ABC has made available the first 9 minutes of the second episode of Once Upon a Time, which airs tonight, for US residents.

If you just can’t wait till tonight, you can get a (very) extended preview, as ABC has released the first 9 minutes of the episode. The video is available to watch on The Examiner, where the clip is also described:

The episode begins with Henry happily gazing out his bedroom window at the town’s clock which is finally moving again after years of being frozen. His happiness is short-lived though, because his mother Regina barges in and demands to know what happened to missing pages in Henry’s book of fairytales. Regina seems to believe that all of her problems stem from Henry’s biological mother, Emma. She visits Emma with a basket of apples and practically demands that she leave town.

The next scene is a flashback to the day the Evil Queen came to possess the dark curse. She received the curse from Maleficent, Sleeping Beauty’s enemy. Maleficent (played masterfully by True Blood star Kristen Bauer) refuses to give the Queen the curse, the two battle and ultimately the Queen wins.

We have high hopes for this show, and so far it’s living up to them!