Game of Thorns

Game of Thorns
Storybrooke Location
General Information
Status:	Existing
Character Affiliations
Owner:	Moe French
Visitors:	David Nolan Mr. Gold Ruby William Smee
Prisoners:	Belle (briefly)
Show Information
First appearance:	"The Crocodile"
Latest appearance:	"A Curious Thing"
Relevant Pages

Game of Thorns is a Storybrooke location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the fourth episode of the second season.

History

During First Curse

In Storybrooke, Moe French owns a flower delivery business called Game of Thorns. On the day prior Valentine's Day, he is making deliveries when Mr. Gold stops him on the street to settle the late rent he owes. Moe asks for more time to pay him back, and begs him not to take the truck away before the busiest business day of the year, Valentine's Day, but Mr. Gold refuses to relent. One of Mr. Gold's hired men assumes control of the vehicle and prepares to drive away, though Moe purposely blocks him by standing on the road. He is forced to avoid getting hit when the truck is driven nearly straight into him. ("Skin Deep")

After First Curse

Belle finally reunites with her father after she is mysteriously kidnapped by William Smee, who Moe hires to bring her to him. However, he is unhappy Belle is in a relationship with Mr. Gold, and sends her off to an underground mining car so she will inevitably cross the Storybrooke town border and lose her Enchanted Forest memories. Mr. Gold enlists the help of temporary sheriff David to find the missing Belle, and Ruby is able to track her scent to Moe's shop. They confront him, and he fesses up to his crime. After rushing off to the mines, Mr. Gold saves Belle, while she is stuck in an out of control mine cart, by magically puling her to safety. ("The Crocodile")

During Second Curse

A new curse is cast, which returns all Enchanted Forest inhabitants to the Land Without Magic. After Hook gives Emma a potion to bring back her memories, she drives from New York to Storybrooke along with her son Henry, who has no recollection of his former life. Emma joins David, Mary Margaret and Regina in the search of a way to defeat a powerful witch, who plans to kidnap her parents' unborn child. Sick of his mother's evasive and mysterious behavior, Henry decides to leave Storybrooke on his own. Near the Game of Thorns shop, Henry swipes the key to Emma's car, but before he can go inside, Hook stops him. ("A Curious Thing")

Trivia

• Production Notes
• Other Notes

Production Notes

• The shop name is a reference to the HBO show Game of Thrones.

Filming Locations

• For the episode "The Crocodile", the scenes at Game of Thorns were filmed at the Prickly Pear Garden Centre in Steveston Village.

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken":	"We Are Both":	"Lady of the Lake":	"The Crocodile":	"The Doctor":	"Tallahassee":	"Child of the Moon":	"Into the Deep":	"Queen of Hearts":	"The Cricket Game":	"The Outsider":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"In the Name of the Brother":	"Tiny":	"Manhattan":	"The Queen Is Dead":	"The Miller's Daughter":	"Welcome to Storybrooke":	"Selfless, Brave and True":	"Lacey":	"The Evil Queen":	"Second Star to the Right":	"And Straight On 'Til Morning":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Three
"The Heart of the Truest Believer":	"Lost Girl":	"Quite a Common Fairy":	"Nasty Habits":	"Good Form":	"Ariel":	"Dark Hollow":	"Think Lovely Thoughts":	"Save Henry":	"The New Neverland":	"Going Home":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"New York City Serenade":	"Witch Hunt":	"The Tower":	"Quiet Minds":	"It's Not Easy Being Green":	"The Jolly Roger":	"Bleeding Through":	"A Curious Thing":	"Kansas":	"Snow Drifts":	"There's No Place Like Home":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent

• The shop sign is printed on Moe's van in "Skin Deep".