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This article focuses on the Season Seven episode, "The Eighth Witch."
For the character briefly known as The Eighth Witch, see Regina.

Regina: I can't just... can't just cast a curse. It takes time, and... ingredients.
Drizella: Eight, to be exact. And I have seven of them right here. The only one I'm missing... the most important one, and, of course, the hardest to find... is magic from a witch who crushed the heart of the thing she loves most. So... Regina. What'll it be?

Regina Mills and Drizella


"The Eighth Witch" is the tenth episode of Season Seven of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Jane Espenson & Jerome Schwartz, and directed by Ralph Hemecker. It is the one hundred and forty-third episode of the series overall, and premiered on December 15, 2017.

Synopsis

When Drizella threatens the realm with a dark curse, Henry and Ella take extreme actions to protect Lucy and the others; and Regina is forced into making an unimaginable choice. In Hyperion Heights, Roni recruits Henry to travel to San Francisco to search for her sister, but when he learns Lucy has fallen unconscious, Henry rushes to be by her side. Meanwhile, Gothel earns the trust of Anastasia and the consequences of their budding relationship could prove to be fatal.[2]

Recap

Cast[2]

Starring

Guest Starring

Co-Starring

Uncredited

Note:
*: Only in archive footage

Trivia

Title

Production Notes

Event Chronology

Episode Connections

Disney

Lost

Fairytales and Folklore

Popular Culture

  • Kelly's occupation as a peddling instructor is a reference to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which Miss Gulch, the Wicked Witch of the West's Kansas counterpart, is a strict woman who rides her bicycle everywhere.
  • The slogan of the Emerald Acres Farm, the home of Zelena and her daughter, is "There's no place like home,"[12] a famous line from the film The Wizard of Oz. The pigs in the pen are a reference to the movie scene where Dorothy walks along the pig pen fence on her family's farm and falls in.
  • Roni is wearing a T-shirt featuring the American punk band Ramones.[13]

Props Notes

Costume Notes

  • HERALDRY: The royal crest printed on the robes is also the same: A hauriant seahorse (in a vertical position with its head up). In heraldry, the seahorse is a hybrid with the fore quarters of a horse with webbed paws, and the hind part of a fish or dolphin. A scalloped fin runs down the neck and back in place of a mane.[18]
  • The dress she is wearing[35] during Lucy's eighth birthday celebration was worn by the Evil Queen in the Season Five episode "Labor of Love" (note that the shoulders have been altered and the underdress has been dyed another color).[36]
  • The coat she is wearing[37] while visiting her sister's farm and during the casting of the Dark Curse was worn previously by the Evil Queen in the Season Six episode "Page 23."[38]

Filming Locations

Goofs

International Titles


Videos

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 LISTINGS: ONCE UPON A TIME. The Futon Critic. “Air Date: Friday, December 15, 2017. Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:01 PM EST on ABC. Episode Title: (#710) "The Eighth Witch"”
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  4. Abrams, Natalie. Once Upon a Time bosses on rise of new big bad. Entertainment Weekly. “Alas, the OUAT bosses are coy to reveal any of the Coven member's identities, only teasing there will be a pretty major new face among them. "I think there’s going to be some surprises," Kitsis says. “What happens with the witch story line hopefully will also be surprising. We will be seeing someone in episode 11, which is a reference we’ve never done before, which is from the Haunted Mansion.” (Crossing fingers for Madame Leota!)”
    MacDonald, Lindsay (December 15, 2017). Once Upon a Time Bosses Preview "Iconic" Witches of the Coven of Eight. TV Guide.
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  8. TwitterLogo Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) on X, formerly Twitter: Here's another #OnceUponATime #titlespoiler -- hope to see ya Friday! (October 14, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  9. Street View – aug. 2014. Google Maps (August 2014).
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    Note the identical buildings.
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  18. Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, by John Vinycomb, [1909], at sacred-texts.com. Internet Sacred Texts Archive. Retrieved on October 6, 2018.
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  20. Screenshot from The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
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  53. Amplified Ramones 76 Tour Men's T-Shirt. Vanilla Underground. Retrieved on October 6, 2018.
  54. TwitterLogo YVRShoots (@yvrshoots) on X, formerly Twitter: Wish Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) at Fremont Troll set in East Vancouver. Will be quick scene and then on to next location. (October 19, 2017). (backup link; the user's account and the original post have been deleted – they are now using a different account with the handle "yvrshootstweets," and the name "YVRShoots Tweets") (archive screenshot)
    TwitterLogo YVRShoots (@yvrshoots) on X, formerly Twitter: I don't know. Their circus/base camp is near Crab Park so could be downtown somewhere. I'm sick with a cold so I'm back in for day. (October 19, 2017). (backup link; the user's account and the original post have been deleted – they are now using a different account with the handle "yvrshootstweets," and the name "YVRShoots Tweets") (archive screenshot)
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    InstagramIcon Alison Fernandez (@tvalisononset) on Instagram: What happens when you put queens, princesses, and witches in the same room? You get one heck of a party!💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🎉🎊🥂🍾🎄🤪 (Bridge Studios) (December 16, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  56. TwitterLogo Joyce Scott (@jmarie83) on X, formerly Twitter: LSPROD, MRI and STAGE49 at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam @WhatsFilming @yvrshoots (October 23, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
    TwitterLogo What's Filming (@WhatsFilming) on X, formerly Twitter: Signs for #LifeSentence & #OnceUponATime spotted by @jmarie83 (October 23, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  57. InstagramIcon Craig Clarke (@vfxsup) on Instagram: Exhausted from running around Riverview unsupervised with a camera ;) thanks @koepecetic (Riverview Hospital) (March 15, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  58. 58.0 58.1 Movies Filmed at Riverview Hospital. MovieMaps. Retrieved on October 6, 2018.
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  62. Vancouver, British Columbia. Google Maps (November 2016).
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  65. Tumblr The Enchanted Forest News Service (@efnewsservice) on Tumblr: Any idea who's filming in Stanley Park today? (October 18, 2017). "Addy and Rose based on their instagram." (backup link) (archive screenshot)
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