Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20160929050506/@comment-25926288-20161124140115

The Chipped Cup wrote: Eddiefunny wrote: This episode might explain why Rumple needed Cinderella's baby since it seems like J&J's baby "got away" He "wanted" Cinderella's baby because he can see the future and knew it would lead up to Emma owing him a favor and reuniting him with Baelfire.

Plus we know that he likely gets the Black Fairy's wand here or at least canon-wise, Ella doesn't meet Thomas for a few years so I doubt Rumple would wait that long (This is around the time Snow met David).