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In the Season 2 premiere of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, Roman finds himself in the middle of a magical mess that completely ruins his day! In Episode 1, "Curse Me Baby One More Time," Billie Russo casts a Reverse Curse on Roman to halt his magical growth. But what occurs is that the spell gets out of hand, changing Roman first into a baby, and then an "old baby," and then into a crooked old man.
The unusual sequence not only upsets the family but also reveals Billie's jealousy and competitiveness. Fortunately, Justin Russo can reverse the chaos and restore Roman to his own self, but not before the experience creates strain between the twins.
The second premiere episode, "Ooze! … I Did It Again," brings even greater mayhem. Roman and Winter release a changeling, a magical creature that sucks wizard powers. To make matters worse, the family is also contending with a case of "Wizfluenza" and even a dragon-scale soup faux pas, upping the ante in the household.
With their powers in the balance, the Russos are required to converge powers through Billie to achieve balance. By the end of the two-episode storyline, Roman is safe once more, but the fact remains: Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2 is raising the stakes on family feuds and external dangers.
Roman's curse and sibling rivalry in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2
Roman's body-altering spells, baby, old baby, old man, are only a pretense for comedy mayhem. They are metaphors for the sibling rivalry driving the Russo family. Billie's curse is born out of competitive jealousy, and Roman is its target. The breaking of the curse by Justin later is proof that co-operation must even be present between adversaries.
This conflict between co-operation and jealousy is a lesson that will echo through Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2.
Minister McFigglehorn's secret agenda
While Roman's predicament has the Russos stumped, the season premiere superbly introduces a nefarious subplot. Minister of Education Bigalow McFigglehorn, attired noticeably under the control of Lord Morsus by changes in her costume's aura, is tasked with depositing a mysterious object into the Russo house.
This small gesture places the family's household soap opera as part of a larger cover magic narrative. Roman's curse appears to be an isolated anomaly, but actually emerges with the introduction of far greater menaces in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2.
The changeling and secondary complications
Episode 2 pulls no punches with the danger of the changeling. Not only does it drain the family's powers, but Roman and his siblings rush headlong into the solutions, not only fighting the monster but also magical disease and kitchen disasters such as dragon-scale soup that fell short.
The multiple-layered mess shows how much of a thrill ride being a wizard is. Roman's contribution to that is significant because the changeling experience needs him to collaborate with Billie, Milo, and Justin, proving that individual talent means nothing without collaboration in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2.
What the pilot creates about Roman
At the end of the pilot, Roman is restored to bodily form, but the experiences have a lasting effect. His curse showed how easily sibling squabbling could become malignant, and the changeling incident showed the family's vulnerability to outside magical manipulation.
Adding in McFigglehorn's covert mission, these elements of plot show Roman's challenges will very much last longer than badly cast spells. In Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2, he is also established as an important figure in larger, ongoing struggles in the wizarding world.
Roman's escapades during the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2 pilot vary from goofy transformations to life and death magical wars. From being flipped "old baby" to healing from a changeling attack, his schemes have the magical lack of accountability of wizard life, as well as the subtle tensions in the Russo family.
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With Minister McFigglehorn's masterful subversion throughout the season, the premiere leaves no question that Roman's story is only one fragment of a much bigger puzzle smoldering in the family this season.
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