Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24271102-20150612100132/@comment-25926288-20150626182640

HP7hghrOUaTekscrrF10rrmc wrote: They said that there was going to be a permanent death and a temporary death. We got two temporaries, we got Regina nearly dying, they're not going to kill Rumple. If they wanted to, they already wouldv'e. They had their chances. The Apprentice is dead. Why is everyone trying to find a loophole? There isn't one. He's dead. It's because he isn't major. That's called a cop out. Someone absent from most of the season dying isn't a major death. We haven't the slightest clue about him besides magic old dude that works for the sorcerer and did some spell or two.

Now if the Rumple-Dark One is the dath, then that's a bit cheap, but I rather not have the apprentice die. I saw it happening once i realized that Rumple was still alive.

That's as bad as the whole "one will die- Cora or Rumple" and everyone knew that Cora was going to die.