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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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