Once Upon a Time

Fairy tales seem to be a hot subject for the networks this year. Grimm will be starting on NBC later this week and this past Sunday ABC rolled out Once Upon a Time a show about, as expected from the title, fairy tale characters.

Of course the hitch here is that these people do not know they are fairy tale characters. Why? This is all explained in the pilot episode.

The show opens with Prince Charming and Snow White? getting married. I think it is Snow White, there were lots of dwarfs around, and she was woken by a kiss after a spell had been put on her. The wedding is interupted by a witch of some sort who puts a curse on everyone.

Awaiting the curse beginning the characters, such as Geppetto and Pinochio, build an enchanted wardrobe which will allow one person to be saved from the curse. The rest are to be sent " to an awful place"

Fast forward 28 years and a young woman named Emma is celebrating her 28th birthday. A young boy enters her life and claims that she is his mother, she did give up a child for adoption ten years ago. He has a story to tell about the town he lives in which seems a little unbelievable. When she returns the boy home to his adoptive mother things start to make sense...but not in a good way

I do not hold out much hope for the success of the show. One never knows however. Ginnifer Goodwin from Big Love is a gem in any role and she does a great job in this show as the schoolteacher/ former princess.

Worth a look but I would not get too invested.