Once Upon a Time season 5

With Emma having become the new Dark One, her family travels to Camelot to find the sorcerer Merlin, in a bid to remove the darkness from her. They meet King Arthur and Queen Guinevere of Camelot, with both on the hunt of the Dark One's dagger to make Excalibur whole. The trip to Camelot is cut short when another Dark Curse is cast, returning everyone to Storybrooke, where it is revealed that Hook had also become a Dark One and is responsible for the new curse. The battle to destroy the darkness leads to the death of Hook, prompting Emma and the heroes to travel to the Underworld, where Hades, as well as most of the deceased villains, have plans of their own to return to the land of the living. Hook is eventually resurrected, but a bid by Mr. Gold to capture all of Storybrooke's magic results in the arrival of Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde and refugees from the Land of Untold Stories to Storybrooke, as well as the separation of Regina Mills and her evil self. ==Cast and characters==

Main • Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard • Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan / Dark Swan • Emilie de Ravin as Belle French • Rebecca Mader as Wicked Witch of the West / Zelena • Elliot Knight as The Sorcerer / Merlin / the Usher • Beverley Elliott as Widow Lucas / Granny • Andrew Jenkins as Percival • Amy Manson as Merida • Olivia Steele Falconer as Violet • Keegan Connor Tracy as The Blue Fairy / Mother Superior • Timothy Webber as the Apprentice • Jamie Chung as Mulan • Barbara Hershey as Cora Mills / Queen of Hearts • Caroline Ford as Nimue • Robbie Kay as Malcolm / Peter Pan / Pied Piper • Greg Germann as Hades • Giancarlo Esposito as Magic Mirror / Sidney Glass • Victoria Smurfit as Cruella de Vil / Cruella Feinberg • Tony Perez as Prince Henry Mills • Teri Reeves as Dorothy Gale • Michael Raymond-James as Baelfire / Neal Cassidy • Emma Caulfield as the Blind Witch Guest • Mckenna Grace as Young Emma • Paul Telfer as Lord Macintosh • Glenn Keogh as King Fergus • Caroline Morahan as Queen Elinor • Adam Croasdell as Brennan Jones • Oliver Bell as Young Killian • Jonathan Whitesell as Hercules • Bernard Curry as Liam Jones • Costas Mandylor as Captain Silver • Jeff Gulka as Boq • Paul Scheer voices Scarecrow • Wes Brown as Gaston • Ava Acres as Young Regina • Isabella Blake-Thomas as Young Zelena • Max Chadburn as Natasha "Tasha" Morris • Geoff Gustafson as Stealthy • David Hoflin as Zeus • Hank Harris as Dr. Jekyll / the Groundsman • Sam Witwer as Mr. Hyde / the Warden • Arnold Pinnock as Poole / the Orderly • Tzi Ma as the Dragon ==Episodes==

Development The season has been confirmed to be split into two halves, with the mid-season premiere being the 100th episode. He later clarified that the season's twelfth episode would be considered the 100th episode of the show, stating "it's all semantics. But yes, we're considering 512 the 100th!" when discussing the fourth-season episode, "Smash the Mirror", being two separate episodes. Casting On June 9, 2015, it was announced that Rebecca Mader and Sean Maguire had been promoted to series regulars for the fifth season, portraying their characters Zelena / Wicked Witch of the West and Robin Hood, respectively, while it was later revealed that Michael Socha would not be returning as a series regular as Will Scarlet / Knave of Hearts although further appearances as a recurring or guest star were hinted. while Vine Report confirmed the return of Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan. During Comic-Con 2015, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue and Robert Carlyle were confirmed to return as Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard, Evil Queen / Regina Mills, Captain Killian "Hook" Jones and Rumplestiltskin / Mr. Gold respectively, On September 8, Meghan Ory was confirmed to be returning for multiple episodes of the season as Little Red Riding Hood / Ruby, Both Chung and Ory made their first appearance this season in "The Bear King". The premiere episode of the season, "The Dark Swan", saw the return of David-Paul Grove as Doc, and introduced Lee Majdoub as Sir Kay and was later revealed to be called Brennan. The fifth episode, "Dreamcatcher", saw the introduction of Ryan Robbins as Sir Morgan, On February 22, it was announced that Michael Raymond-James will also return in the 100th episode as the deceased Neal Cassidy. On November 16, it was announced that Bailee Madison would be returning in the same episode to reprise her role as a young Snow White, joined by newcomers Jonathan Whitesell and Kacey Rohl, who would be portraying Hercules and Megara, respectively. Belle's father and Oliver Bell being introduced as a young Killian. On December 18, it was revealed that the recurring role had been recast to Teri Reeves, who would be making her first appearance in "Our Decay". They were later revealed to be portraying Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll, respectively. Promotion The first half of the season used the tag-line "#DarkSwan" for the entire duration of its run. ==Ratings==