Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-27255668-20151210232252

I was just wondering...

Rumple was dead, Rumple was in the underworld, and he returned. This has been said in the show quite a few times already.

But then again, in the mid-season trailer, when Pan comes into the shop, he seems pretty surprised.

Also, we never got to see what happened to Rumple in the Underworld. Hasnt he met Pan & the others already?

Also - What about the other DOs?

I start thinking Rumple had the plan of giving Emma the darkness the whole time, thats also why he made her kill Cruella.

And then probably, the coincidal event of hook turning into a DO made him change his plan (thats also why he didnt simply kill Hook with Excalibur while he had it, we saw that he "tried" but hook teleported away. He could've just summoned and killed him, but I think he had this plan for the whole time. He didnt wanted to have Hook's darkness, but rather to have the darkness of every DO.

Although he said "he saw a chance"... I doubt he didnt had a plan before, he always has a plan. Also otherwise it wouldnt make sense why he didnt just kill Hook for real. 