Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150625072936/@comment-25733960-20170723162301

Eskaver wrote:

Regina, Hook, and Rumple will remain the same way as they began causing no change. If they cause any change with the characters it'll be if they get a season 8. (Or they decide to wreck everything)

The new characters can gain greater development when the focus is on them, not the characters of the past. I think that at the end of the season it will be revealed that Regina, Hook and Rumple were never cursed. They were just pretending the whole time. Like an undercover operation

I know we know pretty much nothing at this point, but I'm getting that vibe from all this "cop show" theme