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"I lost my family too, a witch cast a curse on my father's heart and he had to leave me like you did your family"

- Alice to the Ace of Hearts

”Hearts” is the sixth episode of Season Eight of ABC’s Once Upon a Time. It was written and directed by Schroeswald. It is the one hundred and sixty-first episode of the series overall, it premiered on August 9, 2018.

Synopsis
Emma arrives in Oz much to Zelena’s chagrin. Alice and Margot follow up their lead on the Queen of Hearts. Before she was Queen the Jack of Hearts gives Alice a job.

Recap
Emma arrives in Oz and starts to attack the Munchkin zombies. The moment they begin to push her back she creates a magic wall to surround the border of Munchkin country. Zelena sees what she did and yells at her about how she has it under control and that she is ruining everything. Jinjur butts into the argument to agree with Zelena while Emma mutters under her breath “this is the thanks that I get for saving them”.

In flashbacks Alice and the Duchess are making out in a house next to a table that looks like it has a tea party on it. As Alice pushes the Duchess into the table the Jack of Hearts walks in. They get up and salute her and try to ask what she wants. She tells them that she comes to them as someone who needs Alice’s help to kill the future Queen of Hearts. Alice refuses to help but Jack expected that and rips out her heart and commands her to kill the Ace. As Alice leaves Jack knocks out the Duchess and disappears with her.

Back in the present Alice looks at the Ace of Hearts and recognizes him. She mutters to herself that he was Ten, one of Jack’s top lieutenants. Robin walks in with a bow and asks if she’s ready to go find the Queen. Alice jumps up and says that she is while grabbed a sword from a weapons pile and they leave.

The King is standing behind the future Queen and tries to reassure her that being Queen doesn’t mean marriage to him, it’s just a title. She is silent so he leaves but the camera moves around to the other side of her, and it’s Cecelia.

She is sitting in her room when Alice walks into her room saying that she is her new handmaiden. Cecelia invites her to sit down as she doesn’t need anything. Alice calls herself Tilly and walks around the room trying to fix things instead. Cecelia asks why she has to fix things Alice explains that she is just really devoted but she is actually taking her mind off of her job to kill Cecelia.

Killian is taking care of Hope and trying to cook some food when he checks the time he realizes that Emma is an hour late. He tries to call her but it goes right to voicemail. He grabs Hope and gets in Emma’s bug to drive to Regina. When he reaches the mayor's office he asks for her help. She says that with her dealing with Anastasia she can’t find Emma but she will get on with it. He says that you’d think you wouldn’t be able to lose anyone in the United Realms.

Alice and Margot walk up to the Queen’s castle when they see an army of unmarked soldiers approach them. There are too many of them and they are defeated. The Queen walks in and taunts Alice by telling her that it is all her fault before sending the Jack to

While Alice tries to stall her orders as long as possible Cecelia breaks down into tears. Alice starts to comfort her and asks her why she is crying on the eve of her coronation and she explains her story. Alice tells her that a witch took her father away with the same curse she has. Suddenly she hears Jack screaming in her ear to kill Cecelia and she whips out a sword. She cuts off Cecelia’s head before apologizing to her corpse and crying over it. The Queen appears to her and grabs her before returning her to a dungeon next to the Duchess. Wilhelm appears next to Cecelia’s body and grabs her necklace before disappearing.

Alice and Margot are sitting in their cell when Alice starts to cry. She tells her that it’s all her fault and admits to lying to Ella about her mother and tells her what happened to Cecelia. Margot tells her that everything will be okay and hugs her to make her feel better.

Snow gets on a horse and buggy and starts to ride into another kingdom inside of a forest when a rock hits her in the head and knocks her out. Two dark figures scurry by and ride the buggy into the forest.

Starring

 * Lana Parrilla as Regina/The Good Queen
 * Colin O’Donoghue as Killian Jones
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White
 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena
 * Andrew J. West
 * Rose Reynolds as Alice/Tilly
 * Tiera Skovbye as Robin/Margot
 * Adelaide Kane
 * Daniel Brühl as

Guest Starring

 * Amy Adams as the
 * Lupita Nyong’o as the /Jack of Hearts
 * Cindy Luna as Cecelia
 * James Denton as
 * Chloe Bennet as {[UserLink|Schroeswald|Jinjur}}

Co-Starring

 * Craig Ress as Ace of Hearts
 * Joaquin Phoenix as Jack of Hearts

Trivia

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Trivia

 * The title card features an enchanted heart inside the O of Once.
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Episode Chronology

 * The United Realms events are set directly after Grimm Oz. The New Wonderland events are set some time after Tower Girl and some time before Pretty In Blue.