Storybrooke Circus: A Once Upon A Time Podcast

SEBASTIAN STAN STANS UNITE!!! Our madder than mad hatter makes his debut in the episode today as we dive into the backstory of a newcomer, Jefferson, who has a lot to say about the state of magic and how real or not it is in Storybrooke. Let me tell you, while this episode has its problems, Stan the Man shows us a MASTERCLASS in acting with a performance that truly had us wanting for more. Spoiler...

Following the bomb that dropped at the end of the episode last week that our prime suspect number one for Kathryn's suspected murder was our favorite mousy school teacher turned town harlot, we continue the saga and find our how all the accusations unfold. Mary Margaret gets a new lawyer, Emma does her normal being suspicious of everything thing, and Regina, well Regina is sus in every episode.&nb...

Over the hills and through the woods...something something something. We get a long overdue opportunity to watch Meghan Ory flex her acting chops as Ruby/Red Riding Hood this week. Not to mention a cute-as-a-button Ginny Good playing a post-released-from-the-huntsman Snow. And also, and I know I say this every week, we get an even MORE spectacular Storybrooke Daily Mirror segment thanks to our lis...

Get ready to whistle while you work. This episode is all dwarf related, specifically Grumpy and his origin. We find out more about the nuns backstory in the Enchanted forest, where the dwarfs came from, and all the stuff leading up to Grumpy ending up in jail when he met Snow in 7:15 AM. Not to mention we have our most packed Storybrooke Daily Mirror segment thanks to our lovely listeners who cont...

In this weeks episode all hell breaks loose in the love triangle that is David, Mary Margaret, and Kathryn. But more importantly, WE HAVE OUR FIRST GUEST STAR ON THE SHOW!!!! Our lovely long time friend of the show Jordan joins us on the preshow for and interview about her experience with the show, favorite lists, and more. A lot of moments that will keep you on the edge of your seat for this one!...

All you really need to know about how this episode goes is this: We are introduced to Belle (yay!!!!), and they cut such a crazy long show originally that they had to chop the hell out it and even repackage some of the story to get it to fit to TV length....and it shows. Find out what we thought of the first (of many) Rumpbelle episodes!! LINKS: SBC DISCORD - https://discord.com/invite/rbGdThZxUQ...

*LINKS INCLUDED AT THE BOTTOM* Changing things up this week, we have a BONUS episode where we are reviewing our favorite moments of the episodes so far, some behind the scenes type stuff, and other normal shenanigans. Felt like a good time to take a pause and see how a bonus episode would go, and also ila was traveling this week so we didn’t have time to tape the full episode ha. BUT, we wanted to...

*LINKS INCLUDED AT THE BOTTOM* Coming off what we thought was the best episode of Once so far, we knew that was gonna be a hard act to follow. But, this episode didn't do too bad. There are a record number of square off in this one, not to mention apples galore, so there will be a lot of drinking. Not to mention we introduce a few new sound effects, and ila sings Hamilton. LINKS: SBC DISCORD - htt...

*LINKS INCLUDED AT THE BOTTOM* Ladies and Gentlemen, not only is it our *TENTH EPISODE CELBRATION*, but this episode of Once Upon A Time is the best one we have seen yet by a LONG SHOT. It ended up being some of the best writing, the best acting, delightful backstories, and nail-biting almost-kissing scenes we've gotten to this point. We laughed, we cried, ila even yanked her headphones out of her...

*LINKS MENTIONED IN SHOW AT THE BOTTOM* Well, here's a strange episode that doesn't really forward the plot almost at all but we still somehow enjoyed. That being said, the very ending that has NOTHING to do with the episode whatsoever introduced a new mysterious character that left us S P E E C H L E S S. We tried not to spoil anything about him, but needless to say we are SO pumped were getting...

It feels like the episodes just keep getting better and better. After a winter break of a couple weeks, OUAT came back with a vengeance with this bang up Mr. Gold episode. It's got political theatre in a real theatre, peoples plot twists have plot twists, and we find out how Rumpelstiltskin gets hive groove...in the first place. AND, we re-up on our OUAT drinking game and lock on to some more of o...

DISCORD ALERT! We have a discord (it's a giant chat room) and would love for you to continue the conversation with us after you listen! Come join us: https://discord.gg/rbGdThZxUQ New sound queues, same old chaotic recording. In this episode, a mystery Storybrooke resident starts to remember their life before the curse, and it escalates so quickly that we lose one of our beloved characters. We als...

DISCORD ALERT! We started a discord and would love for you to continue the conversation with us after you listen! Come join us: https://discord.gg/rbGdThZxUQ Snow and Charming OTPers unite! We really get in to the soapiest of operas this episode with a deep dive into the David/Mary Margaret/Kathryn love triangle. There were quite a few moments where you can audibly hear us holding our breath when...

If, like your trusted co-hosts, you also don't like creepy dolls figurines and marionettes, be glad this is an audio podcast. Because, man there are a lot of them in this episode. Remember when we made a big deal out of that strange out of place shot in last weeks episode, when two creepy dolls were in Mr. Gold's shop? Well, we find out where they come from this week, as we dive into Jiminy Cricke...

MIDWEEK BONUS EPISODE! Ah, Rumpelstiltskin you little mischievous imp. This episode is all about the original Golddigger himself as he delivers probably the most iconic line in all of OUAT lore for the very first time. We also meet 'Ella' and her Storybrooke counterpart Ashley who is basically given a slave name we all keep repeating, and doesn't understand how contracts work. Viewing party begins...

In this episode, we find out how Snow and Charming first met and discuss some tough name pronunciations, some melodramatic enchanted forest acting, and more sexual innuendos.  LINKS: SBC DISCORD - https://discord.com/invite/rbGdThZxUQ || SBC INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/thesbcpod/ || SBC YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWGy1wIhHJgilvu7i2d8NeQ || ila's Insta - https://www.insta...

This time we dive into a little more of the Evil Queen's story and discover that what she has to sacrifice to enact the Dark Curse is, you guessed it, "The Thing [She] Loves Most". Also, that she is like a HORRIBLE person. Also also, a new imaginary UOAT drinking game. Rule one: drink when a character says the name of the episode out loud. Find out the standing rules so far on this episode :) LINK...

Welcome to our brand new show! There have got to be OUAT fans out there who want to start this fairy tale conversation up again. Mackee and Ila start down a path of villains and heroes, flashbacks galore, and all the lost references you can count. Come meet the hosts, and relive the pilot as they fumble their way through the beginning of a fantastic journey! Episode begins at 20:15 LINKS: SBC DISC...