Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-3010035-20150712233538/@comment-26116863-20150722021153

I'd actually like to see them develop the character. Maybe not redeem him, but let him be more than a one-time season-plot villian. Then again, they do have their hands full with Zelena,newly curse free Rumple, and everyone else that they've kept around but haven't developed much.

One last thought: Isaac was similar to Gold in many ways, so maybe they are planning on using him as a replacement now that Gold is no longer The Dark One.