Once Upon a Fangirl...: Trust Me

This episode follows directly after 1x01 as we see more of Alice & the Knave on their quest to save Cyrus as they look for the bottle he was trapped in. This leads them to the fairy Silvermist (the one Lucy Liu voices in the Tinker Bell movies!), but after it's discovered she has a complicated past with the Knave, she pretty much ditches them & leaves them to drown in the sea. However, thanks to contrivance, they ride a mock turtle to the Mimsy Meadow, where it turns out Alice's true intentions were to find out who she & the Knave were up against, in this case being Jafar. However, when they actually go to look for the bottle, they discover it's not where she & Cyrus buried it, leading her to believe that he has moved on from her & loses all hope. However, thanks to some magical paper he told her about in the past, she finally has proof that he's alive & is motivated to continue her quest. Meanwhile, we find out Cyrus is still trapped in Jafar's hideout where he & the Red Queen are negotiating a deal over Cyrus' bottle, only for it to be revealed that she had it all along & refuses to give it to Jafar. But in another twist, it turns out that the White Rabbit had witnessed Alice & Cyrus burying it & gave it to the Red Queen. In the past, we see more of Alice & Cyrus falling in love, where it turns out that he taught her her sword fighting skills & that they decided to bury it as proof that they won't move on from each other.
Honestly, I did find this a to be bit better than the Pilot, but as I just said, only by a bit. Again, the CGI is still pretty bad in comparison to Once Upon a Time, but thankfully it's not as distracting this time round. I'll say that there are a few nice scenes between Alice with both the Knave & Cyrus, ranging from rather funny to surprisingly heartwarming, which were pretty much the highlight for me in this episode along with the Knave's funny snarks at Alice. It was also nice to see a few other characters & locations in Wonderland, but only by a little & the visuals themselves looked mostly cheap (well, they are on a lower budget compared to it's mother show!) But, again, Naveen Andrews was too hammy for me as Jafar, the Red Queen annoyed me again & while not as bad as before, the dialogue is just cheesy (except for a few times where it's actually funny!) & it's still gonna take me a while to get into this. Honestly, this at most was just OK for me.

So this is the show's version of Agrabah...not what I was expecting if I can be honest!

Haha! 'Yes, we wouldn't want you to overcook water!'

Why am I not surprised Cyrus is his genie?

Hmm! Nice outfit!

HAHA! '...the Mimsy Meadows under the towering Tum Tum Tree. It's a place where nobody goes.' 'With a name like that, why would they? Unless they were a Care Bear.' 'What's a Care Bear?'