Plus, we got our first look at one of the most sinister characters in storybook history… and she’s coming to ‘Once Upon A Time!’
A new curse was unleashed on the Dec. 15 midseason finale of Once Upon A Time, requiring some of the show’s most villainous characters to make their most selfless sacrifices yet — including the ultimate sacrifice for a fan-favorite resident of Storybrooke.

Spoiler alert: Stop reading if you don’t want your fairytale-loving mind blown.
We already knew that Henry (Jared Gilmore) had the most complicated family tree in human history, but after a shocking twist on the Nov. 17 episode of Once Upon A Time, “complicated” doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface. Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) spent the hour reflecting on his own childhood, which revealed a family secret that even the creepy little seer girl with the eye on her hand couldn’t have seen coming.

But being Rumples’ son isn’t the only connection Baelfire has to Storybrooke!
Traveling to the Big Apple to find Mr. Gold’s (Robert Carlyle) son seemed like a longshot, but Emma (Jennifer Morrison) finally managed to track him down on the Feb. 17 episode of Once Upon A Time — only to discover she’d already met him!