Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20161015022604/@comment-24674051-20161101163024

You aren't kidding. Too many things running.

But with the introduction of the gilded mcguffin, er... the shears of fate, things could be becoming clear.

1. If we are to believe the EQ perspective (which I have reservations on), Rumple wants the shears to do something that severs the tie between Morpheus and Belle, and at some point, probably Changelings, that occurs, but not as Rumple would have wished.

2. We will see Robin appear at some point in the episode, but I think this will be part of the story heading to the spring, and could be part of an AU where Robin never dies, but in fact ends up married to Regina.

3. Emma's vision will occur, but it is in fact the catalyst that starts a chain of events leading to the AU story arc. and Emma will not die regardless, because she's tougher than the rest.