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Lady Junky wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Lady Junky wrote: MERIDA’S COURAGE IS TESTED AS HER BROTHERS’ LIVES HANG IN THE BALANCE AND

BELLE’S FATE IS LEFT UP TO MR. GOLD ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”

Sinqua Walls Guest Stars as Lancelot, Liam Garrigan as King Arthur, Joana Metrass as Guinevere, Elliot Knight as Merlin and Amy Manson as Merida

“The Bear and the Bow” – In a Camelot flashback, a chance encounter with Merlin, David, Hook and Belle gives Merida new hope in her quest to save her brothers from the usurping clans of DunBroch. Unwilling to leave anything up to fate, Merida brings Belle along on a dangerous journey that culminates with an invaluable lesson in bravery. In Storybrooke, Regina, Mary Margaret and David discover the spell that would allow one of Merlin’s chosen to communicate with him, but when Arthur fails to reach the missing sorcerer the heroes grow suspicious. Meanwhile, Emma commands Merida to kill Belle in hopes of forcing Mr. Gold’s heroic transformation. With Merida unable to disobey Emma’s orders, Gold must find the courage to fight for Belle’s life or risk losing her forever, on “Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O’Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Sean Maguire as Robin Hood, Rebecca Mader as the Wicked Witch/Zelena and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Guest stars include Sinqua Walls as Lancelot, Liam Garrigan as King Arthur, Joana Metrass as Guinevere, Amy Manson as Merida, Elliot Knight as Merlin, Paul Telfer as Lord Macintosh, Marco D’Angelo as Lord MacGuffin and Josh Hallem as Lord Dingwall.

“The Bear and the Bow” was written by Andrew Chambliss & Tze Chun and directed by Ralph Hemecker.

“Once Upon a Time” is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format with a 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG,L,V parental guideline. So I guess it's confirmed that Macintosh, MacGuffin and Dingwall were the ones who captured Merida's brothers and the ones who were against her being Queen.

Which I personally believe contradicts the movie, because all three Lords had much more respect for Queen Elinor than they did for Fergus (to the point where all three physically fought Fergus, but allowed Elinor to pull them around by the ear like children). The three lords in OUAT are the sons of the three lords from the film :) They are Merida's ex suitors

That's even worse. And way more unfaithful to the movie if that's the case. The story left all four teenagers as friends. So unless Merida did something heinous to warrant such distrust from her friends, then this episode will be very disappointing to me.

Especially Young MacGuffin's involvement. His voice actor confirmed that he was in love with Merida, so that makes that betrayal especially cruel.