heart lonely hunter time heart lonely hunter seventh episode season american fairy tale drama television series time seventh overall episode written series creators directed intended kill graham pilot episode picked believing add stakes series viewers story henry head episode considered significant graham death reveals regina aware past series takes place fictional seaside town maine residents actually characters fairy tales transported real world town powerful curse episode story follows remembers counterpart leading significant consequences parallel previous life aired united_states abc december estimated million viewers watched episode placing timeslot nbc cbs episode received mixed reviews television critics praised character divided ending sequence series mid season finale plot wolf shown forest cafe sheriff graham throws picture deer accurately arrives leaves immediately hiding relationship regina emma attempts avoid conversation graham explaining feels regina kisses emma suddenly sees vision wolf emma push away frustrated emma lack understanding graham later sleeps regina night awakens abruptly dream deer wolf graham tells regina dream felt like memory regina tries convince stay graham leaves graham attempts car wolf visions appears startling leaves tries find wolf woods runs gold graham tells wolf gold suggests dreams memories life following morning emma discovers flowers table throws assuming graham says whale night stand emma glad hear appears getting david tells emma obvious feelings graham acknowledge putting wall getting hurt sheriff finds wolf woods wolf goes pets wolf head sees holding knife hurt woman knows graham pays visit classroom telling believes know life assumes sheriff talking henry case gives graham idea consult henry book sheriff office regina shows warns emma stay away graham apparently jealous connection emma graham visits describes visions henry henry replies queen hired evil queen remove heart bring removes heart graham later attempts explain emma feel regina heart graham emma encounter wolf graham visions follow graveyard vault marked symbol graham saw visions henry book looking heart graham searches vault turns tomb regina arrives place flowers father grave furious find regina accuses emma stealing sheriff emma responds regina chased away graham defends emma women exchange blows later wounds regina pushes aside stone inside vault turns tomb stone reveals staircase emma realizes feelings graham kiss regina opens storage box hidden room graham heart crushing dust showing remembers evil queen collapses dies graham words emma remember thank characters past enchanted forest evil queen death husband father responsible death snow queen seemingly comfort loss queen magic mirror ask kill snow beloved people threat bid throne says king knights kill daughter mirror tells needs graham saw flashbacks brother wolf enjoy living peaceful life woods kills live compassion humans understand wild wolf enter tavern patrons begin prompting successfully defend performance viewed magic mirror queen greatly impressed summons offer wants condition brings snow heart agrees deal return asking protection wolves snow walk forest sees disguise correctly sent queen kill snow flees catches finds writing letter requests deliver queen killed takes knife instead killing whistle bamboo stick telling summon help telling run returns queen deer heart hoping know difference queen asks read letter apology past request snow rule kingdom compassion queen burns letter takes box heart store vault open storage proves lied heart human queen guards drag vault glowing heart body tells pet bidding forever squeeze production episode written creators directed veteran guest actor second appearance series magic mirror glass returned appearance series leading episode broadcast noted heart lonely hunter feature consequences events occurred previous episode explained emma raw emotional place trying come terms feelings discovered graham graham raw emotional place clearly conflicted emotions leads kiss added excited kiss seen jumping point story telling like ends kiss starts takes excited episode character killed actor known happen abc picked pilot major death series interview reporter hinted counterpart died return point regular series episode involves graham discovering past writers designed episode viewers having invest character commented death sad battle emma regina requires stakes unfortunately stakes people lives decided kill character relatively early series order viewers real henry head continued interesting intent love loved fact audience loved means lot feel like succeeded don feel sad failure execution story actress believed graham helped fill void character commenting loss easy regina heart tear coming eye didn want choice like choice kill father saying agree character cited heart lonely hunter episode viewers worlds collided reference regina ability kill graham heart counterpart revelation vault explained important thing terms moving forward season wanted send clear message regina knows going clear intentions episode included time tale novelization season published reception ratings week row ratings slipped placed adults aged overall million viewers tuning ranked timeslot beaten football night america nbc minutes cbs ahead simpsons fox network heart lonely hunter served series mid season finale episode aired january canada episode finished twelfth place week estimated million viewers slight increase million previous episode reviews heart lonely hunter received mixed reviews television critics fanatic writer enjoyed episode remarking love time like mini movie week completely intriguing world filled characters feel familiar completely new called ending scene heartbreaking ign writer rated episode giving particular praise ability magnetic scene called backstory favorite series point television pity wished killed graham gave credit writers making care concluded episodes like strong hope second season bring pain boys graded episode columnist disappointed writers revealed reason evil queen commenting thing sticks episode television didn ominous sign clue headed enjoy seeing graham memories calling series flashbacks thrilling describing graham death heartbreaking felt completely advancement episode graded episode entertainment_weekly little critical episode game changing noting felt rushed preferred slow burning mystery spread episodes dramatic style stand murphy concluded graham death sequences seen far columnist graded heart lonely hunter noted negative similarities television series lost explaining remember jack kate stuck polar bear plot time bunch viewers started jumping writers kept adding questions giving answers took lost episodes seven unlike reviewers called ending frustrating conclusion believed took step forward steps development
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