Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25733960-20141210044831/@comment-24674051-20141210185916

One thing that I've been wondering myself about the seeming coincidence that the Urn would wind up in the future with Emma and Hook. I watched the Finale several times and never saw when the Urn left the vault. Had it not left the vault it would never have ended up in Storybrooke, and yet, because of what we saw with the Apprentice, it was destined to end up in Storybrooke. (and we know it did end up in Storybrooke)

Is it possible that Rumple knew of that future event, and he is the one that orchestrated sending the Urn to the future? Or maybe just sent it to the future to be picked up by him so that he could complete the deal to get the hat back? (at this point, Rumple probably would have been under the assumption that Ingrid had the Hat still). And even if he took the forget potion to remove the memory of future events, that would not have affected his memory about what was in the Urn. He would have immediately recognized it for what it was and taken action.