OUAT in Wonderland S1 E1

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Season 1, Episode 1

Title: Down the Rabbit Hole

Cast:

Sophie Lowe: Alice

Peter Gadiot: Cyrus

Michael Socha: The Knave of Hearts

Emma Rigby: The Red Queen

Naveen Andrews: Jafar

John Lithgow (voice): The White Rabbit

            So this isn’t your typical Alice in Wonderland telling. This time they think Alice is crazy and are ready to perform a lobotomy on her until the Knave of Hearts shows up. Alice thinks that her fiancée, a genie named Cyrus, was killed by the Red Queen. So Alice gives up all hope and returns home to England and is sent to a sanitarium by her father. There she is worn down until she tells the doctors what they want to hear.

            The White Rabbit hunts down the Knave of Hearts in present day Storybrooke (connecting the two shows as the Knave appears in front of Granny’s restaurant with Ashely (Cinderella) and Leroy (Grumpy) telling him that there was storm coming and to find shelter) and badgering the Knave until he agrees to help him free Alice.

            The Knave shows up just as Alice is about ready to go for her lobotomy. What gets her attention is that he says Cyrus is alive!

            This was different than Once Upon a Time, more fanciful, but I’ll wait a few more episodes before I pass judgment. I have to say that the addition to Jafar from Aladdin was unexpected and interesting at the same time.

            I can’t wait to see what the next episode brings.