Forget Me Not

"Forget Me Not" is the third episode of ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It was written by Richard Hatem and directed by David Solomon. It premiered on October 24, 2013.

Synopsis
In a flashback, viewers are introduced to Will Scarlet, who turns out to be the nifty Knave of Hearts. Will has joined Robin Hood's Merry Men and convinces them to steal gold from Maleficent's castle before also pilfering an enchanted looking glass for himself that comes with a hefty consequence. Meanwhile in Wonderland, Cyrus successfully tricks Jafar and the Red Queen into sending a Bandersnatch after Alice who in turn exposes something the White Rabbit has been secretly hiding.

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 The White Rabbit (Voice)

Guest Starring

 * Sean Maguire as Robin Hood/Fourth Man
 * Iggy Pop as the Caterpillar (Voice)
 * Steve Bacic as Grendel/Handsome Man
 * Brian George as Old Prisoner
 * Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent (Voice)

Co-Starring

 * Mark Acheson as Nazim
 * Jason Burkart as Little John/Traveler #1
 * Aaron Harrison as Screaming Head
 * Ryan MacDonald as Driver
 * Casey Manderson as Traveler #2
 * Catherine Michaud as Young Woman
 * Michael P. Northey as Friar Tuck/Injured Man
 * Thomas Saunders as Wealthy Gentleman
 * Hugo Steele as Orang

Production Notes

 * The title card features the Forget Me Knot.
 * Two of the creatures the Red Queen names from the book are the Mome Rath, which is depicted in a drawing as a three-headed creature with sharp teeth, and Sarlacc, a multi-tentacled beast with a gaping mouth lined with fangs. The Mome Rath is a creature mentioned in "Through the Looking-Glass", when Humpty Dumpty says: "A rath is a sort of green pig: but mome I'm not certain about. I think it's short for "from home", meaning that they'd lost their way." The Sarlaac is a fictional creature from the movie Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
 * One of the pages contains a Transmutation Circle, which is believed to help an alchemist focus their energy to change one item into another, such as lead into gold.
 * The opposite page contains a Latin excerpt from Ars grammatica by Aelius Donatus, a fourth century Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. It says: "Vt docte; conparativi, ut doctius; superlativi, ut doctissime. Magis doctius et tam doctissime non dicimus, quia magis et tam positivo gradui tantum iungitur, licet veteres dixerint tam magis et quam magis. Figurae adverbiorum quot sunt?"
 * Another page shows the Sephirot from Kabbalah (note that the page is upside-down).
 * The headline says, "Artemisia absinthium" - the name of a plant species, also known as wormwood.
 * Two pages (the one opposite the picture of the Mome Rat, and the one where the Sephirot (upside-down) is pictured) contain symbols for alchemical processes.
 * Sephirot: Abstraction, Putrefication, Digestion 1, Purification 1, Pulverise 1, Purification 2, Pulverise 2, Reverberation 2, Coagulation 1 and Reverberation 1.
 * Mome rath: Purification 1, Digestion 1, Reverberation 2, Purification 2, Pulverise 1, Coagulation 1, Fire of Reverberation, Pulverise 2 and Reverberation 1.
 * In a book passage, part of the Latin poem "Estuans Intrinsecus" (also known as the "Confession") by the 12th century Latin poet Archipoeta, is transcribed. The book contains stanza V and VI, and an excerpt from stanza IV. (Note that the show's rendering contains a few misspellings, and some of the words are repeated.)

Mihi cordis gravitas res videtur gravis, iocus est amabilis dulciorque favis.

Via lata gradior more iuventutis implico me vitiis immemor virtutis voluptatis avidus magis quam salutis mortuus in anima curam gero cutis

Presul discretissime veniam te precor Morte bona morior dulci nece necor Meum pectus sauciat puellarum decor Et quas tactu nequeo saltem corde moechor


 * Which translates as:


 * "To me the graveness of heart seems heavy, play (joy) is agreeable and sweeter than honey."


 * "I walk down a broad way, as is the habit of youth, I get involved in vices, oblivious of virtue. Avid of pleasure more than of salvation, Dead in soul, I take care of the skin (body)."


 * "Oh, most discreet prelate, I am asking you for pardon;I am dying a good death, perishing a sweet perish; My breast is wounded by the beauty of girls, And with those whom I cannot touch I commit adultery at least in my heart."

Event Chronology

 * The Enchanted Forest flashbacks occur concurrently with "Heart of Stone" before "Lacey".
 * The Wonderland events take place after "Trust Me" and before "The Serpent".

Fairytales and Folklore

 * This episode is a rendition of the Robin Hood ballad, focusing on Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men.
 * Also included are Friar Tuck and Little John from the same story.
 * Also featured are Alice, the Knave of Hearts, the Caterpillar and the White Rabbit from the Alice in Wonderland story, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Red Queen and the Bandersnatch from the story's sequel, the genie, the Sultan and sorcerer from Aladdin story as well as the evil fairy from the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.