Season Five

Season Five is the fifth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was first announced on April 17, 2015, and officially confirmed on May 7, 2015 by ABC. Filming began on July 8, 2015 and is scheduled to end on April 2, 2016.

Season Five premiered on September 27, 2015 with "The Dark Swan", and will end with "Episode 523".

Storyline Information
The following will be addressed/featured:
 * The Season 5B theme is "Unfinished Business".
 * An LGBT relationship.
 * Emma's past before she became a bail bonds person.
 * More of Robin Hood's backstory.
 * Belle's life before she met Rumplestiltskin.
 * Characters returning in the second half:
 * Baelfire
 * Guinevere
 * King Arthur
 * Merida
 * Mulan
 * Roland
 * Ruby
 * Dorothy returning to Oz to face Zelena.

New Characters

 * King Arthur
 * Sir Kay
 * Merida
 * Percival
 * Guinevere
 * Violet
 * Grif
 * Sir Morgan
 * Nimue
 * Lord Macintosh
 * Vortigan
 * Baby Hood


 * Queen Elinor
 * King Fergus
 * Witch
 * Brennan Jones
 * Hades
 * Hercules
 * Megara
 * Captain Silver
 * Cleo Fox
 * Prince Marcus
 * Jacob
 * Nathaniel

Recast Characters

 * Wes Brown as Gaston

Starring

 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills
 * Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan
 * Emilie de Ravin as Belle /Belle French


 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook
 * Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena
 * Sean Maguire as Robin Hood
 * Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold

Guest Starring

 * Lee Arenberg as Grumpy/Leroy
 * Beverley Elliott as Granny
 * Keegan Connor Tracy as Mother Superior
 * Sinqua Walls as Lancelot
 * Timothy Webber as the Apprentice
 * David Anders as Dr. Whale
 * Meghan Ory as Ruby
 * Jamie Chung as Mulan
 * Eric Keenleyside as Moe French
 * Barbara Hershey as Cora


 * Robbie Kay as Peter Pan
 * Giancarlo Esposito as Magic Mirror
 * Emma Caulfield as the Blind Witch
 * Tony Perez as Valet
 * Michael Raymond-James as Neal Cassidy
 * Victoria Smurfit as Cruella De Vil
 * Bailee Madison as Young Snow White
 * Rachel Shelley as Milah
 * Bernard Curry as Liam Jones
 * Geoff Gustafson as Stealthy

Co-Starring

 * Raphael Alejandro as Roland
 * Gabe Khouth as Sneezy/Mr. Clark
 * Michael Coleman as Happy/Happy
 * David-Paul Grove as Doc/Doc
 * Faustino di Bauda as Sleepy/Walter


 * Ingrid Torrance as Nurse Ratched
 * Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey/Dopey
 * Mig Macario as Bashful/Bashful
 * Jason Burkart as Little John

New Cast Members

 * Liam Garrigan as King Arthur
 * Andrew Jenkins as Percival
 * Amy Manson as Merida
 * Elliot Knight as Merlin
 * Joana Metrass as Guinevere
 * Olivia Steele Falconer as Violet
 * Giacomo Baessato as Grif
 * Dalila Bela as Young Guinevere
 * Ehren Kassam as Young Kay
 * Ryan Robbins as Sir Morgan
 * Paul Telfer as Lord Macintosh
 * Caroline Ford as Nimue
 * Glenn Keogh as King Fergus
 * Lily Knight as the Witch


 * Caroline Morahan as Queen Elinor
 * Oliver Bell as Young Killian
 * Adam Croasdell as Brennan Jones
 * Scott Hylands as Captain
 * Greg Germann as Hades
 * Kacey Rohl as Megara
 * Jonathan Whitesell as Hercules
 * Costas Mandylor as Captain Silver
 * Teri Reeves as Dorothy Gale
 * Wes Brown as Gaston
 * Rya Kihlstedt as Cleo Fox
 * Unknown as Prince Marcus
 * Unknown as Jacob
 * Unknown as Nathaniel

Lineup Changes

 * Michael Socha is no longer billed as "starring".
 * Rebecca Mader is now billed as "starring".
 * Sean Maguire is now billed as "starring".
 * Olivia Steele Falconer is now billed as "guest starring", starting with "Dreamcatcher".
 * Eric Keenleyside is once again billed as "guest starring".

Trivia

 * Jiminy Cricket appears in "Souls of the Departed", but Raphael Sbarge did not return to voice him.