Swan Boston Apartment

This article focuses on Emma Swan's Boston apartment. For her New York apartment, see Swan New York Apartment.

Template:LWMLocation The Swan Boston Apartment is a Land Without Magic location on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the first episode of the first season.

History

During First Curse

Some time after being released from prison, Emma embarks on a career as a bail-bonds person. Eventually, she moves into a Boston apartment. For perhaps weeks or months, Emma begins a dating site correspondence with a runaway embezzler, Ryan, who she intends to arrest. They meet for a restaurant date, where Emma confronts Ryan with the truth, and later knocks the suspect out before apprehending him. With a night's hard work done, Emma grabs some groceries and heads home. Since it is her twenty-eighth birthday, she bought a small cupcake for herself. Lighting a blue star candle on the cake, Emma silently makes a wish before blowing it out. Coincidentally, the door bell rings, and she opens the door to find a young boy, Henry, claiming to be the son she gave up ten years ago. After he pushes his way into the apartment, an overwhelmed Emma retreats to the bathroom. Regaining a semblance of calm, she walks out, to which Henry cheerfully asks her to come home with him. Instead, Emma threatens to call the police, though the boy reasons he'll just tell them she kidnapped him. Using her "superpower", Emma deducts he is lying and prepares to make the phone call until Henry insists she has to go home with him. Reluctantly, she agrees and drives him to a place called Storybrooke. ("Pilot")

Some time later, having moved in to Mary Margaret's apartment, Emma requests for any remaining belongings from her former home to be brought to Storybrooke. ("The Price of Gold")

Before First Curse

Directly after driving out of Storybrooke to escape Peter Pan's curse, Emma and Henry obtain false memories, from Regina, of their life together. They recall a fire breaking out in Emma's apartment in Boston, which causes them to start afresh in New York. ("Going Home," "New York City Serenade")

Trivia

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On-screen Notes

• The apartment number is 205. ("Pilot")
• There is a huge figurine of a red apple on Emma's kitchen counter. ("Pilot")
• Emma's baby blanket is draped over a chair in the apartment. ("Pilot")

Production Notes

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• On the door to Emma's apartment, it says "Cast a Spell", but it wasn't made not for the show and was already there when they came to the set. Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz were going to paint the door, but decided to keep it after reading that line. ("Pilot")
• A Rubik's Cube is present in both Emma's apartment and Henry's room. The writers put it there to connect mother and son in some way. ("Pilot", "The Price of Gold)

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Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot":	"The Thing You Love Most":	"Snow Falls":	"The Price of Gold":	"That Still Small Voice":	"The Shepherd":	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":	"Desperate Souls":	"True North":	"7:15 A.M.":	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Skin Deep":	"What Happened to Frederick":	"Dreamy":	"Red-Handed":	"Heart of Darkness":	"Hat Trick":	"The Stable Boy":	"The Return":	"The Stranger":	"An Apple Red as Blood":	"A Land Without Magic":
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":
Archive	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Archive	Absent	Absent	Absent

Template:SpecialAppearances Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.

• The Swan Boston Apartment is featured in Once Upon a Time's Season One novelization, Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale.

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