The Cricket Game
| "The Cricket Game" | |
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| Once Upon a Time episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Dean White |
| Written by |
David H. Goodman Robert Hull |
| Original air date | January 6, 2013 |
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"The Cricket Game" is the tenth episode of the second season of the American ABC fantasy/drama television series Once Upon a Time, and the show's 32nd episode overall. It aired on January 6, 2013.
In this episode Cora frames Regina, while flashbacks show Snow and Charming trying to deal with the Evil Queen.
It was co-written by David H. Goodman and Robert Hull, while being directed by Dean White.
Archie Hopper's dalmatian, Pongo, is featured in the forest.
The Evil Queen/Regina (Lana Parrilla) surveys a scene of destruction and learns that King George and his army have been defeated by the forces of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas), and that Snow is now traveling to reunite with Charming. The Evil Queen orders her soldiers to keep them apart long enough for her to find Snow. Later, she confronts Snow in the forest, and rejects Snow’s offer of parley, instead demanding Snow’s death. It turns out to be a trap (though the offer of parley was genuine and Snow was prepared to accept the Queen's surrender); the Blue Fairy (Keegan Connor Tracy) launches an attack on the Queen and magically binds her.
Prince Charming declares that the only way to deal with the Evil Queen is to put her to death. Snow White recalls that the Queen was once kind and saved her life, but accedes to Charming’s insistence that this is the only way to protect the kingdom. The Queen’s father, Henry (Tony Perez), visits her in her cell, and blames himself for failing her as a father. He begs her to show remorse in hopes of saving her own life. When she is brought to the site of her execution where a concealed Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) is looking on from the crowd, she expresses regret only for failing to cause more destruction and especially for failing to kill Snow White. Even so, Snow halts the execution at the last moment. She tells Charming that the Queen was only trying to not appear weak as she died and insists that she can be rehabilitated. Rumplestiltskin later reveals himself to Snow and offers his services in testing the Queen to determine if she can truly change.
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