Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6207588-20130214141112/@comment-6175354-20130214235500

Ravensong77 wrote: Surprised no...hurt a little yes...they just took us through the heartache of Rumple and Belle and now the same with Emma and Neal and the season is looking darker and darker. With the spoiler about the entire series changing direction I'm thinking the "happy endings" may be a thing of the past...may not even be their end game. I would not compare Neal/Emma to Mr. Gold/Belle. They are totally different situations. Neal sacrificed his happiness for Emma's destiny, and went on to live a normal life. He is entitled to have someone in his life, to fill that void. Eleven years, is a long time.

About happy endings being a thing of the past: the creators hinted this, after Broken aired. If I remember correctly; they said Phillip having his soul consumed by the wraith, was a way of portraying this to the audience.