Sofia the First S1 E5

## Plot

The Goldenwing Circus is in town. James and Amber are incredibly excited. They tell Sofia all about it and how much fun it is. They consider it the greatest circus ever, and it only comes once a year. They ask Roland if they can go. He agrees, and arranges for the whole family to see today's show. However, Roland yells at James for breaking the age old rule of no playing ball inside the castle. Too many things could break. Like the new stained glass window picturing the whole new family. Roland plans to show it to Miranda as a grand romantic gesture. Aw! That's so sweet! The moment he leaves to get her though, James goes back to playing ball. He keeps doing it despite Sofia and Amber's protests, and winds up breaking the window and making a hole where Amber's face was. Not gonna lie, that was actually kinda funny. Amber and Sofia want to tell Roland, but James begs them not to. If their dad sees it, he'll never let James go to the circus. James wants to hide the broken part with a suit of armor. The girls reluctantly agree to help. They're three kids trying to move a suit of armor though, so it takes awhile. Amber distracts their parents while Sofia and James keep moving it. However, James leans on the axe, which breaks the window even further. Sofia wants to tell their dad now. James wants to put a curtain in front of the window. Sofia points out that Roland will just open it to show their mom the window. They could get the royal glass maker to make a new window, but that takes a long time. I just love how Sofia and Amber are acting as the logical straight men to James being, well, a little kid. What with not taking responsibility for his actions, not realizing that his actions have consequences, that his actions effect others too, that telling the truth and admitting you did something stupid would actually get you in less trouble than trying to hiding it, etc. Sofia and James go to Cedric to ask him to fix the window with magic. He doesn't want to, but agrees so he can try to take Sofia's amulet again. He uses a spell that can pull any object to him. It only works on small items though. He tries to cast the spell on Sofia's amulet, but she and James instinctively duck. This pulls Cedric into the stained glass window. Their increasingly desperate attempts to fix things have only made things worse. And by them, I mean James. After all, Sofia and Amber wanted to tell Roland right away, before more damage was done. Sofia really wants to tell their dad now, but James decides to use magic to fix everything. He's able to free Cedric, but shatters the entire window. Roland and Miranda finally see it after Amber's attempts to stall them. Roland asks them what happened. James is about to tell them when Sofia takes the blame for what he did, because she knows how much he wants to go to the circus. Roland, Miranda, and Baileywick are surprised, since it's so unlike her. She has to stay home from the circus. James feels guilty. Baileywick knows the children well enough to know what really happened. He has tea with Sofia. What she did for James was very kind, but a lie is still a lie, even if you're trying to help someone. Sofia didn't think about it like that. Baileywick advises her to do so next time. James admits to his parents that he broke the window and played ball inside, and Sofia took the blame so he could go to the circus. Amber admits that she was stalling them so they wouldn't see the window. They go home, since all of the kids had a part to play in this. They apologize, and say that the next time something like this happens, they'll tell their parents the truth. The ringmaster arrives to talk to the king and queen. He saw them leave the circus early. They loved the performance, but had a family matter to attend to. The children learned their lesson, so they accept the offer from the ringmaster of an exclusive performance. They surprise the kids with the show, and they love it.