Who’s behind this final threat?
Friday’s episode will provide a major clue!
Deja vu
Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas are among themany original stars returningfor the finale.

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You may even notice they’re in a very familiar location from the pilot.
(Lana Parrillateased we’d see this locale againwhen we hit the set.)
Curtain call
Yes, Jared Gilmore and Andrew J.

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West do share screen time by season’s end, despite playing the same character at different ages.
(You’ll find out how this is possible during Friday’s episode!)
But it was important to theOUATbosses to bring Gilmore, among others, back for one last hurrah.

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“We just wanted to sing the songs one more time,” executive producer Edward Kitsis says.
“We look at the last two hours as our last chance of doingOnce Upon a Time.
But theOUATbosses stress that not everything is wrapped up in a neat little bow in the finale.

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“The show has always been about going past the happy ending,” Horowitz says.
“It started with Snow White and Prince Charming’s happy ending, and we moved past it.
So we’re hoping that this ending of the show is in the spirit of that.”

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“We saved her happy ending for the end,” Kitsis says.