The Other Shoe

"The Other Shoe" is the 114th episode of Once Upon a Time.

Summary
As Storybrooke continues to welcome the new arrivals from the Land of Untold Stories, families, friends and even long-lost enemies are reunited once again. When Ashley searches for her step-family, intent on settling their unfinished business, Emma, Hook and Henry scramble to help her before it's too late. As this is going on, Regina attempts to bribe Mr. Hyde for information about how to defeat the Evil Queen, Snow helps Dr. Jekyll find a suitable laboratory for his work, and David makes a deal with Gold and delivers a message to Belle in exchange for new information about his father. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Cinderella attends a ball and meets her prince.

Trivia

 * The title card of this episode features Gus running on the "O" of the word "Once".
 * Ted Whittall was originally set to appear in the episode, but his scenes were cut for unknown reasons.
 * On the Jolly Roger, Belle could be seen reading Heidi Murkoff's bestselling pregnancy guide, What to Expect When You're Expecting. This same book was also seen being read by Zelena in "The Bear and the Bow".
 * According to Jane Espenson, they played with the idea of making Cinderella's focused stepsister be named "Drizella", but felt there were too many "Ella"s in the series as it is.
 * The line "defeat and repeat" is courtesy of writer Jerome Schwartz.

Production

 * The title of this episode was officially confirmed by executive producer/co-creator Adam Horowitz, via his Twitter account, on July 22, 2016.
 * This episode marks, overall, the twenty-fifth writing credit for Jane Espenson and the twelfth for Jerome Schwartz, though for just the main series it marks the twenty-third and tenth respectively. It also marks the third directing credit for Steve Pearlman.

Gallery
Gallery of photographic stills released to promote the episode.