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Marissaloohoo wrote: Totally agree with all of the comments about Neal. I get so annoyed with CS because it feels extremely vapid and forced. I personally thought that Neal had the most depth of almost any character on the show. Even Rumple? Haha (you did say most, I see), I think Rumple has he most depth. Neal had great potential though. He would have been up there with Regina and umm...Snow in terms of character. Those are the major premises of the show: Rumple and his son; Regina and Snow (and of course Emma).

That's why if Rumple, Regina, or Snow randomly died next episode, the show would be thrown in total chaos. Without those main characters (including Emma though I do forget her at times), there'll be no show. I think they had no plan for Neal whatsoever since you can see in season three he was in the background almost as a non-entity. I think though the main misstep (besides his death) was the Neal = Baelfire connection. Bae seemed like a Snow White variation in boy form, spouting hope and general dislike of magic, losing parents, etc. Neal was some matter-of-fact thief with some rough edges and a generally pessimistic view and used his father for leverage and endangered a kid's life to get to Neverland and other selfish things. Where did that come from?