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00:04My name is Alice, and just like the story, I fell down the rabbit hole.
00:18Only my wonderland didn't have tea parties, it had blindfolds.
00:33But let's start at the beginning.
00:36Is that my best friend Vivian?
00:43I can't believe you're marrying Alice.
00:46Kristen, how could you?
00:53How could my fiancé be sleeping with my best friend on our wedding day?
00:58How could he?
01:00How could they?
01:02I did everything right, I thought I was good to him.
01:05I thought he loved me.
01:12Then I saw it.
01:15Wonderland.
01:18Something told me to enter.
01:21Coco.
01:26Ah, another lost girl to brighten my doorstep.
01:31Hi Alice.
01:35Welcome to Wonderland.
01:41Alice.
01:42How do you know my name?
01:44All lost girls are called Alice here.
01:47Especially those looking for themselves.
01:50It's from the story.
01:52You're running from something that hurts.
01:56I know you are.
01:58Follow me now into something that gives.
02:03I've always been the good, obedient girl doing what was expected.
02:10Clearly that's not serving me.
02:13Come along, little Alice.
02:15There's someone I'd like you to meet.
02:19All right, my love.
02:20It's time to lose the wedding dress.
02:26Alice.
02:30So, Alice.
02:34Are you ready to play?
02:37Yes.
02:43Alice, honey.
02:44This is the Mad Hatter.
02:45He has a magical solution.
02:47You just have to believe.
02:55Neil.
03:09This man has no claim here.
03:17Alice.
03:18I'm actually doing this.
03:21You don't need to hide from me.
03:23From anyone.
03:23Not here.
03:26If you ever want to stop.
03:29Say off with his head.
03:31Understand?
03:33I understand.
03:36I want.
03:40What do you want, Alice?
03:42I...
03:43I want...
03:45To feel something.
03:47Can you do that for me?
03:50Let's find out together.
03:51Let's find out together.
04:12Oh my god.
04:14I'm actually doing this.
04:16Oh my god.
04:20Hands behind your back.
04:45Tell me you want more.
04:50I want more.
05:06You understand?
05:09I want more.
05:10I want more.
05:19I want more.
05:21I want more.
05:33I want more.
05:36I want more.
05:36I want more.
05:36I want more.
05:36I want more.
05:38I want more.
05:38I want more.
05:51Thank you for taking care of me.
05:58They always pass out after their first one.
06:02I'll call a cab.
06:03No, I'll handle this one.
06:25Where to, boss?
06:27Alice.
06:28Where do you live?
06:30174 Briar Lane.
06:32Apartment 4A.
06:34Get around safe.
07:07I can't believe you're married, Alice.
07:22Alice.
07:24You should be at home resting.
07:27Especially after your wedding fell through.
07:30You're only a teacher's assistant.
07:32It's okay for you to take a day off.
07:34I can't.
07:36If I stop moving now, then I'll fall apart.
07:39I need the distraction.
07:45I won't let Preston stand in my way of following my dreams and becoming a professor.
07:49I need to ace this thesis.
07:54Why do I keep wearing this jacket every day?
07:57I need to return the wedding.
08:10Why do I keep wearing this jacket every day?
08:13I need to return the wedding.
08:32Alice!
08:36Alice!
08:37I need to talk to you.
08:38What are you doing here, Preston?
08:45You look flushed.
08:47Were you crying?
08:48If I was, you know very well why.
08:50Alice, please.
08:52I came to apologize.
08:54I messed up, okay?
08:56Vivian means nothing.
08:59Let's just fix this.
09:01What's going on with you?
09:02I'm busy. I need to work on my thesis proposal.
09:05You're wasting your time with this stuff.
09:08Screw you, Preston.
09:09I'm the one who you left alone at the altar.
09:13I had every reason to leave you.
09:15Which jacket is that?
09:16I know this bit.
09:18How do you know him?
09:20I'm talking to you.
09:21Don't lie to me.
09:23How do you know my Preston?
09:25Get your hands off.
09:26Now.
09:30Get your hands off for now.
09:32So this is the reason why you left me, huh?
09:35Using my mistake as an excuse to cover your own infidelities.
09:40Wait, I don't, I don't understand.
09:42What's not to understand?
09:44You leave our wedding and show up in his fucking jacket with his pin.
09:49Preston, it's not what you think.
09:51I'm taking one of Alice's classes, Victorian lit, and she forgot her jacket.
09:57It was cold.
09:58I'll let her use mine.
09:59That's it.
10:00And what's a board member doing taking a Victorian lit class?
10:03Like, board member?
10:04I can't just be interested.
10:06Knowing you?
10:07Fuck no.
10:08Well, that's the thing, Preston.
10:10You don't owe me.
10:12Not anymore.
10:13So why don't you stop harassing this poor girl and leave?
10:17Harassing?
10:18She's my fiancée.
10:20Ex-fiancée.
10:21And will someone please just tell me what is going on?
10:24What game are you playing at?
10:26You think because of your status you control everything?
10:29You can have everything I deserve?
10:31Why don't you take responsibility for one so I wouldn't have to?
10:34Fuck you.
10:36Do you know who he is?
10:39I know he's not taking your damn class.
10:42I am not stupid.
10:44There's something going on here.
10:45And I'm going to find out sooner or later.
10:48So tell me, do you know who he is?
10:54I, I, I...
10:56He's my fucking brother!
11:01Brother?
11:06So, Victorian erotica, were women actually into this stuff or was it just, you know, gross old dudes?
11:13Actually, women at that time were robbed of autonomy.
11:18Erotica gave them a voice.
11:19A place where their desires weren't sinful.
11:22Come on, Miss Alice.
11:23Can you just show us a little bit of that hot Victorian porn?
11:29Of course.
11:31I wouldn't expect you to understand.
11:33It's so easy to conflate it with sex.
11:37When really, it's revolution.
11:50Alice.
11:52Now's really not a good time.
11:54You really expect me to believe there's nothing going on with Dominic?
11:59You keep your voice down?
12:00You know he's only using you to get to me, right?
12:04I have a presentation.
12:07He's just trying to take what's mine.
12:10It's something he does all the time.
12:14Miss Kigsley!
12:17You're up?
12:20Good luck, baby.
12:33Whenever you're ready, Alice.
12:36My thesis is about erotica in the Victorian era, which was a society known for strict moral codes,
12:45which meant there was underground publication of explicit content anonymously.
12:56Erotica was a form of entertainment, and also it sometimes would critique society.
13:04Miss Kigsley, what exactly is your argument?
13:06Well, that it existed and that it was important.
13:11If I may.
13:16Erotica is desire, and desire is not a footnote, Miss Kigsley.
13:22Now, you're a smart girl.
13:24You know that.
13:25But how can you defend such passions without showing any?
13:32I can revise.
13:34Please do.
13:35Please do.
13:44So I totally blew my presentation.
13:46If I don't come back with a much stronger proposal, I'm out of the program.
13:52Alice, honey, I'm glad you've been taking the week to yourself after everything.
13:57You can't stay cooped up forever.
13:59Knowing you, you're probably riding on the couch watching the Princess Bride.
14:04Go out.
14:06Get some air, okay?
14:07We all miss our favorite TA.
14:21Tell me, you won't be.
14:30But how can you defend such passions without showing any?
14:39You want passion?
14:42You got it.
14:52Welcome back, Alice.
15:20Just came to return your jacket.
15:23I'm dressed like that.
15:25You're upset.
15:26You humiliated me in front of the entire committee.
15:30And you're my ex-fiance's half-brother.
15:33I would have told you if I would have known who you are.
15:35Really?
15:36Would you?
15:40Because you wouldn't even tell me your name that night.
15:45It says Wonderland.
15:48No names.
15:49No personal lives.
15:51Those are the rules.
15:54Sometimes rules can change.
15:56Preston and I are strange for the most part.
15:59He thinks it's odd that I'm heir to our father because I'm the older one.
16:03He's going to hate me even more now that you're in the picture.
16:05I see.
16:09Thank you for telling me.
16:12It's the least you deserve.
16:14Though I'm not sorry about your thesis.
16:17You let Preston get into your head and your proposal.
16:22It was...
16:23It was shit.
16:27Excuse me.
16:30And I meant everything I said.
16:31You should experience the sexual freedom that you try so hard to defend.
16:37So tell me, Alice.
16:41Are you ready to play?
16:43I came here to return his jacket.
16:45But whenever I get close to him, I find myself getting bored into this thing he does to me.
16:51Preston never did this to me.
17:06Alice, baby.
17:08I've been calling you all week.
17:09I'm sorry for everything.
17:12Silent treatment.
17:13I get it.
17:14I was upset.
17:15Dominic just...
17:16He gets to me.
17:18Always has.
17:19Taking you from me is exactly what he'd do.
17:22But I know you're not sleeping with him.
17:24You're not that kind of girl, Alice.
17:26Alice, just come home to me, baby.
17:29We'll forget about all of this.
17:31You'll be mine again.
17:32And everything will be perfect.
17:35Baby, say something.
17:38Preston, you cheated on me.
17:40Alice!
17:42On our wedding day.
17:45What I do with my life no longer has anything to do with you.
17:51We're over, Preston.
18:06So let me help you forget about Preston.
18:14What tricks do you have up your sleeve to make me forget?
18:16No tricks, no toys, no blindfolds, no distractions.
18:23I just want you to see what I see.
18:28What do you mean?
18:29You're asking for permission before you do anything.
18:36From Preston, from the committee, and from me.
18:41Stop looking at your desires with shame.
18:46And just look.
19:02Don't you miss the feeling, I miss the feeling, I'm the right.
19:07What, Miss Love?
19:09No.
19:11Stop.
19:12Don't you miss the feeling, I miss the feeling, I'm the right.
19:34What's wrong?
19:35Nothing, just, it's getting late.
19:38Is that a way to tell me to leave?
19:43I guess I've overstayed my welcome.
19:48Um, I'll go.
19:55Bye, then.
19:57Alice.
19:58I guess, wait.
20:01Preston can be, uh, vindictive.
20:04Especially when I'm involved.
20:08And if he feels threatened, he's not going to hesitate to hurt either of us.
20:14I thought you were supposed to make me forget about him today.
20:18Interesting approach.
20:22Just be careful.
20:24Great.
20:43I'm very upset.
20:47I appreciate it.
20:50I, I think.
20:54I'm not aware.
20:55I guess.
20:58Alice.
21:02What's wrong?
21:04It's Preston, isn't it?
21:07What did he do to you?
21:12This isn't Wonderland anymore, Dominic.
21:15You don't have to pretend to care.
21:17Alice.
21:19What happened?
21:23How long has he had these pictures?
21:24I don't know.
21:26He said that a friend sent them to him this morning.
21:28They must have seen me and recognized me.
21:31These pictures, it doesn't link me to you in any way, so we have that at least.
21:37Dominic.
21:38The faculty, the board, they're all about professionalism.
21:44If they know that I went to the BDSM club, they'll never make me a professor.
21:54I'm not going to let that happen.
21:57Thanks, but I don't think that's up to you.
22:01There are more board members than just you.
22:10Cross Family Financial.
22:11Hello, Mr. Cross.
22:13How may I help you?
22:13Freeze all cross back to counseling to Preston.
22:17Yes, all of them.
22:19Give him a notification when it's finished.
22:23There.
22:24It'll take a few days for that to hit, but once it does, he is going to have bigger problems
22:28to worry about.
22:32Why did you do that?
22:34You just flip a switch and he's destroyed?
22:37Actions have consequences.
22:39And if he's going to play with people's lives, he's not going to do it with my money.
22:42I didn't want to stoop to his level.
22:44You're not.
22:45I am.
22:47And he deserves it.
22:48It's been a long time coming.
22:49I forgot everything between you two is just a power play.
22:53And I'm just the one caught in the middle of it.
22:56No, you're not.
22:56I'm not stupid, Dominic.
22:58I know that you don't actually want to help me.
23:01You just found another way to get back at Preston.
23:04I froze Preston's access to the family bank accounts because of his misguided decision to threaten you.
23:10You can't even say that without making it sound like a business decision.
23:16You told me yourself.
23:19Preston can get vindictive when it comes to you, and clearly it has come to you.
23:24I don't want to be a pawn in the middle of this game.
23:29You're not.
23:31Yeah, right.
23:37Okay.
23:38Victorians?
23:40Erotica?
23:41Feminine desire?
23:43Ugh.
23:45Why does this all sound like garbage?
23:54Between shadow and waking, something in her shifted.
24:01As if the night itself had reached inward and left a trace of fire behind.
24:10Passion.
24:11He wants me to feel it, and I did, but maybe it's not enough.
24:19All right.
24:30Back for the hatter.
24:32No.
24:33Actually, I'm here for me.
24:35Oh.
24:37I want to learn how to pleasure myself with more than just my hands.
24:57You have access to all kinds of toys here.
25:00Take a look.
25:06I'm a little nervous about those.
25:09Don't worry, honey.
25:10If the toys are too much, you can always use a pillow.
25:13Or if they're not enough, you can use that guy.
25:17He vibrates.
25:19It's okay, honey.
25:20You set the pace.
25:22One breath at a time.
25:24Call for me if you need anything.
25:29Okay.
25:31Okay.
25:32One breath at a time.
25:45Oh.
25:46Okay.
25:48Oh.
25:48Oh, God.
26:02Alice?
26:04Mm-hmm.
26:34I've been
26:43Fuck
26:46So that's what power feels like
26:53Have fun at Wonderland?
26:55Preston, what are you doing here?
27:00That was taken tonight, were you following me?
27:03Does it matter?
27:05You can't lie to me now, Alice
27:07You really want to lose everything over this?
27:12Wonderland has a reputation for a reason
27:18I need to think
27:20There is nothing to think about
27:23You are not that girl
27:26What do you want, Preston?
27:28There is a charity luncheon tomorrow on campus
27:31And you will come with me
27:34A married man is always more trusted than a single one
27:38Why on earth would I go with you?
27:41Because I'm the one with the photographs
27:47One hour tops, then leave
27:50You're only here to win the faculty over for your thesis
27:53Not for Preston
27:54Finally, I'm going to wonder
27:57You're supposed to be making the rounds
28:01Preston, there you are
28:04I told you to stay home
28:06What are you doing here?
28:08I miss seeing you all dressed up
28:10I don't think so
28:11Vivian
28:12Go
28:18Excuse me
28:21We are supposed to speak to the scholarship donors
28:24And do not embarrass me today
28:33What the hell did you do?
28:35Preston, what are you...
28:37Dominic did this
28:38For you?
28:42What is going on?
28:43Dominic froze my accounts
28:46All of them
28:47You have been sneaking around with my stepson this entire time
28:53You have been plotting against my son with his brother
28:58I should have known better
28:59Girls like you
29:00Always show their true colors
29:03Eventually
29:09Now you're just as filthy on the outside as you are on the inside
29:13What the fuck, Eleanor?
29:15You were trying to ruin my life because of one mistake
29:20One mistake?
29:23Because of one mistake
29:25One mistake?
29:27One mistake, you cheated on me on our wedding day
29:30And then you had the nerve to show up at my office
29:33And ask for forgiveness as if I owed you anything
29:36You don't want a partner, Preston
29:38You want someone that you can control
29:40I want everyone to know
29:42You left our wedding
29:44To go off and sleep with my brother in some sex club
29:47That's enough
29:49I was wondering when you'd show up
29:51Always here to defend her
29:53Huh?
29:55Get away from her, Preston
29:56Or what?
29:57You're gonna freeze more of my accounts?
29:59You're one to talk
30:00The only reason why you're standing is because
30:02I've been fixing your problems for years
30:04Your bad investments
30:05Your oversights
30:07I've cleaned up every single problem
30:10And it's left you reckless and entitled
30:13This woman
30:15She didn't lose her way
30:17She just stopped letting people decide
30:19What she was allowed to do
30:25Thank you
30:27I didn't think he'd take it that far
30:30He wanted to hurt you
30:31Well, he did
30:33Everyone saw, everyone heard
30:37Maybe he's right
30:39Maybe I did ruin everything
30:41And the one time that I tried to do something different
30:43I might lose my job
30:44Just because it was unexpected
30:48Doesn't mean that it was wrong
30:51You didn't do anything wrong
30:54You're perfect, Alice
31:05Stay
31:08Don't let it be like Wonderland
31:22God, you're beautiful
31:23God, you're beautiful
31:44Are you ready?
31:47Yes
31:52Dominic
32:06Dominic
32:25Great
32:26How much longer until they kick Dominic off the board
32:29And me out of the program
32:34Well, well, well
32:35That is an Alice in Wonderland
32:38Vivian
32:40What do you want?
32:42Hmm
32:43Just wanted to see your pretty face
32:45You know, it's funny
32:47After the luncheon
32:48After everything
32:51You're still here
32:54Still circling in his mind
32:56Preston and I are over
32:59You won
33:00Did I?
33:02Because he won't shut up about you
33:04About Dominic
33:06About revenge
33:07I'm tired, Alice
33:10Tired of waiting
33:11Because once you're gone
33:13Out of this program
33:14Out of this city
33:15He'll finally move on
33:17With me
33:19Do you really think that he's going to marry you?
33:21I'll make sure of it
33:23So I'd suggest you leave soon
33:26Or things get worse
33:31Wait
33:32Whatever validation
33:33You think that you're going to get
33:34From Preston
33:35You won't
33:38You'll never be good enough for him
33:41Take it from me
33:51Dominic
33:54What are you doing here?
33:55You shouldn't be here
33:56If anyone saw you
33:57They didn't
33:58Are you sure?
33:59I made sure
34:00Because
34:02Vivian's stalking these halls
34:03And God only knows what she's looking for
34:05She's following you
34:06Yeah, Preston too
34:07Since now he has photos of me
34:09Outside of Wonderland
34:10Feels like the walls are closing in
34:16Are they giving you a hard time?
34:19Nothing I can't deal with
34:24But how long until
34:27They take away my position as a TA
34:29Or
34:31Remove you from the board
34:32Don't worry about the board
34:33Okay?
34:34The Cross family
34:35We're too big of a donor
34:36For them to let go of
34:37The funds are technically controlled
34:39By the Cross family group
34:40I'm in charge for the most part
34:42But I could lose my job
34:43And I've worked so hard
34:45I mean, if Preston wins
34:49I lose
34:50I lose everything
34:55Don't lose me
34:57I care about you, Alice
35:03I care about you, too
35:05But if the trustees keep digging
35:09Then I'll deal with it
35:13Then we'll deal with it together
35:18I mean everything
35:19To me, Alice
35:22We'll find our way out of this rabbit hole
35:26And on to the next adventure
35:48I may not be able to control
35:49What people think of me
35:50But I can blow them away
35:51With my proposal
35:57Alice, welcome
35:58Due to the conflict of interest
36:00Dominic Cross's stepmother
36:01Mrs. Eleanor Cross
36:03Will be joining us
36:04And acting as a family representative
36:07You may begin whenever
36:10Thank you
36:13My thesis is titled
36:16Writing the Unspeakable
36:19How Victorian women rebelled through erotica
36:24Victorian erotica has long been dismissed
36:27As obscene and unserious
36:28But for the women living in such strict social constraints
36:32It offered something rare
36:35Privacy, agency, and control
36:39Dismissing it as merely porn
36:42Is exactly the historical blind spot
36:44That my work seeks to address
36:46Yes, it was rebellion
36:48But it was also a way for women
36:51To imagine themselves
36:52Outside of the only options granted them
36:56Marriage or obedience
36:57And you believe that this topic
37:01Is appropriate
37:03For this institution
37:06I believe that understanding
37:09How women survived intellectual erasure
37:13Is not only necessary but important
37:17And anyone who disagrees with me
37:19Is doing nothing but perpetuating
37:21The exact same social constructs
37:24That I seek to dismantle
37:31Bold claim, Ms. Kingsley
37:33But riddle me this
37:35How is your thesis differ from the existing studies?
37:39Most scholars study this topic from a safe distance
37:44I argue that the distance is the problem
37:48You can't analyze agency while refusing to engage with desire on its own terms
37:55That is to say that
37:56I understand these women's struggles
37:59More than most
38:01Thank you, Ms. Kingsley
38:02I think you've heard enough
38:05The committee will now vote
38:07For the approval to proceed
38:15Those in favor
38:19Raise your hands
38:25Looks like by a majority vote
38:27Your proposal is approved
38:29Well done
38:31Thank you
38:47Meet me at Wonderland
38:49Tonight
38:50And get ready for me
38:51To take control
39:06I think I like this new in control, Alice
39:09She likes it too
39:10Yeah
39:12Now that my thesis proposal was accepted
39:14I plan to stay in control
39:21Are you sure this is okay?
39:24Oh yeah
39:30Sorry
39:55Look at him
39:56At my mercy
39:58My Dominic
40:01Alice
40:02Shh
40:06Tonight
40:07You don't speak unless spoken to
40:10Yes, ma'am
40:12Tonight you might go
40:29Well
40:30I just came to share some exciting news
40:33I'm quitting
40:35What?
40:36Why?
40:36Don't look like that, honey
40:38Don't worry
40:39I just figured it was time for me to move on
40:42As much as I adore this place
40:44There's an entire world out there for me to see
40:46And share my expertise
40:49That sounds great
40:51I'm happy for you
40:54I'm sure you'll have a ball on your
40:56What's it called?
40:58Sexcapades
41:00Thank you
41:01But I came here to tell you
41:03That without me
41:04The club will be in need of a new queen of hearts
41:08You know, someone to guide the new girls
41:11Oh, well
41:13Well, I don't think that I could do that
41:16I don't know as much as you
41:18You don't need to, honey
41:19Just begin at the beginning
41:22And go on until you make them feel seen
41:25I think you'd be good at that
41:30Just think about it
41:31You can even try it out for a night
41:35Uh, okay
41:37I'll try it out
41:51Another lost girl
41:52Come to brighten my doorstep
41:55Alice
41:56I was just
41:57Curious
41:59So I
42:01Welcome to Wonderland
42:02Welcome to Wonderland
42:07I want to spend my days with you
42:15Until it wouldn't break
42:19The moment that I saw your face
42:23Red was taking away
42:26I've been falling, falling free
42:30And I'll say you're beautiful
42:34Oh, leave it all to me
42:39It ought to be the thing you need
42:45My heart can hold
42:48If you won't get on
42:53My love will spread like fire
42:57And never could die
43:01I want to kiss you on the moonlit stars
43:05Tell you just how perfect you are
43:09If you don't know what I'm linking to
43:12I need you, need you
43:18You're you only
43:22You, you're you only
43:30You, you're you only
43:33You, you're you only
43:36You, you're you only
43:36You, you're you only
43:38You, you're you only
43:46You, you're you only
43:55You