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Hmcooper4 wrote: Going back to the Apprentice. I rewatched the episodes last night. At the end, after the Apprentice informs Emma that they need to seek Merlin, the Apprentice closes his eyes. While the scene is very deathlike, the Apprentice does not HAVE to be dead. I mean, he just used his power to suck the darkness from Rumple to the Hat, fought off the Dark One, and been slammed by a shot of hot light magic. That's enough right there to kill most creatures, and he managed to survive.

However, I think he was mortally wounded, and he fully knows it. Which is why the speech seems to be so deathbed like.

My prediction is that we will see this Apprentice one last time, in the Premiere. As part of helping Emma to find Merlin and ultimately defeat the Dark One, the Apprentice is going to pass on the Mantle of HIS office before he dies, to the one person living that has the greatest understanding of the Dark One specifically, and magic in general. Rumple.

On a slightly different note, one other thing that I caught which was just mobidly humerous was when David killed Killian. As he was running him through, David commented to the effect of "I never liked Pirates". Given the current relationship of Killian and David in the real world, that switch was just ironically funny. Thanks! I totally agree! The Apprentice, to me, is too old and powerful to die. He is a powerful asset and to just release him to die would be sad. Since I think he is Yen Sid, I hope he mentor's a new apprentice. Then it'll be fitting that he is both the sorcerer Yen Sid and the Socerer's Apprentice. (Though I wonder why he feels the need to speak all his spells, when no one else does. Guess he likes his own sense of dramatic expression.)

I liked that Hook was killed....but not that Hook. That Hook I actually could like, unlike the current Hook that's growing on me, but the usage of him makes me dislike him. Ever since they said that all of Emma's loves have died, they pretty much sealed to me that he's never in any real danger. Plus, I dislike everyone telling people that they are a hero (which they equate as good for some reason) when clearly they don't perceive themselves as good or sees themselves as grey characters.