Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26225812-20150707104315/@comment-26430503-20150712194738

I know there is no way that Rumple had planned it, but in the end it turned out to be a brilliant move. Emma asked him to give up any claims for the baby, and in exchange for that she would owe him a favor, which he later used to find his son. Maybe it's just a coincidence, maybe he predicted it from advance due to his ability to see the future... who knows...