Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is an American fantasy-drama television series that was created by writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, along with producers Zack Estrin and Jane Espenson for ABC Studios. The program is a spin-off of Once Upon a Time and aired on ABC as a Thursday night entry in the 2013–14 television season.
The series is based around the Lewis Carroll classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland but with a different twist from the other adaptations. It takes place in the same universe as Once Upon a Time in present-day Wonderland, with flashbacks to pre-Curse Wonderland. As such, it is expected to follow the same setting as the parent series, including the use of Disney and Lost related allusions. In addition, the series will have crossover episodes with Once Upon a Time that will also involve a connection with the characters that are trapped in Storybrooke, Maine.
Premise[]
In Victorian London, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. A teleporting cat, a hookah smoking caterpillar and playing cards that talk are just some of the fantastic things she’s seen during this impossible adventure. Surely this girl must be insane and her doctors aim to cure her with a treatment that will make her forget everything. Alice seems ready to put it all behind her — especially the painful memory of the genie she fell in love with and lost forever, the handsome and mysterious Cyrus — but deep down she knows this world is real and just in the nick of time, the sardonic Knave of Hearts and the irrepressible White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate.
Cast[]
- Sophie Lowe as Alice
- Millie Bobby Brown as Young Alice
- Michael Socha as Will Scarlet
- Peter Gadiot as Cyrus
- Emma Rigby as the Red Queen
- Naveen Andrews as Jafar
- John Lithgow as the voice of the White Rabbit
Episodes[]
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Down the Rabbit Hole" | Ralph Hemecker | Edward Kitsis Adam Horowitz Zack Estrin Jane Espenson |
October 10, 2013 |
| Alice's tales of her adventures in Wonderland result in her father committing her to a mental asylum where she was about to be lobotomised to cure her supposed insanity, but the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit rescue her and bring her back to Wonderland when they reveal that her true love Cyrus is still alive. As Alice begins a quest to find him, the Red Queen and Jafar plot against her. | ||||
| 02 | "Trust Me" | Romeo Tirone | Rina Mimoun | October 17, 2013 |
| Alice formulates a plan to rescue Cyrus by retrieving his bottle. Meanwhile, the Red Queen begins to question her role in Jafar's plan while they try to find the bottle as well. Also, the story behind how Cyrus got to Wonderland and how he fell in love with Alice is revealed. | ||||
| 03 | "Forget Me Not" | David Solomon | Richard Hatem | October 24, 2013 |
| With the Genie's bottle in her clutches, the Red Queen sends the Bandersnatch after Alice since Jafar needs her in order to use Cyrus. Alice and the Knave of Hearts head to the house of the Grendel in the Whispering Woods to obtain the Forget-Me-Knot so that they can find out who stole Cyrus's bottle before Jafar could steal it. In the Knave of Hearts's flashback, it is shown that he joined up with Robin Hood's Merry Men back when he was Will Scarlet. It is also revealed that Wonderland's Red Queen was once his love Anastasia. | ||||
| 04 | "The Serpent" | Ralph Hemecker | Jan Nash | November 7, 2013 |
| The Knave of Hearts is kidnapped by the Red Queen after saving him from Caterpillar's Collectors. Jafar wants him publically beheaded to serve as an example of what happens to anyone who helps Alice. Alice befriends a collector named "Lizard" who helps Alice in her mission to rescue the Knave of Hearts. Meanwhile, the Red Queen is hesitant to kill the Knave since she's still in love with him and flashbacks reveal Jafar's real reasons for wanting Cyrus's power. | ||||
| 05 | "Heart of Stone" | Paul Edwards | Katie Wech | November 14, 2013 |
| In the past, Scarlet and Anastasia go through the Looking Glass into Wonderland only to find it is not completely what they expected. Anastasia gains a royal status throughout Wonderland after accepting a deal with the Red King. In the present time, the Red Queen makes a deal with Alice to gain special magic dust that only someone pure of heart can claim, while the White Rabbit is forced to work for Jafar. | ||||
| 06 | "Who's Alice?" | Ron Underwood | Jerome Schwartz | November 21, 2013 |
| While traveling through the Black Forest to get to the recently-escaped Cyrus, Alice ends up in Boro Grove where she starts to lose her memory as the Knave of Hearts tries to get her to leave Boro Grove. While Cyrus evades the Red Queen, Jafar heads to Victorian England with the White Rabbit in order to find the ones that Alice cares about. Flashbacks reveal what happened after Alice had presumed Cyrus died where it was shown that her father Edwin had remarried a woman named Sarah resulting in Alice having a half-sister named Millie. | ||||
| 07 | "Bad Blood" | Ciaran Donnelly | Jane Espenson | December 5, 2013 |
| As Alice and the Knave of Hearts make a rescue plan to get Cyrus off of Jafar's floating island, Jafar brings Edwin (Alice's father) to Wonderland and assumes his form to get Alice to use her second wish. In a flashback, Jafar meets his father, the Sultan, which leads to the events that made Jafar into the villain he is today. | ||||
| 08 | "Home" | Romeo Tirone | Edward Kitsis Adam Horowitz Zack Estrin |
December 12, 2013 |
| As Alice plans to reunite with Cyrus at the Outlands, she also plans to get answers from the White Rabbit about his connection to the Red Queen, which involves the White Rabbit's family. Meanwhile, the discord between Jafar and the Red Queen reaches its breaking point. Will, with the wish Alice gave him, wishes to stop Alice's suffering. As a result, Cyrus is no longer a genie. Instead, Will is, and he finds himself trapped in the genie's bottle, even as the river carries it over a waterfall. | ||||
| 09 | "Nothing to Fear" | Michael Slovis | Richard Hatem Jenny Kao |
March 6, 2014 |
| Cyrus and Alice reluctantly work with the Red Queen to find Will but must also be prepared to defend themselves from Jafar and local inhabitants wanting revenge on the Red Queen for not protecting them from the beasts that hunt in their lands. Will has troubles of his own when Lizard finds the genie bottle that he is in and is granted three wishes. | ||||
| 10 | "Dirty Little Secrets" | Alex Zakrzewski | Adam Nussdorf Rina Mimoun |
March 13, 2014 |
| Cyrus recalls the events that led to the binding price he and his brothers had to pay. Meanwhile, the Red Queen and the Knave are forced to confront the Jabberwocky. | ||||
| 11 | "Heart of the Matter" | David Boyd | Jenny Kao Katie Wech |
March 20, 2014 |
| Alice and Cyrus discover alarming information involving prisoners Jafar has under his control that changes their priorities. Meanwhile, the Red Queen is in critical danger and no one can help her, except for the Knave, by surrendering information to Jafar that he's been desperately seeking. In flashback, Anastasia is about to marry the Red King and strikes up a friendship with Cora (Queen of Hearts) that directly impacts Will. Cora also confronts Will, resulting in him asking her for a shocking demand. | ||||
| 12 | "To Catch a Thief" | Billy Gierhart | Adam Nussdorf Jerome Schwartz |
March 27, 2014 |
| Revealed in flashback, the Knave hunts Alice per Cora's directive and finds himself striking a deal to get his heart back; Alice and the Knave's friendship is tested as he does Jafar's bidding. Meanwhile, the Jabberwocky attempts to free herself from Jafar's control and Jafar is confronted by his former partner. | ||||
| 13 | "And They Lived..." | Kari Skogland | Edward Kitsis Adam Horowitz Zack Estrin |
April 3, 2014 |
| As Jafar gains the ability to change the laws of magic, Alice works to help Amara escape with Cyrus. Jafar uses his newfound powers to gain his father's love before drowning him, and then raises an army of dead Wonderland soldiers to fight against Amara and her allies, even while Amara uses her magic to revive Cyrus. Then, Amara and Cyrus work to return the water of the Well of Wonders to the Nyx, while Alice raises an army of her own to battle against Jafar. Alice is captured in an ensuring battle, and the Knave is forced to look on as Jafar revives Anastasia and tricks her into loving Jafar. | ||||
Videos[]
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Trailer
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