Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26830263-20170710210232/@comment-6175354-20170718142308

Chameleon-Guy wrote: I would have rather had her for the premiere, would have been more fitting, to tie her into Henry rather than Hook. At this point, as much as I want it, she better not die, fans on twitter are already screaming because she may be dead, and promising to stop watching the show. So the best thing right now is to hope she returns for more episodes, although that tweet makes it explicit that it's her "final episode". Tbh, she could also be filming scenes for the premiere out of order, hey it's possible. But if it's really her final final episode, I hope she dies, I know I'm contradicting myself but I don't care if the audience leaves the show, it's the final season, I just want it to be good. That is all. The fans who always threaten to stop watching, are just kidding themselves. They are the ones who will be inconsolable, when the show actually ends.

Though, I totally agree that Emma should be killed off, in this episode. Besides it being the simplest way to explain her absence, it would be a nice callback to the original plan for her father. Remember, Prince Charming was going to die in the pilot episode. ABC just thought it would be too risky, to feature Snow White without her true love. Regina's soulmate was killed off, to portray just how much she has grown. With Jennifer Morrison wanting to move onto new projects, the same thing should happen to Hook.