Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28260770-20160807230427/@comment-4453062-20160808080220

Killian Jones wrote: Rumple foresaw that he was going to be in the Dark Dungeon when the Curse was cast, so he needed an excuse to get there. I'm pretty sure he didn't even think he would get the baby. I think Rumple might have also foresawn that he needed to somehow get Emma to make a deal to help him find his son. I doubt he was actually interested in owning Alexandra in Storybrooke, either. It was all part of his manipulation.