Once Upon A Time - The Complete Seventh and Final Season

JC Alvarez READ TIME: 2 MIN.

And they lived happily ever after?

Every good story comes to its conclusive happy ending, and now with "Once Upon a Time - The Complete Seventh and Final Season" available on Blu-ray and DVD, fans will finally learn what has happened to all their favorite Storybrooke characters. When Henry (new series regular Andrew J. West), now all grown up, decides the time has come for him to move on and eke out his own story, sinister forces begin a plot that could prove disastrous. The fate of all storybook characters is now in the balance!

For its seventh and final season, the hit ABC series "Once Upon a Time" decided to shake things up and practically rebooted its entire series format, ending most of the regular cast members' storylines and the adventures of Emma Swan (Jennifer Morriosn) from Seasons 1 through 6. The epic "Final Battle," which climaxed in everyone's well-intended "Happy Beginning," also resulted in most of the beloved cast members, including Ginnifer Goodwin's Snow White exiting the show. (Though series fave Lana Parrilla's Regina, the "Evil Queen" would be back!)

Always promoted as the "Final Season" of the series, the seventh year surprisingly took a deviant turn by pushing the narrative into the future and recasting most of the major players as the focus of the series turned to a grown-up Henry (West) and his young daughter Lucy. But when a terrible curse is cast, Henry's memory is wiped and he forgets all about Lucy. The resourceful girl then crafts a plan to restore her father's memory and rescue many of the enchanted characters before the evil Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) can exact his revenge, damning everyone to a miserable fate!

As the season progresses and various twists and turns unfold, an Evil Henry is revealed who has his own agenda and is determined to end Regina's reign before its even begun, but if the true Henry can't find his family and escape the prison that they're in, there may be no Storybrooke to return to. For fans of the series, this is an interesting turn for its central star, Parrilla, whose character became an instant standout. All the storylines are nicely tied up by the series finale, and several "surprise appearances" are guaranteed.

All 22 episodes of the final season are on the 5-disc Blu-ray, which is packed with bonus content, including the audio commentary and deleted scenes exclusive to the Blu-ray set. Among the offerings is a nostalgic journey by the cast members from all seven seasons, looking back at a show that has become a fan phenomenon, and the classic bloopers reel includes outtakes from Season Seven. An additional featurette takes a special look at Lana Parrilla's directorial turn helming her first episode as a series director! Relive the magic one last time.

"Once Upon a Time - The Complete Seventh and Final Season"
Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
$49.99
www.abc.com


by JC Alvarez

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