‘Once Upon a Time’ season 4, episode 18 preview: Lana Parrilla, Jennifer Morrison, and a Cruella de Vil story

Tonight, “Once Upon a Time” aired an episode that most likely took out the hearts of many Outlaw Queen shippers, only to then stomp on it. Zelena is alive, and she is disguising herself as Marian in order to ensure that Regina’s heart is broken even more than it already is. Devastating stuff, and it’s made worse by the fact that Rumpelstiltskin and his minions are still doing what they can in order to ensure that they get their own happy endings.

So where does this take us going into the next new episode? This is a chance to see some other characters we have not seen in a while, and start to understand a little more of what makes them tick, and what motivations they have in this story. For Cruella de Vil, this means that we will learn more about her past with the Author, what she wants, and how far she is willing to go to get it.

On the surface, we do have to say that her plan sounds quite frankly insane: Kidnapping Henry, and then using him to get to Regina and Emma. Why in the world would you anger two people who you should never want to anger in a million years? They can mess up up, and most likely will! How Cruella manages to deal with these two ladies is going to be a huge part of this story.

Also, we imagine in here that we will get some continuation to some other plotlines, but there are so many characters here that it will take some time.

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