thing love second episode season 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 regina efforts run reveals evil queen curse episode written creators directed cast minute guest starred character disney animated film sleeping beauty interior shots episode filmed vancouver exterior shots shot nearby british_columbia thing love aired united_states abc october watched estimated million viewers scoring ratings share demographic episode received mixed positive reviews television critics complimentary emma regina feud thought episode superior pilot believed novelization episode published plot shown forest regina looks book fairy tales discovers pages torn confronts lies says pages missing old book believing try henry away regina encourages emma leave town regina meets daily_mirror editor run page story emma auto accident portrays emma poor light tells regina found little interest emma past henry tells emma plan break curse called operation cobra step associate book characters residents remember past henry explains skeptical emma daughter prince charming concerned henry emma goes willingly given henry file arrested claims stole regina unsuccessfully tries use incident divide emma henry emma attacking regina apple tree provoking confrontation inn kicks emma telling policy regina suggests emma meet office peace emma tells regina plan henry away worried henry crazy fairy tale theory henry emma runs away hurt regina acknowledges knew henry arrive time hear conversation emma later tells henry thinks curse crazy mean true tells order break curse regina trail making think don believe curse regina tends apple tree gold offers help regina rid emma price regina says business making deals anymore gold acknowledges deal past henry asks regina chose henry answer questions emma past equally gold walks away regina gives meaningful suggesting suspects gold remembers lives characters past wedding prince charming evil queen announces plan cast terrible curse goes traded refuses return curse queen defeats magical battle taking curse lets live stating friend later forest queen number dark creatures demands lock hair assembly order cast curse sacrifices heart prized stallion complete spell curse fails find curse failed queen turns original owner curse offers help queen turn makes wealthy respected person new world promises asks long says queen agrees reminding new world agreement tells queen cut heart thing loves use complete spell queen protests loved died suggests queen loves tells queen informed prince charming daughter able break queen curse returning castle queen distraught told revealed father knowing thing queen loves father tries dissuade plan saying find love appearing persuaded queen pulls father embrace stabs forest queen uses father heart complete dark curse curse takes shape lays black rose father grave bears inscription henry beloved father production pilot thing love written series creators executive producer served director episode focuses rivalry emma regina believes know best henry interview actress explained viewers vulnerable regina evil queen episode says trying hatred derives surfaced brings vulnerability character history vulnerable way regina troubled relationship henry noted cold heart think genuinely loves son doesn think adopted son thinks son september hollywood reporter reported guest starring character disney animated film sleeping beauty cast minute felt performance lack prep time actress described evil queen kind helping playing chess game years noted similarities time hbo series true blood character pam said enjoyed evil bitch added elaborate purple costume helped character making feel slightly evil thing love episode feature filmed small sound stage vancouver season interior shots filmed city exterior shots nearby british_columbia production team led set production designer designed residence locked time little bit lot new stuff included working class cabinet old gas radio meant located store near lumber mill water crew designed feel like fish episode included time tale novelization season published reception ratings episode broadcast october according nielsen_media_research viewed estimated million viewers received ratings share adults ages tenth debut retained lead timeslot abc viewers tuned evening ranked timeslot football night america nbc minutes cbs beat simpsons fox network november abc ordered season based success thing love second episode series canada episode watched estimated million viewers finishing second place week reviews episode received mixed positive reviews television critics ign rated thing love score describing fun impressive horrible special effects story enjoyable entertaining gripping enjoyed interactions emma regina commented regina precious found change music switching fairy tale realm unnecessary bat head television pity graded episode liked performance wished character appearance entertainment_weekly columnist thought fun pilot praised morrison tough nails secret heart gold performance character feud regina writing criticized episode possessing problems pilot takes seriously flashbacks henry character unfortunately central role addition giving negative opinion episode cgi opined disliked performance praised gave episode fanatic positive gave episode stars saying thing love great second outing series complimented production design applauded conflict emma regina citing favorite scene emma took regina beloved apple tree like orlando thought criticized hair scene poor special effects
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