Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-23906605-20131017110136/@comment-4839682-20131028034040

Free will.

He did what he thought was right so Emma could save the world. When you think of it that way, keeping her with him would be the selfish thing. She needed to be in jail so she'd give up the child so she'd have a reason to go to Storybrooke. August knew this.

I don't see how any of that is cowardly, or dumb.