Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20160119214649/@comment-24674051-20160408172631

Ok, I like the second peek. It is continuing with Belle's growth that started with Heroes and Villains, when she called out Rumple on his BS with the Dagger and set him packing. I can accept that she still loves him. But at least now it looks like they are finally going to move that relationship out of the muck that it's been in and maybe get it to a healthier place.

I like that Belle acknowledged that Rumple will fight hard for his family, without acknowledging that she accepts him for who he is. I think that was the perfect response.

As for how Belle knows about that conversation between Merlin and Emma, who knows? Maybe (just speculating) she had an offscreen conversation with Merlin and her relationship with Rumple, and he shared that same concept with her, maybe in the context of what he had hoped for Nimue?