Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141214050534/@comment-24589671-20141215024148

TheSamTrickster wrote: It really intrigues me how season 1 was set up. They said the child will return on the 28th birthday, break the curse and begin the final battle. What if, after all this hard working, Regina will still be the final boss.

We have to remember the dark curse wasn't Regina's creation, it was Rumple's. Regina just cast it, so I think Rumple is the biggest bad.