Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20180505005808/@comment-4975807-20180505190234

Alwayshappyz wrote: NickM98 wrote: So many callbacks to S1, now with a son's love for his mother breaking the curse. And good to see the curse being broken before the finale.

But the WishRumple reveal was the OMFG moment that made this The. Best. Episode. Ending. Ever! So glad we get to see the darker consequences of Serum Queen's wish. This would've been a terrible loose end if it wasn't revisited.

SnowAsh wrote: Who had called the original Henry when he was a teen? Another Henry? Think Terminator 1, the predestination paradox: everything that is currently happening in this time loop has always happened. Adult Henry had always called Young Henry. There is no other conversation.

Adult Henry is remembering talking to his older self in this exact conversation when he was younger. And when Young Henry grows up to be Adult Henry, he will call his younger self at that exact time and say those exact same words he rememberd hearing. It's a closed time loop. Except for one thing: older and young Henry will meet in the finale. Wouldn't old Henry remember that he was once the young Henry in that exact scenario? I wonder how they are going to explain that one. A phone call can be explained away (and they did that well), but meeting him in person is a whole other scenario.

Also I'm confused regarding Wish Rumple. I know he got released by Regina in S6. But didn't we see him this season aswell? With Alice and Hook earlier in the season? Or was that OUR Rumple? But I thought OUR Rumple never fully became Rumple again. Just a few scales a few episodes back. Henry does remember being the young Henry and talking to his older self, but he didn't recall that until after the curse broke and he got his memories back.

Rumplestiltskin's meeting with Hook in the Wish Realm took place prior to his meeting with Regina. The flashback showed he tried to strike a deal with Hook so he could be let out of his cell, but Hook just left him there after agreeing to the duel with Ahab. So Rumple stayed there until Regina freed him.