ABC’s brand new musical comedy series, Galavant, premiered tonight and the pilot episode had us crying from laughter.
Pilot
I Ain’t Sayin She a Gold Digger
The series begins by explaining Galavant’s relationship with Madalena, his “true love.” And by true love, they mean a totally physical and exhausting love. One day an evil king, King Richard, comes to the town and kidnaps Madalena to become his queen, and Galavant runs off to save her from her unfair marriage.
However, things don’t go quite as planned. Galavant arrives in a cliché way, right as they’re about to say their vows. But instead of running off with her true love, Madalena chooses to marry into the riches the King is offering.
But She Ain’t Messin’ With No Broke Killer
Several months later, Galavant has become a nobody. Drinking, being a(n attractive) pig and not saving anyone from anything, he gets a visit from Princess Isabella of Valencia. She wants him to help her save her country from King Richard, who took control of her land and murdered a bunch of people. The king has been looking for the famed Valencia jewel, which Isabella has luckily been hiding away with her in a cellar under the main hall.
Madalena wants the king to find the jewel, so he talks to Isabella’s parents and is about to have them killed when Isabella screams out from the cellar. Lo’ and behold, the king finds Isabella and the jewel. But because Madalena is being more than a little impatient the king tells her he hasn’t found the jewel yet, and forces Isabella to find Galavant so he can kill him, threatening her family if she doesn’t.
Yep, the woman begging for Galavant’s help is indeed a trickster. She’s working for King Richard, but after telling Galavant the made up story of how Madalena has been crying for him for months, Galavant finally gets up and goes on his way to save her.
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