“Once Upon A Time makes every Sunday night a television event,” the narrator boasts in the new promo for Once Upon A Time’s fifth season. More specifically, Once Upon A Time makes every Sunday night into a batshit television event that feels more like someone just vomited a bunch of Disney-owned characters onto a storyboard than an actual show.
After walking through some of the wild places Once Upon A Time has already been—Neverland, Oz, etc.—the trailer introduces the show’s live-action take on Merida from Brave, who will appear in the season five premiere and is played by Amy Manson. The trailer also provides a very quick look at the new Emma, who allowed herself to be consumed by Darkness in the season four finale in order to save Regina. She’s looking rough, but it also looks like red lipstick is plentiful in the Darkness.
Once Upon a Time returns Sunday, September 27 at 8 p.m.