Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5094906-20141119193942/@comment-24674051-20141121053818

Well, a couple of things to add to this. all the talk of "an embarassment of witches", you have to include at least Regina and Emma into the Mix. Witches do NOT have to be evil. Hermione Grainger (Ok, probably a bad example) was called a witch. Samantha Stevens (of the old Bewitched show) and Tabitha were both called witches. Glinda is the GOOD witch of the South. Witch can be used to define any female magic using person (as can sorcereress), while the terms warlock and sorcerer can refer to any male magic using person.

Second, as of yet, we don't know how Ingrid is going to play out. She has not been listed anywhere, but she hasn't been defeated yet either, and there's no guarentee that she will be killed even if she is defeated. (I'm pulling for her to survive, whether it is to join the villians team or as a reformed villian, doesn't matter).

Third, We all know that A & E like to pull twists, and here is another one they could pull. So far we've assumed that the Apprentice is simply that, a servant of the Sorcerer. But we have yet to see any sign of the Sorcerer, other than the Apprentice and what he tells us. What if the Apprentice is the Sorcerer, and the hat will not contain him (it's all a ruse to trick Rumple)? And even if the Apprentice is not the Sorcerer, I don't think we've seen the last of him yet, and he is also a powerful wizard in his own right.