The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is one Once Upon a Time episode that you really can’t afford to miss.
Two major events happened.
These events deserve a spoiler notice so you don’t have the episode ruined for you if you don’t like knowing what happened in an episode before you’ve had a chance to watch it.
Needless to say, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a special episode for these two very important and as yet unnamed reasons.
Spoilers below so don’t read on if you don’t want to know what happened in this episode of Once Upon a Time.
Seriously.
This is major spoilage.
Okay, you asked for it.
- Graham was revealed as The Huntsman when his memories of his past life came back.
- Graham died.
Of course Graham died. As soon as I realized his memories were returning and not likely to disappear because of some convenient something or other, I knew Graham was a goner. I had to convince the kiddies of that before it happened so that they could brace themselves.
I hate that this happened, because I actually really enjoyed the chemistry between him and Emma. But… the dramatic impact of his death was significant and well played. This episode will stand out as one of the truly excellent episodes of the season.
Both my son and daughter are very into this show though, and since it also makes the adult in me happy too, I have to say Once Upon a Time is one of my favorite TV shows to come along in a very long time. It fits into that place in my life occupied by shows like Eureka and Warehouse 13. Young enough to be safe for family viewing, fun enough to actually keep my family watching!
R.I.P. Sheriff. You will be missed.