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Hi everyone, I know I'm completely new here, and no one knows me, but I've been a fan of Once Upon A Time ever since it premiered back in 2011, and with the series finale now aired, I wanted to ask other fans what they're 3 favourite episodes were from each season!

Mine were the following:

Season 1

Pilot - The episode that started it all. I could watch the Pilot over and over, and never get bored, it was a truly amazing start to the series, and I loved how it set up all the character's and the story.

Snow Falls - I'm a true sucker for romance, and Snowing's story has always been one of my absolute favourites of the show. I just love how they met and fell in love, and it was a beautiful origin story for their romance and catchphrase 'I will always find you'.

Skin Deep - I honestly loved the twist the show did on 'Beauty and the Beast'. Rumbelle's origin story always brings a smile to my face, despite the obstacles they face in the future, seeing them fall in love for the first time is forever wonderful to watch.

Season 2

Tallahassee - It was great to finally get some answers on Emma's past. Despite what Neal did to her, I always love seeing them together before his betrayal, I've always liked Swanfire, and it was nice to see Emma in love for her first time.

Manhattan - The show's twist on Baelfire's identity has always been amazing in my opinion, it filled in the rest of the holes in Emma's backstory, and the episode was brillantly acted by Jennifer, Michael, Jared and Robert, you could see and feel all the heartbreak and pain they all had, especially in the scene when it's revealed Neal is Henry's father, the raw emotion all the character's felt was flawless.

The Miller's Daughter - Cora's backstory is always a huge favourite to me on a re-watch. It was awesome to see her struggle to gain power, after forever being painted as the Miller's daughter, and it was understandable to see why Cora is the way she is, after being treated like dirt for most of her life.

Season 3

Lost Girl - I feel this is a more underrated episode, but I loved seeing Emma's realisation that she was the 'lost girl' and that she felt like an orphan on neverland. And the acting by Ginnifer, and Jennifer during Emma's realisation scene was phenomenal, you could see and feel the pain both characters felt hugely.

Quiet Minds - I have a love and hate feeling towards this episode, but I'll forever love Neal's death scene. I hated the decision to kill Neal off, with him being one of my favourite characters, but his death scene was heartbreaking yet beautiful at the same time. It really came full circle with him saying 'Go find Tallahassee without me' telling Emma to let go off all the pain he had caused her and move on, I'm always in tears on a re-watch, and I'll truly forever love Neal and Emma together despite the pain he caused.

There's No Place Like Home - Although I'm not a fan of Captain Swan, I really adored the time travel element of the episode, and you could truly see the love developing between Hook and Emma. Seeing them accidentally interrupt Snowing's first meeting is always a treat to watch for me.

Season 4

Shattered Sight - I don't think an episode has ever made me laugh as much as this one. All the scenes between Snow, Charming and Regina under the curse were hilarious, and Ingrid's sacrifice is always beautiful to watch for me, she truly redeemed herself.

Sympathy for the De Vil - Cruella's one of my all time favourite villains, and her backstory is fantastic. It was great to see how she was a true psychopath, and that she truly was the exception to the 'evil is made not born' belief. I also find her extremely funny, plus the way she brutally kills her mother with a smile on her face is chilling to watch.

Mother - It was great to finally see Emma forgive her parents for what they did by taking Lily from Maleficent, and the scene between Emma and her parents was very well acted, you could see despite Snowing's past mistake, how much they love Emma, and will always be there for her. Also it was refreshing to see Maleficent convince Lily not to go after revenge, it was a beautiful way to end their story and pay homage to the Pilot by having Lily say she'll stay a week.

Season 5

Nimue - Seeing the origin story of the darkness was amazing in my opinion. Plus I loved the twist that Merlin's lover was the first dark one, and this episode has a huge character moment for Emma, standing up for herself, claiming she was never nothing, beautifully acted by Jennifer Morrison!

Souls of the Departed - One of my favourites. I loved seeing the underworld being incorporated into OUAT. It was really cool to see the dead characters again, especially Cruella. But my favourite moment was Neal's return, Emma's dream with him was beautiful, and it was a wonderful ending to his character, it really brought more closure to his death for me, which I took really hard in season 3.

Sisters - I really adored the flashbacks in this episode. Seeing a young Regina and Zelena meet and realise they were sisters was magical to watch. And this episode helped redeem Cora's character a bit, and really developed Zelena as well.

Season 6

Page 23 - This is my favourite Regina centric episode ever in the show. Seeing the flashbacks of Regina realising she truly hated herself was heartbreaking to watch for me. But Lana's acting was absolutely incredible, seeing Regina finally accept the Evil Queen as apart of herself, and seeing her finally loving herself was an amazing end to the Evil Queen arc this season for me. Plus having the Evil Queen and Wish Robin have a happy ending was beautiful, as it at least brought me some closure for Outlaw Queen after Robin's death, at least they were endgame in some way.

The Black Fairy - This episode includes one of my favourite twists in the show's history. Learning that Rumple was originally the Savior was mind-blowing to me, it really made everything click together for me, by the Black Fairy severing Rumple from his fate, she put him on a dark path, and caused him to become the opposite of the savior, the dark one. It really made Rumple's story all the more heartbreaking for me, knowing he was meant to be a hero, and bring happiness to others.

The Final Battle - My second favourite finale episode, it was epic seeing all the characters come together to defeat the Black Fairy and her curse. I loved seeing the Evil Queen again, her scenes with Regina were hilarious, and I really loved seeing Rumple finally choose light over dark, and killing Gideon to save everyone else. Gideon instead being turned back into a baby was wonderful as well, especially after how upset Belle was losing him as a baby. And of course the happy ending montage at the end was lovely, I loved seeing all the characters happy, plus I did like the cliffhanger of Henry and Lucy as well, always excites me.

Season 7

Beauty - Seeing Rumbelle's happy lives together play out was beautiful to watch in this episode, and although Belle's death was heartbreaking it was a huge character moment for Rumple, and provided answers to what he was up to, which was finding the Guardian. Plus I really love seeing Crazy Alice in action, she's great, I especially loved the scene with her and Victoria in the car.

Flower Child - Villain backstories are usually some of my favourites, and this episode for me, didn't disappoint. It was great to see Gothel's backstory, and to learn she originally thought human's were fascinating creatures who were good. It was sad to see how her story ended, but it was satisfying for me to see her kill all those awful humans, reminded me of Carrie one of my favourite movies. But my favourite part of the episode was the twist at the end of the Land Without Magic being Gothel's original home, and that the humans killed the last remaining magic there with her species.

Leaving Storybrooke - I personally loved this ending as a series finale much more than season 6's. To me it was a perfect ending. Seeing Rumple finally sacrifice himself, for the right reasons, and not just to get to Belle was amazing, and made his story come full circle, and then it was beautiful seeing him and Belle reunite. Plus Wish Rumple was a great final villain as well. I really loved seeing Robin one more time in Regina's vision, brought some more closure for Regina over his death, and I adored the ending of Regina combining all the realms, so everyone wouldn't be separated anymore. Snowing crowning Regina as the Good Queen in the same place Regina interrupted their wedding in the Pilot brought the whole show full circle, and showed how far Regina and her character development had come, plus seeing Emma again coming in late was awesome to me. Truly had me in tears after it ended, probably will every time I watch it. 