Page 23

"Page 23" is the fourteenth episode of Season Six of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by David H. Goodman & Brigitte Hales, and directed by Kate Woods. It will be the one hundredth and twenty-fifth episode of the series overall, and will premiere on March 26, 2017.

Synopsis
Believing there isn’t room in Storybrooke for both her and Regina, the Evil Queen sets out to eliminate her other half using Robin to bait the trap. Hook, determined to make things work with Emma, turns to his old friend Capt. Nemo for advice, but Gideon torpedoes his plan before he’s able to set things right. In a flashback to the Enchanted Forest, the Evil Queen learns a surprising lesson about the true source of her misery.

Starring

 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills/Evil Queen (Serum)
 * Josh Dallas (Credit only)
 * Emilie de Ravin (Credit only)
 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook
 * Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena
 * Robert Carlyle (Credit only)

Guest Starring

 * Sean Maguire as Robin of Locksley (Wish Realm)
 * Giles Matthey as Gideon
 * Rose McIver as Tinker Bell
 * Tony Perez as Valet
 * Faran Tahir as Captain Nemo

Co-Starring

 * Edward Foy as Lead Knight
 * Hesham Hammoud as Crewman

Uncredited

 * David Cubitt as Robert*

Trivia

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Production Notes

 * The title card features the Dark Palace.
 * The title of this episode was revealed by Adam Horowitz via his Twitter account on November 30, 2016.
 * The title of this episode is a reference to the alternate page XXIII of Henry's book, which represents another version of Regina and Robin's first meeting. It was created by Isaac Heller, and first appears in the Season Four episode "Smash the Mirror".
 * Writer Brigitte Hales described this episode as "emotional", and said that it "took a lot out of [her] -- in the best possible way".
 * Hesham Hammoud, who plays the Crewman, also plays Ghazi in the Once Upon a Time in Wonderland episode "Who's Alice".
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Event Chronology

 * The Storybrooke events take place after "Ill-Boding Patterns".
 * The Enchanted Forest events take place at an unspecified moment between "The Evil Queen" and "Heart of Darkness".
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Lost

 * 23 is one of the numbers on ABC's Lost.

Fairytales and Folklore

 * This episode features the Evil Queen from the Snow White fairytale, Captain Nemo from the Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea story, Robin Hood from the ballad, Captain Hook and Tinker Bell from the Peter Pan story, and the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz story.
 * Cupid and his arrows from Greek Mythology are mentioned.