Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) finally ‘found each other’ again on the Nov. 25 episode of Once Upon A Time, even if it wasn’t under the best circumstances. Unwilling to let Henry (Jared Gilmore) suffer from the flames anymore, Charming allowed Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) and Regina (Lana Parrilla) to put a sleeping curse on him — because curses are apparently the cause and solution to every problem on this show.

But here’s the snag: Shortly after ‘reuniting’ in the fiery in-between world, Snow and Charming realized they couldn’t actually touch each other, which made the possibility of a kiss — well, pretty impossible. So Charming will remain cursed, while Snow and her questionable little-boy haircut must return to square one. Again.

Shortly before all of this dream nonsense went down, Cora (Barbara Hershey) revived everyone she had ‘killed’ at the base camp to attack the girls and kidnap Aurora (Sarah Bolger), who was an easy target — you know, due to her complete and utter uselessness in battle/life. And although Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) snuck into Cora’s dungeon and set Aurora free, he had a nasty little plan up his sleeve. His other sleeve. The one without the hook.

What the audience didn’t see — presumably while we were all entranced by Hook’s unparalleled beauty — was that Hook stole Aurora’s heart, which Cora used to put a few choice words into the narcoleptic princess’s mouth. Now Snow, Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Mulan (Jamie Chung) think Hook is one of the good guys. (See ya, compass!)

A few observations (but mostly judgments):

– When Hook told Cora he had a special surprise for her just below his belt, did anyone else get the uh-oh feeling?

– Am I the only one who got visibly giddy when Cora told Aurora there’s a chance she can see Prince Phillip (Julian Morris) again? 

– And don’t pretend like you didn’t get excited when Rumpelstiltskin said the m-word: mermaid! (Don’t forget, Ariel will be on the show at some point.)

– How should we be referring to these characters now that they’re self-aware? Josh’s character was referred to as Charming and David this week, and it confused me.

What’s your take on this week’s episode? Do you think Hook really is as bad as he seems? And are you secretly rooting for Cora, like I am? Drop me a comment with your thoughts and theories!

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Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and her merry band of fairytale misfits are about to encounter their biggest obstacle yet on the Nov. 4 episode of Once Upon A Time: a “very angry” giant, played by Lost‘s Jorge Garcia! HollywoodLife.com chatted with Jorge about what fans can expect from his larger-than-life role, as well as some behind-the-scenes secrets — including how Jennifer went “the extra mile” to make his character more believable.

Read on for my full interview with Jorge:

First of all, how glad are you to be back in the Lost family?

It’s kind of fun! I’m looking forward to seeing how it all turns out. It was a lot of work being by yourself in that green screen studio.

Were you totally alone?

Well, Colin O’Donoghue and Jennifer Morrison were there to to do off-screen lines for me. At one point, Jennifer laid down next to the camera on the ground so the eye line would match. That was definitely going the extra mile for a fellow actor; that was pretty great.

We haven’t seen much of your character in the promos, just a shot of you screaming and stomping. Can you describe the giant for me?

We know at the end of last week’s episode that [Emma and Hook are] climbing the beanstalk, so I’m essentially what’s waiting for them at the top. It doesn’t take too much of an imagination to know the story we’re aiming for. The giant is very angry and does not appreciate intruders.

Of course. But this is Once Upon A Time, so can we expect a slight variation on the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ story?

Definitely. I met with [creators Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz] and they gave me a pitch about the giant’s origin story that they’re going for. In true Once Upon A Time fashion, it kind of goes in a slightly askew direction than the story you’re familiar with. That always makes it exciting to play, and it gave me a good basis to start from.

Let’s say, hypothetically, you weren’t playing the giant. Is there another fairy tale character you’d love to be?

From a fairy tale? Hmm… Since it doesn’t have to from a fairy tale — they just introduced Frankenstein — I’d have to go with Godzilla. It’s my favorite.

I guess that’s not too different from the giant. Lots of stomping and growling and whatnot.

Exactly.

Are you excited for Jorge to leave his enormous footprint on Once Upon A Time? Drop me a comment with your thoughts on this Sunday’s super-sized episode!

— Andy Swift

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Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), prepare to have your shivers timbered. Colin O’Donoghue recently dropped a hint about what’s to come on Once Upon A Time, and all signs point to a possible romance between Captain Hook and the savior of Storybrooke.

“They have a very interesting dynamic between the two of them,” Colin tells E! Online. “Emma is obviously a strong character, strong-willed, and Hook is Captain Hook, you know? So they have an interesting kind of back and forth. That’s all I’m going to say at the minute!”

Do you support the idea of an Emma/Hook coupling? You’ve got to admit, there were major sparks flying between them on the Oct. 28 episode!

On the other hand, that hook could make for some super uncomfortable — and potentially dangerous — PDA.

E! Online

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A miracle occurred on the Oct. 21 episode of Once Upon A Time: We only had to wrap our heads around two timelines! Well, at least until the very end. The hour was mostly split between present-day Storybrooke, where Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) nearly lost the woman of his dreams; and the past Enchanted Forest, where he did lose the woman of his dreams. Anyone else noticing a trend here?

Let’s start in the Enchanted Forest:

Apparently, Rumpelstiltskin’s love life has always been an ugly tragedy with bad teeth. He learned that his first wife, Mila, was in the custody of that sexy mofo Captain Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) — who nearly broke Twitter tonight, thanks to his emphatic legion of “Hookers” — but when he went to confront the swashbuckler, he was told she had died.

Lies! She didn’t die. She just ran away to be with Captain Hook because he had a sweet boat and ladies love pirates. And as totally reasonable payment for dumping him, Rumples literally ripped out Mila’s heart and crushed it into dust. (Why does everyone keep doing that on this show?!) Rumples also cut off Hook’s hand — origin! — before peacing out.

But it was Hook who got the last laugh — or the last “yargh,” whatever noise pirates make when they find things funny — because he made off with Rumple’s magic bean! Neverland, here we come…

Meanwhile, in Storybrooke:

After catching Rumpelstiltskin working on his dark magic, a troubled Belle (Emilie de Ravin) decided to take a walk and clear her head — but her stroll through Storybrooke took a seriously messed-up turn when a jolly circular gentleman kidnapped her in a sketchy alley. (This provincial life isn’t looking so boring now, eh Belle?)

It turns out the jolly stranger was commissioned to kidnap Belle by none other than her father, Crazy Old Maurice, but their happy reunion was cut short when Belle revealed her true lustful feelings for “the Beast.” Naturally, Maurice responded the way any father would: “Henchman, send this bitch down a mine shaft!” (I may have paraphrased that quote.)

Thanks to Ruby (Meghan Ory) and her keen sense of smell — I was hoping they would drive her through town with her head out the window, but whatever — the gang was able to track Belle down, and Rumples used his magic to save her. Seriously, though, shipping her out of Storybrooke in a mine cart? This isn’t Donkey Kong; let’s never do that again.

And how could I discuss Storybrooke’s mine without highlighting Charming’s (Josh Dallas) gun show? You know he only threw that tanktop on because he was jealous that Hook was getting all the attention.

And then, this happened:

After we saw that Rumpelstiltskin had Hook’s lackey Smee tied up in Storybrooke, the show cut to present-day Enchanted Forest, where Hook was cooking up a wicked little scheme with — that’s right — Cora (Barbara Hershey)!

They’ve both got their reasons for wanting to travel to Storybrooke — Cora wants to get revenge on Regina (Lana Parrilla), while Hook has his heavily-mascara’d eyes on Rumples — and their best bet is to get there together.

I ship them together already.

What did you think of this week’s Once Upon A Time? Are you already obsessed with Captain Hook? And what do you think of his little partnership with Cora? Drop a comment with your review of the episode, and your predictions for the future.

— Andy Swift

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No wonder that crocodile is so obsessed with Captain Hook — he’s kind of a babe! Once Upon A Time fans got their first look at Colin O’Donoghue as the pointy-handed pirate after the show’s Sept. 30 season premiere, and they immediately responded with the same idea: the dude is pretty.

In terms of historical pirate beauty, Colin bears a much stronger resemblance to Johnny Depp than Dustin Hoffman, and I don’t think fans will complain. After all, aside from Robert Carlyle‘s unfortunate-looking Rumpelstiltskin, aren’t most of the Once villains kind of hot? (I’m specifically pointing a finger at Lana Parrilla as Regina and Kristin Bauer Van Straten as Maleficent.)

What’s your take on Once‘s version of Captain Hook? Watch the video, then use your words below:

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