This series is based on the theory that there is an alternate universe where every classic fairy tale character exists, a world that has a loose connection to our world. Emma';s life turns upside down when she is visited by Henry, the child she long ago gave up for adoption. Emma brings Henry back to his foster mother in a strange town called Storybrooke. Emma Swan wonders if the residents of Storybrooke, Maine are somehow actual characters from legendary kid’s tales.