Bad Blood

"Jafar: Thank you, Father. Sultan: You will not use that word. I am not your father. And you are not my son."

"Bad Blood" is the seventh episode of ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It was written by Jane Espenson and directed by Ciaran Donnelly. It premiered on December 5, 2013.

Synopsis
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.

Starring

 * Sophie Lowe as Alice
 * Michael Socha as Knave of Hearts
 * Peter Gadiot as Cyrus
 * Emma Rigby as the Red Queen
 * Naveen Andrews as Jafar
 * John Lithgow as the White Rabbit (Voice)

Guest Starring

 * Amir Arison as Sultan
 * Brian George as Old Prisoner
 * Shaun Smyth as Edwin
 * Heather Doerksen as Sarah
 * Anthony Keyvan as Young Jafar
 * Rekha Sharma as Ulima
 * Matty Finochio (Press release only)

Co-Starring

 * Ben Cotton as Tweedle #2
 * Shaun Omaid as Palace Guard
 * Michael Sangha as Adult Mirza
 * Manoj Sood as Diplomat
 * Daniel Zolghadri as Young Mirza

Trivia
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Production Notes

 * The title card features a dragon flying.
 * When Jafar's summons the dragon, he casts a spell, Ego vocare te dolor. Ego vocare te damnum. Ego vocare te faciam scelus, which is Latin for "I call you pain. I call you loss. I call do (will do) crime.
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Event Chronology

 * The Agrabah events take place before "The Serpent".
 * The Wonderland events occur after "Who's Alice" and before "Home".
 * The Victorian England scenes take place after "Who's Alice", and before "And They Lived...".
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Biblical

 * When Edwin is about to eat, he says recites part of the catholic meal prayer: "Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty." He also says that his God hears every prayer, and that he prays for his daughter. Alice later says that every meal she's ever had with her father could not begin without saying grace.

Disney

 * Mirza wears similar prince attire to Aladdin of the Disney film.

Fairytales and Folklore

 * This episode is a rendition of the Aladdin story featuring the genie, the sorcerer and Sultan from the same story.
 * This episode features Alice, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as well as Tweedledee, Tweedledum and the Red Queen from the story's sequel.
 * The dragon that Alice, Will and Jafar encounter has two legs, meaning that it's technically a wyvern. A wyvern is a legendary creature with a dragon's head and wings, a reptilian body, two legs and a tail. The most important difference between a dragon and a wyvern, is that dragons are depicted with four legs, or without legs, whereas a wyvern only has two legs, and does not breathe fire, although they are known to breathe poison instead. However, the two-legged creature that Alice and the others encounters, does indeed breathe fire.


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Props Notes

 * When Dr. Lydgate was preparing for Alice's surgery in "Down the Rabbit Hole, one of the things seen on the table was a big syringe. When Jafar is drawing blood from Edwin in this episode, he uses the same syringe, indicating that Jafar took it when he visited the asylum in "Who's Alice".
 * The same prop was used for the syringe that the Warden uses to inject himself with Separation Serum in the Once Upon a Time episode "An Untold Story".


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Filming Locations

 * The set used for the interior of Ulima's house is a redressed version of Farzeen Shahmed's shop from "Trust Me", and the interior of the Blacksmith's workshop from "The Serpent". The easiest way to spot this is the doorway, which has the exact same shape in all three locations.