Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5821891-20131031221624/@comment-6383956-20140324011354

In the episode "The Return" (1x19), Mr. Gold says to August (who he believes is his son at the time) "Ever since you crossed the barriers of time and space, in every waking moment, I've been looking for you."

Bae was in Neverland for two centuries? I really never got that impression -- especially since the Darlings hadn't seen him since he stopped Pan from taking them. Yes, Wendy was held captive but Michael and John would have seen him. Yet, even though they would all have had to be in Neverland at the same time, Bae didn't seem to know they were there and Wendy felt she had to explain that they went to Neverland to save him. If they lived in Victorian world with Alice, that could make sense... but we've already been told that they didn't.

Thirdly: that makes no sense. No other visual trick like that has ever been used. Besides, when Regina and Jefferson are opening the portal in "An Apple as Red as Blood", Jefferson says -- and this is also a direct quote: "Then you need to direct me to the time and place where this object exists."