The Once Upon a Time showrunners Ed Kitsis and Adam Horowitz sat down at the San Diego Comic-Con to preview season 2 and give some spoilers as to what we can expect from old and new characters in Storybrooke.
Speaking to TV Guide, the producers say that season 2 is “a lot about discovery,” now that the characters have rediscovered who they are. They also pose an interesting question about whether characters like Emma could learn magic, or whether you’re born with it.
On how season 2 will open, Kitsis says:
I would be so f—ing pissed off at us if we picked up and it was three months later and Charming was mowing the lawn and Snow was coming home with Whole Foods and Emma was like, “Mom and Dad!” … We are going to open up exactly where everyone wants it to open up. I think that there were a lot of loose threads last season — you know, a lot of those mysteries of like, what happens to August? They will come. I would say be patient because it’s all coming.
He also addresses the relationship between Mary Margaret and Emma, and how that’ll change:
Mary Margaret very rarely gives Emma advice. So now, finding out that your mom is Snow White, after searching your entire life, and that she’s actually quite a bad ass and she’s not the meek, little teacher that you thought she was, that’s like you’re meeting a whole new person. I think that those complications are going to be a lot about the beginning of Season 2. But we’re really, really excited because that relationship really develops in a fun way.
The producers also reveal something very interesting about Regina, which may change a lot about her connection to Rumpelstiltskin. Kitsis says:
In the episode “Stable Boy,” she talked about how she was the miller’s daughter and she had to do a lot to keep Regina. If I remember correctly, the miller’s daughter was given to a prince because she could spin straw into gold. Therefore, she owed Rumpelstiltskin a baby. The question is, is that baby Regina? … When you get that Regina is the baby that’s promised to Rumpel, then you’re like, what did Cora do to get out of a deal with a man who usually kills people?
Wow! Did you see that coming?!
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