Pilot

"Pilot" was the first episode of Once Upon a Time. It aired October 23, 2011.

Summary
Bail bondsman Emma Swan is confronted by Henry, the child that was given up for closed adoption 10 years ago. He asks her to come to his home of Storybrooke with him and explains that the people there are fairy tale characters who don't remember who they are. The boy insists that his adoptive mother, Mayor Regina, doesn't love him, and that Emma has a destiny to fight in a final balance and help good win once and for all.

Appearances

 * Emma Swan
 * Henry
 * Regina Millis
 * Evil Queen
 * Snow White
 * Prince Charming
 * Archie Hopper
 * Blue Fairy
 * Gepetto
 * Pinocchio
 * Ruby
 * Granny
 * Rumplestilskin
 * Grumpy
 * Cab Driver

Quotes
The Evil Queen: Oh, I haven't come here to ruin anything. On the contrary, dear, I've come to give you a gift. Snow White: We want nothing from you. Evil Queen: But you shall have it. My gift to you is this happy, happy day. For tomorrow my real work begins. You've made your vows. Now I make mine. Soon, everything you love, everything all of you love, will be taken from you, forever. And out of your suffering will rise my victory. I shall destroy your happiness if it is the last thing I do.
 * Prince Charming: You're wasting your time, you've already lost. And I will not let you ruin this wedding.

Emma: Where's home? Henry: Storybrooke, Maine. Emma: Storybrooke? Seriously?
 * Henry: Wait. Please don't call the cops. Please come home with me.

Prince Charming: That's what she wants, to get in your head. But they're only words. She can't hurt us. Snow White: She poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her. You have no idea of what she's capable.
 * Snow White: I haven't had a restful night since our wedding.

Henry: That's exactly what makes it true. You should know more than anyone. Emma: Why is that? Henry: Because you're in this book. Emma: Oh, kid, you've got problems. Henry: Yep, and you're gonna fix 'em.
 * Emma: Just because you believe something doesn't make it true.

Rumplestiltskin: The Queen has created a powerful curse, and it's coming. Soon you'll all be in a prison, just like me, only worse, for your prison, all of our prisons, will be time, for time will stop, and we will be trapped someplace horrible, where everything we hold dear, everything we ove will be ripped from us, while we suffer for all eternity, while the Queen celebrates, victorious at last! No more happy endings. Henry: Jiminy Cricket. Emma: Right, the lying thing. Thought your nose grew a little bit. Henry: I'm not Pinocchio. Emma: Course you're not. Because that would be ridiculous.
 * Snow White: What do you know?
 * Emma: All right, I'll play. Who's he supposed to be?


 * Grumpy: A tree? Our fate rests on a tree? Let's get back to the fighting thing.


 * Mary Margaret: As we build our birdhouses, remember, what you're making is a home, not a cage. The bird is free and will do what it will. This is for them, not us. They're loyal creatures. If you love them and they love you, they will always find you.

Mary Margaret: What do you think stories are for? These stories--the classics. There's a reason we all know them. There a way for us to deal with our world. A world that doesn't always make sense.
 * Emma: How's a book supposed to help?

Snow White: Why did you do this? The Evil Queen: Because this is my happy ending.
 * The Evil Queen: Oh, don't worry, dear. In a few moments you won't remember you knew him. Let alone loved him.

The Evil Queen: Somewhere horrible. Absolutely horrible. A place where the only happy ending will be mine.
 * Snow White: Where are we going?

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