MIDSEASON RETURN: The first half of the season, this Disney series relied heavily upon its live-action equivalents of the sisters from Frozen. Tonight, as Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) tries to work his way back from exile, he – and the series itself – throws in with a trio of nasty ladies whose communal history spans the history of Disney animation: Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations, and Ursula from The Little Mermaid. In this TV reunion of villainesses, Merrin Dungey plays Ursula, Victoria Smurfit is Cruella, and Kristin Bauer Straten, last seen as the attitude-filled vampiress in True Blood, plays Maleficent, recently portrayed on the bigger screen by Angelina Jolie.