I feel so sad for Emma, too, knowing that she got to live her dream for a year, only to be rudely awakened by Hook. Poor Emma really thinks as the savior she’ll never have that dream again. I think S3b is about Emma realizing what home means to her, learning to fight for that dream, and again discovering that Neal is the one who best completes her dream of home-life, family, and togetherness. Likewise, I think Neal is on a parallel journey of fighting for his second chance with his boy and Emma.
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"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy