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Once Upon a Times series finale is coming'



Once Upon a Time has been running for eight seasons, and on 17th May 2019, the series finale episode, titled "At Last Ever After", will air on ABC. The episode will be the last of a series finale event spanning three weeks - beginning on 3 May with "The Dark Curse", followed by "World Enough and Time" on 10 May, and the final episode a week after. It's also been confirmed that the first two episodes of the finale will be one hour long, while the last episode will be two hours long.

The creators of the series shared with us a lot of information to share with you all. The most important are these two points: the series finale ends Once Upon a Time, but we'll be taken back to the Once universe next fall, when a newly-greenlit Once sequel series will begin (more on that a later date). The other important point is the series finale will have one recurring theme, which is different from the season's theme of resolution. The theme of the finale will be time, and while the creators have remained mum about how much time is involved, they've confirmed that time will be the main theme.

The finale information has been broken down by episode.

"The Dark Curse": The finale kicks off on 3 May. Snow White, Prince Charming, Emma Swan, Regina Mills, Wish Realm Henry, Captain Hook, Belle, Rumple, Robin Hood, and many others return for the beginning of the finale. A war council - a la "Leaving Storybrooke" and "The Battle Commences" - is held at the beginning of the episode to discuss, well, another curse. Jennifer Morrison states, "The series finale is very high stakes right from the beginning. Everyone's going to be cursed twice, and it's interesting to see how everyone's going to react, and the role everyone plays." The Charmings and their allies won't be alone -- Cruella De Vil, Elsa, Ariel, Granny, Grumpy, and more of their fairy-tale friends and enemies will be uniting together to face their biggest threat yet.

"World Enough and Time": Snow, Charming, Emma, Regina, Zelena, and the rest of the heroes will continue their journey in the twenty-first episode, which will be set entirely in 1980s Storybrooke. None of the cast or crew would say how the episode is set in 1980s Storybrooke, but some of them did say that the setting was indeed important to the plot and ties into the theme of "time". It's also notable that some dead characters - including, Belle, Rumple, Robin, Cruella, and King Arthur - will be alive and kicking in Storybrooke.

"At Last Ever After": The series finale has been described as Once's biggest episode. Rebecca Mader states, "There are so many guest stars that some of them might not even get a chance to speak, but their roles are still important." Among the guest stars returning are the heroes from the previous two episodes, as well as past heroes and villains Cruella de Vil, Maleficent, Hades, Jasmine, Aladdin, Cinderella, Ariel, Merida, and many more. Ginnifer Goodwin teases, "It's a big Disney princess episode too – we'll see every Disney princess except for Pocahontas, who was never on the show, banding together against the last threat." All that's been said about the plot is this: it's wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, and the two hours will be mostly devoted to the biggest battle on the show ever.

Once Upon a Time's final three episodes will air from 3 May to 17 May.