TV Guide Print Edition Spoilers

“We’ll explore this land of imagination,” says exec producer Adam Horowitz, adding that the characters in the Neverland-bound Jolly Roger -including Emma (Jennifer Morrison), Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) and Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) – “are forced to confront their pasts.”

I look forward to discovering what it means for a person to confront his or her past in NL, since time doesn’t exist there. The past, present, and future could all collide in NL. Maybe in NL, a person will have waking dreams full of regret, like Regina said Snow experienced under the Sleeping Curse. If so, then there could be lots of dreams, visions, or illusions of our core characters rehashing old scenarios and learning how to deal with them in real life. For Rumple, it could be a recollection of how he let Baelfire and Belle go the first time, and how he would have handled it had it not be for his lust for power. Regina and Snow might dream about how their relationship could have been that of mother and daughter had revenge not gotten in the way. Emma might dream of the kind of life she might have lived in Tallahassee with Neal and Henry, had she chosen not to give him up for adoption. Maybe Charming’s regret is how it might have been to have raised his daughter as his little princess. For Hook, he probably already has been visited by recurring nightmares of how life was before Milha died and the kinds of adventures they had together. It would help to explain how his quest revenge even lasted all those centuries if NL is indeed the sort of place where the past never dies.

Emma’s mission is to find missing son Henry (Jared Gilmore). Might the lad have ended up a Lost Boy? “What Henry’s going through in Neverland is important,” says Horowitz, promising that the show will disclose where Henry is and what Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) wants with him.

It’s amazing how all roads basically lead to Henry on this show. Clearly, Henry is a very special boy. He is the boy of prophesy, and for some specific reason, Peter Pan wants him.

As these mysteries are solved, a connection may be revealed between Peter Pan and Rumplestiltksin.

Ahhhh, yes. That famous history over which there has been so much speculation. It’s a dark history indeed if even the sight of a doll can bring the Dark One to his knees. Peter Pan is going to be one fearsome dude.

Eddy Kitsis: “Emma think he’s dead, and she is on a ship with the very handsome Captain Hook.”

Well, yes, Eddy, we know both of those facts, thank you very much. Please, give us something new to mull over. In light of the most recent 3×1 sneak peek, I think we Baelfire fans have little to fear. The much anticipated drink that Killian and Emma share is in honor of Neal. So, I’m not overly worried. 🙂