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Once Upon a Time Season 2 Episode 10

The Cricket Game

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AIRED: Jan 06, 2013

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When Regina is accused of murder, everyone assumes the worst... except for Emma. Meanwhile, in the fairytale world, Snow and Charming must decide what to do with the Evil Queen once they've brought her to justice.

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Once Upon a Time "The Cricket Game" Review: Can People Change? Who Cares?

OUaT's mid-season premiere kept Cora, Hook, and their ship on the DL while treating us to a long treatise by every gummy-brained character in town on the nature of change.

By Lily Sparks, Jan 07, 2013

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the cricket game

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By acre1993, Jan 11, 2013

i loved this episode but though i felt sorry for regina i hated the charming in this episode
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By cosmos25, Jan 10, 2013

All I can say is that I really felt sorry for Regina. Can't wait till the next episode.
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By TrueTvWatcher, Jan 09, 2013

The Cricket Game was a fantastic and awesome episode of Once Upon a Time. I really enjoyed watching because there was a lot of siginificant character depth and development along with nicely paced plot progression. It was great to see the past and how it corrolated with the present. Cora weaves a web to destroy Regina's life while Hook waits to learn more about his own target. Regina showed promise in trying to change until all proof supposedly showed her committing an awful crime. It was cool how every thing played out and seeing the various characters. I certainly look forward to watching what happens next!!!!!!!!!moreless
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Magic always comes to a price....

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By Cadd-9, Jan 09, 2013

and I am really looking forward what price Cora has to pay! Or is she the special exception?

As usual Archibald will be recovered and everyone is happy, but I think that somehow somebody has to be killed, otherwise the audience will always know that there is a happy end!

Apart from this, still a good episode ;-)
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Becoming too farfetched, dearie?

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By chadmeredith5, Jan 08, 2013

This episode was fantastic. That is, until the end. I was on the edge of my seat when I saw how Cora was manipulating everyone in Storybrooke, and they have no idea she is there. There was powerful characterization, and we see a few different sides to Regina, as well as a more vulnerable Emma. Had they ended the episode with Cora and Hook talking (without any more surprises), it may have been the best episode to date (or at least one of them). Unfortunately (spoiler alert), Cora takes Hook into the boat to show him that the "cricket" is still alive, and she just used someone's body to make it look like Regina killed him. Huh? Did Cora manufacture the setting when she had never been there before? Who could have possibly been at the cricket's house at that hour, when we have never seen anyone else there before living there? How could the actual person's body not be revealed upon being killed? If it was a different person, why did Pongo act like it was the cricket when it apparently wasn't the cricket? Pongo was able to sense that it wasn't Regina, but not know his own master? The show isn't lost, but they really need to explain all the details of how Cora made it look like Regina killed the Cricket, and who it was that she actually killed. The end was a huge disappointment, but the show can still redeem itself.moreless
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Ginnifer Goodwin	Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
Jennifer Morrison	Emma Swan
Lana Parrilla	Evil Queen/Regina Mills
Josh Dallas	Prince Charming/David Nolan
Emilie de Ravin	Belle
Jared Gilmore	Henry Mills

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David Nykl	Fisherman	Guest Star
Michael Soltis	Black Knight No. 1	Guest Star
Nick Hunnings	Prison Guard	Guest Star
Lee Arenberg	Grumpy/Leroy	Recurring Role
Beverley Elliott	Granny	Recurring Role
Barbara Hershey	Cora	Recurring Role

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- Trivia: Behind the opening title, Pongo is walking through the forest.
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QUOTES (6)
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- Emma: (finding her parents in bed) You know what, I'm--I'm going to go make some tacos.
  David: You know, it's impressive that we can still provide her with a few traumatic childhood memories at this stage in the game.
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- Emma: Tacos. I cannot tell you the relief of cooking something that I didn't have to kill first.
  Granny: Don't I know it? Meat loaf back home? What a bitch.
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- Regina: Oh, I made lasagna.
  Leroy: What's the secret ingredient? Poison?
  Regina: Red pepper flakes. Gives it some kick.
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- Archie: I would never betray the doctor-patient confidentiality?
  Regina: Doctor? Doctor? Need I remind you you got your PhD from a curse?
  Ruby: Hey! Is everything okay here?
  Regina: Private conversation. Go take yourself for a walk.
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- Henry: So what was it like over there?
  Emma: Well, let's see. There were ogres, the dead rising, people trying to kill me. And more ogres.
  Henry: Awesome.
  Emma: Kid, we got to work on your sense of awesome.
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- Gold: Ah. Nothing warms the heart more than a family reunited. You have your mother's chin, Ms. Swan.
  Emma: We know that you killed him.
  Gold: And your father's tact.
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- Music: Timeless (The Airborne Toxic Event)
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- International Airdates:
  Canada: January 6, 2013 on CTV
  Slovakia: March 17, 2013 on JOJ
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