Lead Down the Garden Path

"Lead Down the Garden Path" is the third episode of the Netflix animated series Rose and Thorn. Directed by Ben Jones and written by Sarah Peters, the episode was released on December 29, 2035.

Synopsis
Melinda begins to suspect something is amiss with Rose.

Plot
Rose wakes up a morning, with blood on her outfit due to Thorn fighting members of The 100 last night. She is forced to prevent her mother from checking in, as she changes her clothes. She then covers her actions by claiming she was naked.

On high school, Rose is reading the journal she and Thorn use to communicate with each other, througth which she learns a bit more about Thorn, when Melinda shows up. Rose tries to hide her diary by claiming its just a new book she buyed, but Melinda notices something is wrong with Rose, specially after her behaviore these last days, and asks for an explication. Just in that moment, the bell rings for the first class, allowing Rose to run. Melinda is left confused by her friend's behavior, while Rose feels guilty for lying to Melinda.

Main cast

 * Sarah-Nicole Robles as Rose Forrest / Thorn Canton
 * Chloe Bennet as Melinda
 * Wendie Malick as Elizabeth Forrest
 * Keith David as Tobias Whale / The Director

Guest cast

 * Ming-Na Wen as Melinda's mother
 * Eric Bauza as Additional Voices

Trivia

 * Rose asking Thorn if she has "a badass girlfirend or boyfriend who is in on [her revenge plot] but only knows [her]" is a reference to Marvel Studios' Moon Knight.
 * Ming-Na Wen voicing Melinda's mother is a nod to her role as Melinda May in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Chloe Bennet, who voices Melinda, also starred in that series as Daisy "Skye" Johnson / Quake.