Once Upon A Time: Six Things About “The Miller’s Daughter”

A new episode of Once Upon A Time is going to air on Sunday night, March 10, and now it’s Cora’s turn for an origin story showing how she came to be. It picks up several threads from the previous episode, though it can be seen as a standalone if you hadn’t seen what happened before as well.

We’ve seen the episode already, and here are six spoiler teases (while not being flat out spoilers) that you should have to look forward to:

1. The Cora/Rumplestiltskin dynamic is expanded upon. Earlier episodes of the show had hinted at a past between the two, including some kissing… so what was going on there? That backstory – which is partly shown in the preview images – is explored.

2. Pay close attention in the flashbacks. I didn’t catch it the first time around, but as per usual with Once Upon A Time, characters are more connected than I could have ever imagined. Cora might not be the only character we see a younger version of.

3. It’s kind of hard to love someone if you don’t have a heart. I’m just leaving that one there.

4. Rumpbelle. There is a present-day Rumplestiltskin/Belle scene. How does it fit in? Tune in Sunday night to see!

5. Magic corrupts. Rumple’s instruction for how magic works makes me worry about what might happen if Emma uses it too often.

6. Some fantastic performances. Lana Parrilla, Barbara Hershey, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Carlyle in particular get some fantastic moments this time around. I’m a little lukewarm on Rose McGowan as the younger Cora… while she does a good job, it’s really hard to live up to the 100% perfection at playing Cora that is Barbara Hershey. I’m also happy to report that some aftermath of Emma’s discovery about Neal is talked about in this episode and not simply swept under the carpet.

“The Miller’s Daughter” is another can’t-miss Once Upon A Time episode, and you can find it Sunday night, March 10 on ABC. Here are some promotional photos in case you missed them before:

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ONCE UPON A TIME - "The Miller's Daughter" - Cora's desire to rid herself of Rumplestiltskin in order to take his place as The Dark One takes one step closer to becoming reality as she and Regina try to overpower a dying Mr. Gold, and Mary Margaret is once again tempted by dark magic. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin agrees to offer his services to a younger Cora - for a price - when the king calls her bluff and orders her to actually follow through on her boast of being able to spin straw into gold, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, MARCH 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/JACK ROWAND) LANA PARRILLA, BARBARA HERSHEY