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21st episode of the 1st season of Once Upon a Time

"An Apple Red as Blood"

Once Upon a Time episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 21

Directed by

Milan Cheylov

Written by

Original air date

May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)

Guest appearances

Lee Arenberg as Grumpy / Leroy
Alan Dale as King George
Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood / Ruby
Sebastian Stan as Jefferson
Beverley Elliott as Granny
Keegan Connor Tracy as The Blue Fairy

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"An Apple Red as Blood" is the 21st episode of the American fairy tale/drama television series Once Upon a Time, which aired in the United States on ABC on May 6, 2012.

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. In this outing, Henry attempts to convince Emma Swan to remain in Storybrooke and Regina Mills devises a master plan with Jefferson that will force Emma into leaving forever while the events surrounding Snow White's attempted rescue of Prince Charming are revealed along with her plan to enlist the aid of her allies and defeat the Evil Queen once and for all.

It was co-written by Jane Espenson and David H. Goodman, while Milan Cheylov served as director.

Plot

Opening:

Snow White and the seven dwarfs walk in the forest

In the characters' past

King George decides that Prince Charming will be beheaded, but The Evil Queen makes a deal trading Charming for all the riches he would have been paid if he had married Midas’ daughter.

Regina meets Snow White at the stables and leads her to Daniel's grave. She explains that after Snow told Cora about them, she ripped his heart out and killed him to prevent Regina from escaping. Regina gives Snow White an apple and makes a deal with her that if she eats the apple, she will be entombed in her own body, but Charming will live. Snow White eats the apple and Charming feels her soul in his cell.

In Storybrooke

Regina sees that her apple tree is dying and goes to Mr. Gold, who tells her the curse could be weakening. Regina tries to strike a deal with Mr. Gold, but he turns down the offer. She uses Jefferson's hat to open a portal and retrieve an apple. Jefferson catches the apple that Snow White ate from the other side of the portal and gives it to Regina, who tries to get Emma to eat it by baking the apple into a turnover. Henry tries to convince his mother not to eat it and takes a bite of the turnover himself, falling into the same sleeping curse as Snow White.

Production

"An Apple Red as Blood" was co-written by co-executive producer David H. Goodman and consulting producer Jane Espenson, while 24 veteran, Milan Cheylov, directed the hour. The episode was included in Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale – a novelization of the first season – which was published by Hyperion Books in 2013.

Reception

Ratings

The episode held steady from the previous outing to a 3.0/8 among 18-49s with 8.95 million viewers tuning in, once again winning its timeslot for the fourth week in a row, although The Amazing Race had more viewers that same hour.

In Canada, the episode finished in fourteenth place with an estimated 1.601 million viewers, an increase from the 1.407 million of the previous episode.

Reviews

In a review from Entertainment Weekly, writer Hilary Busis noted that this installment didn't have as much substance as the previous episodes, but was good enough to fill in the holes and compared the Enchanted Forest rescue scene to that of The Avengers.

References

"Once Upon a Time: An Apple Red as Blood" from The Futon Critic (April 16, 2012)
Beane, Odette (2013). Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale. Hyperion Books. ISBN 9781401305499.
Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale. WorldCat. OCLC 837922499.
"Sunday Final Ratings: 'Simpsons', 'Amazing Race' Finale, 'Harry's Law' Adjusted Up; 'Desperate Housewives', 'NYC 22' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. May 8, 2012. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
"Top Programs – Total Canada (English), April 30 – May 6, 2012" (PDF) (Press release). BBM Canada. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
"Top Programs – Total Canada (English), April 23 – April 29, 2012" (PDF) (Press release). BBM Canada. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
"'Once Upon a Time' recap: Of Motherhood and Apple Turnovers" by Hilary Busis, from Entertainment Weekly (May 6, 2012)

External links

"An Apple Red as Blood" at IMDb

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Season 1	"Pilot" "The Thing You Love Most" "Snow Falls" "The Price of Gold" "That Still Small Voice" "The Shepherd" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "Desperate Souls" "True North" "7:15 A.M." "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" "Skin Deep" "What Happened to Frederick" "Dreamy" "Red-Handed" "Heart of Darkness" "Hat Trick" "The Stable Boy" "The Return" "The Stranger" "An Apple Red as Blood" "A Land Without Magic"
Season 2	"Broken" "We Are Both" "Lady of the Lake" "The Crocodile" "The Doctor" "Tallahassee" "Child of the Moon" "Into the Deep" "Queen of Hearts" "The Cricket Game" "The Outsider" "In the Name of the Brother" "Tiny" "Manhattan" "The Queen Is Dead" "The Miller's Daughter" "Welcome to Storybrooke" "Selfless, Brave and True" "Lacey" "The Evil Queen" "Second Star to the Right" "And Straight On 'til Morning"
Season 3	"The Heart of the Truest Believer" "Lost Girl" "Quite a Common Fairy" "Nasty Habits" "Good Form" "Ariel" "Dark Hollow" "Think Lovely Thoughts" "Save Henry" "The New Neverland" "Going Home" "New York City Serenade" "Witch Hunt" "The Tower" "Quiet Minds" "It's Not Easy Being Green" "The Jolly Roger" "Bleeding Through" "A Curious Thing" "Kansas" "Snow Drifts" "There's No Place Like Home"
Season 4	"A Tale of Two Sisters" "White Out" "Rocky Road" "The Apprentice" "Breaking Glass" "Family Business" "The Snow Queen" "Smash the Mirror" "Fall" "Shattered Sight" "Heroes and Villains" "Darkness on the Edge of Town" "Unforgiven" "Enter the Dragon" "Poor Unfortunate Soul" "Best Laid Plans" "Heart of Gold" "Sympathy for the De Vil" "Lily" "Mother" "Operation Mongoose"
Season 5	"The Dark Swan" "The Price" "Siege Perilous" "The Broken Kingdom" "Dreamcatcher" "The Bear and the Bow" "Nimue" "Birth" "The Bear King" "Broken Heart" "Swan Song" "Souls of the Departed" "Labor of Love" "Devil's Due" "The Brothers Jones" "Our Decay" "Her Handsome Hero" "Ruby Slippers" "Sisters" "Firebird" "Last Rites" "Only You" "An Untold Story"
Season 6	"The Savior" "A Bitter Draught" "The Other Shoe" "Strange Case" "Street Rats" "Dark Waters" "Heartless" "I'll Be Your Mirror" "Changelings" "Wish You Were Here" "Tougher Than the Rest" "Murder Most Foul" "Ill-Boding Patterns" "Page 23" "A Wondrous Place" "Mother's Little Helper" "Awake" "Where Bluebirds Fly" "The Black Fairy" "The Song in Your Heart" "The Final Battle"
Season 7	"Hyperion Heights" "A Pirate's Life" "The Garden of Forking Paths" "Beauty" "Greenbacks" "Wake Up Call" "Eloise Gardener" "Pretty in Blue" "One Little Tear" "The Eighth Witch" "Secret Garden" "A Taste of the Heights" "Knightfall" "The Girl in the Tower" "Sisterhood" "Breadcrumbs" "Chosen" "The Guardian" "Flower Child" "Is This Henry Mills?" "Homecoming" "Leaving Storybrooke"
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