The final episode of Season 5 of ABC’s Once Upon a Time airs Sunday, May 15. The 22nd episode of the season, titled “Only You,” will wrap up the fifth season of the fairy-tale drama while introducing new characters and a new threat. Below are six things to know about the Season 5 finale:
1. The season finale will tie up loose ends, according to TVLine, about everything that went down in Camelot.
2. Emma (Jennifer Morrison) has lost Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) despite all her efforts. This will place the savior in a vulnerable place. “We’re going to see Emma the most vulnerable she’s ever been, which I think is the strongest she’s ever been because it takes an incredible amount of strength to allow yourself to be vulnerable,” said Morrison on a HollywoodLife podcast.
3. According to executive producer Adam Horowitz, there’s “something new for Season 6” as there will be “ominous threats that are different from the ones we’ve experienced before.”
4. The finale episode’s title (“Only You”) could refer back to a previous unfinished love story. The title, which Bustle points out is the name of Yazoo’s Only You , which played throughout a previous episode when Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) was in Camelot and was trying to impress Violet (Olivia Steele Falconer). Does this mean the finale will see the return of Violet?
5. The Season 5 finale has some new faces joining Storybrooke. Actors Sam Witwer and Hank Harris have been cast to play an evil warden (Witwer) and a patient (Harris). “Sam and Hank play characters who play a pivotal role in the season finale,” said Horowitz to Entertainment Weekly. “Where they’re from, who they are, and what they’re doing does tee up an element of what we’re doing for season 6. It’s more like opening a door, rather than introducing the whole of what season 6 will be. Hopefully we’re giving you a little taste of what’s to come.”
6. Who are Witwer and Harris playing? Speculation pointed at the Brothers Grimm but the show has confirmed otherwise. “I can say that definitely it’s not the Brothers Grimm,” executive producer Edward Kitsis told EW.
Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
