OUAT in Wonderland 1×13 “And They Lived …” Recap

Spoilers Ahead … Happily Ever After. If a series finale doesn’t end as beautifully as this one then it completely ruins the entire show. A special acknowledgment to writers and executive producers, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis along with Jane Espenson, and Zack Estrin, for doing their characters and story justice with such an outstanding finale. The episode opens up with Jafar and Amara completing the task to reverse the laws of magic – making someone fall in love, changing the past, and bringing someone back from the dead. He compels Anastasia to believe she’s in love with him and poor

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×12 “To Catch A Thief” Recap

Spoilers Ahead In flashbacks, we learned that while his heart was still under Cora’s command Will was told to haunt and kill Alice, but she instead offers to steal his heart back thus freeing him from Cora’s control. Will then helps her find proof of Wonderland to show her father, and the two share drinks while talking about their plans and past. Jafar tells Will that he’d change the laws of magic and bring Anastasia back from the dead if they let him win and releases him in order for him to tell Cyrus and Alice. Because the staff is

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×11 “Heart of the Matter” Recap

Spoilers Ahead This week’s episode of Once Upon A Time in Wonderland took an unexpected turn no one expected or wanted. If you’re still recovering from the tearjerker ending, then you’re not alone. In flashbacks we learned that the throne didn’t exactly suit Ana as she imagined, and the moment she was about to run from it all to reunite with Will, Cora being a few steps ahead of her had already told Will she wasn’t coming and forced him to essentially give up his heart. If she had business cards they’d probably read “Cora Mills: Destroying Relationships 1 Heart

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×10 “Dirty Little Secrets” Recap

Spoilers Ahead All this week’s episode did is leave me waiting for next week’s visit to Storybrooke and Barbara Hershey’s guest appearance. Personal wishes aside, let’s talk about this week’s heartbreakingly revealing episode. Cyrus’ mother, later revealed as Amara was badly burned and on her death bed until her boys, Cyrus primarily decided to go against let’s call her the Ring girl number two’s (if you’re curious, I may or may not have screamed at the sight of it) word. After they stole the water and revived their mother she came after them and cursed them to be genies their

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×09 “Nothing to Fear” Recap

Spoilers Ahead When we left our favorites in Wonderland, Will’s selfless decision to wish for Alice’s happiness turned him into the new genie and forced Cyrus and Alice to work closely with the Red Queen to find him before Jafar does. “Happily ever after can’t just be for us, it has to be for everyone, for all of wonderland.” As for the episode’s and show’s entire theme, this particular quote was said remarkably by our beloved Alice and as far as plot twists and character development goes, this may have been the best episode yet.

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×08 “Home” Recap

Spoilers ahead: Flashbacks: This week’s flashbacks gave viewers a further glimpse into Cyrus and Alice’s relationship in the past. As they were stargazing and being adorable, Cyrus reveals that he wasn’t always a genie thus, justifying the notion that it’s something anyone can become. When they’re attacked by three men and Alice injures herself while fighting, Cyrus takes her to the rabbit’s house where his wife tries to revive her. The rabbit tells Cyrus he needs to let Alice go, and he visits the caterpillar to ask for his assistance in his disappearance. Cyrus later reveals an invisible house to

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×07 “Bad Blood” Recap

Spoilers ahead: It seems the one question that tends to pop up often in the OUAT world these days is: who’s really the worst parent of all? Flashbacks: Right before Jafar’s mother dies, she tells him that his real father is actually alive, and as it turns out, he’s the Sultan. Jafar’s mother believed that when the Sultan saw his ring, he’d happily take him in because he’s family, but in reality, he cared very little for Jafar and more for his other son. Their final exchange before Jafar became powerful was of the Sultan trying to drown him to

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×06 “Who’s Alice?” Recap

S Flashbacks: Alice goes home after Cyrus “dies” and it turns out her father has remarried, and his new wife has plans to send Alice away. Because Alice doesn’t accept the man they choose for her, they decide to send her into the madhouse where she remains locked up until her escape in the pilot. Modern day: Jafar visits Bethlem Asylum with the rabbit and attempts to pick Dr. Lydgate’s brain about Alice’s time in captivity. Meanwhile, Alice goes into the “Black Forest” and later ends up in “Borogrove” where the Carpenter and the power of the plants possess her

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×05 “Heart of Stone” Recap

Spoilers ahead: Tonight’s episode proved that Alice is in fact purest at heart and villains will do anything in their power to destroy the lives of heroes (including torturing a poor rabbit). Jafar’s the worst but there still seems to be hope for the Red Queen’s redemption. Flashbacks: Anastasia’s mother confronts the duo right before their trip to Wonderland and expresses her disappointment. It always comes as a shock when mothers are incredibly harsh towards their children, but she doesn’t even bother wording any of her concerns kindly. “The only way you’ll be coming back inside my house is to

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×04 “The Serpent” Recap

One wish down, Two to go. When will she make them? Will she save them until she has rescued Cyrus in order to make Knave human again?! It’s a shame that he’s literally motionless as he and Alice were an epic duo. Jafar, like most villains, started out despising the fact that in order to be powerful, innocent people must suffer. Ultimately, just as many noted villains, he wasn’t born evil, he was made. His entire reasoning behind gaining power was to get revenge on his father. He was so distraught as a child that he knew what revenge was

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×03 “Forget Me Not” Recap

Didn’t see that twist coming did you? It’s okay, neither did we and that’s what’s so fantastic about it. Hello again, Robin Hood. This week’s episode showed Will Scarlett’s (Knave of Hearts) origin in The Merry Men. His desire to be a part of them was to steal magic from Maleficent by convincing them they were going to steal gold to give to the poor. After finding out about what he’s done Hood lets him go and he’s reunited with Anastasia (The Red Queen) where they go off into Wonderland together. Meanwhile, in modern-day, Jafar and the Red Queen are

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×02 “Trust Me” Recap

How’s everyone liking Wonderland so far? So far, though we don’t know much, it’s great in our book. This episode was centered around locating the genie’s bottle (modern-day) and falling in love (flashback). Alice and Knave set out to locate Cyrus’ bottle in order to bring him back from wherever he’s being held captive. There are a few obstacles in the way such as Knave not being able to swim and the fairy Silvermist being against him because of a past we’ll soon learn about. Similarly, both Jafar and the Red Queen are after the bottle as well, and by

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OUAT in Wonderland 1×01 “Down the Rabbit Hole” Recap

Spoilers Ahead The long awaited premiere has arrived and it was fantastic. What’s particularly great about the show is how surreal Wonderland actually looks. In the scenery itself, it’s unearthly and as kids, isn’t that how we all perceived it? The sole fact that it’s so exaggerated is what makes it enjoyable. If you aren’t already watching, it’s a nice escape and you should stop reading, and start watching. The story begins with the beloved Alice coming home and telling her father about the marvels in Wonderland, surely a bad idea as she spends a great amount of time in

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