List of Once Upon a Time episodes

Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama television series created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, who also serve as executive producers alongside Steve Pearlman. It debuted on ABC on October 23, 2011. The series revolves around a bail bond agent, Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and her birth-son, Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) who are about to discover that a New England town, aptly titled Storybrooke, Maine, is actually a remnant of a parallel world that was cursed by The Evil Queen/Regina Mills (Lana Parrilla) from the fairy tale Snow White and that all the characters from the fairy tales have no memories of who they were, including the parents of the bail bond agent, Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming/David Nolan (Josh Dallas), who sent her away so she can save their world and break the curse.

					"Pilot" Mark Mylod Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz October 23, 2011        12.93[6] 2          2          "The Thing You Love Most" Greg Beeman Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      October 30, 2011        11.74[7] 3          3          "Snow Falls" Dean White Liz Tigelaar November 6, 2011      11.45[8] 4          4          "The Price of Gold" David Solomon David H. Goodman November 13, 2011    11.36[9] 5          5          "That Still Small Voice" Paul Edwards Jane Espenson November 27, 2011    10.69[10] 6          6          "The Shepherd" Victor Nelli Andrew Chambliss & Ian Goldberg December 4, 2011       9.66[11] 7          7          "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" David M. Barrett Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      December 11, 2011     8.92[12] 8          8          "Desperate Souls" Michael Waxman Jane Espenson January 8, 2012           10.35[13] 9          9          "True North" Dean White     David H. Goodman & Liz Tigelaar    January 15, 2012         9.83[14] 10        10        "7:15 A.M." Ralph Hemecker Story by: Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz Teleplay by: Daniel T. Thomsen January 22, 2012         9.33[15] 11        11        "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" Bryan Spicer Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss   January 29, 2012         10.91[16] 12        12        "Skin Deep" Milan Cheylov Jane Espenson February 12, 2012       8.65[17] 13        13        "What Happened to Frederick" Dean White     David H. Goodman    February 19, 2012       9.84[18] 14        14        "Dreamy" David Solomon           Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      March 4, 2012 10.67[19] 15        15        "Red-Handed" Ron Underwood Jane Espenson March 11, 2012           9.29[20] 16        16        "Heart of Darkness" Dean White     Andrew Chambliss & Ian Goldberg   March 18, 2012           8.69[21] 17        17        "Hat Trick" Ralph Hemecker         Vladimir Cvetko & David H. Goodman        March 25, 2012           8.82[22] 18        18        "The Stable Boy" Dean White     Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      April 1, 2012   8.36[23] 19        19        "The Return" Paul Edwards  Jane Espenson April 22, 2012 9.08[24] 20        20        "The Stranger" Gwyneth Horder-Payton Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss   April 29, 2012 9.20[25] 21        21        "An Apple Red as Blood" Milan Cheylov Jane Espenson & David H. Goodman            May 6, 2012    8.95[26] 22        22        "A Land Without Magic" Dean White     Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      May 13, 2012  9.66[27] Season 2 (2012–2013) Main article: Once Upon a Time (season 2) No. in series   No. in season  Title     Directed by     Written by       Original air date          U.S. viewers (million) 23        1          "Broken" Ralph Hemecker Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz September 30, 2012    11.36[28] 24        2          "We Are Both" Dean White Jane Espenson October 7, 2012          9.84[29] 25        3          "Lady of the Lake" Milan Cheylov Andrew Chambliss & Ian Goldberg October 14, 2012        9.45[30] 26        4          "The Crocodile" David Solomon David H. Goodman & Robert Hull October 21, 2012        9.89[31] 27        5          "The Doctor" Paul Edwards Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      October 28, 2012        9.85[32] 28        6          "Tallahassee" David M. Barrett Christine Boylan & Jane Espenson     November 4, 2012      10.15[33] 29        7          "Child of the Moon" Anthony Hemingway Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss   November 11, 2012    8.75[34] 30        8          "Into the Deep" Ron Underwood Kalinda Vazquez & Daniel T. Thomsen November 25, 2012    8.82[35] 31        9          "Queen of Hearts" Ralph Hemecker         Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      December 2, 2012       9.10[36] 32        10        "The Cricket Game" Dean White     David H. Goodman & Robert Hull    January 6, 2013           9.10[37] 33        11        "The Outsider" David Solomon           Andrew Chambliss & Ian Goldberg   January 13, 2013         8.24[38] 34        12        "In the Name of the Brother" Milan Cheylov Jane Espenson January 20, 2013         7.68[39] 35        13        "Tiny" Guy Ferland Christine Boylan & Kalinda Vazquez February 10, 2013       7.08[40] 36        14        "Manhattan" Dean White     Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz      February 17, 2013       7.61[41] 37        15        "The Queen Is Dead" Gwyneth Horder-Payton Daniel T. Thomsen & David H. Goodman     March 3, 2013 7.39[42] 38        16        "The Miller's Daughter" Ralph Hemecker         Jane Espenson March 10, 2013           7.64[43] 39        17        "Welcome to Storybrooke"[44] Dave Barrett[44] Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss[44] March 17, 2013[45] 40        18        "Selfless, Brave and True"[46]                         March 24, 2013[45] 41        19        "Lacey"[47]                         April 21, 2013[45] 42        20        "The Evil Queen"[48]             Jane Espenson & Christine Boylan[49] April 28, 2013[45] 43        21        "Second Star to the Right"[50]                         May 5, 2013[45] 44        22        "And Straight On ‘Til Morning"[50]             Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz[51] May 12, 2013[45] Specials Special no.       Title     Narrator           Aired between Original air date          U.S. viewers (millions) 1          "Magic Is Coming"     Giancarlo Esposito as Sidney Glass    "A Land Without Magic" (Episode 22) "Broken" (Episode 23)            September 30, 2012    6.04[28] 2          "The Price of Magic[52]"             "Selfless, Brave and True" (Episode 40) "Lacey" (Episode 41)  April 14, 2013