Dorothy's attempts to escape the Nome Kingdom via sandboat keep getting waylaid by other stuff coming up. And she quickly realizes that the Still Season is coming, which would mean no wind, and no more chance to escape. Finally, she, Scarecrow, and Toto have no choice but to perform for King Roquat. Guph has set them up to fail, however, and the spoiled brat bully of a young king is about to throw a royal temper and turn them all into ornaments. Only a quick change of plans from Dorothy saves them, but now the king wants them to be his BFFs (or at least until, as Guph points out, Roquat gets tired of them and turns them into ornaments). Another of Roquat's presents might help them escape after all, but Roquat gets wind of it and starts up on another temper. But through the course of events, they all discover that Guph is planning a coup to overthrow Roquat and take the throne for himself. Roquat throws his lot in with Dorothy and escapes with them, but none of them notice that Dorothy's magic journal has fallen off the sandboat and is still in the nome kingdom.
Meanwhile, Glinda and Ojo are helping West tap into and control her powers. West is frustrated that she can't get anything to work, but Glinda points out how many other magicians before her have failed before they finally broke through and succeeded. Then, looking back on when she was able to use her magic, West and Ojo realize that Dorothy was present every time.
It's still early in this part of the season, so there's still lots of set-up to manage that will probably pay off big later. At least they know the sandboat works, and the end of the episode sees them sailing off towards the Emerald City. One new reference to the books is Glinda's roster of magic workers who succeeded before they failed, which included herself, Ozma, the Wizard, and Blinkie of Jinxland.
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