This is the final month of 'Once Upon A Time' on network television. Of course there are other ways to watch. I think Netflix has the show. There may be other streaming/internet arrangements. We just got the first part of the two-part grand finale; the final part is next week on the 18th of May. Since a magical final conflict is in order, and the contest is between good and evil, hope and despair, the storyline is making the most of actor Robert Carlyle. So now there are two of him in any given scene simultaneously: the Dark One, which is full-on frizzed wig, hideous facial makeup, fairy-tale clothes, and Commedia dell'Arte body language with a hint of a Scots brogue; and a real-life-looking Carlyle in blue jeans, leather jacket, and short hair leftover from playing Begbie in T2 last summer, which is the repentant Rumplestiltskin seeking redemption. In the final hour next week, on ABC TV, we get Snow White, Prince Charming, Grumpy if not other dwarves, and a last look at Storybrooke and its residents.
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