Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20140331010917/@comment-5106672-20140331142435

Toma Cre wrote: I am still confused with some of the things that happened in this episode. So Rumple absorbed Neal into himself and they sort of switched back and forth. Is that how Rumple escaped - when he became Neal the dagger could no longer control him?

I also don't get the part where Neal had just left the hospital and then the next thing we see is Emma and Charming running into Rumple. So did Neal turn into Rumple, get chased by the flying monkeys, run off, turn back into himself and then bump into Emma again as Neal? But how come he didn't remember turning? I thought the pain was excruciating. Also didn't he notice that part of his memory blanked out while he was Rumple?

I thought magic couldn't bring back the dead? Why is the Dark One an exception? 1) Yep, exactly.

2) Kind of yes, and I think with the recent curse no one would be too surprised to have their memories blanking out. Especially because Neal has been Rumple for the most of it. And perhaps the excruciatingly painful transformation is the moment where both cosciences "disconnect".

3) I guess it's not an exception: we've already seen magic saving a life in exchange for another one, that's a simple trade. Perhaps, since the Dark One is a mere vessel to the power, this could be possible even after his actual death by summoning back the powe, which carried him along and stole the life from the summoner?