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For the Season One episode with a similar name, see "Heart of Darkness". For the Wonderland episode with a similar name, see "Heart of the Matter". For the Season Four episode with a similar name, see "Heart of Gold". |
"Heart of Stone" is the fifth episode of ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It was written by Katie Wech and directed by Paul Edwards. It premiered on November 14, 2013.
Synopsis
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.[2]
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Cast[2]
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Trivia
Event Chronology
- The Enchanted Forest flashbacks take place immediately after "Forget Me Not." (For more details, see the Enchanted Forest timeline)
- The Wonderland flashbacks occur after Will Scarlet and Anastasia arrival in "Forget Me Not" sometime before "Down the Rabbit Hole."
- The present-day Wonderland events take place after "The Serpent" and before "Who's Alice." (For more details, see the Wonderland timeline)
Episode Connections
- The events leading up to Anastasia and Will opening the portal are explored in "Forget Me Not."
- Aspects of Anastasia's upbringing are briefly touched upon in "Dirty Little Secrets."
- Anastasia's mother refers to Will as a thief. Will's days as a thief are shown in "Forget Me Not."
- The Red Queen remarks, "I seem to remember a little girl in a blue dress wanting her father's love." Previously, in "Forget Me Not," Alice implied that she believed that her father stopped loving her. This issue is further explored in "Who's Alice" and "Bad Blood."
- Will was turned to stone in "The Serpent."
- Will and Anastasia attend a royal ball to get free food, just like Cora did in the Once Upon a Time episode "The Miller's Daughter." Anastasia attends the ball in a stolen dress, just like Cora did.
- Alice recalls bribing Will with one of her wishes in "Down the Rabbit Hole."
- Alice mentions Cyrus telling her about the consequences of making a wish in "Trust Me."
- What Jafar wants from the old prisoner is revealed in "And They Lived..."
- The Red Queen mentions Cyrus' "death" in "Down the Rabbit Hole."
- Alice mentions Cyrus' imprisonment in "Down the Rabbit Hole."
- Alice's first visit to Wonderland in "Down the Rabbit Hole" is mentioned by the Red Queen.
- The reason why the Red Queen is working with Jafar is revealed in "Home."
- The old prisoner's life before being captured is explored in "Bad Blood."
- The White Rabbit's debt to the Red Queen is revealed in "Home."
- Anastasia mentions Will's involvement with the Merry Men in "Forget Me Not."
- Alice's younger self mentions her time in Bethlem Asylum, which occurred in "Down the Rabbit Hole."
Disney
- The Red Queen, who is based on the evil stepsisters from the "Cinderella" fairytale,[4] shares many similarities with Anastasia from the Disney films Cinderella and its direct-to-video sequel Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: She is named Anastasia, wears a pink dress,[5] has a cold and cruel mother, has (at least) two sisters and falls in love with a lower class man her mother does not approve of. Also, in "Dirty Little Secrets," the Jabberwocky mentions that a prince chose her stepsister instead of her.
- The apparition of young Alice wears the signature blue dress and white apron from the animated Disney film Alice in Wonderland. In addition, the Red Queen comments on when Alice first came to Wonderland, saying "I seem to remember a little girl in a blue dress wanting her father's love."
Fairytales and Folklore
- This episode is a rendition of Through the Looking-Glass, focusing on the Red Queen's rise to power; and the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland story, focusing on Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
- Also included are Red King, Tweedledee, and Tweedledum from Through the Looking Glass, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- Also featured are the magician, the sultan and the genie from the "Aladdin" story.
- The Red Queen also takes the place of one of the stepsisters from the "Cinderella" fairytale.[4]
- Will and Anastasia enter Wonderland by passing through a looking glass, just like Alice does to enter the looking-glass world in Through the Looking Glass.
- The Old Prisoner says that Jafar made him move giant rocks from the bottom of the stone staircase to the top. This is a reference to Sisyphus from Greek mythology, who was punished by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, repeating this action for eternity.
- Will breaks off a piece of magic mushroom, just like Alice does in the novel. Anastasia says, "Those are the mushrooms that make you grow big," a reference to the edible mushroom that allows Alice to grow and shrink in the novel.
- The White Rabbit tells Jafar that Alice enjoys tea parties, a reference to the Hatter's tea party, which Alice attends in the novel.
- Jafar has a pocket watch, just like the White Rabbit does in the novel. After cutting off the White Rabbit's foot, Jafar winds the watch and says that for the next minute, he can reverse the rabbit's predicament; a dark take on the White Rabbit's worry about being too late in the novel.
Props Notes
- REUSED PROPS: The red wagon is a redressed version of Myrna and Martin's carriage from the Once Upon a Time episode "That Still Small Voice."[6] The wagon was repainted for the spin-off and a new set of back stairs was added, but the shape and design remains the same.
- HIDDEN DETAILS: The motif on Jafar's pocket watch consists of a stylized, gaping snake winding around the letter J;[7] a reference to Jafar and his serpent staff.
Costume Notes
- SECONDHAND CLOTHING: The purple coats worn by two of the Red King's servants[8] and by the Red Queen's servants in "Trust Me,"[9] are the same coats worn by the Genovia footmen in the 2004 romantic comedy film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.[10] The same coats were also worn by other servants on Once Upon a Time:
- The King's servants in "The Price of Gold"[11]
- King Xavier's servants in "The Miller's Daughter"[12]
- King Midas' servants in "Snow Drifts"[13]
- Prince Thomas' servants in "The Other Shoe"[14]
- King David and Queen Snow's servants in "Wish You Were Here"[15]
- The King's servants in "Hyperion Heights"[16]
- Tiana's servants in "The Eighth Witch"[17]
- A spectator at Roni's coronation in the Season Seven finale "Leaving Storybrooke"[18]
- SECONDHAND CLOTHING: The crown the Red King is wearing when introducing Anastasia to the inhabitants of Wonderland[19] is the same crown worn by the character Barney Stinson in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Third Wheel"[20] and Dean Winchester in the Supernatural episode "LARP and the Real Girl."[21]
Filming Locations
- Parts of this episode (or possibly "Who's Alice" or "Bad Blood") was filmed in a field near the gravelpits in Coquitlam and another (or the same) location past the same gravel pits; in addition, Burnaby's Central Park was used to film at least one scene with the Red Queen (again, this episode, or "Who's Alice" or "Bad Blood").[22]
- The palace scene where Anastasia breaks into the Red King's cabinet to steal the jewels was filmed on a green-screen set at The Bridge Studios.[23]
International Titles
| International Titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Title | Translation |
| French | "Cœur de Pierre" | "Heart of Stone" |
| German | "Leidet auch ein Herz aus Stein?" | "Does a Heart of Stone Also Suffer?" |
| Italian | "Cuore di pietra" | "Heart of Stone" |
Videos
W1x05 - Heart of Stone - Promo
W1x05 Heart of Stone - Sneak Peek
References
External Links
Heart of Stone on Internet Movie Database- Heart of Stone on Wikipedia
