Tangled: The Series S2 E19

## Plot

Against Cass's wishes, the group decided to stay in a place called the House of Yesterday's Tomorrow after their caravan was waylaid during a storm thanks to a fallen tree. The owner, Matthews, let them stay for free. After being attacked by doppelgangers due to a magic mirror, they wanted to leave, but discovered that the door leading outside had vanished. Unbeknownst to them, someone purposefully cut down the tree that led to their caravan being stopped. It was also revealed in the previous episode that Matthews knew that Rapunzel was the sundrop, and promised his master Zhan Tiri that she would never leave the house. This episode starts with Rapunzel waking up… in Corona, with short brown hair on the weekend of her coronation. Cass and Eugene are actually getting along, and they convince her that everything that's happened during the show was just a crazy dream she had. Also, it's revealed that they left Corona almost a year ago, which means that Rapunzel is almost 20. Lady Caine and her cronies are caught by the guards and carted off to jail. While Rapunzel is alone though, she's attacked… by her subconscious, who still has her season 2 outfit, long blond hair, and frying pan. She tells herself that the real world isn't this easy, and she's under a spell. Lance, Eugene, and Cass notice that she's missing and look for her. Cass hears a voice call her name through a door, and when she enters, it closes behind her. Eugene and Lance break down the door with Zhan Tiri's face on it, and find Rapunzel asleep and tied up by creepy looking vines, with Pascal in a cage. Matthews ties Eugene and Lance up and reveals his true form and name, Tromus. Blond Rapunzel tells herself that the only way to wake up is to touch the black rocks. If she puts the crown on, it means she'll have accepted this world, and she'll be stuck there forever. Matthews influences her dream to get rid of her subconscious self. She rides out to Corona's wall, and sees that the outside world is a wasteland. Eugene proposes to her that night, but her other self shows up again. Rapunzel doesn't want to leave, pointing out that Cass and all her other friends are safe, and she never asked to make such tough decisions. This world is perfect, and she just wants to be happy. Um, I feel like she already learned that no one can be happy all the time, including herself, both in season 1 because of the mood potion, and in episode 10 of season 2. She accepts the proposal this time, and her other self disappears. Arianna gives Rapunzel her journal, but this time the saying on the inside of the cover has changed. Now it says be satisfied. While looking through it, she sees drawings blink in and out from her adventures. Things between her and Cass are great, and Cass's right hand is normal. Before she puts the crown on though, she suddenly says that none of this is real. I feel like that came out of nowhere; as if the crew realized that they needed to get to the climax and end the episode ASAP. Tromus transforms her dream into a nightmare. Cass blames her for what happened to her hand. According to deleted storyboards, Varian was also supposed to appear in this part of the episode. Rapunzel winds up back in her tower with Gothel. Once she realizes that she's in control of her own mind, she defeats Tromus and touches the black rocks. This causes her to wake up, and it also causes the house to start collapsing. The exit reappears, and they get out as the house and Tromus turn to sand. Max, Fidella, and Shorty are outside. Rapunzel asks them if they've seen Cass. The door she went through returns, and she and Owl come out. It looks like the door leads to a different outdoors, if you know what I mean. Rapunzel is relieved that she's alright and hugs her. She asks her what happened and looks at her right hand, but Cass pulls away. She just says that she's fine and wants to keep moving. They leave, and the door shuts and turns to sand again.