do Was Not To Lead Me On The Shepherd - Charming is back to being Charming, as he's the pauper to his twin brother's Prince James. Dragon slayage ensues. Meanwhile, in Storybrooke, David breaks Mary's heart.	12.04.2011 12.09.2011	C+	Cindy McLennan
1-5 Recap	Hole Lotta Trouble That Still Small Voice - Emma becomes a deputy. The impact on the curse is so great that a sinkhole opens up on the edge of town and swallows up Henry and Archie.	11.27.2011 12.02.2011	B-	Tippi Blevins
1-4 Recap	Bibbidi Bobbidi Botch The Price Of Gold - Cinderelly, Cinderelly, night and day it's Cinderelly. She's so clueless on my telly, that it makes me yell, "Oh, helly!"	11.13.2011 11.18.2011	B+	Cindy McLennan
1-3 Recap	True Love? It Doesn't Exist. Snow Falls - Snow and Charming meet. He rescues her. She rescues him right back.	11.06.2011 11.11.2011	N/A	Cindy McLennan
1-2 Recap	Let My Wrath Be Unleashed The Thing You Love Most - In which Maleficent -- formerly, the most thrillingly evil villain of all time -- is utterly squandered. And? She's...blonde.	10.30.2011 11.04.2011	A-	Cindy McLennan
1-1 Recap	Fairy Tales Can Come True Pilot - Cindy McLennan recaps as we travel from Boston to Storybrooke, Maine and flashback to the Enchanted Forest to figure out how our favorite fairytale characters' happy endings were stolen. No. Not at a massage parlor.	10.23.2011 10.29.2011	N/A	Cindy McLennan