Not every character got the happily ever after they deserved on ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Whether an actor left the show early or the writers had a different endgame in mind from the start, some Once Upon a Time pairings had tons of romantic potential with zero payout.

Once Upon a Time follows classic fairytale characters who have been cursed to live out their existence in our world, so that Snow White’s evil queen can finally live out her happy ending. Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) arrives in Storybrooke, guided by the biological son she gave up years ago, who claims that he has been adopted by the Evil Queen in his storybook.