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"Regina Mills: What if I'm not good enough for the people? What if I can't protect them? Emma Swan: Regina, you're the strongest person I know."

"A Second Chance" is the first episode of Season Eight of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Ouatfan111, and directed by Ouatfan111. It is the one hundred and fifty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Synopsis
Weeks after the coronation of the good queen, Gideon arrives with a warning that there is a great evil on the way to threaten everyone’s happy ending. Because of this, Regina begins to doubt her power and disappears. Elsewhere, Robin struggles to find the right way to ask for Alice’s hand in marriage. Meanwhile, Zelena and Hook team up to try and discover what this new evil could be. In the past of the Enchanted Forest, someone breaks into the Evil Queen’s palace in order to find magic that could help her get her happy ending.

Recap
As Gideon is walking in his dream world, his parents appear and tell him about a dark evil that is on the way to destroy everyone’s happy endings. They say how proud they are of Gideon, but how he needs to warn Regina. He then wakes up feeling worried about their warning.

Regina is holding a meeting about how to run the united realms when Gideon ran in. They are all shocked to see Gideon and ask what is wrong. He tells them all about his dream. Regina begins to panic that she won’t be a good enough protector.

In the past, the Evil Queen is interrupted when tending to the apple tree by one of her guards telling her that they have caught a thief. Evil Queen goes inside and sees the thief. It is Cruella. She says “Hello Darling, it’s been a while”

In storybrooke, Regina has gone to her house and is eating ice cream, feeling down. Emma walks in and sees her. She takes Regina on a little trip.

Zelena and Hook (wish realm) team up together to try and find out what the new evil could be. They talk about their children and the possible engagement.

In the past, Cruella offers Regina deal. Cruella has the location of a healer that can bring back the dead, she will give her his location if Regina gives her the power to kill. Reginaagrees.

Alice and Robin talk about their relationship and they kiss. Alice admits that she is scared that she is not good enough for Robin. Robin tells Alice that she would want no one else apart from Alice in her life. She is too scared to propose.

Emma gives Regina a tour of storybrooke and shows her how happy she has made everyone. They talk about how powerful Regina is and Regina realises that she can protect everyone.

In the past, Regina uses her magic to allow Cruella to kill again. Cruella tests her new power on one of Regina’s guards and smiled. She gave Regina a piece of parchment with the name of the man and his location. It is Dr Facilier.

Regina returns to her subjects and gives a hope speech of how they will defeat this villain, whoever it is.

Zelena and Hook (wish realm) go to wish realm Rumple’s castle to talk to Cruella in her cage. But the cage is empty. They see Pan in the stocks who reveals that she had escaped a few days ago. Zelena and Hook share worried glances.

In the past, the apprentice appears to Cruella and takes away the power Regina gave her, telling her that Regina is not allowed to change how the story should play out.

Zelena and Hook (wish realm) rush to tell Regina the news about Cruella. They all think that Cruella is the evil that Rumple was warning them about. They all have a meeting and decide to begin a search party to find Cruella.

In the final scene, Regina is asleep, and Rumple appears to her. He says that he doesn’t know who the new villain will be, but he is positive that it is not Cruella as she is not powerful enough to work alone.

Belle appears to find Rumple. Regina apologises to them both for all the harm that she has ever caused them. Belle and Rumple forgive her as she has now changed.

Regina wakes up feeling worries and thinks to herself that they are all in danger and she looks into the mirror next to her bed and says into it “Whoever you are, I will find you, and I will destroy you” assuming that the villain can see them through the mirror.

==Cast == Starring
 * Lana Parrilla as Regina Mills/Evil Queen
 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena
 * Andrew J West as Henry Mills 
 * Colin O’Donoghue as Hook/ Hook (wish realm) 
 * Alison Fernandez as Lucy Mills
 * Tiera Skovbye as Robin
 * Rose Reynolds as Alice

Special Guest Starring
 * Mekia Cox (Credit only)
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan


 * Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin


 * Emilie De Raven as Belle

Guest Starring
 * Jared Gilmore as Sir Henry
 * Victoria Smurfit as Cruella
 * Robbie Kay as Pan (wish realm)
 * Timothy Webber as the Apprentice 
 * Gilles Matthey as Gideon
 * Beverley Elliott as Granny
 * Dania Ramirez as Ella
 * Lee Arenberg as Leroy