Season Six

Season Six is the sixth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was announced on March 3, 2016. Filming began on July 7, 2016 and lasted until April 4, 2017.

Season Six premiered on September 25, 2016 with "The Savior", and will end with "The Final Battle Part 1" immediately followed by "The Final Battle Part 2" on May 14, 2017.

Storyline Information
The following will be addressed/featured:
 * A 22-episode arc instead of two half-season arcs.
 * A musical episode, which is scheduled to air on May 7th.
 * The following relationship developments:
 * An adventure filled with romance, danger and passion in the second half for Emma and Hook.
 * A wedding.
 * If Mr. Gold and Belle are able to prevent Gideon's future by saving his younger self from the Dark Realm.

New Characters

 * Aladdin
 * Gideon
 * Jafar
 * Oracle
 * Red Bird
 * Charlotte
 * Count of Monte Cristo
 * Gus
 * Jacob
 * Dr. Lydgate
 * Jasmine
 * Mary
 * Captain Nemo
 * Gabriel


 * Black Fairy
 * King David
 * Queen Snow
 * Sir Henry
 * Robin of Locksley (Wish Realm)
 * Rumplestiltskin (Wish Realm)
 * Pinocchio (Wish Realm)
 * Roderick
 * Robert
 * Beowulf
 * Tiger Lily
 * Stanum
 * Upcoming 622 Male Character
 * Little Girl

Recast Characters

 * Brandon Spink as Baelfire

Starring

 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard/Queen Snow
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills/Evil Queen (Serum)
 * Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan/King David


 * Emilie de Ravin as Belle/Belle French
 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook/Hook (Wish Realm)
 * Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills/Sir Henry
 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena
 * Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin (Wish Realm)

Guest Starring

 * Beverley Elliott as Granny/Granny/Granny (Wish Realm)
 * Hank Harris as Dr. Jekyll
 * Raphael Sbarge as Archie Hopper
 * Sam Witwer as Mr. Hyde
 * Lee Arenberg as Grumpy/Leroy/Grumpy (Wish Realm)
 * David Anders as Dr. Whale
 * Tim Phillipps as Prince Thomas/Sean Herman
 * Jessy Schram as Cinderella/Ashley Boyd
 * Olivia Steele Falconer as Violet
 * Keegan Connor Tracy as Blue Fairy/Mother Superior
 * Gabrielle Rose as Ruth
 * Tzi Ma as the Dragon
 * Geoff Gustafson as Stealthy (Wish Realm)
 * Sean Maguire as Robin of Locksley (Wish Realm)
 * Eion Bailey as August Booth/Pinocchio (Wish Realm)


 * Wil Traval as Keith/Sheriff of Nottingham (Wish Realm)
 * Alan Dale as King George/Albert Spencer
 * Rose McIver as Tinker Bell
 * Tony Perez as Valet
 * JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Ariel
 * Gil McKinney as Prince Eric
 * Patrick Fischler as Isaac Heller
 * Charles Mesure as Black Beard
 * Tony Amendola as Geppetto/Marco
 * Isabella Blake-Thomas as Young Zelena
 * Stephen Lord as Malcolm
 * Christopher Gauthier as William Smee
 * Giancarlo Esposito as Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass

Co-Starring

 * Jarod Joseph as Gus
 * Peter Marcin as Chief
 * Ingrid Torrance as Nurse Ratched
 * David Avalon as Doc/Doc/Doc (Wish Realm)
 * Gabe Khouth as Sneezy/Mr. Clark/Sneezy (Wish Realm)
 * Faustino di Bauda as Sleepy/Walter/Sleepy (Wish Realm)
 * Mig Macario as Bashful/Bashful (Wish Realm)
 * Mckenna Grace as Young Emma
 * Jakob Davies as Pinocchio
 * Edward Foy as Lead Knight
 * Michael Coleman as Happy/Happy

New Cast Members

 * Deniz Akdeniz as Aladdin
 * Giles Matthey as Gideon
 * Oded Fehr as Jafar
 * Craig Horner as the Count of Monte Cristo
 * Lisa Banes as Lady Tremaine
 * Max Lloyd-Jones as Jacob
 * Mekenna Melvin as Clorinda
 * Elizabeth Blackmore as Mary
 * Jonny Coyne as Dr. Lydgate
 * Karen David as Jasmine
 * Nick Eversman as Liam
 * Faran Tahir as Captain Nemo


 * Paul Johansson as the Woodcutter/Gabriel
 * Jaime Murray as Black Fairy
 * David Cubitt as Robert
 * Torstein Bjørklund as Beowulf
 * Brandon Spink as Baelfire
 * Grayson Gabriel as Adult Roderick
 * Anton Starkman as Ten-year-old Gideon
 * Sara Tomko as Tiger Lily
 * Alex Désert as Stanum
 * Andrew J. West as Upcoming 622 Male Character
 * Alison Fernandez as Little Girl

Lineup Changes

 * Sean Maguire is now billed as "guest starring".

Trivia

 * Due to his Sense8 commitments, Naveen Andrews, who portrayed Jafar on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, was unable to reprise his role for Season Six, and the character was recast with Oded Fehr.
 * Jonny Coyne reprises his role of Dr. Lydgate from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.