An Untold Story

"Groundsman: That's why this place has come to be known as the Land of Untold Stories. Hook: It's a tad ironic of a name, no? Given that this land is seemingly filled with stories."

"An Untold Story" is the twenty-third and final episode of Season Five of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, and directed by Dean White. It is the one-hundredth and eleventh episode of the series overall, and premiered on May 15, 2016.

This episode is the second part of the season five finale, and premiered immediately following "Only You".

Synopsis
With the possibility of magic being destroyed and the fate of Storybrooke hanging in the balance, it’s a race for Emma and Regina to track down Henry before Gold can find him first. Regina continues to struggle with her frustrations over her former evil-self and, elsewhere, Snow, David, Hook and Zelena are imprisoned and must contend with very two very disturbed individuals that may give Gold a run for his money.

Starring

 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills
 * Josh Dallas as David Nolan
 * Emilie de Ravin (Credit only)
 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook
 * Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena
 * Sean Maguire (Credit only)
 * Robert Carlyle as Mr. Gold

Guest Starring

 * Beverley Elliott (Press release only)
 * Hank Harris as the Groundsman
 * Tzi Ma as the Dragon
 * Sam Witwer as the Warden
 * Arnold Pinnock as the Orderly
 * Olivia Steele Falconer as Violet

Co-Starring

 * Shannon Hearn as Frontiersman
 * Nikolai Witschl as Server

Trivia
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Production Notes

 * The title card features the logo on a flying dirigible.
 * During the original airing, the two parts were separated by a different title card featuring no special background.
 * For Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, "an untold story means it hasn’t been finished yet. And it's been pushed pause on." They compare this situation to the one in the first season, saying it is "similar to when we met our characters in Storybrooke, they had untold stories, because many of them still had to find their happiness. The curse pushed pause."
 * The computer-generated imagery model used for the exterior of the Groundsman's house and the surrounding buildings, is recycled from the model created for the Darling House and the neighboring building in "Second Star to the Right". In the exterior shot in the Land of Untold Stories, the building in the middle and the one on the right, are almost identical to the London buildings.
 * Stock footage was used for the scene where Regina releases Storybrooke's magic from the Olympian Crystal. When the magic is expelled from the crystal and spreads throughout Storybrooke, the shot overlooking the town with the wave of magic travelling towards the camera is the same shot from "A Land Without Magic" where Emma breaks the Dark Curse.


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Event Chronology

 * The Land Without Magic events take place after "Only You".
 * The Land of Untold Stories events take place after "Only You".

Episode Connections

 * David, Hook, Mary Margaret and Zelena were transported to the Land of Untold Stories in taken prisoner by Mr. Hyde in "Only You".
 * Henry and Violet arrived in "New York City" and were followed by Mr. Gold, Regina and Emma in "Only You".
 * The Dragon met Tamara and August in "Selfless, Brave and True".


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Disney

 * In the opening shot of the scene everyone returns to Storybrooke, an advertisement for computers with the Encom logo from Tron can be seen on the street.

Fairytales and Folklore

 * This episode features Captain Hook from the Peter Pan story, the Evil Queen from the Snow White fairytale, the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz story, and Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde and Mr. Poole from the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story.
 * Violet's father, Sir Morgan, is revealed to be Hank Morgan from Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
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Props Notes

 * Elder Futhark runes are drawn onto the table in Mr. Gold's hotel suite. Pentagrams are also inscribed at the table. The pentagram has historically been used by occult faiths and magicians, and is today used as a a symbol for Wicca, Witchcraft, and Paganism.
 * According to the "do not disturb" sign, the hotel that Mr. Gold is staying at, is called Hotel D'or. "D'or" is French for "golden".
 * The big syringe that the Warden uses to inject himself with Separation Serum, is the same prop that was used for Dr. Lydgate's syringe in the Once Upon a Time in Wonderland episode "Down the Rabbit Hole", and Jafar's syringe in "Bad Blood".
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Filming Locations

 * The Vancouver Art Gallery doubles as the New York Public Library for this episode.