Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-6739926-20150118091358/@comment-26041252-20150129032125

I doubt the sorcerer is directly related to fairies. As for the there being only about 10 nuns in the diner at the time, I assume that was just laziness in the episode production. We're just supposed to believe that those were all the fairies because Mr. Gold said so. We know that Mother Superior will be freed from the hat in the first episode after the hiatus because the actress in in the episode's guest star list. When the hat spits them all out, she'll probably recognize the Sorcerer's apprentice (since he's in the hat, too) and have a conversation that reveals a major plot point about the sorcerer himself. Her work done, she will conveniently disappear for the rest of the season lol