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Once Upon a Time – The Bear King

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Once Upon a Time - The Bear King

As the show moves closer to its fall finale, Once Upon a Time takes a break from the Dark Swan storyline to travel to DunBroch and catch up with the adventures of young Queen Merida (Amy Manson) who faces new challenges when the Witch (Lily Knight) threatens to curse the entire kingdom if the enchanted helm she gave to the late King Fergus (Glenn Keogh) isn’t returned. Adding to the trouble is the fact that Zelena (Rebecca Mader) and Arthur (Liam Garrigan) have arrived in town looking for the same artifact looking for the power to stand up to Merlin and Emma Swan.

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The Librarians and the Cost of Education

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The Librarians and the Cost of Education

Unusual events send the Librarians to Wexler College where the college mascot is the latest member to disappear from campus without warning. Built by an eccentric occultist decades before, the Librarians discover plenty of odd aspects about the college whose layout and unique properties allow for a temporal rift on which sits a tentacled monster reaching out to pull others across dimensions. The episode makes the best of the show’s limited special effects budget in creating the creature and rifts (although life in the other dimension is a bit underwhelming).

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Once Upon a Time – Birth

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Once Upon a Time - Birth

The early birth of Zelena‘s (Rebecca Mader) child not only begins a series of revelations about the final steps Emma (Jennifer Morrison) took to fully embrace the darkness and become the Dark One but also the reasoning behind those choices and the secret she’s been keeping from the man she loves. Not interested in the baby itself, Emma’s concerns involve the witch who she sees as a possible escape from the darkness inside her. And, thanks to the final revelation, we know now why it was so important for Emma to hide the events of Camelot from all of her loved ones, particularly Hook (Colin O’Donoghue).

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The Librarians and What Lies Beneath the Stones

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The Librarians and What Lies Beneath the Stones

The discovery of caves beneath an oil drilling site followed by unusual behavior in the town sends Jake (Christian Kane) home along with Cassandra (Lindy Booth) and Ezekiel (John Harlan Kim) to investigate the cause. Getting wrapped up in old family drama with his estranged father (Jeff Fahey), Jake at first misses the evidence of what was released from the caves and is now causing havoc around the small town.

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Once Upon a Time – Nimue

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“Nimue” gives us further insight not only to events in Camelot but also Merlin‘s (Elliot Knight) past involving the young man’s discovery of the Holy Grail, the creation of Excalibur, the great love of his life, and the birth of the world’s first Dark One who gives the episode its title. Although Emma (Jennifer Morrison) proves strong enough to fight the darkness and not succumb to the temptations of her predecessor things don’t turn out quite so well for the rest of the group once Arthur (Liam Garrigan) gains control of his wizard.

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