What they did with this show is truly a thing of beauty. Until… they didn’t any more, and as someone whose rewatch concluded just at the airing of 315, it was REALLY abrupt. Story was plodding along just fine… until it went off the rails. That final scene, though, just fits in so amazingly well with that original tale. Emma’s arc in life was both defined and guided by her relationship with Neal, bad AND good, so the Emma that everyone loves? Yeah. You’re welcome. That’s SF. The reason for the curse and the savior of the curse… frickin’ poetry, people.
Emma realizing SB is her home with her parents? Neal. Which is *exactly* what he wanted for her. So yeah. You’re welcome CSers and Charming family fans. It was all Neal.