BWW Recap: ONCE UPON A TIME's Season Premiere Gets FROZEN

ABC's hit fantasy-drama ONCE UPON A TIME is back with it's fourth season! On tonight's season premiere, we were introduced to Queen Elsa and her sister Princess Anna, whom everyone will recognize from Disney's mega-hit FROZEN. We learn that before Elsa arrived in Storybrooke as a result of the Wicked Witch's failed time-portal experiment, the two sisters were preparing for Anna's wedding to Kristoff. They had also located their mother's diary, which revealed the girls' parents had left Arendalle in fear of Elsa's powers. Anna is determined the figure out the real reason behind their parents' departure, and secretly embarks to the Enchanted Forest against's Elsa's wishes with the hopes of discovering her family's secrets.

Meanwhile, it's safe to say that Regina has resumed her title as The Evil Queen. After the return of Robin Hood's wife, Robin was forced to end his relationship with Regina, sparking an evil streak in the former queen. Regina reconnects wight he Magic Mirror, and plots to kill Robin's wife by traveling back in time to the point of their meeting. However, she soon changes her plans, and decides to track down the writer of the 'Once Upon a Time' book and convince the writer she is entitled to her own happy ending.

The town may be freezing over, but the drama is heating up! Watch ONCE UPON A TIME on ABC Sundays at 8pm EST.

I will be here updating the episode LIVE as it happens, so let me know what you think throughout the night! Are you as excited as I am? Do you want to build a snowman with me while we wait?

Photo Credit: Katie Yu | ABC

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8:10pm: Well, Elsa's been in Storybrooke for about 5 minutes and she's already frozen a car by accident, which is fitting. However, that last shot made me believe she doesn't know she has powers, which would be a very interesting plot line. But our primary worry should be with Regina- is she going to turn evil again as everyone fears?

8:20pm: Anna is marrying Kristoff? All my FROZEN-based dreams are coming true! But it was quite sad to see Rumpelstiltskin by Neal's grave. Part of me hopes he's not actually dead- is anybody truly dead on this show? In regards to Regina, I went from sympathizing with her to being downright terrified of her over the course of about thirty seconds. The Evil Queen is definitely back!

8:31pm: Rumpelstiltskin switched the daggars! Wow, his character has come such a long way. And I'm not going to lie, I'm getting quite emotional watching Belle and Rumpelstiltskin dance to the theme of 'Beauty and the Beast in their 'honeymoon' house.

Does anybody else think it's great the Hook wears his pirate attire around Storybrooke? Anyway, it looks like Emma and Hook have stumbled upon our Ice Queen thanks to a tip from Grumpy, and Elsa's a bit frightened- so she conjured up a snow monster. It happens.

8:39pm: Oh man, who caught the line about Hans being angry with Arendalle? Fingers crossed that Hans makes an appearance! Wait, Regina is planning to murder Robin's wife? Okay, she's officially evil again. I'm liking the re-partnership with the Magic Mirror, though.

8:48pm: Emma's light magic didn't work on the big snow monster? I think that's the first time we've ever run into that problem. But whoa, Regina really scared me for a minute- I really believed Regina was going to let Robin's wife be crushed by the snow monster. She probably wants to kill Miriam herself, as awful as that sounds.

9:01pm: So Regina has come to the conclusion that she must find the writer of the 'Once Upon a Time' book and convince them to change her ending. I'd really love to know who is deciding everyone's fate here, so that should be interesting. And it looks like Anna will be heading to the Enchanted Forest! Will she meet any of our heroes on her quest? We'll find out next week!

Get a sneak peek at next week's episode titled 'White Out' below:

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