Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

2013

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

6.9 | TV-PG | en | Drama

In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice is ready to put it all behind her, she knows this world is real. In the nick of time, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio tumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, where nothing is impossible.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP13 And They Lived...

Apr. 03,2014

The all-powerful Jafar succeeds in making his father love him and forcing Anastasia into thinking she loves him. After Alice, Amara and Cyrus escape, Jafar imprisons the Jabberwocky and calls upon an army of dead soldiers to do his bidding. Meanwhile, Alice and the White Rabbit raise their own army to fight Jafar for the realm and a final confrontation between Alice and Jafar takes place at the Well of Wonders.

EP12 To Catch a Thief

Mar. 27,2014

In flashback, the Knave hunts Alice per Cora’s directive and he finds himself striking a deal to get his heart back, while in present day Wonderland, Alice and the Knave’s friendship is tested as he does Jafar’s bidding and steals from her. Meanwhile, the Jabberwocky attempts to free herself from Jafar’s control and Jafar is confronted by his former partner.

EP11 Heart of the Matter

Mar. 20,2014

Cyrus and Alice uncover alarming information; the Knave must surrender information to Jafar in order to help the Red Queen.

EP10 Dirty Little Secrets

Mar. 13,2014

Cyrus remembers the events that led to the binding price he and his brothers have to pay; the Red Queen and the Knave are faced with the Jabberwocky.

EP9 Nothing to Fear

Mar. 06,2014

Cyrus and Alice reluctantly work with the Red Queen to find Will but must also be prepared to defend themselves from Jafar. Will has troubles of his own when the caterpillar finds the bottle.

EP8 Home

Dec. 12,2013

A flashback reveals Cyrus' origin; Alice wants answers from the White Rabbit; disdain between the Red Queen and Jafar comes to a head.

EP7 Bad Blood

Dec. 05,2013

When Alice discovers that her father is in Wonderland, they begin healing their broken relationship, which leads to her having to make a difficult decision. In flashback, a young Jafar is emotionally distraught after his mother dies and we find out what drove him to become the unforgiving villain he is today.

EP6 Who's Alice

Nov. 21,2013

Jafar heads to the asylum to find information on Alice; Alice travels to the black forest; Cyrus tries to avoid the Red Queen.

EP5 Heart of Stone

Nov. 14,2013

In a flashback, Will Scarlet and Anastasia jump through the looking glass to enter Wonderland against her mother's wishes, since she disapproves of Will. They both soon realize that life in Wonderland isn't exactly what they had both imagined. After being humiliated while attending a ball at the palace, Ana convinces Will to steal the crown jewels in order to get them out of poverty, but in an instant, Ana is caught red handed by the King who makes her a proposition she can't refuse – to marry him and be his Queen to avoid prosecution. Meanwhile, in current Wonderland, the Red Queen convinces Alice to help her acquire magic dust in exchange for information about Cyrus, who in turn has managed to skillfully escape Jafar's castle leaving the White Rabbit in a compromising situation.

EP4 The Serpent

Nov. 07,2013

When the Knave's life is in danger, Alice has to make the tough decision on whether to use one of her three precious wishes and what that would mean for her and Cyrus. Her new friendship with Lizard reveals some of the Knave's backstory and Cyrus plots to escape. Meanwhile, Jafar's plan to kill the Knave puts the Red Queen in a difficult position as she grapples with her feelings for him and her desire to get what she wants. In flashback, we explore Jafar's origins and find out what he truly wants from Cyrus.

EP3 Forget Me Not

Oct. 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 (who is discovered to have contacted her). 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.

EP2 Trust Me

Oct. 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.

EP1 Down the Rabbit Hole

Oct. 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.

6.9 | TV-PG | en | Drama , Sci-Fi | More Info

Released: 2013-10-10 | Released Producted By: ABC Studios , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://abc.go.com/shows/once-upon-a-time-in-wonderland

Synopsis

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Cast

Sophie Lowe , Michael Socha , Emma Catherine Rigby

Director

Jane Espenson

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Trailers

Cast

Sophie Lowe

as Alice

Medieval Above Suspicion Deluge Blow the Man Down The Butterfly Tree The Beautiful Lie The Returned What Lola Wants After the Dark

Michael Socha

as Knave of Hearts

The Other Me Tales of the Creeping Death Creation Stories A Guide to Second Date Sex Killers Anonymous The Keeper Papillon Walk Like a Panther The Aliens

Emma Catherine Rigby

as The Red Queen

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Reviews

eri_faery I heard of this show after watching Once Upon A Time (as I assume most people have). There is no comparison - Once Upon A Time has a much more intricate and better-developed storyline, as well as generally much better actors. I have a great respect for actors, but at the same time I feel it is equally important to offer an audience critique, especially for more popular shows.I watched 8 episodes (over quite a long period of time) because it was a genre I enjoy, even though the story and actors were fairly mediocre. The actor rating is an average - I think Emma Rigby is excellent as the Queen, and Sophie Lowe does wonderfully too. Peter Gadiot is attractive but not quite sincere as Cyrus. There is something missing in his delivery - it feels less like he is delivering his loving speeches towards Alice than an audience.Surprisingly enough, and unfortunately for the show, Episode 9 is where things really pick up. They introduce a brilliant actress for the Jabberwocky - I'd never heard of her before but seeing her in action, this unique villain had me captivated. She introduces a much more unpredictable aspect to the storyline which improves the show greatly.Then all of a sudden the story actually starts to tie in with the show Once Upon A Time. This should have happened MUCH earlier in this series for people to keep watching. As I have expressed before, this show is nowhere near the quality of Once Upon A Time, but it is certainly improving as of the end of Season 1 - worth a look at the very least. With the introduction of an actual tie between the series in late season 1, it may have a future.

SnoopyStyle Alice (Sophie Lowe) is a young woman stuck in an asylum. She follows the White Rabbit (John Lithgow) back to Wonderland to rescue Cyrus (Peter Gadiot) from the Red Queen (Emma Rigby) and Jafar (Naveen Andrews) with the help of Knave of Hearts (Michael Socha).There is too much green screen acting. You can tell these guys are suffering from acting opposite non-existing objects and characters. The humanity is gone from their performances. Sophie Lowe is doing a one-note acting job. She's girl power period. John Lithgow is the CG White Rabbit. It's a marvel of the computer age, but his voice doesn't really fit. Michael Socha is probably the only compelling actor here. He adds some levity to the proceedings. Emma Rigby as the Red Queen has the plastic look. And Naveen Andrews needs to be more threatening looking. Maybe they should add a Tyson face tattoo. The overwhelming CGI doesn't make the show magical. Instead it makes the show artificial. It makes it lackluster and tiring. I don't expect it to be renewed.(EDIT after 10 episodes) The look of the show has improved with less green screen. The story is still struggling to maintain the pacing. The best chemistry coming from the most compelling characters continues to be Alice and Knave. The show works best when they are together. However the show keeps splitting them apart.

wahoo8888 Calling this a train-wreck would be a disservice to all train-wrecks. I don't even know where to begin. Everything about this show is just wrong. The actors (does this take place in Britain?) are so wooden it at times appears to be stop-motion animation. The writing (is each script selected at random from a second grade class writing assignment?). The production (taken from the trash bin of the Wizard of Oz set?). The storyline makes no sense at all. The action sequences are so amateurish that I'm wondering if the viewer is meant to laugh. I actually felt sorry for the actors because this has to be a very public embarrassment for them. Their only saving grace will be that any discerning viewer will have tuned out long before the season fades into obscurity.

geniesayer1212 My problem with this show, lies mainly with the writing. To me, the writing is as cookie cutter as they come. When I watch or read something, I like whichever formulaic approach is taken in writing the plot, to be hidden beneath layers of good scenes, action, and dialogue. With this show, I constantly feel distracted by the fact that the formula is staring right at me the entire time. Its almost as if the writers are fresh out of a classroom and afraid to experiment with tweaking known working formulas just enough to make the show more engaging, and less run of the mill. Thats my main gripe with the show. Some others include: - The marshmallow swamp scene seems out of place. This is Wonderland, not Candyland. - The actor's lines seem forced and could be written a lot better. - The twists aren't all that unexpected barring the Wonderland / Aladdin mash up.Which makes me think a stand alone series for Aladdin might have been the better route all together.-Special effects from the early nineties. The chroma keying is ugly. There's no excuse for being able to see the lines where the actors have been cut and pasted onto scenes in this day and age. Especially when Disney owns the company broadcasting the show.With all that being said, there are a few things I like.The Aladdin mash up. (Again wish it were its own series though.)The acting really isn't that bad. They just don't have much to work with when reading the atrocious lines that the writers wrote.The prospect of a girl fight between Alice and the Queen lol.All in all I think the show rates around more of a 6. It falls victim to that whole great idea, poor execution thing.