skin deep time skin deep twelfth episode american fairy tale drama television series time series takes place fictional seaside town maine residents actually characters fairy tales transported real world town powerful curse episode suspects gold planning seek justice cat house plans special girls night valentine day deal revealed gives freedom save village wars episode written consulting producer directed featured appearance cast november approached series creators created love themed episode initially main theme focus choosing power love writing process decided instead believe worthy love skin deep aired united_states abc february episode received mixed reviews television critics reviewers felt relationship resembled developed believable praised complex characterization episode female characters performance novelization skin deep released plot straw spinning wheel shown forest characters past wars continue going lands controlled sir arrives agrees aid battle exchange daughter fiancée father terms agrees castle gives list tasks including children hunts drops chips shock explains joke doesn mind cup time goes develop strong bond months living asks dark found children clothing upstairs tells belonged son unfortunately lost wife arrives turns rose presents gift asked says arranged marriage love left wanted heroic chances women heroic asks town buy straw believe come says expect walking road runs evil queen asks running admits man leaving overcome evil loves evil queen offers solution true love kiss break curse returns castle dark asks came replies wasn going return changed mind moment silence share true love kiss magic starts turn ordinary man furious magic accusing evil queen rage love evil queen away power throws dungeon cup wall bring destroy cooled tells leave powers important believing love warns regret actions heart cup month later evil queen appears says deception failed evil queen powerful tells actions feelings real informs return home village association disappearance subsequently imprisoned tortured father eventually killed tower kept prisoner devastated replaces gold cup loss present day gold van day valentine day cafe david talk separate tables ask henry arrives baby noting rarely gets sees boyfriend sean suggests girl night emma investigates robbery gold home says knows responsible seeking revenge emma recovers majority gold items thing missing stop recovered kidnaps ties beats demanding soon starts saying gone referring emma arrives stop gold believes regina theft knows stolen item emma arrest gold kidnapping assault girls night trying convince find guy sean working tells wants sean understands romantic arrangement ideal sean shows break work proposes accepts drive david shows valentine mistakenly gives says thought people meant find way maybe david need way tells probably home sheriff office gold reminds emma favor owes use ask freedom regina shows tells emma henry minutes allow visit gold asks regina wants fact regina robbery wants gold real admits addresses regina majesty confirming aware alternate identities regina returns cup gold makes visit hospital goes counterpart die enchanted forest held prisoner hospital mental ward production skin deep written consulting producer veteran directed installment knowing going recreate story beauty beast series creators wanted heroine intelligence strength immediately love led approach casting announced november actress agreed reading script believing character courageous playful casting meeting told defined strong intelligent woman world characteristics going ing icon ing woman said love centered episodes realized going airing near valentine day decided lean theme unusual time theme episode changed writing process initially meant center choosing power love went drafts discussed decided think actions motivated believing worthy love interest time forced edit plot points including failed escape attempt despite sought trim time scenes preserve fairy tale relationship love story needed time grow order believable fan series cast happy able view costumes close describing character gold dress absolutely stunning casting announced december actor sage described episode version maybe animation version funny castle shot entirely real props time working technology caused nervous physical props helped scenes fantastic set couple monitors basically going look episode included time tale novelization season published cultural references multiple references disney beauty beast tea cup accidentally drops reference character chip film fiancée named disney antagonist turned red rose featured prominently film addition clothing fantasy world appears directly inspired clothing worn disney film yellow blue white french flower shop called game reference game popular fantasy book series logo seen van start episode david seen reading story affair ends end episode reference flew nest shown regina meets nurse looks like nurse bears striking resemblance chief novel film adaptation reception ratings ratings viewership skin deep episode rating seen million viewers percent came second overall night partially fact episode aired time slot 54th grammy awards best numbers telecast sudden news death day prior event canada episode finished sixteenth place week estimated million viewers slight decrease million previous episode reviews skin deep received mixed reviews television critics writing ign rated episode expressed love opining especially liked episode managed true emotion spite silly accent improves scene feel like episode start bigger hope huffington_post felt perfect fit episode firing cylinders best industry writing layered empowered women circumstances graded episode felt come humble beginnings like disney version interesting character addition major failing relationship resembled doesn develop love regina final scene expressed wish characters begin remembering soon entertainment_weekly opined attempt tell tale obsession loss decidedly mixed lack development relationship explained yes people fall love quickly traditional stories animated version beauty beast understand meant skin deep didn bother explain attraction contribution defined skin deep amazing retelling beauty beast story contained wonderful character moments great liners funny charming times script takes depths soul showing character warm dark critical subplot david saying didn necessary didn forward
Skin Deep (Once Upon a Time)