It's All in the Executions

"It's All in the Executions" is the eighth episode of the first season of the ABC comedy-musical Galavant.
==Synopsis==
Galavant enlists King Richard in a plot to kill Kingsley before the duel but ends with a drunken whimper. Will Gareth kill King Richard in the duel? Will Galavant rescue everyone? Will Madalena find a new "boy toy?" The answers are very different from what you expect.
==Plot==
Galavant comes to the conclusion that all his past plans were failures because he tried too much being a hero. He also privately admits to Sid that he is still unsure about coming across his feelings to Isabella. When Gareth comes to remind the group about tomorrow's fight, Galavant demands an audience with Richard where he gives him gossip on Madalena, such as the fact that her feet are terrible. Against Gareth's wishes, Galavant takes Richard out for drinks where the two of them bond over Madalena's manipulations against them. Galavant suggests that they simply go and kill Kingsley in his sleep and the two drunkenly get to work.
As they sneak through the castle, Galavant stops by the dungeon where he admits his feelings to Isabella before he and Richard see that Madalena is auditioning new consorts. They make it to Kingsley's room where Kingsley himself as already waiting for them and takes Richard's crown before tossing him into the dungeon as well. Gareth snaps at Richard for being a pushover and Richard sings himself a lullaby that is heard through the kingdom. In the morning, Galavant is nursing a hangover where Isabella reveals that she heard everything that Galavant said and he finally admits that he has feelings for her.
Gareth arrives to inform everyone that he is breaking everyone out. However, he only orders Richard and Galavant before leaving everyone else behind. Gareth takes the two to a boat with pirates and tells Richard that he never liked him, though he immediately deduces that he is saying that so he can leave. Gareth orders Galavant to look after Richard, even going so far as to list his allergies and favorite things, and Galavant has Gareth promise that no harm will come to his friends. Gareth returns to the castle claiming that Galavant and Richard escaped and he is ordered to kill the rest of the prisoners.
Gareth frees everyone from the prison and tries to make it look like they escaped, though they fail to make a knock out look convincing, and Gareth simply gives them the keys to flee. He ends up keeping Sid as collateral, with Isabella promising to come back for him. Kingsley is angered over Gareth's failure to kill the prisoners, but Madalena ends up killing him and "promotes" Gareth to be her new King. Isabella, her parents, Steve, Vincenzo, and Gwynne arrive at Harry's palace where he happily welcomes them before putting Isabella in a doll box. Steve narrates again over whether any of the current events will be resolved in a second season as Galavant puts up with Richard's excitement being involved in a "buddy fable". 
==Cast==
===Main cast===
*Joshua Sasse as Sir Gary Galavant
*Timothy Omundson as King Richard
*Vinnie Jones as Gareth
*Mallory Jansen as Queen Madalena
*Karen David as Princess Isabella "Izzy" Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia
*Luke Youngblood as Sidney "Sid"
===Guest===
*Sophie McShera as Gwynne
*Ben Presley as Steve McKenzie
*Darren Evans as Vincenzo
*Stanley Townsend as King of Valencia
*Genevieve Allenbury as Queen of Valencia
*Rutger Hauer as Kingsley
*Kemaal Deen-Ellis as Harry
*Tim Plester as Executioner
*Daniel Hoffmann-Gill as Pirate #1
*Martin Collins as Pirate #2
*Adam Loxley as Pirate #3
==Songs==
*"Getting Heavy"
*"Secret Mission"
*"Goodnight My Friend"
*"Goodnight My Friend Reprise"
*"Galavant Wrap Up"
==Trivia==
*Sid mentions the song "Kiss the Girl" with even some of the musical notes being played. Series songwriter Alan Menken also composed the music for The Little Mermaid.
==External links==
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Category:Galavant episodes