Review: Once Upon a Time: The Complete First Season (on DVD)

Once Upon a Time: The Complete First Season
[DVD Once] 

Once Upon a Time puts a twist on your average fairy tale by mixing them all together. Meet Emma Swan. On her 28th birthday she makes a wish not to be alone. Suddenly, a child named Henry knocks on her door and claims to be the son she gave up for adoption years ago. He tells her he is from Storybrooke, Maine and the people who live in Storybrooke are different…they’re fairy tale characters stuck in a world with no happy endings. And the worst part is they don’t even know it. When she drives him back she meets his mother Regina (who he claims is the evil queen) who happens to be the Mayor of the town. She starts to bond with Henry and decides to stick around. As the season continues Henry continues to try to convince her that magic is real, Regina does all she can to scare her away, and little by little Emma starts to believe.

I’m a huge fairy tale fan and this show is so unique because while you can connect each character to their own original background story the beauty is really the twists it takes to mix them all together.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Enchanted, Grimm, Sleepy Hollow or Charmed (all on DVD).]

 

[ Internet Movie Database entry for this TV series ] | [ ABC’s official Once Upon a Time web site ]

Recommended by Carrie R.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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