Desperate Souls [SEP] series
Desperate Souls
"Desperate Souls" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American Fairy Tale/Drama television series "Once Upon a Time". It was written by consulting producer Jane Espenson, and was directed by Michael Waxman. Espenson wrote it to give viewers some "crucial facts" about Rumpelstiltskin's origins. Guest stars included Brad Dourif, Giancarlo Esposito, Beverley Elliott, Ty Olsson, Meghan Ory, and Dylan Schmid.
The series takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine,
"From the Brothers Grimm" series. The story is set in rural Virginia after the Civil War with the protagonist being a desperate ex-Confederate soldier. The only changes made to the story are the crying man is a farmer who has lost all of his money and will lose his farm, and the Devil tells the audience, not Bearskin, that he gets two souls for the price of one. The tale is often considered the most chilling of the series.
- A Russian story version was written by Boris