Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28260770-20160420195541/@comment-24674051-20160422163900

I'm willing to give Rumple another chance (Ok, maybe I suffer from Belle Complex). admittecly, He did start into the UW without revealing to Belle that he was the dark one again. (he would not have revealed to anyone had not Former Dark One Emma caught on right away). And he did destroy the boat and cast Milah into the Drink (and has not fessed up on that act yet).

But since then, he seems to be making better decisions, at least as far as being open about who he is and his desire not to give up the power. He came totally clean with Belle (except for his part in Milah's demise), and is at least trying to find the higner ground, or at least not hide when he chooses to take the lower ground. In other words, he's being open, not hiding behind a mask at this point. All of that is at least a baby step in the right direction. Maybe having to swallow some of his own medicine has helped him realize that he's been a jerk and worse.

Whether he continues to stay that course or not remains to be seen. part of that will have to include eventually coming clean about Milah, preferably before Hades decides that it's in his best interests to throw Rumple under the bus.