Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6036560-20151019182409/@comment-6036560-20151020233348

Another interesting thought, and this could be why this occurred to me:

Neal is a very similar character to Sara Lance from Arrow. Each of them is a significant romantic interest for the main character, as well as being related to other main characters on the show. They both appear (to some degree with Neal/Baelfire) in the first season, but are not fully introduced until the second season. They are both introduced in the first episode of the second season of their respective shows, only to have their origins explored later in the season, and are each revealed to already be in a relationship. In addition, they both die in the third season, sending their family members on a revenge quest. The only difference is SPOILERS Sara Lance is coming back now. Both shows have also established a means of resurrecting characters (on Once, the Underworld/Vault of Dark One/Heart Transplant), so I just think this is an interesting comparison.