Ok, so we have been trying to figure out why some people are in the casting list and some aren’t, especially since we know of some casting news but no character to go along with her. I know someone earlier in the thread brought up the possibility of it being Jane.
I’m currently looking around trying to make a list of all the Peter Pan stuff I haven’t seen / need to rewatch and I came across this interesting section on the wiki for Return to Neverland: (putting under spoiler tag in case anybody hasn’t seen it and doesn’t want to be spoiled)
“Captain Hook, still seeking revenge against Peter Pan, breaks into the Darling home. Not knowing of the number of years that have passed, Hook mistakes Jane for her mother and kidnaps her to use as bait for Peter. Back in Never Land, he drops Jane into the waiting tentacles of “the beast” (a giant octopus)” – the rest of the Wiki Synopsis can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Never_Land
Ok, so…what if she is Jane, and after some time passes the bad guys – in this case it appears to be at least the older, more sinister lost boys instead of hook; possibly the shadow thing, mistake Jane for Wendy someday and she ends up in Neverland against her will, has a run-in with Rumple and Bae sees this and is sickened by what happens and that's when he flees. The interesting part here that really struck me was mention of both the words “beast” and “octopus” – we've been speculating in the Rumple / Neverland theory thread about Rumple going there after squid ink, dealing with mermaids, causing Bae to flee to our world etc, but I think this might help explain a potential Jane connection – whether it's the new actress or not.
Just thought I’d share for those thinking the actress in question could potentially be Jane. Not sure how much time will pass in Neverland that we’ll get to see all in this episode but time in Neverland is different from time elsewhere so who knows. I’m inclined to think we won’t see Jane quite yet because we should be getting more of Bae’s very early days in Neverland but honestly who knows – some of the other episodes have jumped around a bit too. She’s gotta come into play somewhere though, as presumably, does Jane somewhere down the line.
Going to post this in the Rumple/Neverland theory thread for future discussions not related to this episode description. Not sure if I just discounted the possibility or added to it but we do still have a missing girl to figure out so might as well be thorough. 🙂
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.