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Nov 6, 2011 · With Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas. At Henry's urging, Emma convinces Mary Margaret to pay a visit to a comatose man in the hospital and read to him from the storybook, as flashbacks show how Snow White and Prince Charming first met.
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- Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
- Dean White
- 2011-11-06
- Overview
- Synopsis
- Recap
- Deleted Scenes
- Cast[1]
- Trivia
—Prince Charming to Snow White
"Snow Falls" is the third episode of Season One of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Liz Tigelaar and directed by Dean White. It is the third episode of the series overall, and premiered on November 6, 2011.
At Henry's urging, Emma convinces Mary Margaret to pay a visit to a comatose John Doe in the hospital and to read to him from the storybook. But Mary Margaret is stunned at the outcome of her visit. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale world, Prince Charming meets Snow White for the first time in a most unexpected way.
A coach containing Prince Charming and his fiancée, Abigail, makes its way through the woods. She complains about the bumpy ride and how they should have taken the Troll Road. They come to a tree blocking the road, and Prince Charming gets out to help his men remove it, and realizes that it has been cut down. Meanwhile, a thief reaches into the coach, steals a package of jewels, and rides off.
Prince Charming goes after the thief, knocks the person off their horse, and discovers that it is a woman. She knocks him in the head with a rock, leaving a cut on his chin, and then rides off on his horse. As he watches her go, Prince Charming vows that he will find her, no matter where she goes.
Mary Margaret is at the diner chatting with her date, Dr. Whale, who is busy admiring Ruby, the waitress. When she realizes it is not going well, Mary Margaret leaves. She notices Emma Swan living in her car on the streets, because no one will give her a room. Clearly pleased that Emma stayed for Henry Mill's sake, Mary Margaret offers to let Emma stay with her, but Emma warns that she is not the "roommate type."
The next day, Mary Margaret is volunteering at the hospital, and she notices Henry sitting with John Doe . He asks what is wrong with the patient, and Mary Margaret explains that he has been there as long as she has been volunteering, and no one knows who he is or what family he has. Henry questions her certainty that she does not know who he is, but Mary Margaret assures him that she does not. Henry meets with Emma and tells her that he has found her father, Prince Charming, and that he is the John Doe patient. He shows Emma the storybook and points out that Prince Charming and John Doe have the same scar on the cheek. Henry believes that the curse is keeping John Doe and Mary Margaret apart, by keeping him in a coma. Emma does not believe it, but Henry insists that they have to get Mary Margaret to read the story to the coma patient, to remind them of who they are. Emma agrees, but says that she will ask her. Emma then talks to Mary Margaret and suggests that she play along with Henry's idea, so that he will realize that he is wrong on his own, when nothing happens. Mary Margaret admits that it is a good idea, and Emma tells her that they will meet at Granny's Diner the next day, for breakfast for a full report.
Mary Margaret starts reading the fairy tale book to John Doe, telling the story of how Prince Charming chased the thief and then fell in love with her. As she reads, John Doe suddenly grabs her hand. She summons Dr. Whale, but he says all the instrument readings are still steady, with no changes. He suggests that she might have dozed off and imagined things, and then tells her to go home and get some sleep. Once Mary Margaret leaves, Dr. Whale calls Regina Mills and tells her what happened, including the fact that Mary Margaret was involved and that there was some minor brain-wave fluctuation. At home, Mary Margaret resumes reading the story to herself.
Snow White prepares to leave her crude home in a log, taking her few possessions with her. She steps out and immediately is snagged in a trap, set by Prince Charming. He demands that she return the pouch with the jewelry, but Snow White says that she has sold them. She points out that he must have hundreds of jewels, but Prince Charming says that one of them was his mother's ring, which he planned to give to his fiancée. Disgusted, Snow White says that it must be a marriage of convenience, because no one marries for true love, and Prince Charming defends it as being a necessary union. When Snow White refuses to return the jewels, Prince Charming threatens to turn her over to the Evil Queen, who has sentenced her to death for murder and treason. Snow White agrees, and Prince Charming releases her.
"Responsibility" (Scene 25)
Emma, Mary Margaret and Sheriff Graham watch the security tape that shows John Doe exiting into the woods. They leave and Graham calls for backup. Emma wants Mary Margaret to stay behind, but she disagrees and wants to go with them. Mary Margaret feels it is her fault that David woke up and ran off. She threatens to go off on her own. After hearing that, Emma agrees to let her come.
Starring
•Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard •Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan •Lana Parrilla as Regina Mills •Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan •Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills •Raphael Sbarge •Jamie Dornan as Sheriff Graham •Robert Carlyle
Guest Starring
•David Anders as Dr. Whale •Lee Arenberg as Leroy •Anastasia Griffith as Regal Blonde/Kathryn Nolan •Meghan Ory as Ruby
Co-Starring
•Faustino di Bauda as Walter •Mark Gibbon as Head Troll •Amos Stern as Lead Knight •Lucas Wolf as Armed Escort
Title
•The title card features a bridge troll.
Production Notes
•REUSED FOOTAGE: Footage from Snow White and Prince Charming's scenes were re-used in the Season Three finale "Snow Drifts" and "There's No Place Like Home," which combines old footage and reshoots. •OBSERVATIONS: Josh Dallas bears the same real-life chin scar as his character Prince Charming. •HIDDEN DETAILS: Mary Margaret's statement to Emma, "I'm a teacher, not a nun," refers to the fact that, in the original script, Mary Margaret was a nun. •SOMETHING'S CHANGED: The design of the playground castle has changed somewhat since "Pilot": For example, the boards at the top of the towers are different, railing has been added to foremost tower on the left hand side, and the slide has changed color from orange to green. The position of the castle has also changed: In "Pilot," the castle is parallel to the sea, but in this episode, it is perpendicular to the sea. •Ginnifer Goodwin found the segment where Snow White and Prince Charming balance on the log scary to film, as she is afraid of heights. •While shooting one of the hospital scenes where David and Mary Margaret is in his room, Josh Dallas kept falling asleep. Ginnifer Goodwin and the crew attempted to prank him by sneaking out and sending someone in to say it was 6am the next day, but he woke up as they were tip toeing away. •In the scene where Snow White is captured by the Evil Queen's henchmen, Ginnifer Goodwin tweeted that the horse ran into her and sent her flying with injuries to the hand and face. She went to the emergency room for stitches and later came back to work. In most of the shots where Snow White is trapped in Prince Charming's net, the left side (viewer's right) of her face is partially hidden by her hood and the net, because she had stitches next to her left eye. The actress also filmed half the episode with an injured left hand. •The scene where Snow White uses the fairy dust on the trolls was filmed "like 2 1/2 months" after principal photography was finished. •The water was very cold when they filmed the scene where the amnesiac David is lying unconscious in a creek and Josh Dallas almost froze, but the crew had a hot tub nearby to warm him up between takes and scenes. •For the part where Mary Margaret revives David, Ginnifer Goodwin was taught CPR by a medic, but it "looked bad." Jennifer Morrison then taught her how they did it on the latter's old television series House because CPR is more dramatic on-screen.
Event Chronology
•The Enchanted Forest flashbacks occur immediately after the events of "The Shepherd," concurrently with "Snow Drifts" and "There's No Place Like Home" and before "Ariel." •The story also takes place between "Lacey" and the end of "Skin Deep," where Belle is banished from Rumplestiltskin's castle. •The Storybrooke events of this episode occur after the events of "The Thing You Love Most" and before the events of "The Price of Gold."
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"Snow Falls" is the third episode of the American fairy tale/drama television series Once Upon a Time. The series takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, in which the residents are actually characters from various fairy tales that were transported to the "real world" town by a powerful curse.
- Season 1, Episode 3
- Dean White
- November 6, 2011
- Liz Tigelaar
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