Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25375217-20180117025415/@comment-25375217-20180117031031

Wicked Wizard of the West wrote: No need for Rumple to exit in this ep. Maybe they just introduce the Guardian, but Rumple thinks he needs to finish helping Henry and everyone with the Gothel problem and stick to the finale. Well, the Guardian has already been "introduced" twice -- Alice was strongly hinted to be the Guardian in Beauty, and Anastasia was outright confirmed to be the Guardian in The Eighth Witch. The Guardian needs to do something notable in their next central episode, especially if we have 711-716 where they aren't doing anything. That could be taking Rumple's power, or it could be killing Gothel, or it could be something wildly unpredictable. But if we get another episode of "hey this person is/might be/will eventually be The Guardian!!!" that doesn't amount to anything... bleh.