price gold price gold fourth 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 centers coming aid young pregnant woman trying escape gold parallels deal episode written executive producer directed newly introduced character reveal emma backstory flashbacks draw casting confirmed august revealed storyline differ traditional wrote character naive sweet woman makes bad decisions places unfortunate circumstances price gold aired united_states abc november estimated million viewers watched episode placing second timeslot seventeenth overall week television critics viewed episode positively believing improvement previous installments performance cited highlight episode traditional story plot shown forest characters past enchanted forest receive wish fairy killed robbed grants wish escape home return requires sign contract transforms elegant woman complete glass warning magic price months later gala wedding ball new husband prince thomas prince charming couple wedding tells care instead shall claim child tells thomas deal seeking avoid fulfilling deal blue fairy connor tracy come plot capture signing contract hours later meet sign deal lies says expecting twins babies exchange improving crops wealth kingdom skeptical agrees signs contract rendered powerless special red pen created captured thomas disappears soon demands tell happened claims reminds magic price debt paid thomas present day gives offer deputy later regina tells emma longer afraid staying town cites emma mobile lifestyle emma encounters year old pregnant maid named crying having future baby emma tells knows feels baby young age encourages charge change life later evening breaks gold shop steals contract safe confronted gold attempts stop attacks leaving unconscious floor shop day gold asks emma track claims belongs unstable troubled emma reluctantly agrees learns stop home boyfriend sean emma goes speaks sean father finding told involved pregnant teenager emma discovers given car leave head boston emma find vehicle crashed short city limits deliver baby hospital gives birth girl time gold pick merchandise emma tells gold child away face legal troubles cost gold offers deal emma questionable claim child return emma owe favor emma agrees leaves sean shows child girl later emma agrees graham offer deputy phone revealed sheriff gotten shower home moments presumed sexual regina production episode written executive producer directed veteran storyline produce character development emma character flashbacks draw morrison stated definitely character emma relates executive producer developed series standalone episodes encouraged viewers watch week interview price gold example episode introduce act resolve story final act emma portion story kind continues added twists turns way don story character development hopefully course season continuing build week audience new main characters keeps coming august zap2it confirmed actress years old appearing new series traditional involved serving step mother step sisters eventually helped fairy marry prince time portrayed differing circumstances explained kind sweet character finds unfortunate situation having lost life portrayal desperate situation bad decisions stuck unfortunate circumstances matured upbringing time outer world episode included time tale novelization season published cultural references emma stated lived years reference lost episode man car contains wolf charm reference character red riding hood traditional enemy henry seen reading issue hulk written creator lost reception ratings price gold aired november united_states episode scored adults aged meaning seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast overall viewers score estimated million viewers tuning ranked second timeslot football night america nbc ahead amazing race cbs simpsons fox network episode seventeenth watched program week networks canada episode finished sixteenth place week garnering estimated million viewers decrease million previous episode reviews episode met positive reviews writing zap2it considered excellent episode gave ranking expressed appreciation charismatic wished guest stars week instead entertainment_weekly columnist confused sean received happy ending wondering accepted mythology curse aren people supposed happy endings miserable lives episode murphy appreciate bold bright snow white compared naive agreement fanatic writer shocked affair surprised emma fell gold easily orlando added enjoyed appearances regina opining tell enjoy sound menacing ign gave episode stated like addition fairy tale characters especially stories don follow traditional paths added transition worlds works natural feel easy pull wished pace main storyline increase writer graded episode considered best series point citing fair share forward momentum morrison large screen time improvement flashbacks compared previous episode believing price gold superior traditional formula lauded dimensional performance said regina continued caricature concluded strong work showing reality fantasy contrived way week episode
The Price of Gold