Antbee – everything in that post is golden!
Really think Barrett is going to be Merlin – and a future villain for next season. It wouldn’t be expected for Merlin to be working against ONCE’s ‘good’ guys. Also (since it will probably occur to Rumple at some point this season that he has to ‘change’ to keep Belle, win over Baelfire, and take care of his grandson) I can see Merlin being quite an adversary for him – imagine Rumple going up against someone of equal power and intelligence? 😮
Bae is so Henry’s dad at this point, but I (who was obsessed with it over the summer) still can’t believe they put a flame on the end of Henry’s arrow (right between Rumple and Henry). Or that the ‘mysterious man’ dropped his piece of modern technology (our world) down a fire escape.
If Rumple ‘changes’ (not selflessly, but in trying to keep everyone he loves with him), and Regina ‘changes’ to try to please Henry – where have all our villains gone? And aren’t we getting ready to fight some ‘final battle’ against unknown forces???
Cora seems to be a good choice (we’ll find out tonight! 😀 ). Hook seems to be kind of a creepier like Whale – though somewhat better at seducing and not just getting a restraining order (again, we’ll find out soon). But – It feels like the show does need to restock on some ‘bad guys’!