Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-24674051-20151207165727

I'll post more thoughts after I rewatch the episode. But here are some initial comments.

Regarding Camelot lack of closure. I'll reserve judgement on that once the series is over. there may be more in store that we don't know about. Ditto Merida.

Rumple as the DO again. some are saying character assassination, but I think it's actually totally in character. I think, when the series is done, we will see that even the 'good' Rumple was just Rumple manipulation. The only thing that were not manipulations were the deaths (Malcom and Black Heart).

Emma hearing the Dagger. There is more to that event than we initially know. I suspect that she still possesses her portion of the Darkness, even though Rumple claimed to have it. Dark Swan still exists, but is under control.

More later...