

It looked good, but it was more a disjointed series of exposition scenes rather than a story that flowed. After last week’s fun romp with the Sontarans, this was a frustrating reversion to the mean of the Chibnall era. Once Upon a Time returns Maat 8/7c on ABC.A t one point, newly introduced Bel (Thaddea Graham) said: “I’ve no idea what that means, but it doesn’t sound good,” and it seemed she might be speaking about the episode as a whole. Who do you hope makes a surprising return when Once Upon a Time Season 7 returns? Personally, we're kind of hoping all this Wonderland talk will miraculously make Regina's ( Lana Parrilla) mother Cora ( Barbara Hershey) reappear. Rumbelle fans are obviously hoping that Belle will pop in again, even if it's just in a ghostly dream sequence. Given that Robin ( Tiera Skovbye) is all grown up and falling in love with Alice ( Rose Reynolds), it would be nice to see her father, Robin Hood ( Sean Maguire), make a quick appearance for a heart to heart. Once Upon a Time has lost several characters over the years - some left alive, some less lucky - so there is a pretty huge pool of potential cameos from old characters. What's interesting though is the confirmation that there are more familiar faces set to appear in the back half of the season. right? Either way, it sounds like there may be opportunities for Snow and Charming to show up this year, but nothing has been decided on yet. We'll just ignore that Kitsis used the word "dead" alongside a discussion of Snow and Charming's return. Once Upon a Time Star on Alice's New Romance: "Love Is Love"



I definitely think we'll see some familiar faces in the second half of the season." Whether it will be this year or not, we're not sure yet. "I think the fun thing about Once Upon a Time is people can come in and out even when they're dead, meaning that the world is always open for people to return. They are two of our dearest friends," Kitsis told TV Guide.
