Last night’s finale was AMAZING! I absolutely adored the direction the show is going and can’t wait for fall to get here!

Warning: Do not read the following article if you have yet to watch tonight’s Once Upon a Time finale. Seriously, if you choose to read on and then complain about spoilers in the comments, you are the pizza burn on the roof of the TV world’s mouth.

And they all lived happily ever after…

OK, so that’s how most stories that start with the phrase “Once Upon a Time” end, but now that Once Upon a Time has officially been picked up for a second season by ABC (Wheeee!), it’s safe to say things are just getting started in little ol’ Storybrooke!

The breakout series wrapped up its ambitious first season with a jam-packed hour of craziness, magic, love and the highly-anticipated return of a fan favorite. So what did you think of Once’s finale, “A Land Without Magic”?

If someone told us way back in October, when Once Upon a Time premiered, that the first season would end with everyone remembering who they really are and magic coming to Storybrooke, we would’ve said, “Be gone, crazy person! There’s no way they’re going there that soon.” Turns out, we were wrong because that’s exactly what Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis did. Yes, magic is back and Madame Mayor Regina (Lana Parrilla) is whack, at least that’s what Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and the rest of the Storybrooke gang learned by hour’s end. So how’d they get there?

The Savior Steps Up: If all it took was Henry (Jared Gilmore) possibly dying to get Emma to believe in the curse, he probably would have eaten one of his mother’s apples about 15 episodes ago! Desperate to save their son, Emma and Regina reluctantly team up to find the only magic that can save him, true love, which they learn from Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) is hidden with Malificent (Kristin Bauer). The only problem? Regina brought her to Storybrooke in a different form: a dragon.

Emma bravely went down to find the magic that was placed with Malificent by her father Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) back in the fairy tale world. And she did so with his sword. (Anyone else get chills when Rumpel gave the weapon to her?) Unfortunately, Mr. Gold had different plans and stole the potion from Henry’s two mothers.

True Love Conquers All: Sadly, Emma was too late and a potion short as Henry took a turn for the worse while she was busy fighting a dragon (#biologicalmotherproblems). But just like her father saved Snow White, Emma saved Henry with true love’s kiss! And with that kiss, Regina’s curse was broken and everyone’s memories were restored! Raise your hand if you cried when David (Dallas) and Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) finally remembered who they are—Prince Charming and Snow White—and reunited, with Snow saying, “You found me!” After a season of drama, disappearances, and slight douchebag behavior (Sorry David, but you know we say it out of love), the couple finally got their happy ending, for at least a few moments… Read the rest of this entry »

Season One of Once Upon A Time will be on DVD on August 21st.

Once upon a time there was an enchanted forest filled with fairytale characters. One day the Evil Queen released a curse which trapped all of them in a horrible place where their happy endings were stolen – our world.

Featuring Ginnifer Goodwin,Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Jared Gilmore, Robert Carlyle and Raphael Sbarge, the complete first season is available on DVD and high definition Blu-ray.

The exciting releases include a wealth of bonus material and extras including an exploration of the genesis of this exciting series in “Fairy Tales in the Modern World;” “Welcome to Storybrooke;” cast interviews on childhood memories in “Tell Me A Story;” “Building Character; deleted scenes and bloopers. Additionally, the Blu-ray exclusively features “Exploring Tall Tales: True Origins,” an exciting interactive archive of fairytale favorites.