Regina (Lana Parrilla) HOROWITZ: Regina, much like Emma, is dealing with an inward crisis that dovetails with something that’s happening to the people she really cares about. Because of that, she finds herself really tested. KITSIS: Also, Regina finds herself, once again, feeling like the Evil Queen is something she can never break free off. There’s a karmic debt that she still hasn’t repaid.
So now they bring up karma? How interesting that Regina has to pay off her “karmic debt” when the likes of Hook can skip along merrily towards his happy ending with Emma.