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text: Once Upon a Time (season 4)

text: Premise[edit]

text: Elsa arrives in Storybrooke, hoping to find her sister Anna. However, things get complicated with the appearance of the Snow Queen, who seems to know both Elsa and Emma. The Snow Queen is later revealed to Elsa's aunt and one of Emma's foster mothers; she plans on making them her new sisters, despite their obvious hatred of her. The Snow Queen enacts the spell of Shattered Sight to make everyone kill each other; however, she is given a letter written by Elsa and Anna's mother that shows how much she was loved. Seeing she let herself become a monster, the Snow Queen ends the spell by killing herself. At the same time, Mr. Gold plots to free himself of the Dark One dagger's control by crushing Hook's heart in a ceremony; however, Belle uses the dagger to force Gold to leave Storybrooke. Gold reunites the Queens of Darkness (Ursula, Cruella De Vil and Maleficent) to find the Author responsible for writing their stories and force him to give them happy endings. Emma also learns that her old friend Lily is Maleficent's daughter, helping the two reunite. Allying with the Author, Mr. Gold traps everyone in a new story called Heroes and Villains, where the roles are reversed. Henry frees everyone, becoming the new Author in the process. Things get worse as the darkness in Gold escapes, being revealed to be the true Dark One. To save Regina from becoming possessed by it, Emma forces the Darkness to take her instead.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Regular[edit]

text:
Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard
Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen / Regina Mills
Josh Dallas as Prince Charming / David Nolan
Emilie de Ravin as Belle / Lacey
Colin O'Donoghue as Captain Hook / Killian Jones
Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
Michael Socha as Will Scarlet / Knave of Hearts
Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin / Mr. Gold

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Sean Maguire as Robin Hood
Georgina Haig as Elsa
Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent
Elizabeth Lail as Anna
Elizabeth Mitchell as Ingrid / Snow Queen / Sarah Fisher
Scott Michael Foster as Kristoff
Lee Arenberg as Dreamy / Grumpy / Leroy
Beverley Elliott as Widow Lucas / Granny
Patrick Fischler as Isaac Heller / Author
Timothy Webber as the Sorcerer's Apprentice
Victoria Smurfit as Cruella De Vil / Cruella Feinberg
Merrin Dungey as Ursula, the Sea Witch
Faustino Di Bauda as Sleepy / Walter
Christie Laing as Marian
Rebecca Mader as Zelena / Wicked Witch of the West
Raphael Alejandro as Roland
Eion Bailey as Pinocchio / August Booth
Michael Coleman as Happy

Gabe Khouth as Sneezy / Tom Clark
Abby Ross as Young Emma Swan
Keegan Connor Tracy as Blue Fairy / Mother Superior
John Rhys-Davies as Grand Pabbie
Agnes Bruckner as Lilith "Lily" Page
Jason Burkart as Little John
David Paul Grove as Doc
Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey
Mig Macario as Bashful
Tony Amendola as Geppetto / Marco
Sarah Bolger as Aurora
Jakob Davies as young Pinocchio
Giancarlo Esposito as Magic Mirror / Sidney Glass
JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Ariel
Chris Gauthier as William Smee
Barbara Hershey as Cora Mills / Queen of Hearts
Tony Perez as Prince Henry Mills
Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archie Hopper

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Pascale Hutton as Gerda, Queen of Arendelle
Tyler Jacob Moore as Prince Hans
Nils Hognestad as Franz
Marcus Rosner as Jurgen
Sally Pressman as Helga
Nicole Muñoz as Young Lily
Charles Mesure as Blackbeard
Wil Traval as Sheriff of Nottingham / Keith
Oliver Rice as King of Arendelle
Robin Weigert as Bo Peep
Gabrielle Rose as Ruth
Brad Dourif as Zoso
Eric Keenleyside as Maurice / Moe French

Frances O'Connor as Colette
Jessy Schram as Cinderella / Ashley Boyd
Darcey Johnson as Oaken
Brighton Sharbino as Young Ingrid
Ava Marie Telek as Young Gerda
Bailey Herbert as Young Helga
Jonathan Runyon as a younger Duke of Weselton
Rebecca Wisocky as Madam Faustina
Sebastian Roché as King Stefan
Ernie Hudson as Poseidon
Tiffany Boone as Young Ursula
Jonathan Adams voices The Sorcerer / Merlin

text: Episodes[edit]

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1
"A Tale of Two Sisters"
Ralph Hemecker
Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28)
9.47[5]

Elsa finds herself in Storybrooke, and fearful of the intentions of its residents, creates a powerful snow monster for protection. With Robin Hood’s wife, Marian, back in the picture, Regina wonders if her 'happily ever after' with the former thief has completely quashed; while on their honeymoon, Gold finds an intriguing box that makes him question whether or not he should give Belle possession of the Dagger. Meanwhile, in Arendelle of the past, as Elsa’s sister Anna’s wedding to Kristoff nears, Anna discovers that their parents, who died in a shipwreck during a violent storm, were heading to a mysterious destination in a quest that may have held the secret to containing Elsa’s out-of-control ice powers.

68
2
"White Out"
Ron Underwood
Jane Espenson
October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)
8.78[6]

Elsa feels threatened by Charming and accidentally traps Emma with her inside an ice cave, with the frozen temperature placing Emma’s life in peril. Regina, depressed over her break-up with Robin Hood, secludes herself from the town and Henry, which saddens her son. And with the townspeople considering Mary Margaret their leader, Mary faces her first leadership task in trying to re-start a generator and restore the town’s electricity after Elsa freezes and damages the power lines. Meanwhile, in the Enchanted Forest of the past, Anna tries to teach a meek David to fight Bo Peep, a warlord threatening to take David's home.

69
3
"Rocky Road"
Morgan Beggs
David H. Goodman & Jerome Schwartz
October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)
7.92[7]

In Storybrooke, the mysterious Snow Queen—whose public identity is that of the owner of an ice cream shop—uses her powers to frame Elsa to have the Storybrooke residents cast doubts on her after she is blamed for putting a freezing spell on Marian. When David and Emma encounter Will Scarlet, they find out about the Snow Queen, only to discover that the Snow Queen knows Emma from a past encounter that Emma doesn't remember, though Mr. Gold does. Henry helps Regina track down the author of the Once Upon a Time book, and Hook believes Gold is still in possession of the real Dagger. Back in Arendelle, Elsa and Kristoff must fend off Hans, who is plotting another attempt to take over Arendelle, only to unwittingly unleash the Snow Queen, who freezes him. She reveals herself as Elsa's aunt.

70
4
"The Apprentice"
Ralph Hemecker
Andrew Chambliss & Dana Horgan
October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)
8.07[8]

Hook prepares for his first real date with Emma by making a deal with Gold to restore his missing hand in exchange for keeping Gold's secret about the Dagger that he gave Belle being fake. Hook discovers his restored hand brings out his dark side, and is forced into doing a favor for Gold to rid himself of the hand. Gold traps the Apprentice inside the Sorcerer's hat, and makes Hook responsible to ensure he won't tell Belle. Emma is followed by the Snow Queen. Will tries to steal a book that features someone from his past and gets caught. Henry takes a job at Gold's pawn shop to find out who wrote the storybook. In the past, Rumplestiltskin makes a deal with Anna in exchange for telling her about why her parents had traveled to the Enchanted Forest.

71
5
"Breaking Glass"
Alrick Riley
Kalinda Vazquez & Scott Nimerfro
October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)
6.87[9]

Emma and Regina are forced to team up when Ingrid, the Snow Queen, leads them and Elsa into a trap. Ingrid conjures up an ice warrior to stop Regina and Emma, and uses an illusion of Anna to lure Elsa into chains, keeping her out of the way. The three ladies fight back, with Elsa overcoming her fear and destroying the chains, and Emma and Regina combining their powers to destroy the ice warrior. The Snow Queen acquires the services of Sidney and takes possession of the magic mirror. Meanwhile, Mary Margaret leaves Neal with Belle as she and David spend time together, only to be interrupted by Will escaping jail, who Mary Margaret later pardons. Emma has flashbacks of running away as a teenager, and finds videotape evidence that Ingrid (Storybrooke alias Sarah Fisher) is her foster mother.

72
6
"Family Business"
Mario Van Peebles
Kalinda Vazquez & Andrew Chambliss
November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)
7.54[10]

As everyone attempts to track down Ingrid, Emma discovers that there is more to her connection than she expected, while Belle begins to remember her past encounter with Anna and forces Gold into leading her to The Snow Queen's lair. After Belle sees the mirror, Gold warns Ingrid that he will stop her from harming anyone close to him, and shows her the Sorcerer's Hat as proof. Ingrid is planning to destroy everyone around Storybrooke by using a mirror in order to bring the only family into her world: her, Elsa, and Emma, who just discovered a prophecy scroll that she is the savior that will become Ingrid’s sister. In Belle's past in the Enchanted Forest, she seeks out help to finding out a way to remember her mother's death with the help of Anna, who is trying to keep Elsa from finding out the truth about her trip, until she becomes suspicious of Ingrid's (The Snow Queen's) presence, and once Anna discovers that Ingrid is hiding the truth about having another sister, Ingrid imprisons her and steals the box that contains the Sorcerer's hat.

73
7
"The Snow Queen"
Billy Gierhart
Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09)
7.42[11]

The origins of Ingrid, the Snow Queen, are revealed in her past back in Arendelle, where her close relationship with her sisters Helga and Gerda take a tragic turn after they seek out Rumplestiltskin's help to control her magic, leading to Ingrid accidentally killing Helga, and Gerda trapping Ingrid in the urn. Then, Gerda visits the Grand Pabbie and asks him to make Arendelle forget about the existence of Ingrid and Helga. In the present, Sarah allows Emma to capture her, but uses a ploy to make Emma's family fear her, after she loses control of her magic. This in turn causes Emma to fear that she will start hurting those that she loves, and she runs away as a result. Later, Regina continues to reject Robin Hood's offer to restart their romance, but ends up giving in to her desire. Meanwhile, Sarah makes a deal with Gold to return her ribbons, in return for the secret to the missing ingredient that he needs to free himself from the Dagger of Kris. When Mr. Gold obtains the information, he tells that he will have "great pleasure" in obtaining the final ingredient.

74
8
"Smash the Mirror"
Part 1: Eagle Egilsson

Part 2: Ralph Hemecker
David H. Goodman & Jerome Schwartz
November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)
6.80[12]

As Emma's powers become uncontrollable, she ends up seeking help from Gold, who agrees to help her, but has other plans in store for Emma. Regina gives Mary and David a locator potion from her vault, but they quickly drop their plan to stop Emma, believing that it might be better if Emma became "normal." Seeing this turn of events, Elsa steals the locator potion to locate Emma on her own. When the Snow Queen threatens Gold not to hurt Emma, he uses magical dust made from the urn's remnants to temporarily trap the Snow Queen within her palace, to keep her from intervening. In Arendelle's past, Ingrid tries to convince Elsa that Anna was planning to remove her magic, but fails. Elsa and Anna manage to obtain the urn, which they plan to use on Ingrid. Elsa learns why their parents left for the Enchanted Forest, and makes peace with it, and she sends Anna back into the prison to set up their trap for Ingrid.

The Snow Queen fails to stop Emma from heading to Mr. Gold, since Emma no longer trusts her. Regina convinces Mary and David that Emma's powers made her special, so they team up to find Emma. Robin Hood decides to help Regina find the author of the fairytale book, and discovers a missing page that could provide a clue. Hook reaches the mansion first, but Gold binds him to the fence surrounding the property, before trying to convince Emma to step through the door where his magical hat is set up, while Emma's friends and family close in on her location. While Gold taunts Hook, Elsa breaks in through the back door and convinces Emma to accept herself, allowing Emma to control her powers. This frustrates Gold, but he takes Hook's heart, which he needs to sever himself from the Dagger, turning Hook into his "puppet" in the process. Afterward, the Snow Queen places ribbons on Elsa and Emma, to harness their power. They notice the ribbons too late and are unable to remove them, which begin siphoning away their magic. Then, the Snow Queen uses her newly-amplified magic to shatter her mirror, casting the Spell of Shattered Sight over Storybrooke. In Arendelle's past, Ingrid uncovers the sisters' plot, and plans to turn Elsa against Anna, only for a cursed Anna to place Elsa in the urn. In anger, Ingrid freezes Anna, Kristoff, and all of Arendelle. Rumplestiltskin comes to take Anna's necklace and the urn in exchange for the Sorcerer's hat. However, Ingrid turns over the box to the Apprentice instead, in exchange for her happy ending, leading her to 1982 Boston, prior to baby Emma's arrival.

Note: This episode aired as a 2-hour special.

75
9
"Fall"
Mario Van Peebles
Jane Espenson
November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)
6.43[13]

Elsa goes through a portal in the mines of Storybrooke, where she eventually finds Anna and Kristoff on a beach. It is revealed that after being frozen by Ingrid, Anna and Kristoff were unfrozen after 30 years, and they were sent to Storybrooke after Elsa used a Wishing Star (Anna's Necklace) to wish for her. Meanwhile, Ingrid directs the Spell of Shattered Sight towards Storybrooke, and Gold threatens to kill Ingrid following the end of the spell, to which she allows him, Belle, and Henry safe passage out of Storybrooke. As the Spell of Shattered Sight approaches, Regina seals Henry in the mayor's office and herself in her vault. Snow and David lock themselves in the jail at the sheriff's station, while Kristoff is cuffed to the desk. Emma is put in charge of David and Mary Margaret's baby, even as the Spell of Shattered Sight hits, while Emma, Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff look on.

76
10
"Shattered Sight"
Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Scott Nimerfro & Tze Chun
December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)
6.20[14]

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Anna informs Emma and Elsa that killing Ingrid is the only way to break the Spell of Shattered Sight, and they set out stop Ingrid, while Anna babysits Snow's baby. Unfortunately, Ingrid uses the ribbons she shares with Emma and Elsa to keep them from hurting her, but Emma figures out that hatred strong enough to counter Ingrid's love can remove the ribbons. They go to Regina, who is under the Spell of Shattered Sight, and Emma succeeds in provoking Regina into shooting a fireball in hatred at them, which dissolves the ribbons. In the past of the Real World, Emma is fostered by Ingrid in 1999, and the two grow very close, until Ingrid tries to get Emma to utilize her magic by dragging her in front of oncoming car and telling her to stop it. Emma runs away, and Ingrid moves to Storybrooke, led by the Apprentice's scroll, where she knows Emma will eventually come. In November 2011, Emma arrives in Storybrooke, and Ingrid takes Emma's memories of Ingrid, after an argument leads to Emma threatening to call Sheriff Graham. In the present, Anna finds the letter from her and Elsa's mother, which says she made a terrible mistake with Ingrid and that she loves her. Ingrid feels remorse over the curse, and kills herself to get rid of it. Meanwhile, Mr. Gold blackmails Hook into getting him, Belle, and Henry out of Storybrooke before the curse takes over, but Hook is unsuccessful in acquiring Henry. Once the curse is broken, Gold makes his final preparations to leave with Belle to New York.

77
11
"Heroes and Villains"
Ralph Hemecker
Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)
5.69[15]

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In the past of the Enchanted Forest, Belle is kidnapped for a gauntlet from Camelot that can reveal anyone's greatest weakness. Rumplestiltskin goes to pay the ransom to Maleficent, Ursula, and Cruella de Vil, and leaves with Belle, only to reclaim the gauntlet later. Rumplestiltskin declines Ursula's offer to join them, to get villains their happy endings, claiming he will always win. In the present, Gold learns that Ingrid's lingering magic will keep those who leave Storybrooke from ever returning, so he has Hook help him uncover a portal in the Sorcerer's mansion, where Elsa and Anna depart. Regina apparently saves Marian, but Ingrid's Freezing Curse still lingers, so Regina has Robin Hood take his wife and Roland into the real world, to cut off the magic sustaining the Freezing Curse. He leaves heartbroken, knowing he can't see Regina again. Belle finds the gauntlet while packing for New York, and realizes that Rumplestiltskin loves power the most. She uses the gauntlet to find the real Dagger, in Storybrooke's clock tower, where Rumplestiltskin has begun the ritual to sever himself from the Dagger. Then, she uses the real Dagger to stop Rumplestiltskin from killing Hook, and to release Emma and Mary Margaret, before having Rumplestiltskin take them to the town line. There, Belle confronts him over remaining unchanged, and power being his "true love", before using the dagger to force him across the town line. Henry finds a secret library full of blank storybooks in the Sorcerer's mansion, and tells Regina that it is possibly the Author's home. Six weeks later, in New York City, a powerless Rumpelstiltskin visits Ursula at her aquarium job as a fish feeder, and they agree to work together to obtain their happy endings, before meeting with Maleficent and Cruella. Gold implies that he knows who the Author is, having apparently lied to Regina about knowing nothing about the Author.

78
12
"Darkness on the Edge of Town"
Jon Amiel
Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
March 1, 2015 (2015-03-01)
6.66[16]

In New York City, Mr. Gold & Ursula go to Cruella De Vil's place in Great Neck, Long Island where her criminal husband is arrested by FBI. As the Storybrooke residents attempt to move on from Gold; Emma, Regina, Belle, and Hook help free the fairies from the hat, along with the demon Chernabog, who threatens to destroy the town. Meanwhile, Gold enlists Ursula and Cruella De Vil to re-enter Storybrooke by convincing that they have renounced their evil ways to Regina and Emma. Later David and Mary Margaret, warn Ursula and Cruella to not reveal a past meeting to anyone, especially Emma, or Mary Margret would kill them herself. Elsewhere, Gold reveals that he was the person who translated the scroll for Belle and that the Chernabog was hunting the heart with the greatest potential for darkness, Emma. Back in the Enchanted Forest, Rumplestiltskin gathers Maleficent, Cruella, and Ursula in a plot to gather a curse to find their happy endings through the retrieval of the Dark Curse.

79
13
"Unforgiven"
Adam Horowitz
Andrew Chambliss & Kalinda Vazquez
March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)
6.72[17]

In the past of the Enchanted Forest, before the first curse, Snow White and Prince Charming are asked by the Queens of Darkness to find the Tree of Wisdom, for answers on stopping the Evil Queen's Curse. Maleficent later reveals to Snow White that she will also be a mother as well, and asks for help in stopping the Curse to protect both of their children. But she refuses to help a villain. In present-day Storybrooke, Emma is unaware that Mary Margaret, David, and Hook are keeping secrets from her. Cruella, Ursula, and Gold bring Maleficent back to life, whose return could wreck Emma's relationship with her parents, while Hook's past with Ursula could affect his relationship with Emma. Regina attempts to find out if Pinocchio (when he was August Booth) knew about the Author, but a riff prompts Marco to keep him away from Regina; She later apologizes to Marco, who then gives her a bag that may hold the answer to the Author's whereabouts. Gold appears in Storybrooke undetected, and is stunned to see Belle and Will kiss. Mary Margaret tells Regina a secret they can't tell Emma: she was born with a potential for Darkness, and her parents caused the "death" of Maleficent's baby.

80
14
"Enter the Dragon"
Ralph Hemecker
David H. Goodman & Jerome Schwartz
March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
5.88[18]

Regina goes undercover to learn of the Queens' plan to reverse the stories that was ever written about the heroes, with Emma keeping tabs on Regina and the Queens. When Maleficent reveals that they're after Pinocchio and wants Regina to kidnap him, the plans take a different turn after Regina succeeds. At the same time, Mr. Gold, masquerading as Hook, informs Belle that the Queens are after the dagger and agree to hide it, only to have Belle end up being fooled by Gold, who needed the dagger to transform Pinocchio back into August Booth, surprising Regina, who has now "joined" the Queens after being accepted by them. Back in the Enchanted Forest, Regina decides to help Maleficent regain her spirits, in the hours before casting the sleeping curse on Aurora, prior to her wedding to Prince Phillip.

81
15
"Poor Unfortunate Soul"
Steve Pearlman
Andrew Chambliss & Dana Horgan
March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)
5.79[19]

As the heroes attempt to rescue August from Gold and the Queens of Darkness in their quest to track down the Author, Hook finds a way to make a deal with Ursula to get the information he needs to help the heroes as a way to make up for what he did back in the past, in which Hook made a deal with Ursula's father Poseidon that led to unfortunate consequences for both Hook and a young Ursula.

82
16
"Best Laid Plans"
Ron Underwood
Kalinda Vazquez & Jane Espenson
March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)
5.48[20]

As Gold and the Queens of Darkness seek out the Author, Maleficent uses a sleeping spell on Storybrooke so they can find the page containing the Author and uses it as a deal with Gold to find her daughter. At the same time Mary Margaret and David must find a way to stop them in order to keep Emma from finding out about her fate. Henry, who has the page, finds the key to unlock the Author's door. He gives the duplicate to Regina, but Regina is quickly found out to be a double agent by the Villains. Back in time in the Enchanted Forest, Snow White and Prince Charming encounter the Peddler, who then leads them to the Apprentice in a effort to rid any potential darkness from their unborn child. The task becomes one of regret when the Sorcerer and the Apprentice send Maleficent's unborn daughter, Cruella, and Ursula, into the modern world. In modern day, David and Mary Margaret tell Emma the truth about their mistake and August reveals to Emma and Hook that there are more than one Author. When the Author is set free by the heroes, he runs. Gold tells Maleficent that her daughter is alive, revealing that she was sent to the modern world, and named Lily.

83
17
"Heart of Gold"
Billy Gierhart
Tze Chun & Scott Nimerfro
April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12)
5.17[21]

Emma, still upset upon learning the truth from her parents, searches for the Author, who is later found by Gold. Nine weeks earlier, while in New York City, Gold confronts Robin Hood, who is about to move into Baelfire/Neal's apartment with Marian and Roland. When Gold experiences a heart attack, he enlists Robin to steal an elixir to save him, in exchange for letting Robin stay in the apartment, but after Robin completes the task, Gold discovers that the elixir was switched by Zelena. Following her apparent death, Zelena had traveled back in time (along with Emma and Hook, via her spirited soul) and killed Marian, before using the Seven Leaf Clover of Oz to take on her current form. She then returned and has been posing as Marian, to steal away Robin from Regina, and to make Gold suffer. Now, she wants Gold to have the Author released to give her a happy ending, in exchange for the real elixir. In the present, Zelena reveals on the phone that she is alive to Regina, who is left with no choice but to have Emma become dark in order to save Robin. Back in the past in Sherwood Forest, Rumplestiltskin enlists Robin Hood to travel to Oz to steal the same elixir from Zelena.

84
18
"Sympathy for the De Vil"
Romeo Tirone
David H. Goodman & Jerome Schwartz
April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19)
5.12[22]

Cruella is determined to seek revenge on Isaac (the Author), by kidnapping Henry and forcing Emma and Regina to kill him, but it is later revealed that Gold is aware of his past with Cruella, and explains that this encounter will lead to Emma's descent into Darkness. When Isaac is confronted by David and Mary Margaret, he tells them that Cruella will be the reason for Emma's transformation; however, it's too late as, Emma kills Cruella while saving Henry. Meanwhile, back in the 1920s in London, Cruella, who was kept prisoner by her mother, meets Isaac, who vows to take her away from her mother. But when her mother reveals the truth about Cruella to Isaac, the consequences take a toll on both Isaac and Cruella for the rest of their lives.

85
19
"Lily"
Ralph Hemecker
Andrew Chambliss & Dana Horgan
April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)
5.21[23]

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Upon learning that her former childhood friend Lily is also Maleficent's daughter, Emma embarks on a trip to find her, and Regina joins her in her mission to warn Robin Hood about Zelena. When Emma finally meets up with the now-adult Lily, it turns out Lily has been plotting to seek revenge on Mary Margaret and David, leading to a showoff between Emma and Lily, and prompting Regina to intervene before Emma goes dark. The two make up and race off to New York to warn Robin Hood, but it is too late, as Zelena has not only killed Marian, but is now pregnant with Robin Hood's child. Meanwhile, back in Storybrooke, Gold enlists Will to steal Belle's heart back. After completing the task, Gold reveals that if his heart continues to darken, he will eventually die, and then gives his blessing to Will to take care of Belle. Back in 1999 Minnesota, Emma runs into Lily again, whose presence could threaten Emma's new life with her foster family. When it's discovered that Lily is a thief and the stolen money is found, Emma is thrown out of the home, and comes across Lily once again, who wants to remain friends, but Emma turns her down. Lily's past would later be revealed by the Apprentice, who shows up to explain Lily's past to her, as the Sorcerer reveals back in the Enchanted Forest that their fates are intertwined.

86
20
"Mother"
Ron Underwood
Jane Espenson
May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03)
5.31[24]

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Lily is finally reunited with Maleficent in Storybrooke, but Lily still desires vengeance against Mary Margaret and David, even though Maleficent decided to forgive them. At the same time, Isaac informs Gold that he needs Emma's darkness for the ink to write the stories, which leads to Regina securing his services in exchange for obtaining the darkness-infused blood, while Gold passes out, due to his dying heart. As Regina plots to do away with Zelena, she finds the means to do so in Lily, and she cuts her skin to obtain Lily's blood, which contains the darkness transferred from Emma. Lily's anger over this action causes her to transform into a dragon, which leads to a confrontation with Mary Margaret, and Maleficent intervening to convince her that she wants to make up for lost time. She succeeds, as Lily reverts back to human form, and agrees to stay in Storybrooke for one week with Maleficent, while Emma finally forgives Mary Margaret and David. At the asylum, Regina gloats to Zelena about having Isaac write her out of existence, but when Zelena accuses Regina of being like their mother, Cora, Regina decides to spare Zelena's life for now. However, Isaac disappears and returns to Gold, who orders Isaac to write a new story that will alter the destiny of everyone involved, in which the villains will win. Back in the Enchanted Forest, before the first Curse, Cora returns to help Regina seek love, but her interference and influence to ensure that Regina will have an heir to the kingdom results in Regina taking a potion that leaves her infertile.

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"Operation Mongoose"
Romeo Tirone

Ralph Hemecker
Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
May 10, 2015 (2015-05-10)
5.51[25]

Isaac finally completes the "Heroes & Villains" book, and successfully changes the universe by sending everyone back to an alternative version of The Enchanted Forest. Only Henry is left behind, who tracks down Isaac in the Land without Magic, as he discovers that Isaac has become a best-selling author. When Isaac refuses to undo everything (and since he no longer is the Author, having violated the Author's Code), Henry uses a key that sends him and Isaac into the alternate Enchanted Forest. There, in order to undo Isaac's work, Henry has to convince a "Snow White" version of Regina to stop Robin Hood from marrying Zelena, while trying to rescue Emma, who is held captive in the tower by an "Evil Queen" version of Snow White. Henry and Hook help Emma escape the tower and must race against time to make sure that Robin doesn't marry Zelena. However, Isaac blackmails Rumplestiltskin into stopping Emma, but Regina would sacrifice herself after Rumplestiltskin killed her. Emma shows Isaac what he had done in this world but since Isaac cannot undo what happened, it's Henry who can change everything as Isaac has lost the ability to write, and Henry has become the new Author. Henry uses the ink to undo everything that Isaac did, and the timeline is restored with everybody returning to Storybrooke. The Apprentice offers Henry a chance to become the Author, but he turns it down, snapping the pen. The Apprentice also frees an unconscious Gold from the Darkness in his heart, which had nearly killed his heart, by sending it into the Sorcerer's Hat. This purifies Gold's heart and severs his link to the Dagger of Kris in the process. However, the Darkness is too powerful for the hat to contain, and it escapes, attacking the Apprentice. Emma is able to drive out the Darkness with her light magic, but the Apprentice has been fatally wounded, and warns them that only Merlin, the Sorcerer, can prevent the Darkness from destroying all of the realms. The Darkness eventually reappears and attacks Regina, but Emma sacrifices herself and volunteers to tether her soul to the Darkness, to prevent it from destroying everything and everyone, leaving only the Dagger behind, now featuring a new inscription, "Emma Swan."

Note: These episodes aired as a 2-hour special.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: The fourth season of Once Upon a Time was confirmed on May 8, 2014,[1][2][3] this announcement was followed by the announcement that the first half of the season will air during the autumn of 2014, while the second half will air during the spring of 2015.[4] In August 2014, Maleficent was reported to be the main villain for the second half of the season.[26][27] Prior to the season premiere, a special aired recapping the previous three seasons, and finished up with the introduction of the Frozen storyline.[28][29] The theme for the season is "Never give up on the people you love".[30]

text: Adam Horowitz initially announced that the 2-part episode, "Smash the Mirror", would air at the earlier time of 7/6c and will be two hours long,[31][32] however this was later contradicted by the official Prime Time schedule which stated that it would premiere in its usual spot of 8/7c,[33] the official ABC press release for the episode and the Futon Critic also supported this start time.[34] Horowitz later clarified via Twitter that the extra hour was in addition to the already announced 22 episodes.[31][35] He also confirmed that the winter finale would air on December 14, 2014,[31][35] and later confirmed that the show will return from winter hiatus on March 1, 2015.[28][36] On March 15, 2015, Horowitz confirmed that the last 2 episodes of the season will form a 2-hour episode.[37]

text: It has been confirmed that, unlike the Frozen arc, the villains of the second half of season 4 will come from "[Once Upon a Time] mythology" instead of from their respective movies, so their origins will not be how people remember them, in particular, creator Adam Horowitz stated that "[Once] Cruella may have a different backstory than the one that people may remember from the movie" and explained that Maleficent has already been slotted into the mythology in previous seasons.[38]

text: Another special, similar to the special that aired between the season 3 mid-season finale and premiere, aired an hour before the mid-season premiere on March 1, 2015[28] and was titled "Secrets of Storybrooke"[28] and narrated by starring cast member, Jennifer Morrison.[39] The special focused on the topic of what it takes to have familiar fairy-tale characters who have been flipped on their heads from their respective origins.[39]

text: Casting[edit]

text: After Once Upon a Time in Wonderland was canceled, it was reported that Michael Socha, who portrayed Will Scarlet / the Knave of Hearts on the spin off, was in talks to join the main cast of Once Upon a Time as a series regular should the series receive renewal for a fourth season,[40] this was later confirmed on April 20, 2014[41] and on May 8, 2014, Socha was hired following the season 4 renewal.[1] Michael Raymond-James was confirmed to not be returning as a main cast member,[42] since his character, Neal Cassidy, was killed off.[42] During Comic Con 2014, it was officially announced that Ginnifer Goodwin was returning as Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard along with fellow cast members Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming / David Nolan, Colin O'Donoghue as Captain Killian "Hook" Jones and Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen / Regina Mills and Emilie de Ravin as Belle.[43] De Ravin also confirmed Robert Carlyle's return as Rumpelstiltskin / Mr. Gold,[44] through a photo on her Instagram.

text: On July 1, 2014, it was announced that Scott Michael Foster had been cast as Frozen character Kristoff and Elizabeth Lail as Anna.[45] The following day, it was announced Georgina Haig had been cast as Elsa.[46][47] On July 8, 2014, Elizabeth Mitchell was revealed to have been cast in an undisclosed role.[48] It was later revealed that she would be playing an evil Snow Queen, much like the one from the original Hans Christian Andersan fairy tale. The character would be Anna's and Elsa's aunt, Ingrid.[47][49] Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz had also cast a real reindeer as Sven.[47] On July 28, 2014, Tyler Jacob Moore and John Rhys-Davies were both announced to be playing Prince Hans and Grand Pabbie, respectively. The third episode, "Rocky Road", revealed that the roles of two of Hans' brothers, Franz and Jurgen, had been given to Nils Hognestad[50] and Marcus Rosner[50] respectively.[51]

text: Returning recurring cast members include Sean Maguire as Robin Hood,[52] Christie Laing as Maid Marian,[52] Giancarlo Esposito as the Magic Mirror / Sidney Glass,[53] Beverley Elliott as Granny,[54] Lee Arenberg as Grumpy / Leroy,[55] Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archie Hopper[56] and Keegan Connor Tracy as the Blue Fairy / Mother Superior.[57] Faustino Di Bauda also returned as Sleepy / Walter[55][58] and so did Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent.[26][27]

text: On September 4, it was revealed that Frances O’Connor was cast as Belle's mother, Colette for the sixth episode, although appearances later on in the season were also hinted.[59] A new character, Lily, has been cast to Nicole Muñoz,[60] while Sally Pressman was given the role of Helga.[61][62] It was announced on November 5, 2014 that Victoria Smurfit would be portraying Cruella de Vil in a recurring capacity later on in the season and that hints will be placed in the next few episodes.[27] Another Disney villain was also cast in the form of Ursula from The Little Mermaid who was portrayed by Merrin Dungey,[63][64] the character portrayed is named after the original sea-goddess[65] who was portrayed by Yvette Nicole Brown in the season 3 episode, "Ariel".[64] Straten, Smurfit, and Dungey all first appeared in the winter finale, "Heroes and Villains",[66] and are collectively called the "Queens of Darkness".[67]

text: On October 17, 2014, Rebecca Wisocky was revealed to have been cast as the con-artist Madam Faustina for the ninth episode, "Fall",[68] while a few days later on October 22, David Paul Grove, Gabe Khouth, Michael Coleman, Mig Macario and Jeffrey Kaiser were confirmed to be returning as the remaining seven dwarves.[55] On October 25, 2014, Ginnifer Goodwin revealed that Mary Margaret's and David's son, Neal Nolan, is portrayed by eight different babies, adding: "I used to be like, 'babies look like babies.' And now that I have a baby, I'm like, how does the audience not notice that in every shot, this is a different kid?"[69]

text: The season's first episode, "A Tale of Two Sisters" saw the return of Jason Burkart as Little John,[70] who reprised his role in the sixth episode,[71] and Raphael Alejandro as Roland[70] who reprised the role in the third[50] and sixth episodes,[71] and introduced Pascale Hutton as the Queen of Arendelle, Anna and Elsa's mother,[72] who reappeared in the seventh episode[61] while the second episode, "White Out", introduced Robin Weigert as Bo Peep,[73] and saw the return of Gabrielle Rose as Ruth, Prince Charming's mother.[73] The fourth episode, "The Apprentice", introduced Timothy Webber as the Sorcerer's Apprentice[74] who reprised his role in the two-hour episode "Smash the Mirror",[34] and the sixteenth episode, "Best Laid Plans".[75] The fourth episode also saw the return of Brad Dourif as the previous Dark One, Zoso.[74] The fifth episode, "Breaking Glass" saw the return of Abby Ross reprised her role as a teenage Emma in "Breaking Glass",[60] "Shattered Sight",[76] and "Best Laid Plans".[75]

text: The sixth episode, "Family Business" saw the return of Eric Keenleyside as Maurice, Belle's father,[71] and introduced Darcey Johnson as Oaken.[71] The following episode, "The Snow Queen", saw the return of Jessy Schram as Ashley / Cinderella[61] and Sarah Bolger as Aurora,[61] and it also introduced Brighton Sharbino as a younger version of Elizabeth Mitchell's character, Ingrid,[61] Ava Marie Telek as a younger version of Gerda, the Queen of Arendelle,[61] Sally Pressman as Helga,[61] Bailey Herbert as a young Helga,[61] and Jonathan Runyon as a younger Duke of Weselton.[61] The ninth episode, "Fall", saw the return of Charles Mesure as Black Beard.[51]

text: Patrick Fischler has been cast in a "Key Recurring Role" as a Peddler[77][78] named Gorin[79] who first appeared in episode 17, "Best Laid Plans"[75] where he was revealed to also be the "Author".[80] Fischler is also set to reprise his role in the eighteen episode, "Heart of Gold".[81]

text: During a second Q&A on the December 15, Horowitz confirmed the return of Joanna Garcia Swisher as Ariel.[82] On December 18, 2014, Eion Bailey was confirmed to be returning August Booth / Pinocchio for "multiple Season 4 episodes", starting with the fourteenth episode, "Enter the Dragon".[83] It was also revealed that Ernie Hudson had been cast as Poseidon, who is also Ursula's Father,[84] and Sebastian Roche as King Stefan.[85] In February 2015, Rebecca Mader was confirmed to be returning as Wicked Witch of the West / Zelena [86][87][88] and Wil Traval was revealed to be returning as the Sheriff of Nottingham / Keith.[89] Both Mader and Traval have been confirmed to be reprising their roles in the seventeenth episode, "Heart of Gold".[81]

text: Agnes Bruckner has been confirmed to appear in a three episode arc in the role of an adult Lily,[90][91][92] a friend of Emma from her childhood who was portrayed by Nicole Muñoz in the fifth episode, "Breaking Glass".[60] On February 28, Adam Horowitz confirmed the return of Barbara Hershey in a later part of the season.[93] The thirteenth episode, "Unforgiven", which aired on March 8, 2015, saw the return of Tony Amendola as Marco / Geppetto[94] and Jakob Davies as young Pinocchio,[94] his older counterpart August Booth, portrayed by Eion Bailey, was reintroduced in the following episode.[95] The episode that aired on March 22, 2015, "Poor Unfortunate Soul", saw the return of Christopher Gauthier as William Smee[96] and introduced Tiffany Boone as a younger version of Ursula.[96][97][98] The following episode, "Best Laid Plans", saw the return of Barclay Hope as Lily's adoptive father.[75]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The season airs simultaneously on CTV in Canada.[99] In New Zealand, it is currently airing on TVNZ.[100]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 58% approval rating with an average rating of 7.5/10 based on 11 reviews among critics[101] and a score of 85% from 315 audience scores with an average rating of 4.2/5.[101] The website's consensus reads, "The addition of a Frozen subplot feels like a marketing angle, but Once Upon a Time Season Four shines, adding more layers to an already complex story."[101]

text: U.S. live ratings[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"A Tale of Two Sisters"
September 28, 2014
3.5/11
9.47[5]
1.0
2.72
4.5
12.19[102]

2
"White Out"
October 5, 2014
3.2/9
8.78[6]
1.2
2.84
4.4
11.62[103]

3
"Rocky Road"
October 12, 2014
2.7/7
7.92[7]
1.3
3.02
4.0
10.94[104]

4
"The Apprentice"
October 19, 2014
2.7/7
8.07[8]
1.2
2.79
3.9
10.86[105]

5
"Breaking Glass"
October 26, 2014
2.4/6
6.87[9]
1.1
N/A
3.5[106]
N/A

6
"Family Business"
November 2, 2014
2.6/7
7.54[10]
1.3
3.04
3.9
10.57[107]

7
"The Snow Queen"
November 9, 2014
2.5/7
7.42[11]
1.4
3.39
3.9
10.81[108]

8
"Smash the Mirror"
November 16, 2014
2.4/6
6.80[12]
1.2
2.89
3.6
9.69[109]

9
"Fall"
November 30, 2014
2.1/5
6.43[13]
1.1
2.69
3.2
9.12[110]

10
"Shattered Sight"
December 7, 2014
2.0/5
6.20[14]
1.2
2.97
3.2
9.17[111]

11
"Heroes and Villains"
December 14, 2014
1.7/5
5.69[15]
1.2
2.76
2.9
8.45[112]

12
"Darkness on the Edge of Town"
March 1, 2015
2.2/6
6.66[16]
1.1
2.55
3.3
9.21[113]

13
"Unforgiven"
March 8, 2015
2.1/6
6.72[17]
0.9
N/A
3.0[114]
N/A

14
"Enter the Dragon"
March 15, 2015
1.8/6
5.88[18]
1.1
2.52
2.9
8.40[115]

15
"Poor Unfortunate Soul"
March 22, 2015
1.9/6
5.79[19]
1.0
2.50
2.9
8.29[116]

16
"Best Laid Plans"
March 29, 2015
1.7/6
5.48[20]
1.1
2.47
2.8
7.95[117]

17
"Heart of Gold"
April 12, 2015
1.6/5
5.17[21]
1.1
2.51
2.7
7.68[118]

18
"Sympathy for the De Vil"
April 19, 2015
1.7/5
5.12[22]
1.0
2.49
2.7
7.61[119]

19
"Lily"
April 26, 2015
1.7/5
5.21[23]
1.0
2.19
2.7
7.40[120]

20
"Mother"
May 3, 2015
1.7/6
5.31[24]
1.0
2.37
2.7
7.68[121]

21/22
"Operation Mongoose"
May 10, 2015
1.8/6
5.51[25]
1.0
2.46
2.8
7.97[122]

text: The premiere episode of the season, "A Tale of Two Sisters", achieved a weekly viewership ranking of #21.[102]


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question_text: when did the first woman win the best director oscar

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text: Kathryn Bigelow

text: Early life and education[edit]

text: Bigelow was born in San Carlos, California, the only child of Gertrude Kathryn (née Larson; 1917–1994), a librarian, and Ronald Elliot Bigelow (1915–1992), a paint factory manager.[7] Her mother was of Norwegian descent.[8] She attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, CA. Bigelow's early creative endeavors were as a student of painting. She enrolled at San Francisco Art Institute in the fall of 1970 and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in December 1972. While enrolled at SFAI, she was accepted into the Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Study Program in New York City.[9] Bigelow's early work benefited from her apprenticeships with Vito Acconci, Richard Serra, and Lawrence Weiner.[10] For a while, Bigelow lived as a starving artist, crashing with painter Julian Schnabel in performance artist Vito Acconci's loft.[11] Also in her early days in Manhattan, Bigelow teamed up with Philip Glass on a real-estate venture in which the pair personally renovated distressed apartments downtown then sold them for a profit.

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text: Bigelow entered the graduate film program at Columbia University, where she studied theory and criticism and earned her master's degree. Her professors included Vito Acconci, Sylvère Lotringer and Susan Sontag,[12] as well as Andrew Sarris and Edward W. Said,[13] and she worked with the Art & Language collective and noted conceptualist Lawrence Weiner.[14] She also taught at the California Institute of the Arts.[15] While working with Art & Language, Bigelow began a short film, The Set-Up (1978), which found favor with director Miloš Forman,[16] then teaching at Columbia University, and which Bigelow later submitted as part of her MFA at Columbia.[10]

text: Directing career[edit]

text: Early career[edit]

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If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't. There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. It is.

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— Kathryn Bigelow in 1990[17]

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text: Bigelow's short The Set-Up is a 20-minute deconstruction of violence in film. The film portrays "two men fighting each other as the semioticians Sylvère Lotringer and Marshall Blonsky deconstruct the images in voice-over."[12] Bigelow asked her actors to actually beat and bludgeon each other throughout the film's all-night shoot.[10]

text: Her first full-length feature was The Loveless (1981), a biker film that she co-directed with Monty Montgomery and featured Willem Dafoe in his first starring role.

text: Next, she directed Near Dark (1987), which she co-scripted with Eric Red. With this film, she began her life-long fascination with manipulating movie conventions and genre.[11] In the same year, she directed a music video for the New Order song "Touched by the Hand of God"; the video is a spoof of glam metal imagery.

text: Bigelow's subsequent trilogy of action films, Blue Steel, Point Break, and Strange Days, merged her philosophically-minded manipulation of pace with the market demands of mainstream film-making. In the process, Bigelow became recognizable as both a Hollywood brand and an auteur. All three films rethink the conventions of action cinema while exploring gendered and racial politics.[10]

text: Blue Steel starred Jamie Lee Curtis as a rookie police officer who is stalked by a psychopathic killer, played by Ron Silver. As with Near Dark, Eric Red co-wrote the screenplay. The film, originally bankrolled for $10 million, was shot on location in New York both due to financial considerations and because Bigelow doesn't "like movies where you see a welfare apartment and it's the size of two football fields."[18]

text: Bigelow followed Blue Steel with Point Break (1991), which starred Keanu Reeves as an FBI agent who poses as a surfer to catch the "Ex-Presidents", a team of surfing armed robbers led by Patrick Swayze who wear Reagan, Nixon, LBJ and Jimmy Carter masks when they hold up banks. Point Break was Bigelow's most profitable 'studio' film, taking approximately $80 million at the global box office during the year of its release, and yet it remains one of her least well-received films, both in commercial reviews and academic analysis. This is perhaps due to the fact that it most successfully conforms to its action genre and abandons much of the stylistic substance and subtext of Bigelow's other work.[19]

text: In 1993, she directed an episode of the TV series Wild Palms.

text:
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I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about what my aptitude is, and I really think it's to explore and push the medium. It's not about breaking gender roles or genre traditions.

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— Kathryn Bigelow in 2009[9]

text: Bigelow's 1995 film Strange Days was written and produced by her ex-husband James Cameron. Despite some positive reviews, the film was a commercial failure. Furthermore, many attributed the creative vision to Cameron, diminishing Bigelow's perceived influence on the film.[10]

text: She directed episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street in 1997 and 1998.

text: Based on Anita Shreve's novel of the same name, Bigelow's 2000 film The Weight of Water is a portrait of two women trapped in suffocating relationships.

text: In 2002, she directed K-19: The Widowmaker, starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, about a group of men aboard the Soviet Union's first nuclear-powered submarine. The film fared poorly at the box office and was received with mixed reactions by critics.

text: Bigelow next directed The Hurt Locker, which was first shown at the Venice Film Festival in September 2008, was the Closing Night selection for Maryland Film Festival in May 2009, and theatrically released in the US in June 2009. It qualified for the 2010 Oscars as it did not premiere in an Oscar-qualifying run in Los Angeles until mid-2009. Set in post-invasion Iraq, the film received "universal acclaim" (according to Metacritic)[20] and a 97% "fresh" rating from the critics aggregated by Rotten Tomatoes.[21] The film stars Jeremy Renner, Brian Geraghty and Anthony Mackie, with cameos by Guy Pearce, David Morse and Ralph Fiennes. She won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (becoming the first woman to win the award) and also received a Golden Globe nomination for her direction. In 2010, she won the award for Best Director and The Hurt Locker won Best Picture at the 63rd British Academy Film Awards.[22] She became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Director for The Hurt Locker.[23] She was the fourth woman in history to be nominated for the honor, and only the second American woman. She defeated her ex-husband James Cameron in the category, for his directorial work in his sci-fi film Avatar, with a budget of $200 million. The Hurt Locker was far less expensive to make, relying on the use of hand-held cameras, long takes, and diligent sound design.[11]

text: In her acceptance speech for her Academy Award, Bigelow surprised many audience members when she didn't mention her status as the first woman to ever receive an Oscar for Best Director. In the past, Bigelow has refused to identify herself as a "woman filmmaker" or a "feminist filmmaker."[11] Throughout her career, she has been faced with harsh criticism for the violence in her films, facing questions such as Mark Salisbury's in The Guardian, "Why does she make the kind of movie she makes?", or Marcia Froelke Coburn for the Chicago Tribune's, "What’s a nice woman like Bigelow doing making erotic, violent vampire movies?"[11]

text: Bigelow's next film was Zero Dark Thirty, a dramatization of American efforts to find Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty was acclaimed by film critics[24] but has also attracted controversy and strong criticism for its allegedly pro-torture stance.[25][26] Bigelow won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director for the film, making her the first woman to win the award twice. She had already won previously for directing The Hurt Locker.[27] She also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director, making her the first woman to win that award.[28]

text: Bigelow collaborated with Mark Boal again on the film Detroit, set during the 1967 Detroit riots.[29] Detroit began filming in the summer of 2016, and was released in July 2017, around the time of the 50th anniversary of the riots, and on the anniversary day of the Algiers Motel incident, which is depicted in the film. John Boyega,[30] Hannah Murray, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor, Anthony Mackie, and Joseph David-Jones starred in the film.[31][31]

text: Future projects[edit]

text: In 2014, Bigelow announced plans to direct two movies: an adaptation of Anand Giridharadas's non-fiction book The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas starring Tom Hardy[32] and a feature based on the life of Bowe Bergdahl written by her frequent collaborator Mark Boal.[33]

text: Film style[edit]

text: Bigelow is known for her shifting relationship to Hollywood and its conventional film standards and techniques. Her work "both satisfies and transcends the demands of formula to create cinema that’s ideologically complex, viscerally thrilling, and highly personal".[34] She has had success both ascribing to conventional Hollywood cinema techniques as well as creating her own unique style that pushes against mainstream conventions. She is also known for entrenching social issues of gender, race, and politics into her work of all genres.[34]

text: While her films are often categorized in the action genre, she describes her own style as an exploration of "film's potential to be kinetic".[35] Her frequent and notable action sequences are unique because of her use of "purpose-built" camera equipment[36] to create unique mobile shots that are very distinctive and indicative of the physicality of her work. In many of her films, such as The Hurt Locker, Point Break, and Strange Days, she has used utilized mobile and hand-held cameras.

text: Perhaps what Bigelow is most well-known for is her use of extensive violence in her films. Most of her films include violent sequences and many of them revolve around the theme of violence. Violence has been a staple in her films from the beginning of her career. In her first short film The Set-Up (1978), two professors deconstruct two men beating each other up and reflect on the "fascistic appeal of screen violence".[36] For this film Bigelow asked the two actors, including a then unknown Gary Busey, to actually beat each other up in the film's all-night shoot.[36] This interest in violence seeped its way into her first full-length feature film The Loveless, starring William Dafoe, which follows a 1950's motorcycle gang's visit to a small town and the ensuing violence that occurs. Her next film Near Dark follows a young boy who falls in love with a vampire after being bitten by her. The film was originally conceived of as a Western but the genre was so unpopular at the time that Bigelow had to adjust her script and invert the genres conventions.[36] She still used the violent staples of the genre including sieges, shoot-outs, and horseback chases.[36] It is regarded for its combination of the Western and Horror genre and its exploration of "homosexuality and 'white America's illusion of safety and control'".[34] The film became a cult classic within the horror genre community. Bigelow herself saw a screening of it in Greenwich Village with a horror genre crowd.[18]

text: Her film Blue Steel, which was quickly followed by Point Break and Strange Days, was her first venture into the action film genre, in which she has stayed in throughout her career and has found her most success. The film revolves around a female cop who is falsely accused of a murder and who in the process of clearing her name investigates a killing spree connected to the original murder. Similarly to Near Dark, Bigelow inverts the typical action genre conventions by placing a female protagonist at the center.[36] The film digs deeply into feminist issues and is often taught and studied by feminist film scholars.[34] Her next film Point Break, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, was her breakout film that truly bolstered her to mainstream success. The film follows a detective who goes undercover in a suspected criminal gang of surfers who primarily rob banks. It marks the first time that Bigelow used lengthy Steadicam tracking shots. It was also her biggest financial success yet, grossing $83.5 million worldwide with a budget of $24 million.[36] Although her next film Strange Days, which ruminates on the relationships between media, sex, race, class, and technology,[34] had a budget of $42 million, it only grossed just under $8 million.[36] Although the film flopped, it led Bigelow and her team to spend over a year developing a camera that intended to approximate human vision.[36] Sequences filmed by this camera are widely regarded as innovative and startling regardless of the film's success.

text: The commercial failure of Strange Days was followed by a stream of commercial and critical flops for Bigelow. Her films The Weight of Water and K-19: The Widowmaker received negative reviews from critics and little attention from the general public. It wasn't until Bigelow decided to independently produce her film The Hurt Locker that she made a commercial and critical comeback. This film was her first transition into definitively political and historical film.The Hurt Locker, which follows members of a bomb squad serving in the Iraq War, was Bigelow's first venture into pseudo-documentary style film, abandoning the aesthetic stylization found in Strange Days and Near Dark.[36] The film utilizes the genre's tendency to use quick cuts, shaky camera, and rapid zooms. It also breaks with the conventional narrative structures of her previous films, following a more unorganized and experimental narrative structure. Her next film, Zero Dark Thirty, is widely seen as a direct extension of The Hurt Locker, going further in-depth of historical analysis and addressing issues of geopolitics and American foreign policy. The film is her most controversial to date, with heavy criticism on the depiction of the CIA's torture practices.[36]

text: Throughout her career, Bigelow has been known for her tendency to go to extremes for her films. In Point Break, while filming the famous skydiving scene, Bigelow was on the airplane with a parachute on, as she filmed Patrick Swayze throw himself into the sky.[35] During surfing scenes in the same film, she would either paddle on a longboard or lean over a nearby boat as far as possible to get shots of Keanu Reeves surfing.[35] For the opening of Strange Days she controlled a crane that dropped a camera man off the edge of a tall building. For The Hurt Locker, Bigelow filmed in Jordan in up to 130 degree heat.[35]

text: Other work[edit]

text: In the early 1980s, Bigelow modeled for a Gap advertisement.

text: Her acting credits include Lizzie Borden's 1983 film Born in Flames as a feminist newspaper editor, and as the leader of a cowgirl gang in the 1988 music video of Martini Ranch's "Reach", which was directed by James Cameron.

text: Personal life[edit]

text: Bigelow was married to fellow director James Cameron from 1989 to 1991. She and Cameron were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010. Bigelow won the award.

text: Filmography[edit]

text: Film[edit]

text:
Year

Film

Director

Writer

Producer

Notes

1981

The Loveless

Yes

Yes

No

Directorial DebutCo-directed with Monty Montgomery

1987

Near Dark

Yes

Yes

No

Co-written with Eric Red

1990

Blue Steel

Yes

Yes

No

1991

Point Break

Yes

No

No

1995

Strange Days

Yes

No

No

1996

Undertow

No

Yes

No

Co-written with Eric Red

2000

The Weight of Water

Yes

No

No

2002

K-19: The Widowmaker

Yes

No

Yes

2009

The Hurt Locker

Yes

No

Yes

2012

Zero Dark Thirty

Yes

No

Yes

2017

Detroit

Yes

No

Yes

text: Television[edit]

text:
Wild Palms: "Rising Sons" (1993) miniseries
Homicide: Life on the Street: "Fallen Heroes" Parts 1 & 2 (1998)
Homicide: Life on the Street: "Lines of Fire" (1999)
Karen Sisco: "He Was a Friend of Mine" (2004)

tag: ul

text: Other works[edit]

text:
Year

Film

Role

Notes

1978
The Set-Up
Director
Short film

1983
Born in Flames
Actress

1987
"Touched by the Hand of God" – New Order
Director
Music video

1988
"Reach" – Martini Ranch
Actress
Music video

2014
Last Days
Director
Short film / PSA[37][38]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Year

Association

Category

Nominated work

Result

Ref.

1987

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival

Silver Raven

Near Dark

Won

Saturn Awards

Best Director

Nominated

1995

Saturn Awards

Best Director

Strange Days

Won

2000

San Sebastián International Film Festival

Golden Shell Award

The Weight of Water

Won

2008

Academy Awards

Best Director

The Hurt Locker

Won

Best Picture

Won

AFI Dallas International Film Festival

Dallas Star Award

Won

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award

Best Director

Won

Best Picture

Won

Best Woman Director

Won

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry

Won

Women's Image Award

Won

American Film Institute

Top 10 Films of 2009

Won

Austin Film Critics Association Awards

Best Director

Won

BAFTA Awards

Best Direction

Won

Best Film

Won

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Best Director

Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association

Best Director

Won

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

Best Director

Won

Columbia University

"Andrew Sarris" Award

Won

Denver Film Critics Society Awards

Best Director

Won

Directors Guild of America Awards

Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Won

Hollywood Film Festival Award

Director of the Year

Won

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Best Director

Won

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Director

Won

[39]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best Director

Won

London Film Critics' Circle Awards

Director of the Year

Won

National Society of Film Critics Awards

Best Director

Won

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Director

Won

New York Film Critics Online Awards

Best Director

Won

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Director

Won

[40]

Online Film Critics Society

Best Director

Won

Producers Guild of America Awards

Best Theatrical Motion Picture

Won

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Director

Won

Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards

Outstanding Director of the Year

Won

Satellite Awards

Best Director

Won

Best Director, Golden Space Needle Award

Won

Southeastern Film Critics Association Award

Best Director

Won

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

Best Director

Won

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Best Director

Won

Venice Film Festival

Human Rights Film Network Award

Won

Sergio Trasatti Award

Won

Arca Cinemagiovani Award for Best Film Venezia 65

Won

SIGNIS Award

Won

Young Cinema Award

Won

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

Best Director

Won

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award

Best of the Fests

Nominated

Perseverance Award

Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Best Director

Nominated

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Golden Lion

Nominated

Saturn Awards

Best Director

Nominated

2017

Rome Film Festival

BNL People's Choice Award

Detroit

Nominated


document_title: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)

question_text: who is left on rupaul's drag race season 10

question_tokens: who is left on rupaul 's drag race season 10

text: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)

text: Contestants

text: (Ages and names stated are at time of contest)

text:
Contestant
Name
Age
Hometown
Outcome

Aquaria
Giovanni Palandrani[6]
21
Brooklyn, New York
TBA

Asia O'Hara[a]
Antwan Lee[7]
35
Dallas, Texas
TBA

Eureka[b]
David Huggard[8]
27
Johnson City, Tennessee
TBA

Kameron Michaels
Dane Young[9][10]
31
Nashville, Tennessee
TBA

Miz Cracker
Maxwell Heller[11]
33
Harlem, New York
5th Place

Monét X Change
Kevin Bertin[12]
27
The Bronx, New York
6th Place

The Vixen
Anthony Taylor[13][14]
26
Chicago, Illinois
7th Place

Monique Heart
Kevin Richardson[15]
31
Kansas City, Missouri
8th Place

Blair St. Clair
Andrew Bryson[16]
22
Indianapolis, Indiana
9th Place

Mayhem Miller
Dequan Johnson[17]
35
Riverside, California
10th Place

Dusty Ray Bottoms
Dustin Rayburn[18]
29
New York, New York
11th Place

Yuhua Hamasaki
Yuhua Ou[19]
27
New York, New York
12th Place

Kalorie Karbdashian Williams
Daniel Hernandez[20]
27
Albuquerque, New Mexico
13th Place

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Jose Cancel[21]
25
Tampa, Florida
14th Place

text:
Jump up ^ Asia T. O'Hara is simply known as Asia O’Hara on the show.
Jump up ^ Eureka O'Hara is simply known as Eureka on the show.

tag: ol

text: Contestant progress

text:
Contestant
1[22]
2[23]
3[24]
4[25]
5[26]
6[27]
7[28]
8[29]
9[30]
10[31]
11[32]
12

Aquaria
SAFE
SAFE
SAFE
WIN
SAFE
SAFE
WIN
LOW
HIGH
LOW
WIN
SAFE

Asia O'Hara
SAFE
SAFE
WIN
LOW
SAFE
SAFE
LOW
BTM2
WIN
HIGH
HIGH
SAFE

Eureka
SAFE
BTM2
HIGH
SAFE
WIN
WIN
HIGH
SAFE
BTM2
HIGH
HIGH
SAFE

Kameron Michaels
SAFE
HIGH
LOW
HIGH
SAFE
HIGH
SAFE
WIN
BTM2
BTM2
BTM2
SAFE

Miz Cracker
HIGH
HIGH
SAFE
HIGH
HIGH
LOW
SAFE
SAFE
LOW
WIN
ELIM

Monét X Change
SAFE
HIGH
SAFE
BTM2
BTM2
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
ELIM

The Vixen
SAFE
WIN
SAFE
SAFE
LOW
BTM2
BTM2
ELIM

Monique Heart
SAFE
LOW
SAFE
SAFE
HIGH
SAFE
ELIM

Blair St. Clair
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
SAFE
SAFE
ELIM

Mayhem Miller
WIN
HIGH
BTM2
SAFE
ELIM

Dusty Ray Bottoms
LOW
SAFE
SAFE
ELIM

Yuhua Hamasaki
HIGH
SAFE
ELIM

Kalorie Karbdashian Williams
BTM2
ELIM

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
ELIM

text: Lip syncs

text:
Episode
Contestants
Song
Eliminated

1
Kalorie Karbdashian Williams
vs.
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
“Ain't No Other Man”
(Christina Aguilera)
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo

2
Kalorie Karbdashian Williams
vs.
Eureka
"Best of My Love"
(The Emotions)
Kalorie Karbdashian Williams

3
Mayhem Miller
vs.
Yuhua Hamasaki
"Celebrity Skin"
(Hole)
Yuhua Hamasaki

4
Dusty Ray Bottoms
vs.
Monét X Change
"Pound the Alarm"
(Nicki Minaj)
Dusty Ray Bottoms

5
Mayhem Miller
vs.
Monét X Change
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
(Shania Twain)
Mayhem Miller

6
Blair St. Clair
vs.
The Vixen
"I'm Coming Out"
(Diana Ross)
Blair St. Clair

7
Monique Heart
vs.
The Vixen
"Cut to the Feeling"
(Carly Rae Jepsen)
Monique Heart

8
Asia O'Hara
vs.
The Vixen
"Groove Is in the Heart"
(Deee-Lite)
The Vixen

9
Eureka
vs.
Kameron Michaels
"New Attitude"
(Patti Labelle)
None

10
Kameron Michaels
vs.
Monét X Change
"Good as Hell"
(Lizzo)
Monét X Change

11
Kameron Michaels
vs.
Miz Cracker
"Nasty Girl"
(Vanity 6)
Miz Cracker

12
Aquaria vs. Asia O’Hara vs. Eureka vs. Kameron Michaels
"Call Me Mother"
(RuPaul)
None

text: Guest judges

text: Listed in chronological order:[33]

text:
Christina Aguilera, singer, songwriter, actress
Halsey, singer, songwriter
Padma Lakshmi, actress, model
Courtney Love, singer, songwriter, actress
Nico Tortorella, actor, model
Logan Browning, actress
Tisha Campbell-Martin, actress, singer
Carrie Preston, actress, producer, singer
Shania Twain, singer, songwriter
Emily V. Gordon, writer, producer
Kumail Nanjiani, comedian, actor, writer
Audra McDonald, actress, singer
Kate Upton, model, actress
Andrew Rannells, actor, singer
Billy Eichner, comedian, actor, writer
Abbi Jacobson, comedian, writer, actress
Ilana Glazer, comedian, writer, actress
Miles Heizer, actor, musician
Lizzo, rapper, singer
Lena Dunham, actress, writer, director
Ashanti, singer, songwriter, actress
Todrick Hall, singer, director, choreographer

text: Special guests

text: Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.[34][35]

text: Episode 1

text:
Adore Delano, runner-up of season six and contestant on All Stars season two
Bob the Drag Queen, winner of season eight
Chad Michaels, runner-up of season four and winner of All Stars season one
Darienne Lake, contestant on season six
Delta Work, contestant on season three
Derrick Barry, contestant on season eight
Detox, contestant on season five and runner-up of All Stars season two
Jaymes Mansfield, contestant on season nine
Jessica Wild, contestant on season two
Jiggly Caliente, contestant on season four
Jinkx Monsoon, winner of season five
Jujubee, contestant on season two and All Stars season one
Katya, contestant on season seven and runner-up of All Stars season two
Kim Chi, runner-up of season eight
Laganja Estranja, contestant on season six
Manila Luzon, runner-up of season three and contestant on All Stars season one
Mariah Balenciaga, contestant on season three
Morgan McMichaels, contestant on season two and All Stars season three
Mrs. Kasha Davis, contestant on season seven
Ongina, contestant on season one
Pandora Boxx, contestant on season two and All Stars season one
Peppermint, runner-up of season nine
Raven, runner-up of season two and All Stars season one
Tempest DuJour, contestant on season seven
Trixie Mattel, contestant on season seven and winner of All Stars season three
Victoria "Porkchop" Parker, contestant on season one
Yara Sofia, contestant on season three and All Stars season one

text: Episode 2

text:
Andy Cohen, television personality[36]
Alyssa Edwards, contestant on season five and All Stars season two

text: Episode 4

text: Shawn Morales, Pit Crew member from seasons three to six

text: Episode 5

text: Ross Mathews

text: Episode 7

text:
Bianca Del Rio, winner of season six
Alex Trebek, game show host[37]

text: Episode 8

text:
Chad Michaels, runner-up of season four and winner of All Stars season one
Todrick Hall, singer, director, and choerographer

text: Episode 9

text:
Stephen Colbert, television host[36]
Randy Rainbow, comedian

text: Episode 10

text:
Anthony Padilla, actor, comedian, and YouTube personality
Chester See, singer, actor, and YouTube personality
Frankie Grande, dancer, actor, singer, and YouTube personality
Kingsley, comedian, blogger, and YouTube personality
Raymond Braun, actor, and YouTube personality
Tyler Oakley, author, and YouTube personality

text: Episode 11

text: Cheyenne Jackson, actor, singer[36]

text: Episodes

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Original air date

118
1
"10s Across the Board[38]"
March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)[1]

The 14 queens enter the work room for the first time. RuPaul announces the first mini-challenge, the contestants must work the runway and stand out among previous contestants and winners; Monét X Change wins the mini-challenge.[22] For the maxi-challenge, RuPaul tasks the contestants to create a runway outfit from miscellaneous items found at a variety store; inspired by the first challenge on season one.[22] On stage, Aquaria, Asia O'Hara, Eureka, Kameron Michaels, Monét X Change, Monique Heart, and The Vixen are declared safe. Blair St. Clair, Mayhem Miller, Miz Cracker, and Yuhua Hamasaki all receive positive remarks, but Mayhem is declared the winner. Dusty Ray Bottoms, Kalorie Karbdashian Williams, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo all received negative commentary for their runway looks.[22] Bottoms was declared safe, while Williams and Mateo lip-synced to Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man"; Williams won the lip-sync and Mateo was eliminated from the competition.[22]

Guest Judge: Christina Aguilera
Alternating Judges: Carson Kressley & Ross Mathews
Mini-Challenge: Stand out on the runway among a sea of legendary queens from past seasons.
Mini-Challenge Winner: Monét X Change
Mini-Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to FierceQueen.com
Maxi Challenge: Construct a runway outfit from miscellaneous items found at a variety store
Challenge Winner: Mayhem Miller
Maxi Challenge Prize: A luxury Hawaiian getaway to Hale Mohalu Guesthouse and Retreat
Bottom Two: Kalorie Karbdashian Williams & Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Lip Sync Song: "Ain't No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera
Eliminated: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Farewell message: "Ladies I ❤ U The Vanjie way! xoxo Vanessa ❤!"

119
2
"PharmaRusical[38]"
March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29)[39]

The 13 remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to perform a dance in 20 minute country quick drag for the mini-challenge, with special guest Andy Cohen judging their performances; Asia O'Hara and The Vixen are declared the winners and were made team captains for a live stage musical titled "PharmaRusical".[23] Team Asia O'Hara consisted of Aquaria, Dusty Ray Bottoms, Eureka, Kalorie Karbdashian Williams, Monique Heart, and Yuhua Hamasaki, with Team Vixen consisting of Blair St. Clair, Kameron Michaels, Mayhem Miller, Miz Cracker, and Monét X Change. The runway theme was "Very Best Drag." On the main stage, The Vixen's team is declared the winners with Vixen being the standout and winning the overall challange.[23] Asia O'Hara's team is declared the losers and are critiqued by the judges.[23] Heart, Eureka, and Williams are said to be the weakest of their team, Heart is announced as safe leaving Eureka and Williams to lip-sync to The Emotions' "Best of My Love"; Eureka is declared the winner of the lip-sync and Williams is subsequently eliminated from the competition.[23]

Guest Judges: Halsey & Padma Lakshmi
Alternating Judge: Ross Mathews
Mini-Challenge: Participate in the Hay Girl Hay hoedown
Mini-Challenge Winners: Asia O'Hara & The Vixen
Maxi Challenge: Perform in PharmaRusical
Runway Theme: Very Best Drag
Challenge Winner: The Vixen
Maxi Challenge Prize: Jewelry from Fierce Drag Jewels and a $2,000 gift card to Nailed by Cristy
Bottom Two: Eureka & Kalorie Karbdashian Williams
Lip Sync Song: "Best of My Love" by The Emotions
Eliminated: Kalorie Karbdashian Williams
Farewell message: "Thank you Sisters. I'm So Blessed to have met you all. Keep it Kute! KKW"

120
3
"Tap That App[38]"
April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)[39]

The 12 remaining queens were tasked by RuPaul to perform a skit to promote his self-titled chocolate bar. Blair St. Clair, Monét X Change, and Monique Heart are deemed the winners, and are selected as team leaders for the acting challenge "Tap That App", inspired by dating apps.[24] They are split into three teams: Team Blair consists of Eureka, Miz Cracker, and The Vixen; Team Monét are Aquaria, Asia O'Hara, and Yuhua Hamasaki; Team Monique are Dusty Ray Bottoms, Kameron Michaels, and Mayhem Miller. Subsequently, the runway theme for the episode was a look constructed with feathers.[24] On the main stage, Aquaria, Dusty Ray Bottoms, Miz Cracker, Monét X Change, Monique Heart and the Vixen are declared safe. Asia O'Hara, Blair St. Clair and Eureka are praised for their runway looks and performances, with Asia declared the winner of the main challenge. Conversely, Kameron Michaels, Mayhem Miller and Yuhua Hamasaki are criticized for their performances, though Kameron received rave reviews for her runway look.[24] Kameron was declared safe, while Mayhem and Yuhua lip-synced to Hole's "Celebrity Skin"; Mayhem won the lip-sync and Yuhua was eliminated from the competition.[24]

Guest Judges: Courtney Love & Nico Tortorella
Alternating Judge: Carson Kressley
Mini-Challenge: Perform in screen tests for Ru's provocative new RuPaul's Chocolate Bar campaign.
Mini-Challenge Winners: Blair St. Clair, Monét X Change, and Monique Heart
Maxi Challenge: Film ads for new dating apps
Runway Theme: Feathers
Challenge Winner: Asia O'Hara
Maxi Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to Casper Sleep and a $3,000 gift card to Catherine D'Lish
Bottom Two: Mayhem Miller & Yuhua Hamasaki
Lip Sync Song: "Celebrity Skin" by Hole
Eliminated: Yuhua Hamasaki
Farewell message: "我爱 you (I love you all! Season 10 is going to be amazing! - Yuhua Hamasaki)"

121
4
"The Last Ball on Earth[38]"
April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)[39]

The 11 remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to be part of a satire photo-bombing photo shoot featuring infamous celebrity photos; Aquaria won the mini-challenge. For the maxi-challenge, RuPaul tasked the contestants to design three looks for "The Last Ball on Earth". The three categories are: Alaskan Winter Realness, Miami Summer Realness, and Martian Eleganza Extravaganza. On the main stage, Blair St. Clair, Eureka, Mayhem Miller, Monique Heart, and The Vixen were declared safe. Aquaria, Kameron Michaels, and Miz Cracker were all praised for their runway looks, and Aquaria won the main challenge. Asia O'Hara, Dusty Ray Bottoms, and Monét X Change were criticized for their runway looks, though all three were praised for their Miami Summer Realness costume. Asia was declared safe, while Dusty and Monet lip-synced to Nicki Minaj's "Pound the Alarm"; Monét won the lip-sync and Dusty was eliminated from the competition.

Guest Judges: Logan Browning & Tisha Campbell Martin
Alternating Judge: Ross Matthews
Mini-Challenge: Photobomb iconic celebrity pictures
Mini-Challenge Winner: Aquaria
Mini-Challenge Prize: $1,000 credit to Postmates
Maxi Challenge: Create three looks based on climate change; Alaskan Winter Realness, Miami Summer Realness, and Martian Eleganza Extravaganza
Challenge Winner: Aquaria
Maxi Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to D Bleu Dazzled and wigs courtesy of RockStar Wigs
Bottom Two: Dusty Ray Bottoms & Monét X Change
Lip Sync Song: "Pound the Alarm" by Nicki Minaj
Eliminated: Dusty Ray Bottoms
Farewell message: "NEVA LAVD YA! ❤ Dusty"

122
5
"The Bossy Rossy Show[38]"
April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)[39]

The 10 remaining queens were tasked by RuPaul to get into quick drag and create an outfit inspired by the military; The Vixen wins the mini-challenge and pairs each contestant for the maxi-challenge.[40] In The Bossy Rossy Show, the queens must improvise through a storyline; Asia & The Vixen starred in a copycat storyline, Miz Cracker & Mayhem in a pickle phobia scene, Eureka & Aquaria in an adult baby scene, Blair & Monique in I Married a Cactus, and Kameron & Monét in a My Strange Addiction-style storyline.[40] The runway theme for the episode is denim and diamonds. On the main stage, Asia, Aquaria, Blair, and Kameron were declared safe. Miz Cracker and Monique Heart received praise on their performances and runway looks, however Eureka is declared the winner. Mayhem Miller, Monét X Change, and The Vixen were criticised for their performances, though The Vixen received positive remarks for her runway look. The Vixen is declared safe, while Mayhem and Monet lip-synced to "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain. Monét wins the lip sync and Mayhem is eliminated from the competition.[40]

Guest Judges: Carrie Preston & Shania Twain
Alternating Judge: Carson Kressley
Mini-Challenge: Create a military inspired outfit to enlist in the Drag Army
Mini-Challenge Winner: The Vixen
Maxi Challenge: Working in pairs, improvise in the new day-time talk show "Bossy Rossy"
Runway Theme: Denim & Diamonds
Challenge Winner: Eureka
Maxi Challenge Prize: 2 VIP tickets to Cirque du Soleil: Zumanity in Las Vegas, including flights and accommodation.
Bottom Two: Mayhem Miller & Monét X Change
Lip Sync Song: "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain
Eliminated: Mayhem Miller
Farewell message: "I ❤ to PARTY xoxo May"

123
6
"Drag Con Panel Extravaganza[38]"
April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26)[39]

The 9 remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to participate in a game of Sittin' on a Secret, where contestants sit on an object while blind-folded; Asia O'Hara wins the challenge by guessing the most objects. For the maxi challenge, RuPaul tasks the queens to take part in a special rendition of RuPaul's DragCon.[27] The queens get to choose their own teams: Blair St. Clair, The Vixen, & Miz Cracker as Team Hair, Eureka, Kameron, & Monét X Change as Team Body, and Asia O'Hara, Aquaria, & Monique Heart as Team Face. Additionally, RuPaul announces that their performances will be in front of a live audience, and each contestant will be ranked in a poll.[27] The runway theme for this episode is Hats Incredible. On the main stage, Aquaria, Asia, and Monique are declared safe. Eureka, Kameron, and Monét are selected as the top team of the week, with Eureka winning the and receiving the highest public vote. Blair, Miz Cracker, and The Vixen are deemed the bottom team for their performances. Miz Cracker is declared safe, while Blair and The Vixen lip-synced to "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross. The Vixen wins the lip sync and Blair is eliminated from the competition.[27]

Guest Judges: Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon
Alternating Judge: Ross Mathews
Mini-Challenge: Identify objects only by sitting on them
Mini-Challenge Winner: Asia O'Hara
Mini-Challenge Prize: $2,000 hair care package from Art Lab Salon
Maxi Challenge: In teams, create and produce RuPaul's DragCon panels on hair, face, and body in front of a live audience.
Runway Theme: Hats Incredible
Challenge Winner: Eureka
Maxi Challenge Prize: Four-night stay and spa treatments for 2 at Saguaro in Palm Springs
Bottom Two: Blair St. Clair & The Vixen
Lip Sync Song: "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross
Eliminated: Blair St. Clair
Farewell message: "Let me be your STAR! xoxo Blair St. Clair"

124
7
"Snatch Game[38]"
May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)[39]

The eight remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to participate in the mini-challenge roast "Reading is Fundamental", with Eureka winning. RuPaul tasks the contestants to participate in the series Snatch Game, where each queen impersonates a celebrity; Aquaria plays as Melania Trump, Asia O'Hara as Beyonce, Eureka as Alana Thompson, Kameron Michaels as Chyna, Miz Cracker as Dorothy Parker, Monét x Change as Maya Angelou, Monique Heart as Maxine Waters, and The Vixen as Blue Ivy Carter. Additionally, the runway theme was inspired by mermaids.[28] On the main stage, Kameron and Miz Cracker were deemed safe. Eureka and Monét x Change received positive reviews for their performances, but received mixed commentary for their runway looks. Aquaria won her second challenge, based on her performance and runway look. Asia, Monique and The Vixen were all criticized for their impersonations and runway looks. Asia is declared safe, while Monique and The Vixen lip-synced to "Cut to the Feeling" by Carly Rae Jepsen. During the lip-sync, Monique did not know the words to the song, which ultimately made The Vixen win and Monique being eliminated from the competition.[28]

Guest Judges: Audra McDonald & Kate Upton
Alternating Judge: Carson Kressley
Mini-Challenge: Reading Is Fundamental
Mini-Challenge Winner: Eureka
Mini-Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to l.a.Eyeworks
Maxi Challenge: Impersonate celebrities in the annual comedy challenge of Snatch Game
Runway Theme: Mermaid Fantasy
Challenge Winner: Aquaria
Maxi Challenge Prize: 6-night stay at Grove Hotel on Fire Island
Bottom Two: Monique Heart & The Vixen
Lip Sync Song: "Cut to the Feeling" by Carly Rae Jepsen
Eliminated: Monique Heart
Farewell message: "Always abide in love & learn your words! Facts are facts"

125
8
"The Unauthorized Rusical[38]"
May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10)[39]

The seven remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to participate in an improv mini-challenge that pastiches a similar scene from the finale of season two. Each queen has to try and make RuPaul slap them, with Asia O'Hara winning the mini-challenge.[29] For the main challenge, the contestants were tasked by RuPaul to perform and sing in a live tribute act to American singer and actress Cher, titled "Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical". The contestants portray Cher from different phases of her career: Aquaria as Disco Cher, Asia O'Hara as Movie Star Cher, Eureka as Rock Star Cher, Kameron Michaels as '60s Cher, Miz Cracker as Comeback Cher, and Monét x Change and The Vixen as Variety Show Cher. Subsequently, the runway theme for this episode is Glitterific.[29]
On the main stage, Monét received positive comments for her performance and mixed reviews for her runway look, conversely for both Eureka and Miz Cracker with their runway and performance; all three contestants were deemed safe. Kameron was praised for both her runway look and Cher performance, winning the main challenge. Aquaria, Asia and The Vixen were complimented for their runway looks, but their performances placed them in the bottom three. Aquaria is declared safe, while Asia and The Vixen lip-synced to Groove Is In the Heart by Deee-Lite. Asia wins the lip sync and The Vixen is eliminated from the competition.[29]

Guest Judges: Billy Eichner & Andrew Rannells
Alternating Judge: Carson Kressley
Mini-Challenge: Attempt to make RuPaul slap them in a game called Slap Out of It
Mini-Challenge Winner: Asia O'Hara
Mini-Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to Sparkles Rhinestones
Maxi Challenge: Sing live in Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical
Runway Theme: Glitterific
Challenge Winner: Kameron Michaels
Maxi Challenge Prize: A luxury VIP getaway to Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles
Bottom Two: Asia O'Hara & The Vixen
Lip Sync Song: "Groove Is In the Heart" by Deee-Lite
Eliminated: The Vixen
Farewell message: "EVIL Triumps when good queens do nothing! Buy My Album The Vixen"

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"Breastworld[38]"
May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)[39]

The six remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to participate in a guessing game which involves each queen trying to match the most underwear worn by the Pit Crew; Aquaria wins the mini-challenge.[30] For the maxi challenge, RuPaul tasks the queens to act in a show titled Breastworld, loosely inspired by the American television show Westworld. Since Aquaria won the mini-challenge, she got to assign the characters: Aquaria as Dyslexa, Asia O'Hara as Para Salin, Eureka as Rosie, Kameron Michaels as Muffy, Miz Cracker as Julie, and Monét X Change as Viv. Subsequently, the runway theme was Silver Foxy, where the queens have to dress as aged-versions of themselves.[30]
On the main stage, Aquaria's performance and runway look received warm reviews from the judges, but was ultimately declared safe. Asia and Monét were praised for their performances, though both their runway looks received mixed opinions; eventually, Asia was declared the winner of the main challenge. Eureka, Kameron and Miz Cracker were placed in the bottom three for their performances, though Eureka received negative reviews for her runway look. Miz Cracker is declared safe, while Eureka and Kameron lip-synced to "New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle; and both Eureka and Kameron won the lip-sync.[30]

Guest Judges: Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer
Alternating Judge: Ross Mathews
Mini-Challenge: Find matching pairs of Pit Crew underwear in a game called Pants Down Bottoms Up
Mini-Challenge Winner: Aquaria
Maxi Challenge: The queens must act in the new hit series, "Breastworld"
Runway Theme: Silver Foxy
Challenge Winner: Asia O'Hara
Maxi Challenge Prize: 4-night stay at Frog Meadow Farm in Vermont
Bottom Two: Eureka & Kameron Michaels
Lip Sync Song: "New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle
Eliminated: None

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"Social Media Kings Into Queens[38]"
May 24, 2018 (2018-05-24)[41]

The six remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to appear in a commercial that promotes RuPaul's perfume for men, titled Trade. Each queen is to dress as butch men and deliver comedic improvisations for the mini-challenge, and Eureka wins.[31] Eureka is tasked by RuPaul to pair each contestant with six special guests for the make-over challenge: Aquaria gets paired with Kingsley, Asia O'Hara and Raymond Braun, Eureka and Frankie Grande, Kameron Michaels and Anthony Padilla, Miz Cracker and Chester See, and Monét X Change with Tyler Oakley. Subsequently, each pair took part in a home-made music video to RuPaul's song "Charisma Uniqueness Nerve and Talent".[31]
On the main stage, Asia and Eureka, alongside their drag daughters America O'Hara and Eufreaka, received postiive reviews for their performances and make-overs, but were declared safe. Miz Cracker and her drag daughter Miz Cookie were commended for their performances, make-over, and chemistry, and were deemed the winners of the challenge. The bottom queens of the week were Aquaria, Kameron and Monet, who were criticized for not having a make-over resemblance to their drag daughters Capricia Corn, Kelly Michaels, and Short Change. Aquaria is declared safe, while Kameron and Monet lip-synced to "Good as Hell" by Lizzo; Kameron wins the lip-sync and Monet is eliminated from the competition.[31]

Guest Judges: Miles Heizer & Lizzo
Alternating Judge: Ross Mathews
Mini-Challenge: Participate in a manly photoshoot advertising a new body spray, Trade
Mini-Challenge Winner: Eureka
Mini-Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to MuLondon
Maxi Challenge: Give drag makeovers to social media superstars
Challenge Winner: Miz Cracker
Maxi Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to Jane Doe Latex for the queen and a $2,000 gift card to Klein, Epstein, & Parker for their partner
Bottom Two: Kameron Michaels & Monét X Change
Lip Sync Song: "Good as Hell" by Lizzo
Eliminated: Monét X Change
Farewell message: "Long Live the Sponge!!! MXC"

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"Evil Twins[38]"
June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07)[41]

Guest Judges: Lena Dunham & Ashanti
Alternating Judge: Carson Kressley
Mini-Challenge: Decorate a pancake in edible drag
Mini-Challenge Winner: Asia O'Hara
Mini-Challenge Prize: $2,000 gift card to The Spa on Rodeo
Maxi Challenge: Present two characters on the runway: best self and evil twin
Challenge Winner: Aquaria
Maxi Challenge Prize: A trip for 2 to The Grand Resort and Spa in Fort Lauderdale and two luggage sets from Radden Luggage
Bottom two: Kameron Michaels & Miz Cracker
Lip Sync Song: "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6
Eliminated: Miz Cracker
Farewell message: "KNOW YOURSELF M"

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"American[38]"
June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)[41]

Guest Judge: Todrick Hall
Alternating Judges: Carson Kressley & Ross Mathews
Maxi Challenge: Write, record, and perform their own verse to RuPaul's song "American" and guest star on the "What's the Tee?" podcast with Michelle Visage
Lip Sync Song: "Call Me Mother" by RuPaul

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"ReUnited[38]"
June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)[41]

The queens reunite to discuss the season's highlights and drama

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TBA
June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)[41]

"America's Next Drag Superstar" and "Miss Congeniality" are crowned

Miss Congeniality:
Eliminated:
Runner-up:
Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season Ten:

text: Ratings

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)

1
"10's Across the Board"
March 22, 2018
0.39[42]
0.785[42]

2
"PharmaRusical"
March 29, 2018
0.29[43]
0.581[43]

3
"Tap That App"
April 5, 2018
0.42[44]
0.766[44]

4
"The Last Ball on Earth"
April 12, 2018
0.36[45]
0.694[45]

5
"The Bossy Rossy Show"
April 19, 2018
0.39[46]
0.692[46]

6
"Drag Con Panel Extravaganza"
April 26, 2018
0.41[47]
0.771[47]

7
"Snatch Game"
May 3, 2018
0.45[48]
0.840[48]

8
"The Unauthorized Rusical"
May 10, 2018
0.37[49]
0.723[49]

9
"Breastworld"
May 17, 2018
0.33[50]
0.698[50]

10
"Social Media Kings Into Queens"
May 24, 2018
0.35[51]
0.715[51]

11
"Evil Twins"
June 7, 2018
0.31[52]
0.631[52]

12
"American"
June 14, 2018
0.35[53]
0.761[53]