Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20180110171410/@comment-1916997-20180314060825

Eskaver wrote: DatNuttyKid wrote: It's possible we'll be getting the Blind Witch without getting a direct Hansel & Gretel. Think Regina Rising -- Regina and Claire went to the Blind Witch's cottage, but they weren't Hansel & Gretel. If Henry and Hook encounter the Blind Witch somewhere and see that she's a child-eating blind baker, it's enough to connect the dots.

I mean, that's basically what they did in present-day of 712. Yeah, I don't think we'd be getting a random Hansel and Gretel, even Jack as Hansel is a stretch.

I think it's far more possible that breadcrumbs is simply figurative and that's it. We could get the Blind Witch without Hansel and Gretel, but I don't think it is a coincidence that this title refers to a significant thing in that story. At the very least, I think Hilda will appear in present day, since she isn't dead yet. I don't think they just happened to use Breadcrumbs as the title, when they could have used 100 other ways to say it or something similar (Connecting The Dots, Follow The Evidence, Detective Work, Killer Surprise, etc.), without realizing that Breadcrumbs would draw people to the Hansel and Gretel story, especially given that we have a New Blind Witch.