Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 754 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Feed Your Head
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2012.03.25
The Queen of Hearts' guard catches them and tries to stop them. The pair runs. Regina uses a little magic here and there to block the path behind them. When they run right into some knights, Jefferson throws one into the maze wall. Regina uses magic on two more, to accomplish the same ends. Finally, they get away. With the looking glass in sight, Regina stops and breaks off a piece of a mushroom, muttering something about a little snack. Jefferson asks, "Are you mad. Do you know what the food here does?" Regina is well aware. She lays her box on the ground and gently places the mushroom inside, then stands back. Purple mist swirls up and out of the box. It dissipates to reveal Regina's father, Henry. Regina explains to Jefferson that the Queen of Hearts has always seen her as a threat (smart lady) so she took Henry as leverage. Henry hears the soldiers and says they must hurry.
Jefferson realizes he's been set up. Regina didn't tell him about retrieving her father, because since only two of them entered, only two of them can leave. When Jefferson lunges for Regina, she has the walkway swallow his feet. He pleads with Regina for his daughter's sake. He promised he'd be home for tea. Regina tells him if he truly loved his daughter, he never would have left her. "You were right, Jefferson. You don't abandon family." Jefferson screams as Regina and Henry make their way through the looking glass. It's not long before the King of Hearts (I guess, because his robe is ermine trimmed) and the Queen's men capture him and drag him off. Commercial.
Wonderland, Queen of Hearts' Palace. Jefferson is brought before the Queen's court. We never see her face. She's completely draped in red. My friend decides she's Lady Gaga (which I love), but Jennifer Koenig is credited with the role. Rather than screaming, "Off with their heads," at every opportunity, this Queen of Hearts whispers through a speaking horn, and the King then reports her words to the assembly. He says the Queen of Hearts knows he's responsible for the theft. When Jefferson starts to explain that "the Queen" tricked him, the Queen of Hearts reels back on her throne. The King snaps, "That woman's name is Regina. There is only one Queen, the Queen of Hearts. Jefferson bows and apologizes. The Queen wants to know how Jefferson got to Wonderland. Jefferson asks if he tells them, will they let him go home to his daughter. The King laughs. The Queen whispers into her horn, "Off with his head."