The trials and tribulations of long distance relationships are the focus of the second episode, as both Isabella and Galavant recall their one “perfect” kiss together, before they were cruelly torn apart. Or, well, not quite so perfect, once they start really thinking about it. Doubt creeps into the relationship, thanks to their isolation, and the rampant gossip that apparently spread about their awkward first kiss. Not exactly the encouragement either needs when the entire world is hell-bent on keeping them apart.
But it’s no matter, because Isabella don’t need no man, and puts her own escape plan into action, after securing the help of Chef to get her the key to the Barbie Dreamhouse. She intends to sneak out of the palace during the unnecessarily long changing of the guard, and leaves Chef with the pendant of Valencia — which Isabella insists she wears at all times, despite us never seeing her wear it before.
Whilst Isabella is enacting her escape plan, Galavant and Richard make it to a village, where they stop to get Richard’s boots repaired. All that walking has worn his soles down, which is a case against walking if ever we heard one. You have to wonder how the Fellowship managed to escape without any footwear malfunctions. This leaves the twosome with plenty of time to kill, aside from Richard’s brief stop at the petting zoo, where he encounters a friendly unicorn. A fake one, mind you, because Richard maintains that he’s laid with plenty of women…
They visit the local fortune teller, who conveniently has a way to communicate over long distances. Lucky for Galavant that Isabella has one single item she keeps on her at all times — oh, wait. Chef and Gwynne pick up the call, and are tasked with returning the pendant to Isabella, before she escapes the palace.
It couldn’t all be that simple, though. While the glitchy call “reassures” Galavant that everything is fine, and their kiss actually was pretty great — it wasn’t — it doesn’t turn out so well on Isabella’s end. Subjected to what she believes is a barrage of Galavant refuting his love for her, and calling her a brown cow, she’s then resigned to going through with the marriage to Prince Harry. Guess that tight time frame Galavant was on to rescue Isabella just got a whole lot tighter — and he’s none the wiser. Yikes!
Theirs isn’t the only relationship tested, as Richard learns that Gareth has taken over as King at Madalena’s side, the ultimate friendship betrayal. He’s pretty crushed about the whole thing, but it’s okay, because he picks up a new sword that was abandoned in a tree stump. It’s handy for all of those adventures he’s having with Galavant — and it just so happens it’s the sword of the One True King. We can see where this is going.
The duo hit another snag, however, when they arrive at Richard’s castle, only to find it has mysteriously disappeared. Did anyone else get Robin Hood: Men in Tights vibes from that, or was it just us?
Meanwhile, in Valencia, Gareth and Madalena are at odds over the decorations in the castle. Gareth wants to add his own touches to the decor, and Madalena wants to throw it all in the moat. They find it difficult to reach any common ground, and more stuff ends up in the drink than in the castle by the end of their duet (and please, there needs to be 200% more duets between these two, immediately), but they finally settle on something — Sid is incredibly annoying.
We can only hope that’s a fond annoyance, and not the kind which will see Sid marched to the gallows. Or beheaded. Or any other gruesome outcome. Protect Sid at all costs!
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