Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20180128024732/@comment-5899967-20180128113834

Since he has a contract for the season, I seriously hope they wait for the finale, I mean, in this episode he probably finds out who the REAL Guardian is (Alice is my guess), but things can't be so simple, besides the fact that Tilly is still cursed, there may be a switch of the roles from what we have seen in Beauty, Rumple needs to get Alice to believe, also like August with Emma in season 1, which I rewatched recently.

So I think this is a Rumple-centric hour. Let's try to recap and figure out who the protagonists of each ep are:

Secret Garden - Gothel (she has the garden, or it could be a general episode, I hope so)

A Taste of the Heights - Tiana (with Naveen as his one appearance, plus Dr. Facilier recurring)

Knightfall - Henry and/or Jack (both could be knights, with parallel to some coven witch)

Girl in the Tower - Alice (self-explanatory)

Sisterhood - Drizella and Anastasia (Adelaide's last episode, ties into the coven)

Breadcrumbs - Henry & Hook/Hansel & Gretel (some among them are the new Hansel and Gretel)

Chosen - Zelena (plus leads into next episode's Guardian plot)

The Guardian - Rumple (he lacks a centric since beauty)

Also, we are missing a Regina-centric and an Ella-centric, weird since they are respectively the most popular character with lead actress and the female protagonist of the season. I guess they are coming next. Plus, there's the fact that Rapunzel dies probably in Secret Garden, which makes me think the episode is not anyone's centric, and then reappears in flashback during Tiana's hour. What do you think of my speculation?