Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20160225003107/@comment-24674051-20160315041856

Only there will always be things to wonder about. That is the neat thing about this show. They can have most of the loose ends tied up, but there will be some threads dangling. Which will lead to more graphic novels to fill in other gaps (and introduce new ones). I think Once may very well live on well past it's last season on the air.

And I would only partially agree that they work with a next season in mind. I am fairly certain that they do consider directions they could take in a new season, but it would be unwise not to also consider the possibility of cancellation. Although, with 6 seasons under their belt (including next year), I think it may be safe to say that they will be given plenty of notice prior to the final episode, so that the series can properly end.

But This is going off topic. Let's get back to the topic of Last Rites. I mentioned in one of the other threads, but we've seen several tombstones with names on them. I wonder if these markers appear in both the Underworld and in the land of the living when Hook (or Hades) engraves the blank headstones with someones name that is being trapped in Underbrooke.

Meaning that Last Rites (which is the ritual meant for people moving on) could refer to some ritual that is meant to allow the Storybrooke residents to move on from the Underworld Back to the land of the Living. (and it is possible that by this point in the season, everyone's name is on a headstone). We've already seen Henry, Herc, and Meg leave, and we can well bet that at least Milah, James, and the Blind Witch will move on at some point, and possibly Gaston as well. with Cruella, Cora, and Pan as potentials to also move on, that would account for the entire gang that went, and then a couple of extras.