With that said, if it is Neal who dies I think it will SUCK if they kill him off before Henry gets his memories back.
Which is why, now knowing that Henry doesn’t yet have his memories back, I’m even more sure that it won’t be Neal who dies. I suspect Henry will be without his memories for quite a few eps, possibly right up to almost the end of the season, and I simply cannot imagine them killing his father off when Henry doesn’t remember him. And even if Henry gets his memories back sooner, like within the next couple of eps, are they gonna have him remember his father, only to kill him off very soon (like days, or even a couple of weeks, depending how time progresses in S3B) after? I just really don’t see them doing that because not only would it be beyond heartbreaking and straight up cruel for Henry, it would take all the stuff they’ve built up about Neal being determined to break the cycle of abandonment and flush it right down the drain. Not that him being killed would be him abandoning Henry by choice, but I’m just saying, the story they’ve been writing is about the hope that Neal and Henry won’t be like Bae and Rumple, and Rumple and Pan, so I don’t see how a natural progression of the story they’ve written thus far would be Neal dying and yet another male in the Stiltskin line being left fatherless.
I’ve been considering this for a while, but I have to wonder if ABC will make the move and flat out promote which episode the death happens in
I’m thinking it’ll be in the big 2 hour season finale, and they’ll promote it like, “There will be a BIRTH, and a DEATH!” 321 being Snow centric, my first thought was that the birth would be in 321, and the death in 322. But maybe, because of the way they’ll air the eps together, part of that decision was because there’ll just be one set of credits, and so even though a regular dies in 321, they’ll still technically get a credit on screen for the entire season. Also, a birth is a happier note to end a season on. Anyway, which ever order it happens in, I think we’re gonna have the birth and the death in the 2 hour finale for maximum dramatic promotion potential.