Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-26179634-20141028181348

Dr. Kangaroo wrote: Why do I get the feeling the Season 5 villain might come out of the hat? If magical people can be sucked in, there must be a way to get them out again. It would be awesome to have a huge bunch of magicians out into our world and the gang having to find them before terrible things happen. But I admit that even 1 villain coming out would be cool...

My theory is actually very similar to that. What if Rumple gets the hat to work the way he wants it to, but instead of Neal resurrecting, the villain for season 5 resurrects?