Season 7

This article contains episode summaries for the upcoming seventh season of Once Upon a Time.

Season Summary
In the U.S., original episodes of season seven will start airing on Fridays, on October 6, 2017.

Overview
The residents of the enchanted forest face their greatest challenge yet as The Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla), Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) and Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) join forces with a grown up Henry Mills (Andrew J. West) and his daughter, Lucy (Alison Fernandez), on an epic quest to once again bring hope to their world and ours. Along the way, new fairy tale characters and old search for true love, find adventure and once again take sides in the struggle of good against evil, as classic tales are once more twisted and reimagined.

Starring

 * Lana Parrilla - Regina Mills/Queen Regina (confirmed)
 * Colin O'Donoghue - Killian Jones/Captain Hook (confirmed)
 * Robert Carlyle - Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin (confirmed)
 * Andrew J. West - Henry Mills (confirmed)
 * Alison Fernandez - Lucy (confirmed)

Recurring Cast

 * Emilie de Ravin - Belle (confirmed)
 * Jared S. Gilmore - Henry Mills (confirmed)
 * Jennifer Morrison - Emma Swan (confirmed)

Starring

 * Dania Ramirez - Cinderella (confirmed)
 * Gabrielle Anwar - Lady Tremaine (confirmed)

Recurring Cast

 * Mekia Cox - Tiana (confirmed)
 * Adelaide Kane - Drizella Tremaine (confirmed)
 * Rose Reynolds - Alice (confirmed)

Writers

 * Edward Kitsis
 * Adam Horowitz
 * Jane Espenson
 * Jerome Schwartz

Directors

 * Ralph Hemecker
 * Tara Nicole Weyr

Storyline Information

 * The following storylines set up in the sixth season are left unresolved:
 * How Henry loses his memories and why he ended up in Seattle.
 * How Lucy found her way back to him.
 * What happened to Emma, Snow, David, Belle, and Zelena after their happy beginnings, and why they now need Henry.
 * A new curse that separated everyone, as well as a new city.
 * New worlds and a "new version" of Misthaven.
 * The question of what happened to Regina, Killian, and Rumplestiltskin.
 * What their "new identities" are.
 * The new and different relationships between them.
 * The time-jump, which is longer than 10 years.
 * Several new iterations of already-established characters, such as Cinderella.

Trivia

 * Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Jared S. Gilmore and Rebecca Mader are confirmed to be leaving the show as series regulars for the seventh season. However, Morrison has agreed to appear in one episode and Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have confirmed that de Ravin and Gilmore will return. The latter in flashbacks.

Videos
Gallery of videos used to promote the season.

Gallery
Gallery of photographic posters released to promote the season.