Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-108.52.15.234-20130218020956/@comment-101.168.85.58-20130219072844

Putting aside the fact that I'm still pretty annoyed they went with Neal as Bae (it's just too neat, and also, the Bae who was brave enough to challenge and leave his father doesn't metamorphose easily into a petty thief, to my mind) the promo and breadcrumbs in Manhattan certainly raises some interesting questions. Firstly I agree that "undoing" has many meanings, and not all of them negative. I agree with those that don't think it means death, but more likely a release from being The Dark One, but only time will tell...! I can't imagine Rumple killing Henry easily - nor wanting to - he's a blood relation after all. And I don't see Hook or Cora killing him this season (or at all, to be honest).

My mind is boggling about how Hook gets to Manhattan! Ain't no way he's getting on a plane with a hook and a sword, and in my experience, sailing ships don't cover that kind of distance so quickly! He sure ain't gonna be driving, so are we supposed to believe he catches a bus? How does he get his hook back anyway? Presumably that's why he's in the Sheriff's office and attacking David? Or is that to find out where to go? I can't imagine Snow or David surrending that information easily... I suspect the next episode will be asking for a few very large leaps of faith!

I hope we get to see Hook's lighter side again eventually, I still don't have him as evil as Cora, or even as widely nasty (as in the number of people they're willing to hurt) as Regina, as others have said, his anger is much more single-minded, but I think the writers are having too much fun with his dark side, so I'm not holding my breath! He has been quite hilarious lately - what's behind that strongly masochistic streak / death wish, anyway?!

I'm not totally sold on the idea of Neal / Bae as Peter Pan, but it seems highly likely that Neverland is in his past, and it would be an interesting twist if we saw Bae fighting Hook in Neverland because he recognises him as the man his mother abandoned him for (after all, he saw Hook in the tavern and the tattoo is a bit of a giveway). Or, thinking back to Hook's words to Belle "maybe he doesn't want to be found" - perhaps there's more to that relationship than meets the eye, too?! Can't wait to see where it's all going!