small voice small voice fifth 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 henry upset told fairy tale theories henry places danger investigates mysterious forcing save backstory revealed leave con artist parents good person accidentally hurts innocent couple way time episode written consulting producer directed thrilled assigned episode typically character appeared people stories eager explore narrative especially wanted depict like episode took long time figure away life living think lot people feel like addition episode contained cultural references television series lost disney film small voice aired united_states november network abc estimated million viewers watched episode helping finish place timeslot small voice finished fourteenth place week major networks garnered generally positive critical reviews praised characterization performances synopsis straw spinning wheel shown forest characters past enchanted forest young named desires chance good person forced father mother participate finishes collecting stolen goods tells desires leave family business unfortunately years adult aiding parents come leaving runs young boy tells follow conscience night pays visit given set free parents later evening parents convince couple goods exchange supposedly immune plague soon discovers father switched sold finds couple turned dolls having realized makes wish receives answer blue fairy shows true wish cricket told chance help future starting young boy grow cursed dolls end collection gold shop present day continues evaluate trying convince officially makes new deputy explosion soon causes town shake followed emerges abandoned shaft emma henry sheriff damaged area regina arrives try going comes certain object looks like ornate piece glass puts pocket pleased sheriff hiring emma reminds fired streets fails succeed henry fairy tale stories day follows regina warning convincing henry fairy tale stories real henry prompts emma pay visit figures regina responsible threatening emma accuses regina threatening regina says henry missing henry gone shaft henry begins investigate area comes glass item similar regina found earlier puts goes search henry finds boy try escape blocks main entrance leaving injured henry trapped find elevator shaft knowing ground emma regina taken suggestion blasting main entrance results elevator carrying henry lowered blast takes place inside elevator henry asks refuses believe acknowledges share personality similar fashion alternative past free told ground emma finds opening elevator shaft volunteers shaft succeeds rescuing henry tells regina continue henry attempts interfere action regina declared unfit mother regina backs threat looks object pocket throws shaft lands rest glass coffin concurrent events continues visit david hospital time continues visit david showing pictures memory later admits claimed doesn remember saw pictures notices david attracted feels threatened presence prompts submit letter resignation volunteer hospital production cultural references small voice time episode written consulting producer drawn join series believed curse involving fairy tale characters fantastic concept explained modern issues real world beauty production care effort honestly expense clear project lot attention love episode directed lost veteran small voice featuring assigned thrilled wanted explore character story elaborated think story arc like taking character reminding hero story related identifiable story way people took long time figure away life living think lot people feel like actor attracted join series effectively helping tell stories fantasy world modern setting interview hollywood reporter compared time television series lost large ensemble characters kind effectively deep dive read script small voice worried people ultimately decided cast reason qualities obviously recognize story want tell believing character sort father figure henry admitted script came lovely magical delightful referring character storyline hero journey said intention begin noble guy trip fire rings walk place evolve develop sense right thing episode featured guest stars parents martin previously worked season fantasy television series appearances series episode contains cultural references allusions scenes henry carrying couple pack brand candy bars initiative lost pet dogs disney film episode title small voice apparent allusion reference biblical passage books kings lord fire fire small voice reception ratings episode aired november earned ratings share year olds scored ratings share overall estimated million watched episode ranked timeslot football night america nbc minutes cbs ahead simpsons fox network episode ultimately finished fourteenth place week major networks canada episode finished second place week garnering estimated million viewers decrease million previous episode reviews episode met generally positive reviews writing noted episode proved undeniably satisfying hour television deepening understanding character giving welcome development david tragic romance don know watch hour playing flirting need entertainment_weekly columnist wrote ragged initially quickly favorite parts called script engaging series typical story format incorporated separate modern storyline featured characters addition storyline got attention added episode best parts intimate character moments particularly scenes boys life attributed strength writer felt highlight performance journeys men precision warmth graded episode criticized performance small voice earlier episodes writing struggles connection character looks like reading lines negative effect henry character development felt based previous work good balancing large casts wrote episode expansive character roster series better predecessors conversely ign said liked henry episode especially explanation added touching backstory season point opining transformation moving episode maybe felt like stories seen far graded small voice indication great episode
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