desperate souls desperate souls eighth episode season american fairy tale drama television series time written consulting producer directed wrote viewers crucial facts origins guest stars included series takes place fictional seaside town maine residents actually characters fairy tales transported real world town powerful curse episode runs sheriff regina candidate episode flashbacks backstory revealed desperate souls aired united_states abc january broadcast watched estimated million viewers percent increase previous episode television critics gave positive reviews episode praised performance noted storytelling beginning feel plot shown forest weeks death citizens continue gold convinces ought sheriff regina appointed job henry suspects regina responsible graham death starts believe good defeat evil good plays rules gold offers emma support reveals town charter states mayor choose candidate sheriff election held emma decides run regina declares henry worried finds gold emma considering dangerous owe favor let regina furious gold work gold plan set fire mayor office emma knowing conscience force save regina look like hero goes perfectly making emma town favorite going debate finds gold emma realizes henry right evil playing rules debate explains best sheriff following regina script letter emma reveals public gold set fire demonstrating honesty integrity gold later evening emma consoles liquor henry walks saying proud continue operation cobra regina arrive tell emma elected sheriff regina gives badge admits thing common distrust gold emma receives visit new ally reveals rest plan gold knew emma right thing tell winning election tells town feared regina feared standing emma compelling rescued regina emma sheriff gold paid favors characters past enchanted forest backstory revealed wars children military service age duke men gather young soldiers help dark possesses great magical power son turn days desperate child battle father son flee village confronted duke men mock running away supposed serve reveal caused wife leave begs son life offer duke chief soldier commands kiss boot desperate man bends soldier kicks ground old road sees offers pair assistance spared coin tells secret duke possesses dagger allows command dark power steals dagger control dark kills dark dagger possess magic sets fire duke castle parallel gold actions steals dagger reads dark worried father plan dagger power sends home summons declares dark master impressed wonders aloud little man answer die kills dark reveals laughs tells magic comes price new dark inscribed dagger returns home uses power save son duke men terrified man longer like father production desperate souls written consulting producer friday night lights veteran served director episode second writing credit series point intended episode reveal crucial facts comes believing wild card motives complicated desperate souls partly deals aftermath death previous episode character associated evil actress attempted regina human possible clarified genuine love care graham physical connection character sort boy toy worlds know end day trying fill void warned leading episode broadcast gave preview viewers expect episode plot explained seeing dirty politics regina gold going threatening regina know takes challenges force early october guide reported actor making guest appearance befriends evil guest stars included duke scenes deleted clark episode included time tale novelization season published cultural references dark inspired series large small visible emma confrontation gold fire dark reference band nickname guitarist reception ratings desperate souls aired united_states january earned overall rating estimated million viewers ranked second timeslot beaten cbs ahead nbc fox time ratings percent compared original episode canada episode finished eighteenth place week million viewers decrease million previous episode reviews desperate souls received positive reviews television critics review series entertainment_weekly expressed enjoyment episode believing following week pretty difficult tonight praised final scenes intense effective awesome ign writer rated episode giving praise guest actor criticizing constant dagger lips emma believe electric chemistry wished viewers scenes like digital_spy columnist lauded performances believing continues best things time completely new version saw turns huffington_post editor fanatic highlighted acting storyline liked casting singled praise david poster scene calling beautifully written played understated filled longing critical episode graded desperate souls remarked time lacks lost insight instead laying plot terms possible matter tedious hasn episodes formula starting feel despite saw potential series noting writers need fuller advantage wealth mythology fairy tale stories
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