REBEKAH GREEN
PRIDE STAFF WRITER

ABC’s new show “Once Upon A Time” premiered Sunday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. This new fantasy series takes the memorable fairy tales and fables of childhood, like Snow White, Pinocchio and more, and transports them to reality.

The evil queen threatens Snow White and Prince Charming during their wedding. While visiting the imprisoned Rumplestiltskin, Snow White discovers that a horrible curse will be placed upon her family, and only her daughter Emma, upon her 28 birthday, will be able to stop the queen. On the very day of Emma’s birth, the curse takes hold of the kingdom, and although she is placed safely inside a magic wardrobe, she along with the other characters of the kingdom are inevitably transported to a place devoid of happiness – our world.

28-year-old Emma Swan works as a bail bondsman, and while her demeanor is tough, she carries loneliness within her. But all of that changes when a boy named Henry arrives claiming to be her son and seeks her assistance in taking him back home to Storybrooke, Maine. All the while, he asserts that the stories existing in his fairy tale book are real and that the citizens of Storybrooke are these same fairy tale characters trapped in the real world with no memory of their magical selves. While Emma remains logically skeptical of his words, Henry’s claims prove to have truth.

Fans of the film “Enchanted” and Hallmark’s miniseries “The 10th Kingdom” are sure to find some aspects that border the familiar but still deliver an interesting take on the fairy tale world. The pilot contained a lot of information, yet it was nothing difficult to follow. Rather, it set up various situations that will keep viewers curious as to what will happen next.

There is a reason fairy tales never grow old, and with “Once Upon A Time,” the tradition of building upon classic stories is sure to continue thriving. “Once Upon A Time” airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. on ABC.