[WARNING: Spoilers ahead from Sunday's season-four premiere of Once Upon a Time, 'A Tale of Two Sisters.']The wait is over. Once Upon a Time began its Frozen arc with Sunday's premiere - and there was a lot of information to take in.
Picking up immediately after the finale, Once didn't veer too much from the backstory already established in last year's blockbuster, something co-creators
Adam Horowitz and
Eddy Kitsis were adamant about from the start. Instead of sprinkling on the Once twist, the portrayals of the Frozen characters were rather faithful, keeping true to the DNA of the Elsa (
Georgina Haig), Anna (
Elizabeth Lail), Kristoff (
Scott Michael Foster), Grand Pabbie and even Sven that we knew on the big screen.
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There were even inherent nods to the movie, such as Emma and Regina's doorway scene, which mirrored the moment between Anna and Elsa in the movie. The Hollywood Reporter highlights the top Frozen moments from the premiere and where the rest of the characters are for the following episode.
First, Arendelle in the past...
1. The Once premiere opens in Arendelle of the past with Anna and Elsa's parents, the King and Queen of Arendelle - dressed in the same wardrobe as they did in the movie -on a supposed diplomatic voyage to the Northern Isles. As the ship is consumed by towering waves, the Queen writes one last message to her daughters to tell them 'the truth.' 'It's the only thing that will save them,' she says, as the ship goes down.
2. Five years later, Anna and Elsa meet at their parents' graves before Elsa insists that she show her the wedding present now. Her gift? Their mother's wedding dress. And, Elsa gives her sister a brand-new necklace, which comes into play later on in the episode.
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3. As Anna gets dressed, Elsa discovers a hidden diary from their mother that alludes to the fact that it could have been Elsa's fault their parents never came back from that voyage. They were afraid of Elsa and her powers, who were becoming increasingly dangerous. Without revealing much, Elsa exclaims, 'It's all my fault!'
4. But before then, Anna and Elsa have light banter about Kristoff and his reindeer Sven's choice attire for the wedding. It seems Elsa has some worries over Kristoff and his lack of appropriate fashion sense. 'It's not like he grew up in a barn...' Anna begins, before conceding that fact. And what about Sven, whom Elsa may have to walk down the aisle with? 'He's going to be properly attired... for a reindeer,' Anna reassures. (Mystery No. 1!)
5. Anna and Elsa inquire about their mother's mysterious diary with their future in-laws, Grand Pabbie, leader of the troll kings, who helped raise Anna's future husband Kristoff. While Grand Pabbie (voiced by John Rhys-Davies), can't offer any additional intel for the sisters, he does give them one more clue as to where their parents were going: a new land called Misthaven.
6. Though the villainous Prince Hans isn't seen in the premiere, Elsa warns Anna that he and his 12 angry brothers are out there ready to pounce on a moment of weakness.
7. Elsa meets Kristoff and Sven in the barn, but she quickly discovers that Kristoff has been stalling to allow Anna enough time to catch her ship to Mist Haven. Unfortunately, Elsa is too late catching Anna as Elsa watches the ship sail off to Mist Haven, a land no one's familiar with. But we've all heard of the place before, it's the Enchanted Forest.
Now, Storybrooke in the present...
8. After slipping through the time portal with Emma and Captain Hook and making her way through town, Elsa realizes the new land she's found herself in, a mysterious place called Storybrooke. It's not long before she's caught in bind. When Sleepy falls asleep at the wheel and nearly crashes into Elsa, she freezes their truck with seconds to spare.
9. It's not long before Elsa makes her way through the main part of town, having increasingly difficulty maintaining her powers. Emma and Hook follow the ice trail she leaves and after Elsa is cornered, she creates a snow monster, the same one seen in the movie. 'That' a new one,' Hook says. (Remember they haven't seen Frozen because it hasn't come out yet.) Emma and Hook recruit some help as they follow the snow monster to the woods and when Marian and others start unsuccessfully attacking the snow monster with arrows and bullets thinking it would do the trick, the snow monster gets even more menacing. It's Regina, reeling from her own setbacks, who becomes the unexpected hero.
10. Elsa, meanwhile, makes her way into Mr. Gold's pawnshop after recognizing the necklace she had given Anna in the newspaper. After finding it in the shop, she says of her sister's mysterious whereabouts, 'I will find you.' And thus begins the Frozen mystery.
More to come...
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