Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-130.182.29.174-20130422214840

Regina in the earlier part of the episode created false memories in Belle and created Lacey. It looked like her way to punish Rumple for his manipulations (Seems learning that he is Henry's grandfather was the straw). At the beginning of the episode, we still see that Rumple is worried that Henry will be his undoing as he dreams that he actually makes an attempt to kill him to his family's horror. This is something he obviously hasn't told anyone for Regina would have figured it out and not have been too careless around Rumple with Henry's life on the line. Later on, with Rumple falling into anger and despair, he relapsed to the dark side of himself for he stopped caring with Lacey rejecting and yelling at him that she will never be Belle. We see that he embraces it further for it pleased Lacey and he no longer has to restrain himself. This would give him plenty motivation to kill Henry under Lacey's influence than when in Belle's influence he would strive to be a better person. So far this is only a theory of the direction the plot and Rumple's character will go but I want to hear you thoughts and opinions on this. Or your theories on the possible direction and consequences you think will arise after this episode. 