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Dearest Dark ones fan Although I concede your valid point about the death meaning that the show becomes less predictable, I disagree that it was executed well. Let’s examine some deaths from the past in this show and I will tell you what I mean. exhibit a: Graham the dearly departed huntsman. Graham’s death meant something because ti was the first time we saw a heart controlled. It was also meaningful because graham discovered the truth. Exhibit B: Johanna We met Johanna in the same episode she died and yet she togehter with Eva flushed out Snow’s character and her instinct towards self sacrifice for the greater good. Exhibit C: Cora, her death had an immense amount of irony to it, with Snow telling REgina to put her mother’s heart back, a lot of people did not like Snow Grey as one special called her, but I did appreciate it I just wanted it to go further in terms of realisations about herself. Now we come back around to Neal’s death. What grand revelation was there in this episode? Wow, Zeleena is the wicked witch oh wait let me see we learned all about her in storybrooke in episode 13. Oh, oh, I know it was that rumple is alive, oh wait we learned that in episode 13 too. Oh oh I know it was that Zeleena isstealing the attributes of courage, brain, and heart. oh wait we learned that with night root last episode. Oh well the final revelation is with the dark one vault which we could have learned about any time. There’s the staggering revelation about ‘magic always comes with a price’ but wait we only heard Neal’s dad say that every episode he’s in. So in summary no revelations this episode at all. In conclusion, yes I did hate that they killed off Neal, yes I was emotionally invested in Neal, but the main reason I did it was because the way they placed it it was underwhelming.
I see your point, I too agree the death felt a bit underwhelming (Not how I would have done it myself) and maybe poorly executed. I was talking more in the premises then execution when in the original post but I think you knew that. So I agree yeah Death underwhelming in execution but not in concept.