@lumee23 I haven’t gone back to rewatch those scenes to check for the necklace but I’m not sure how I feel about that, are you?
I mean, if it is the case I get what they are trying to show but I think it kind of cheapens the sentimental value of the necklace. I think the necklace should only have held the significance of Emma’s ability to trust prior to Neal giving it back to her before he died. Neal was still a very special and important person to Emma, and to Henry, and I honestly like the idea of having Emma wear the necklace all the time – especially considering everything the poor guy went through to save his family. I don’t know, it just seems in poor taste to turn it into a statement item of Emma’s current level of trust.
It would be like having Killian choose roll up his sleeve to show off his Milah tattoo when he is feeling especially angsty. We know the tattoo is there, we know WHY it is there, we know Milah was special and important to him – it’s sentimental and just a part of who he is, leave it alone. I wouldn’t want to see an episode where he decides to have it removed but then gets in a fight with Emma, heads to local SB tattoo shop and gets it redone so we GET that he is feeling angsty . . .