Next season is all about redemption.

Can’t wait for Once Upon a Time to return. What’s coming up? —Alan
NATALIE: Next season is all about redemption — especially considering people have done some pretty messed-up things in fairy tale land they’ll now remember in Storybrooke. “Archie, for example, who is Jiminy Cricket, is a conscience, but for 28 years, he’s forgotten the fact that he turned Gepetto’s parents into puppets,” executive producer Edward Kitsis says. “Those puppets are hanging in Mr. Gold’s shop, so what happens when you’re confronted with your past now? There’s a lot of loss, regret and redemption for these characters to find.”