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Once Upon a Time renewed to a ninth and final season; former series regulars returning to eighth season finale



Once Upon a Time will finally write its happy ending - but not without a final adventure.

New showrunner Winged Pig has just announced that ABC has renewed Once Upon a Time for its ninth -- and final -- season. Two weeks away from the finale of its, Once fans can be relaxed -- it's not the end of it all. Not yet, anyway.

As Season Eight comes to an end Friday, December 28, the storyline of the Realms of Unhappiness -- that began in the Season Seven finale, "Leaving Storybrooke", and was one of the main plots of Season Eight -- is coming to an end, but not before we take a look at the realms themselves, which we never actually saw aside from the flashbacks of "". During the two episodes of the finale, titled "" and "", we'll see as one of the people trapped in those realms tries desperately to escape.

And other good news are coming! Former starring cast member Jennifer Morrison, who has appeared in only two episodes since she left the main cast, is returning in "The Silver Afternoon". Whether her appearance will be big or not, it wasn't revealed. Ginnifer Goodwin, former series regular who recurred this year, is also set to return in this episode.

As of Season Nine, Winged Pig teased that it "will be very conclusive. We'll work hard to finish each character's story properly, while we continue the Three Fates storyline and explore new (and not-so-new) realms and stories."

The eighth season finale of Once Upon a Time airs Friday, December 28, on ABC.