Leaving viewers to realize the whole thing was just a thing Henry dreamed of on his way to searching out his birth mom.
I would never stop laughing
And then when Henry does finally find Emma, he also finds Neal as the two of them actually found each other the previous year and have been happily living together in Boston ever since they reconciled. Henry decides he doesn’t want to risk going back to Storybooke after his horrible bad dream and the show ends with them all living in Emma’s awesome Boston apartment together as the screen fades to black.
That would have been wonderful….but then…Regina wouldn’t have her son anymore.
So how about he convinces both Emma and Neal to come back to Storybrooke! Then together, they’d break the curse! 🙂
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor