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I think they are planning but then something comes up (Peter Pan rights, Frozen) so they toss what they planned in order to play with the new toy. Neal's death was really contrived. They had so much build up for him and his relationships that it didn't make sense to just kill him off like that. His fake death at the end of season 2 made sense. Why did they even bring him back? He didn't do anything in the Neverland arc (he helped them escape.. Well no, they could have figure it out without him). Why did they have a build up for his relationship with Henry in season 2 when in whole season 3 (except for maybe two scenes), he didn't have any contact with Henry. He died without having his son knowing about it. Why did they have a build up for his relationship with his father if they weren't doing anything with it? Why did they even go to that "love triangle" only for Emma to choose Hook by default. That is not a resolution to a love triangle. Clearly something happened there that we don't know.