
Scripted series · ABC
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How Once Upon a Time in Wonderland actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice is ready to put it all behind her, she knows this world is real. In the nick of time, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio tumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, where nothing is impossible.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E11
Heart of the Matter
Cyrus and Alice uncover alarming information; the Knave must surrender information to Jafar in order to help the Red Queen.
- Directed by David Boyd
- Written by Jenn Kao, Katie Wech

S01E13
And They Lived...
The all-powerful Jafar succeeds in making his father love him and forcing Anastasia into thinking she loves him. After Alice, Amara and Cyrus escape, Jafar imprisons the Jabberwocky and calls upon an army of dead soldiers to do his bidding. Meanwhile, Alice and the White Rabbit raise their own army to fight Jafar for the realm and a final confrontation between Alice and Jafar takes place at the Well of Wonders.
- Directed by Kari Skogland
- Written by Adam Horowitz, Zack Estrin

S01E03
Forget Me Not
With the Genie's bottle in her clutches, the Red Queen sends the Bandersnatch after Alice since Jafar needs her in order to use Cyrus (who is discovered to have contacted her). Alice and the Knave of Hearts head to the house of the Grendel in the Whispering Woods to obtain the Forget-Me-Knot so that they can find out who stole Cyrus's bottle before Jafar could steal it. In the Knave of Hearts's flashback, it is shown that he joined up with Robin Hood's Merry Men back when he was Will Scarlet. It is also revealed that Wonderland's Red Queen was once his love Anastasia.
- Directed by David Solomon
- Written by Richard Hatem

S01E12
To Catch a Thief
In flashback, the Knave hunts Alice per Cora’s directive and he finds himself striking a deal to get his heart back, while in present day Wonderland, Alice and the Knave’s friendship is tested as he does Jafar’s bidding and steals from her. Meanwhile, the Jabberwocky attempts to free herself from Jafar’s control and Jafar is confronted by his former partner.
- Directed by Billy Gierhart
- Written by Jerome Schwartz, Adam Nussdorf

S01E01
Down the Rabbit Hole
Alice's tales of her adventures in Wonderland result in her father committing her to a mental asylum where she was about to be lobotomised to cure her supposed insanity, but the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit rescue her and bring her back to Wonderland when they reveal that her true love Cyrus is still alive. As Alice begins a quest to find him, the Red Queen and Jafar plot against her.
- Directed by Ralph Hemecker
- Written by Adam Horowitz, Jane Espenson

S01E02
Trust Me
Alice formulates a plan to rescue Cyrus by retrieving his bottle. Meanwhile, the Red Queen begins to question her role in Jafar's plan while they try to find the bottle as well. Also, the story behind how Cyrus got to Wonderland and how he fell in love with Alice is revealed.
- Directed by Romeo Tirone
- Written by Rina Mimoun
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E13
And They Lived...
- Directed by Kari Skogland
- Written by Adam Horowitz, Zack Estrin

S01E12
To Catch a Thief
- Directed by Billy Gierhart
- Written by Jerome Schwartz, Adam Nussdorf

S01E11
Heart of the Matter
- Directed by David Boyd
- Written by Jenn Kao, Katie Wech

S01E10
Dirty Little Secrets
- Directed by Alex Zakrzewski
- Written by Rina Mimoun, Adam Nussdorf

S01E09
Nothing to Fear
- Directed by Michael Slovis
- Written by Richard Hatem, Jenn Kao

S01E08
Home
- Directed by Romeo Tirone
- Written by Adam Horowitz, Zack Estrin
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Adam Horowitz
Creator

Edward Kitsis
Showrunner

Jane Espenson
Writer
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Richard Hatem
Writer
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Jenn Kao
Writer
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Katie Wech
Writer

Rina Mimoun
Writer
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Jerome Schwartz
Writer
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Jan Nash
Writer
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Zack Estrin
Writer
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Adam Nussdorf
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jane EspensonProducer
Writing
- Adam HorowitzWriter
- Jane EspensonWriter
- Richard HatemWriter
- Jenn KaoWriter
- Katie WechWriter
- Rina MimounWriter
Direction
- Ron UnderwoodDirector
- Alex ZakrzewskiDirector
- Kari SkoglandDirector
- Michael SlovisDirector
- David SolomonDirector
- Ralph HemeckerDirector
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